She literally is awful. What she talked about in lecture never matched with your homework or what you were doing in lab. She shows no empathy at all. The main way to pass is to do your online quizzes every weekend, go to lab, and ace the tests. sign up for tutoring right away!!!! Main reason i passed. She doesn't teach anything

Stephanie's lectures are useless. Her powerpoints and lectures aren't worth your time. She gives out 14pages of "learning objectives" for each exam; it's essentially a 14 page study guide. HIGHLY recommend not going to lecture and teaching yourself from objectives and the book. Went to lecture60% on exam. Stopped going88% on exam.

Worst professor Ive ever had. Tests dont match her lectures and you will hate this class with her guaranteed. Acts like your children. Avoid her at all costs

WORST professor I have ever had. I am an A student and I have got a 60 and 57 on the past two exams. ONLY good thing about this class is that an 85 and up is an A, but other than that, the lectures don't make sense and she doesn't give study guides for the exams. I would NOT recommend this class, especially with her as the teacher.

Avoid her at all costs. Very confusing class, the material she gives to study at home and video lectures were awful and you won't understand a thing. I was an A student but her lectures and assignments were so confusing that I got a D. And its Gen Ed class. I wish I didn't take her class and choose the other instructor!!!

If I could give Dr. Strickler a 0, I would. She gives impossible exams and it doesn't help that she gives "objectives" as study materials, i.e. 16 pages of things to know for the exams. Very hard, not considerate, and if you couldn't tell, I'm not a fan. Avoid at all costs.

This is basic biology course with basic material. Strickler finds a way to make it difficult. Her lectures are pointless, boring, and do not help with the exams. I am not sure where she expects students to get their information from. I feel like she relies on the textbook to teach her students. Easy to get a B or C, not for students who wanttolearn

I took BSC197 last semester and got an A, however, Strickler makes it hard to even get a B. Her lectures are boring, she goes too fast, and her powerpoints are the same as the book. Then, he tests are over *a lot* of chapters, like more than there should be. She gives out study guides, but more often than not she includes random stuff on the test.

Doesn't seem to care much how students do in her class. The lectures aren't even covering half the exam information. I am a straight A science student and struggled preparing for the exams. AVOID IF POSSIBLE.

Boring teacher, asks simple questions in class and then asks you wiqdueuyfvefef on the test. Honestly just an awful teacher AVOID. Try and take Wade Nichols as he is the best undergraduate BSC professor at ISU.

Her lectures are summaries of the chapters in the book. She is an extremely boring lecturer, "talk with your neighbor". I would take this class with anyone else that is available.

Her lectures are awful and she never spends time on the important stuff. She'll talk for 15 minutes on a dumb useless slide and then just brush over a slide that has stuff that will be on the exam. Her tests are hard and the study guides are pointless. Honestly your'e better off just going through her power points yourself

Safari Stephanie was a nice professor, however, she has no idea how to teach and the exams are unnecessarily harder than they need to be. As a pre-med major who loves biology, I averaged B's and C's on tests, I can't imagine how the non-bio majors even managed. Also going to lecture is not beneficial, you're better off teaching yourself.

Awful professor, reads off power points meaning going to class is not mandatory as all the power points are online additionally you're better off teaching yourself the material as she appears to have no idea whats going on. But all the homework is on quizlet and lab points are pretty easy so that can help carry your grade.

Terrible professor. Avoid her at all costs. I feel like she wanted us all to fail, showed no empathy and was unprepared to teach, always read off her PowerPoint slides and tests were difficult and covers criteria we haven't discussed. Study guides are ridiculous as well.

I would not recommend taking this class with her. In the beginning, her lecture notes were slightly helpful but still not nearly as difficult as the questions on the test. By the end of the class, the lectures notes were copied word for word from the book. Her study guides are useless as they consisted of 9 pages of learning objectives. AVOID!!!

Strickler is one of the worst professors I've ever experienced. She posts the slides on reggienet, and when you're in a lecture, she doesn't even teach she just talks off her slides, tells you to "talk to your neighbor", and doesn't even look at students- she stares at the back wall. The study guides are useless- just read over your slides.

The worst professor I have had. She fails to be empathetic and she's awful at teaching this class. Her lecture never matched up with lab and she was always weeks behind the material from the online quizzes. Sign up for tutoring. Avoid her at all costs. Retook it online with a different professor and got an A. Do that before even thinking of Stricky

If you miss high school biology, this is the perfect teacher for you. If you come to lecture be prepared to get told the same information 5 times in the span of 4 min, be forced to do kindergarten math with the rest of the class, and be taught like you are in 5th grade again. Also she reads off the slides.

Shes very insensitive to outside factors you may have going on in your life. Offers little help, seems annoyed when students ask questions. Basically everything was online and we were left to teach ourselves.

one of the worst teachers ive had by far. only reads off powerpoints in her lectures and tests/labs dont seem to coincide with the material she teaches at all. lacks basic empathy for students and doesnt seem to care much about the students education.

Such an insensitive teacher. Especially with a pandemic going on she truly is not under at all. Does not care for outside factors at all. She only reads off the PowerPoint slides and you basically have to teach yourself. The tests have info on them that we havent even learned making them really hard. Do not take this class unless you have no choice

Simply the rudest and worst professor Ive ever had. Do not take her classes.

Honestly one of the worst professors I have had... She cares little about her students and their questions. Asked me a question during lecture infront of everyone and I did not know the answer and made feel very dumb infront of my whole class. Heavy work load. Do no recommend

she was a substitute for our class and one of the worst people I have ever met. She is extremely rude and harsh and makes you hate what you are learning and makes you hate being there. Avoid her as much as possible.

Professor Strickler was the worst science teacher I've ever had. She doesn't have a good reputation either, people say she is not very nice and it's true. Use the textbook to study, and show up to class. Also I used quizlets to study for tests and they've really helped. Watch lecture videos twice for the quizzes. Make sure you have a good lab group

I don't know who thought it was a good idea to flip the course so students watch the lecture video on their own, but it is absolutely terrible. You are left on your own to figure out the content, and when exams come around it is very tough. In class time consisted of about 5% of her explaining content and about 95% of "talking to your neighbor."

I had to teach everything myself, not helpful at all. She is not good with talking, talks too slow. Takes forever. Never teaches anything in lecture when you have to go home and learn it yourself

Do not take her class. Ben Wodika is a much better professor and who you should take instead. Class is fine if you put in the work but it would be better if the teacher would not look offended or come off as rude for simply asking a question. Avoid her at all costs.

Hilarious she gets paid to work here

She is very monotoned and just reads off of slides. Her class goes by very slow even when it is only 50 mins.

I was excited to take this class in the beginning, now I withdraw. she is not very clear, and boring to listen to during her lectures. tests are not what we went over in lab or lecture. don't take!

The way this class is set up is so ineffective and a little unfair. I, personally, was really upset that I'm spending so much money to take the class only to have to teach myself the content through lecture videos in my own time. The professor is also not very good at engaging students in lecture. If you can't avoid this class, avoid this prof.

If you have the chance to take this class with any other professor DO IT! She is a very tough grader, and she is not understanding of family emergencies and other emergencies you may have. I cannot stress getting any other teacher besides her

I did not like the way this woman ran her class, we had somewhat of a flipped classroom and it was dumb. I knew of a lot of people who did not pass her class. She is also not accommodating or understanding when students need extra help or time on assignments. Even if your sick and miss one lab she will not excuse without a note. Do not recommend.

Throughout the course of the semester I found it very difficult to stay awake during the lectures as they were not very engaging and she also has a mono-tone voice which didn't help either. She randomly decides to collect group work during lectures and the quizzes/tests are very lecture orientated. Overall, would not recommend this course with her.

The class is difficult but she just read the slides so it makes boring.

This is the worst professor that I have ever had in my whole entire life. I don't learn anything from her and I think she should honestly be fired from her job.

Very difficult class/ professor. If class is mandatory choose a different professor.

Although I ended with a B in this class she isn't understanding at all, even when it comes to her own errors. She messed up the name for one of the extra credit oppertunities and refused to give credit for a different workshop because we were supposed to figure out her own mistake. Literally just terrible. Randomly grades 4 out of the 12 groupworks

You are not allowed to use technology in class, but part of my accommodations requires technology to be used. I explained this to her and sent the letter before class had even started. She was very rude about it and to other students after class, it's like a light switched. I ended up dropping the class, because of her attitude and ableism.

I really did not like this professor. My issue was she really didn't explain much and did not offer any assistance. I have had multiple professors and I can safely say I hated her class. The lab's were very annoying and poorly explained as well. Overall if avaliable I'd try to take any other professor then her.

Worst professor I have ever had. She worries more about students cheating in her class then her actually teaching.

BAD BAD BAD QUIT QUIT QUIT YOU SHOULD NOT BE A TEACHER YOUR CLASS IS SET UP FOR STUDENTS TO FAIL SO DO NOT TAKE HER AS A TEACHER

Oh my goodness where do I even begin. Incredibly arrogant, unapproachable, not interesting at all. Just every quality I wouldn't want in a teacher. The course is only confusing and complicated because SHE MADE IT THAT WAY. I feel like she wants people to fail. There was never a day off with her and she works you to the bone. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Bro. Worst professor in history. Exams are hard for no reason, VERY unapproachable, useless, literally is no help and the way the whole class is set up is just backwards and uneasy for no reason! Go with anyone BUT her.