Just took the first midterm and got a B. It was very easy. Only reason I did not get an A was because I only studied the night before the exam. I did not use the book. MOSTLY everything that is on the exam was said in lecture so write everything down Lots of points outside of the 3 exams so even failing midterms will allow you to pass the class

I personally enjoyed Dr. Bullwinkle. Her midterm questions are more application based, so you actually need to know understand concepts. She is very willing to help in office hours and is very personable.

Alright, so I had Dr. Bullwinkle for the first half of this semester, and at the time, I didn't think she was that great. I thought she was boring and could be better. However, everything changed when Dr. Hopper came. I take back the bad things I said about her. Hopper is SO awful and makes her look like a great saint. Really, appreciate her.

Bullwinkle makes great power point slides and is generally pretty easy to understand in lecture. As long as you generally have some idea of what's going on and remember a little but from the intro Bio courses you should be set. Exams were extremely manageable.

Although the class was challenging, if your taking it it's your major so you should be used to it by now. Dr. Bullwinkle went above and beyond to help the students and was open to our opinions. I really felt like she valued us and helped us learn and grow as scientists. She definitely knew her stuff, was well organized and made a hard class fun!

She does a fine job. Memorize what she says and subsidize with the notes. Didn't use the textbook once. Homework kind of pointless but worth points.

Dr. B is one of the best profs at OSU and certainly in the Microbio department. She genuinely cares about students understanding and being able to apply the material that's being taught. If you have questions, she's more than willing to help out. Very approachable and doesn't make you feel bad for asking questions. Quizzes are tough but fair.

Dr. Bullwinkle taught a great class! She was always very helpful and accessible outside of class. The lab is challenging but at a level where it should be a majors class (personally I thought it was very straightforward). She worked around some difficult schedules and even moved some homeworks to lighten the course load.

She gives very clear lectures. I liked her a lot as a person too. Still had to read the textbook, but exams weren't too bad. Not a lot of points in the course, so that makes getting a good grade hard. Really enjoyed the content and lab was super easy and fun.

it's hard to avoid reading off of slides in micro; i thought dr. bullwinkle was perfectly fine in that aspect. he seemed like she cared about our learning and our success, and i learned a lot. the class structure requires hw from the book. i don't really think you need to read to do well on the exams but you need it for the hw.

This was my favorite class I've taken as part of my degree because Dr. Bullwinkle makes it super easy to understand what's going on and is really clear about what's going to be on the exams. Also, the exams are incredibly fair.

i've seen reviews that said she read off the slide a lot or said umm a lot but those were from 2 years ago so she must have drastically changed because just the other day I was thinking to myself how great of a presenter she is. Everything you need to know is on the slides. i crammed the day before the exam and got a good grade just from the slides

Dr. B is an amazing instructor and she is very very sweet! Her lab really is the climax of the microbiology major and it's heavy genetic and biochemical basis. Her three midterms are difficult and rely heavily on knowing the experimental rational, and her homeworks are tricky, but she is more than willing to help her students succeed.

Dr. Bullwinkle is straightforward with her expectations. Follow her suggestions, figure out her style, and put in some work and the class should go smoothly.

I thought this class would be a lot more difficult from the things that I have heard people say. Bullwinkle was a good professor and if you go to class then you wont have an issue with her or the material. She gives some examples in class that will be on her exams. The mastering assignments are an easy way to study and actually learn the material.

when i asked a lot of people about this class they made it seem very hard and it really isn't. Regarding Dr. Bullwinkle, you can 100% skip class and do well on her exams because she goes right from the slides. However, about Dr. Mia, if you dont go to class you are screwed, she uses a lot of her examples on exams. Lab exam can hurt your grade.

Was expecting hard class and hard professor from reading on here. Dr. B is one of the best profs I've had at OSU. Makes otherwise seemingly difficult material easy to understand. Does give unannounced extra credit so I recommend going to lecture. Usually does out of class review the day or week before exam, highly recommend, good time for questions

Great professor! She makes her exams off of her powerpoint and not from book. Exams were vary fair and not super difficult. You need to study but it not a horrible class. She is fair and throws out questions that don't make sense or weren't written well. Also does unannounced extra credit so go to class. I would take a class with her again!

She is a fair professor. I enjoyed her section of the class a good amount, as she kept it interesting. The exams weren't too difficult, but did require studying. Studying a decent amount resulted in doing well. Going to lecture and listening definitely helped, as the exams are based off of the PowerPoints.

Dr. B was good, but some of the exam questions were somewhat vague and hard to understand. I found that reading through lectures until I understood every concept was helpful.

She's a decent professor who cares a lot for her students. If you show up to lecture, take notes, and stay on top of the material, this class is not difficult. There is a lot of material, but Dr. B is willing to sit down with you in office hours which I highly recommend going to. She's the sweetest person and great professor overall.

Dr. B is good! She is clear about expectations and makes sure that all info is on the slides- attending lecture is a must to help solidify concepts! She is very kind and helpful in office hours, and will do everything she can to keep the course fair and doable. You definitely have to put in work, but she is clear about what is expected.

Pay attention to lecture videos and go to OH (40-50/ 700 were there and she's very understanding - never made me feel stupid for asking Qs). Don't read the book - do the exercises she gives you and think about how concepts link together and big picture. Fairly straightforward to pass but hard to do well in.

I had Dr. Bullwinkle last semester in the spring of 2021 and Im not going to lie, but she was a pretty good professor. She is extremely nice and caring but definitely makes you earn your grade. Take good notes and take pictures and you will do just fine in her class.

Dr. B is amazing. Her exams are detailed, but manageable as long as you understand the details of topics taught in lecture. Book is not even required, especially if you go to office hours and pay attention. Not to mention, she is very caring and patient if you do have questions.

Dr. B literally gives you exam answers in the lectures, so just take good notes during the videos and go to her office hour review sessions. If you do these things you literally cannot get below an A on every exam. When people say her tests are hard, it's only because they most likely never took notes.

I found her lectures very interesting to listen to, the course work was just the usual amount not anything terrible. As long as you take good notes you will be fine for the exams in my opinion.

The class is flipped format, so the lectures are watched on an asynchronous day and then material is gone over/quizzed on TopHat during in person days. Her prerecorded lectures were extremely long, and did not respect the students' time. Her tests were easy, came directly from notes, and there's 2 drops. She did not give the answers you got wrong.

The quizzes definitely brought down my grade but overall having the option to drop a quiz and a test helped bring my grade back up. Make sure you watch the lectures and take good notes, I usually watched the lectures twice to help me. Her in person review sessions are SO helpful she makes sure you understand the material.

Dr. Bullwinkle really wants students to succeed in the course and gives students the tools to do so. Lecture slides were well-organized. Exams could be a little vague in spots. Generally very passionate about the course material and about helping students succeed academically.

Dr. Bullwinkle is a good professor and passionate about what she is teaching. If you read the slides thoroughly and have a good foundation of the material, you should do very well on the exams. Material for this class isn't difficult but can be quite dense for certain chapters. The lab portion was also fun and very very low stress.

Great professor and person. Very useful slides and explained content very clearly. She teaches the first half of the class and did very well. I wish she taught the whole semester. If you memorize everything on the slides it wouldn't be hard to get an A.

I liked Dr. Bullwinkle as a lecturer. I feel that if you pay attention it was not hard to do well in the course. Really enjoy the lab portion of this course as its very starightfoward and really fair. Exams can be difficult if you dont study as its a lot of memorize the slides. This class has been on the back burner for me and I have been fine.

Dr. B was a great lecturer! She made the information easy to understand, and offered various was to study the material. She makes it very clear what will be on the exams, and the exams are pretty fair.

I really enjoyed when Dr. B taught, she does a great job of giving you the information you need to know in the slides, and the grading is more than fair. Averages are in the 70's, but if you study you can easily get an A. This class was interesting and I learned a lot.

Dr. B is such a great professor and teaches the material very well. Her exams are always fair and it is easy to do well if you know the information. She is always willing to help out and is reliable when it comes to answering emails. It is a shame that she has to teach the class with Dr. Wetzel. Dr. Wetzel truly ruined microbiology for me.

I was anxious about this class before taking it. However, I ended up loving the class. We had 5 exams during the semester, which is a lot. But I preferred frequent exams with lower percentages over less exams that weighed more. Lab was also very helpful with keeping your grade up. One remark is that she reads off the slides.

Professor Bullwinkle was overall a great professor. Her lecture slides were easy to follow, and she was good lecturer. Overall, the quizzes were hard to ensure students are thoroughly understanding the material. The exams were straight forward questions. She provided a lot of different resources to aid and gave extra credit on quizzes and exams.

Really engaging lectures that make hard material much more understandable than any other stem class I've taken. She assigns a very fair amount of work outside of class including lab and everything I did outside of class helped me learn the material well for exams. She is very caring and helpful when students ask questions. Knows her field!!

The course was dense, and at times could be difficult. Requires understanding of the material & not memorization. Dr. B. really cares if her students were learning, that being said she's not going to put in more work than you, so study! She's very accessible outside of the class! Fantastic lecturer, one of the better professors I have ever had.

Dr. B is a great professor. She makes it clear what is on the exams and how you should approach the exams. There is a heavy amount of content, but you're given enough examples of what you should be learning for a good grade in the class. The course itself isn't memorization heavy, so be prepared to understand the why something happens, not what.

I disagree strongly with the negative reviews given to Dr. B. Yes, the lectures hold a lot of information, none of it is inhertly hard though. Don't cram for these exams. Dr. B does a great job telling you what she wants you to get out of each slide. Pay attention to the top hats she gives and the concepts she repeats. I learned a lot!

I really liked Dr. B. She was phenomenal. I missed an A just by a few points, but I guess it is not that bad. As long as you study to understand the concepts not just memorize them, you'll be fine. The lab exercises are fun albeit long. Go to her office hours. You should focus on the lab notes and the objectives from the manual for the lab quizzes.

She's great. She teaches the first half of this course and explains things very well. She breaks it down to basic understanding. She'll tell you what things to focus on for the exam and the type of questions to expect. Some trick questions but overall pretty good I thought. If you've taken bio1113 then this class is much much easier. & lab is fun.

Dr. B is THE best professor I have ever had at OSU. She helped me through things in my personal life and offered to help me study. Her labs are also so much fun!!