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Very rude to students, arrogant, and class was quite unorganized...this was a lab class, for which students should be prepared, but he would change the scheduled lab on any given day. Beware!
Kapros is awesome! I took Bio 108/109 in '03. He's excited about Biology and his labs are FUN. He cares about his students and takes extra time to explain things if they are unclear. He expects students to put forth effort as he should. Recommended!
Awesome teacher! Very helpful If you need a lab credit and like biology, take him. Took it in 04-05
Kapros is very knowledgable. He wasn't present in our bio lab too much though. Probably working on some experiment. He really explains things well and has an obvious enthusiasm for science. He held long discussions with students who needed help understanding, and also discussed things just for fun.
Kapros is ****, really. These stupid quizzes that he made us take in the beginning each lecture, killed our grades...
Kapros is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher; this lab reinforces concepts covered in lecture. Weekly quizzes are a gift and easy way to earn extra points towards your grade. You'd have to be an idiot to screw up this class.
Very personable and intelligent. Willing to field questions that relate to the Biology class as well as the lab (which is a bonus if you have Dr. Yoder as well). Good sense of humor. And come on you guys! He's cute in a professor kind of way.
He's very into teaching biology, and it shows when you are in his class. He's nice and tries his best to make you understand. HOray for him!
He wants you to know every single detail
He gives a lot of extra credit opportunities, which is nice, because the tests are pretty hard...
he's a cool guy and all, but his tests were WAY too hard... i had to study for his tests more than the real bio tests, and i still ended up getting a better grade in the regular bio...
Took Dr. Kapros for Bio 108L and 109L. For Bio 108L, read the assigned text before class and you will do fine on the quizzes. For Bio 109L, read his slides that he posts prior to class and you will do fine on on the quizzes. His quizzes are out of 10 points but he only makes them out of 7-9 in his gradebook. Often gives EC during the semester.
This class is cake. If you put in any effort at all, an A is easily obtainable. The quizzes are hard if you don't pay attention or read ahead, but if you do expect a 100% on the majority of the quizzes. Anyone who complains about he hard he is, is either an idiot or sleeps through class. Highly recommended for 108L!
Not hard but just a bit random. Sometimes asks things on quizzes that you wouldn't have thought were important so come to class, read and pay attention and an A is easy. He doesn't really teach much. I didn't necessarily feel like I learned a whole lot from his class and the whole second part of the semester was a joke! Can be a little rude.
An A is easy as long as you pay attention in class and read the lab manual. Quiz questions can be specific/random sometimes but he gives extra credit questions on every quiz as well as an extra credit assignment. He knows his stuff and is really passionate about it. He takes questions freely and likes to make sure everyone gets the concepts
Easy if you pay attention. Grades well. Tests are fair.
Very helpful, and is very nice. He will make sure you understand the concepts.
Very very intelligent. However, he wants very specific things to the answers on quizzes and tests. You cannot say what he wants in other words you must use the key words he is looking for or it is wrong. It can get hard to stay awake in class and I have a hard time hearing him because he speaks quietly but I do have some hearing damage.
Super intelligent, knows his stuff and is clearly excited by his subject. Is very willing to help in every way during and after class, especially for those who put forth the effort. Read the manual and review before quizzes and you'll do fine. If you can't learn anything in his class and pass it, you aren't trying very hard, if you're trying at all
expect to quiz weekly in his class. His SI does all the grading and they will strike down your answer if its not verbatim. This is good and bad I suppose. Kapros and his SI operate this class as if it were elementary school. He does struggle to get his point across, which at times can be confusing.
Not a course for non-majors unless you're truly interested in Biology, which I thought I was until I tried this class. Self-taught based course which are never good for me, plus I had a lot of things going on this semester which made it difficult to stay on task. Overall nice guy, very intelligent, but I would not take if you're ok with confusion.
Quiz every class and he expects a specific word in the answer. Quizzes questions are worded unclear most of the time. His explanations are confusing and you can tell he dislikes questions in class, he can be rude in that sense, and have an attitude of annoyance, like when teachers don't like to teach.
If you take his class and put in the effort, he will go out of his way to help you succeed. Shakespeare said: "The purpose of life is to find your gift; the meaning of life is to give it away." Dr. Kapros has an incredible gift for teaching and has chosen to spend his career sharing that gift with his students. UMKC and SBS are lucky to have him.
Dr. Kapros made lab very interesting. Going to lab and paying attention to him helped out for the regular 108 and 109 classes more than their respective lectures. He is very interested and wants you to succeed in his class.
Kapros is awesome. I learned more in the lab than the lecture itself. The lab has its own lecture before the actual lab. The labs are easy. The key to an A is to take notes during his lecture, read the lab book, and read his power points. Just memorize. I used flashcards. Your grade is made of a quiz every class, a midterm and a final n extracred.
Quizzes each week are very specific, but he goes over them with you afterwards in class and explains everything thoroughly.
He is an outstanding, articulate and charismatic lecturer. Pay attention and work hard and you will be greatly rewarded. I'm not a biology major but as a nature-lover am grateful for the practical knowledge I gained regarding the natural world. I marveled at how well-versed he is in so many complex biology topics. He is a highly intelligent human!
Just show up every class, read over your notes from the previous class, and you'll be fine. Make sure you pass all the quizzes he give you at the beginning of every class.
Don't use your phone in class! When students sneak-text he gets very irritated and lectures/scolds the whole class. He wants to be respected by having your full attention and he really loves when you show genuine interest in the subject matter. There's a short quiz in each class - you've got to be present to reciece points.
He is not a good grader and makes a 1 credit class seem like a 9 credit course.
One of the most helpful profs I've had. Kapros lectures are a little long but he covers material that isn't barely touched on in lecture. If you show interest and initiative in learning he will help you grasp the subject matter. He hopes that students will be respectful in class. He will bend over backwards to help students.
Kapros is very knowledgeable. He cares about students. Quizzes each week. 2 exams. If you want to learn anything in biology he will gladly teach and show students. I look forward to having him in future classes!
Kapros, is an amazing teacher. Lectures are long. Read the slideshows, those will be where the quiz questions come off of.
Dr. Kapros is a fantastic instructor. He wants you to learn and enjoy the material. He expects you to read the material, come to class, take the quizzes and ask questions. If you are engaged in the subject and apply yourself while in lab you will be fine. Dr. Kapros gives tons of extra credit, so your final grade is non-negotiable!
A professor who makes learning biology fun. He was a little heavy on lecturing for a lab setting but he was interactive and cares about students.
DON'T take him. He may have 20+ years in teaching but acts like its his 1st. Scatterbrained, somewhat heavy accent. Quizzes and exams are written not multiple choice, with little room for interpretation which makes succeeding very difficult even if you know the material. STEER CLEAR!
Easily one of the best professors I have had. He cracks jokes and makes the class fun. The tests, although not multiple choice, are a breeze. All the questions come directly from the weekly quizzes. He does not try to trick you in questions, he genuinely wants you to LEARN. AWESOME GUY
Accent makes it a bit hard to understand at times but not too bad. Class is overall easy if you attend each lab and read.
Okay, for a ONE credit class, there is a lot of studying for the midterm, final, and quizzes every week. However, he is a GREAT professor, and you can expect to actually learn in this lab instead of doing bs assignments out of the lab manual. He offers more than enough extra credit for an easy A.
He knows what he is talking about. However, with his accent and long lectures it is a bit hard to stay interested. Overall, I have friends who got high A's in his class, and friends who failed. For the quizzes you have to understand not just memorize. If you do this you will be fine.
Kapros is really smart and always willing to help. He loves science so he sometimes goes on and on for hours talking about things science related but not necessary for the test. His tests are over the slides that he hardly teaches from, so it seems like the questions are completely random.
Dr. Kapros is obviously very passionate about what he does, he just doesn't teach it well. He is very knowledgeable about many things, but assumes that all students know everything. It is hard to estimate what material will be on quizzes and exams, so you have to study everything to do well. I would recommend a different professor if possible!
He is so specific about how he wants his answers for the quizzes and tests that you spend more time worrying about how you would word answers rather than actually study the content. There are many ways to say an answer but he will not accept it unless the answers are worded exactly how he would word them himself.
You think you can just over explain just to be sure him and his TAs know what you mean? Think again. He counts off for saying too much also. You can't say too much and you can't say too little. You would assume if he wants things so specific he would provide multiple choice answers he does not. All of his tests and quizzes are short answer.
Gives a quiz over the previous lab every class, but they're short and sweet and he offers extra credit each time. It makes it much easier to study for the midterm and final when you've already been looking over your notes for the quizzes. He is a sweetheart and will make sure you understand before moving on!
Professor Kapros is very passionate & knowledgeable, do not skip lectures and prepare for your exams. He gives almost daily pop quizzes (worth 1 point each), lots of extra credit and schedules a study session before each exam; to help you. If you are willing to work hard, you will succeed in his class.
Kapros has a heavy accent and sometimes gets caught in his thoughts or sentences, therefore the whole lecture to my group of friends and I seems very choppy and hard to follow. Quizes and test are fairly hard as in one wrong word from the dictionary definition and you lost full credit for it. Funny teacher though and definitely passionate.
Dr. Kapros will make sure you learn the material but if you don't think like him & if you don't talk like him, you won't pass. Quizzes and tests are short answer NO MULTIPLE CHOICE. He counts off if you have one word that is different than his definition of a concept. Dr. K is a rlly good professor, but take it with Dr. Bledsoe in the summer.
He's a very tough professor. He has a very particular way he likes his assignments worded and if its not to his liking he'll take points off. When you ask him a question he's a little bit condescending so it's hard to ask him for help without feeling judged. He also doesn't post notes we go over class so it's pretty hard to study for this class.
He lectures for so long and then you are quizzed on it every single class. The quizzes make up your grade instead of participation points, so you have to be there and study. The mid-term and final were difficult because he is so specific. He will humiliate you if you email about a border line grade (even 1 pt away). No pluses or minuses, even 89.5
Passionate for biology, tends to ramble on in lectures though. His dad jokes get funnier through the year. He has a heart of gold. When we switched to online classes, he has made an exceptional effort to make things as normal as possible. Likes to see our faces on Zoom. You can tell he teaches for the students.
His class is extremely lecture heavy, so if you don't take good notes you may struggle. Grades are based off of quizzes and lab practicals, all of which have extra credit. I missed a quiz entirely and still managed an A+ in the class due to the extra credit. Additionally with quizzes, you can question a grade if your answer was technically correct.
Class is mandatory because his lectures have a lot of material that isn't in the lab manual. Definitely read the manual but take a lot of notes because there are quizzes every week about the previous lecture and the questions for the quizzes and tests are very specific. There is a lot of extra credit though! The actual lab portion is very short.
I learned absolutely nothing from this class. I took the lab online and each week we had a small quiz from the previous week's lecture. His lectures are confusing and hard to understand. Even using the book I was still confused. Not helpful. He is a nice person though...
He is so condescending. I had to take him again but I really regret it. His questions are weirdly worded. He forgets what he tells one section and doesn't tell the next section. He will quiz you on it anyway.
This man. Does not stop talking. He lectures for longer than the actual lecture professor so either dont take his lab or prepare to want to bash your brains out. I just woke up from taking a nap during his ramble-sesh to write this. I want to go home.
Attendance is definitely required to do well in lab. Dr. Kapros is actually super funny if you listen closely to his dad jokes in class. The only grades are weekly quizzes, midterm, & final exam. Be sure to pay attention in class and review quizzes, and then tests are easy. Kapros is friendly and easy to work with. Very few points in the course.
Dr. Kapros spends a lot of time in lab explaining things and it can get boring very quickly. Additionally, you need to show up to lab because there are quizzes every lab and they make up a lot of your grade. His class isn't very hard and the tests are pretty easy. However, he is a really nice and caring guy. He also loves his dad jokes.
Professor Kapros is hilarious, if dad jokes is your sense of humor. However, his class was unreasonably hard for a one credit hour lab. The labs themselves are not worth ANYTHING towards your actual grade. He has daily quizzes to start every class, then proceeds to lecture for over an hour of lab time. Midterm/final are very hard to prepare for.
GIRLLL BOO!! when I tell you I cried in his class I would not be lying!! this man brought out a side of me I have never met (boredom). ON PUR!! his lectures are so long for no reason, and his quizzes/tests are all over the place sometimes there are no copy of his slides provided, like miss girl save your time and money!!!
this classwork is not very difficult but he makes it very impossible to pass with a good grade and it is very hard to pay attention in his class
He is a good professor and tries to be funny but has very few assignmetns in the class and has overly complicated exams.
It became my most favorite class: 1st time I've gone on a field trip in college! The class is test heavy but he gives AT LEAST 4 EC points every week (even some EC offered outside of class). He's very chill, caring (even pushed an exam past midterms) & has good, but dry, humor. Get the textbook & do his study guides & he will make sure you succeed.
he is funny but his lectures are lengthy. he also comes across as a little intimidating but is actually very helpfulif you have questions. his tests are a little difficult and conceptual but he does other assignments which help keep the grade in place.
Extremely condescending. Avoid at all costs.
This lab is impossible. Actual lab portion isn't graded. Grading is solely based on brief quizzes and exams, so one slip-up can tank your grade. Lectures are long and boring (3 hours), with little engagement or practicality. Expect to sit through endless monologues. Quizzes and exams based off these lectures. Avoid like the plague.
Kapros is a nice guy but is not very lenient. There's a 3 question quiz (4 pts + 2 bonus) every lab, 2 home assignments (10 pts each), and 2 exams (70 pts each). Exams are extremely difficult, you need to memorize all of the pictures and information he provides in lecture. He will pick the smallest details to quiz you on so be prepared to study.
Cant lie to you his classes are LONGGG, grades are soley on the quizzes and exams but even tho he puts on a game face hes actually very sweet if you email him and tell him whats going on in your life. I thought i had to repeat the course but some how i passed after emailing him. Good Luck to anywho takes him.
He yelled at me & embarrassed me in front of the class bc I forgot to write my name on the quizzes he has in the beginning of class. Extremely condescending and he will make you feel stupid for asking question. Offer some extra credit by bonus questions& homework before the midterm and final, but he Would fail the whole class if he could
Took fall22&spring23. A in both, so I'm able to say he is mid at best. Can't hardly hear him. Be ready to be treated like you're in high school again, lowkey rude. Lectures way too long and goes on tangents. Hardly anything graded in the course. Exams have some random obscure questions, know the spelling of long, complex, irrelevant names! 0/10
For the love of God spare yourself the torment and take 109 first so you can be with Bledsoe in the Fall for Lab. Never tried so hard for 1 credit.
Not even a lab class, its basically just another lecture class with only 1 credit. Half the time I'm not even sure if he knows what he's talking about, he just talks in circles. Even the TAs are confused. It's one of those things where I'm sure he's a great scientist but man should not be teaching. Grades are just based on midterm and final only.
He gets a lot of hate, but its definitely undeserved. The class is not bad at all. I liked him, but he's very long winded, like I legit fell asleep once. But he's helpful, pretty relaxed, is really funny sometimes, and class is super straightforward. Just show up, review for 30 minutes before class for quizzes and tests, and you'll get an A.
People don't give this guy as much credit as he deserves. A good professor, and very knowledgeable. Tough grader. Spend some extra time reading his slides and you'll have all of the info you need for midterm and final. Tests are multiple choice and short answer. 2 question quizzes for attendance in every class.
Overall, in my experience, not the best professor I've had, but not the worst. He is a funny guy and sometimes cracks jokes. Your grade is definitely based on the midterm and final. With that said, just study his power points and you'll be fine on the exams. He does give "extra credit" if you attend class. The grading scale is pretty lenient too.
Provides exams for a LAB and talks way way way too much
All I have to say is that he said he wouldn't help anyone on an assignment because it would be an unfair disadvantage to the other students
Kapros talks a LOT, usually taking up the first hour before starting the actual experiment, but he is funny. There is a quiz about the last lab every class, and your grade is mostly determined by the midterm/exam. You'll be fine if you study the slides and do the practice exam, if provided.
Be prepared to listen to him talk a lot. He lectures for close to an hour every lab before you actually do the lab. There's a quiz every class used for attendance, but most of your grade is based on the midterm and final. If you don't get a practice quiz, make sure to study the labs. There's no drop for any lab so make sure to attend all of them.
Does he talk a lot? Yes omg, but he's an adorable old man that makes me giggle. He's gracious with extra credit, with multiple chances to get a good grade. The class isn't hard, but you definitely need to pay attention to how he grades and how he words things. You are more than capable of passing, just don't miss class and pay attention.
Attend every single lab as each one has a quiz. He has extra credit opportunity on every quiz so there are ways to boost your grade and he gave one extra credit assignment. His tests are worth like 70% of the grade so study HARD for those. He talks a lot but his labs themselves are pretty easy. I just found him to be very boring and old school.
Kapros talks a LOT. Most of the labs are just him lecturing. He is really funny but it's hard to stay awake. Most of the grade is determined by the midterm and final, so study well for those. There's a quiz at the start of every lab. The TA's are not helpful at all, I wouldn't bother with them.
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