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she was the best lab instructer!!!! i am an arts student who cant do bio to save her soul!! i spent hours with her in her office - if it werent for her i wouldn't have passed! shes very compassionate and made my bio experience less painful. thanks tammy!
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She's soooo good, and she recently won an award for being one of the best proffessors in Canada (students were interviewed for there opinions on her teaching and she won because they all loved her!)
The lectuers were hard to understand, but she made it clear for me during her office hours. She is very helpful. Dr.Nicholson however, is not.
GREAT lab teacher. Always took the time to cover the complicated topics with the students, and cared very much about everyone's success. A+!
Tammy is great. SHe's clear on what she wants on exams and you dont really need to buy the text. The labs are awsome and Tammy and her TA's are always there for help. I recommend this class to everyone. It's not an easy class, theres a lot of memorizing.
An awesome prof, really helpful. The course is hard due to lots of material but she tried to make things less complicated and was very direct about the things she wanted on exams and etc. Very approachable and she deserves an A+
Very nice and always willing to help. Midterm and final exams were extremely fair; just look at all class notes and the sample questions given. No need to buy text.
i love tammy. she keeps your attention in lecture, she's great in the lab, has her midterms fair, and is very approachable. but she made me waste 160 bucks on the stupid textbook, which her notes cover incredibly well.
I differ in opinion from most people. I thought she was boring and I wish I hadn't of wasted money on taking the course.
Tammy is a GREAT teacher! She is extremely helpful, and very knowledgable in Biology. If you are going to take a Bio course, enroll in one that Tammy is teaching or doing the lab component for! She is super nice and super smart! I absolutely loved her!
I had her for my lab instructor- she was clearly the best teacher in the entire course. This woman seriously knows what she is doing and how to get the message across so students understand. Very easy to talk to and extremely helpful. Straightforward approach and very knowlegeable person. Her caring for students shines. Truely inspiring teacher.
Tammy is the nicest teacher I have met, period. The class itself requires a lot of memorizing, but it is not so bad at all. Tammy is always there to help, and she cares so much (even too much) for her students. For our final she brought us ORANGES just incase we got hungry while writing....:D
Tammy is the greatest! nicest prof i have ever had, makes even boring subject matter fun
Tammy is reall nice and a very good lecturer. She likes to inform the class on everthing little thing that happens in her life. Lecture component was reasonable, but the lab exams very too difficult.
Her lectures weren't very good, partly because some of the irrelevant materials that she covered for a quarter of a lecture weren't even examinable. Her lecture exams were in essence a hit/miss, so make sure you are well prepared for them. The lab exams were difficult because you will not have enough time to think!
Extremely helpful, and never makes you feel like you're being an idiot for not understanding what's going on.
Tammy is amazing! She cares about everyone...There are no posted lecture notes so you have to go to class, but she is so clear that I found it was way easier to learn. He brought oranges to our final. Still talks to me when I see her in class. Will always stop what shes doing to help you understand everything. Great person, great prof =)
Lies, all lies. I was extremely excited to take her class b/c of what everyone said about her but she has no interest in the things she's teaching and it's a tough class.
she's alright. Her notes are awry and are very trivial. VERY trivial. Exams are moderate. She cares a bit too much of other students. (IE. 3 minutes per lab station, but someone complained for 4 min.. so she increased it. We still get 45 minutes to look over answers! GRR.)
Tammy is fantastic! The lab exams are a lot of work but they are not tricky or unfair. She expects her students to know their stuff to do well and she is there 100% to make sure that happens. I hate labs and I love this class because of her. She is so considerate and understands that students have things happening outside of school. Best prof!!!
She is extremely helpful. Her lab exams are fair although you are required to know all the details. Her exams are really fair and if you have problems she is there to help you out.
Highly recommended. Very helpfull. You will learn a lot.
This prof said that the grades won't be curved the very first class..she does give out hard exam *WARNING*
She includes in the lectures research articles that just complicate the whole stuff. Her exams are not straight from the lectures rather conceptual questions that require solid understanding of the major themes of the course. She is hard prof. Avoid her as much as you can.
The best bio prof ever! her exams are very straight forward but at the same time challenging, you really gotta study your notes and textbook to be able to ace her exams. I failed the midterm but got 86% on the final, so if i can do it, u can do it! She is extremely helpful if you have questions just go see her and she will try to help you a lot!
avoid taking the class with this prof. She doesn?t provide the lecture notes and the class is spent copying down off the Powerpoint and not listening to a thing she is saying. Sample midterm and final were provided but WITH NO ANSWERS??? Her class is not curved so be prepared to have a low class average. The exams are not fair because she doesn?t b
Tammy is a very fun prof whose effort to keep the class interested never fails. The notes she gives are very helpful, and taking time to copy and look at them makes you learn them better. A nice person and quite a helpful professor. Some people don't like her, that's because the courses she teaches are difficult, not because of herself.
She is one of the nicest prof in SFU. Very approachable. Questions are always welcome. Very helpful. All the exams are essay exams. Do all her sample exams that she provide. Midterm was really hard, but final was very fair. LOT of memorization. So much info. Overwhelming. You have to copy all notes from PPT.
Tammy is a wonderful teacher! She is very helpful, and she is able to explain the material very well. She is also very approachable! One of the nicest professor I have ever had!
Yep, she's as nice as everyone says she is; Tammy's very approachable and helpful. I usually stayed behind a little in lab because I didn't get something and she patiently went over things with me. And you can pay attention to what she's saying and write at the same time. She gives you time to write and asks if you need more time.
Yes, Tammy is very nice and helpful, but I feel as though she makes the class a lot more difficult than it needs to be. If she provided her slides, we could actually listen to what she is saying. I also found her content very disorganized, and hard to draw it together. An information overload.
She's an EXCELLENT prof.Studying the notes alone got me an A+.Her explanations are perfectly clear and she's very patient and makes sure that you get the material.She doesn't post her slides so you have to attend the lectures but its 100% worth it.She prepares you very well for the next Bio courses.
She is alright, but I don't think she is as great as people give her credit for. Her notes are kind of scattered, and she makes it difficult to learn the material (won't post answers to practice questions, won't post notes). If your learning style isn't suited to lectures, you are left for dead, alternative learning styles be damned.
Very approachable instructor. Content/Memorization heavy course. Having to copy things actually reduces amount of material to memorize. Key is to make good, neat notes while thinking rather than just blind copy, REWRITE them by listening to lecture tape when studying. Answers to sample questions ARE available if one takes the time to talk to her.
Super bubbly and cheerful prof! The notes are not posted online so you must come to class and write them down. Exams were very fair and always had questions from the practice exam. She makes class very fun and even baked us cookies for our final! Lab exam wasn't as hard as it was made out to be, but lots of papers to write.
I'm not crazy about Tammy's teaching style, but she cares about her students and it shows. She will always be around for help, and is interesting to talk to in office hours. Exams are fair, and grading is usually fair, but be prepared to do a lot of work.
Tammy was by far my favorite Bio prof. She was so approachable if you have any questions and her tests are fair. She does not post lecture power point slides so it is kind of important to go to lecture. Great prof!
The only prof who cares so much about her class, that she bakes cookies for the exam. There needs to be more profs like her. Extremely kind, approachable and knowledgeable on the content.
Awesome Prof! VERY helpful and always willing to answer ANY questions you have. She really cares about the student's educations!
For Vertebrate Biology you will need to memorize circulatory, urogenital, reproductive,and digestive systems. You will also need to memorize bones - vertebrae, skulls, girdles etc. The specimens you will be dissecting and studying: shark, cat, turtle, trout, pigeon, and rabbit. Since this course is worth 4 units, try not to take with heavy load.
tammy was very sweet and one of my fav bio profs! you actually have to attend her lectures to get the notes (which is good because it forces me to go to class and pay attention) and the course content was fairly interesting, especially the labs. i'd take another course with her again!
Her class covers a ton of material and you will have to memorise the circulatory, urogenital, skeletal, and respiratory systems of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Thankfully, Tammy is patient, kind and extremely knowledgeable (as were her TAs). Her exams are also easier than you would expect but are NOT EASY and you must go to labs
Tammy is so sweet. She genuinely cares about her students and wants to see us succeed. Know that this course is strictly memorizing. The lab final/midterm is harder than the lectures but all in all, very fair. Go to class and take good notes ! I suggest a laptop otherwise, you will have very sore hands from writing all class.
Tammy is super nice and her lectures are nice and clear, however, she doesn't upload full lecture slides so if you're not taking notes the whole class you won't have all the info. Her lab exams I found really difficult but her marking was very generous so that compensates a bit. Overall lovely woman, I would definitely recommend!
If she wasn't my prof for bisc 316, I think I would've outright hated the class. She's such a sweet lady (she baked us cookies!) and fantastic professor. This class is DEFINITELY a lot of work, but if you get the work done, doing well is possible. Use Tammy's office hours if you can, they're super helpful! Good luck!
Tammy is great, she explains thing clearly, tells you exactly what to expect on the exams, marking is fair. 2 lab exams, 1 lec midterm, 1 final, 1 essay. Grading scale is awesome, an A - is above 83, A is above 88 and A+ is above 93.
Tammy is a great professor, she clearly wants her students to do well. She marks tests fairly and is always around to help. Her exams are almost 100% based on her lectures. Her notes are fill-in-the blank so don't skip class (she does record her lectures but its not the same). Keep in mind BISC 316 itself is a hard course.
Friendly, approachable and will answer your questions. The content is all memorization. The lab you have to memorize where everything goes and the lecture is memorizing everything down to the letter. It's a lot of material to know so take it during a lighter semester.
Honestly, Tammy was such a pain For this course it is mandatory to pass the lab and lecture both, I was doing exceptional in lecture but scored 2 marks less on the lab exam (18/40) instead of (20/40) and she literally reeled me in for this. I went in during her office to see if I could grab a couple of marks, but she was heartless.
Tammy has been awesome this semester. The course itself is a little daunting, but Tammy explains concepts clearly and thoroughly and is always happy to answer questions. She also made the transition to online learning manageable and was very understanding of any technical issues that arose and was quick to provide a fair solution.
Shes been great this semester. She made online learning manageable. She has high expectations but theyre not unreasonable for a 4 credit course. She puts great care into all of her lectures and labs. If you have questions she should is quick to respond, and takes feedback very seriously. Focus on lecture and her videos to do well.
Tammy is a really great option for BISC 316. She was very approachable outside of class for help, and the transition to online for COVID actually went really smooth relative to other courses. Tests are difficult as they are all written and the grading criteria isn't totally clear. Keep on top of assignments and readings as it is very heavy material
So kind, thoughtful and caring! One of the best at sfu. Bisc 316 is a tough course but you'll get through it! Just review weekly! And for labs study every diagram in the textbook and class website and you'll do very well.
Bisc 316 is hard in itself but for some reason, Tammy decided to make it hell. The class average was literally 50% for the first midterm, she expects way too much information for the amount of time she give for the exam almost like she wants us to copy-paste entire lectures as answers. She may have been good before but she is really horrible now
She is not a good prof, I think she might have changed her teaching style for the worse. Difficult content and she makes it so much harder than needs to be. Exams are super long and vague, 24 mark question extremely vague. Tests are almost 90 marks in 60 mins. Class avg about 50%, and sent us an email saying we didnt do well. Assignments take 4hrs
55% CLASS AVERAGE ON EXAMS. RUN AWAY. Tammy is THE worst prof you will have for a biology class, and I'm saying this as a 4th year bio student, expects you to remember 1 million useless details, doesn't listen to feedback or do anything about it, and when each of the 4 midterms/final exams had a 50-60% CLASS AVERAGE she blamed students not studying
I'm in my 3rd year for bio and I love it, but despite this class is tough in itself, but Tammy made this class literally impossible to pass and a living HELL. I failed the class before even doing the final exam. She said the class average for everyone being 58% or something like that was because we didn't study but we are all 4th year bio majors
Doing this course asynchronously and online made it one of the hardest courses I have ever done. It felt like Tammy went out of her way to make the course MORE difficult than normal (and I realize this is a hard course in general). Lectures were confusing and disorganized. Exam averages were around 50% and the online labs were very hard to follow.
Tammy Mcmullan was an absolute breath of fresh air during this pandemic and stressful time. Bisc 113 was extremely interesting (although requires a lot of memorization) and her study guides were extremely helpful for the exams. She is an excellent professor and I hope to take her course again
tammy made this semester so unnecessarily hard.
terrible prof. Super unrealistic expectation, worst class I have ever taken. Made me hate my degree and consider changing it. Do not take 316 with tammy. She talks so much in her videos and none of it is relevant. lectures are like 60 -90 mins all of it is a waste of time, but u much watch cuz her quizzes are straight from them Class avg is 50% BAD
terrible prof. do not take, made me want to change my degree to avoid taking classes with her. Unorganized, unhelpful, class avg was 55% even though everyone tried so hard. Doesn't listen to feedback, seems like just just doing her own thing while the class suffers. Her lectures are so hard to watch they are about 70 mins 3 times a week. Terrible
what a terrible prof. Doesn't listen to feedback, class avg was55%, she sent us an email saying we didn't do well as a class and it's our fault that we didn't work hard enough and that we "all missed the mark". Weekly lab assignments take about 4-6 hours and you are given no resources, and they don't help prepare you in the slightest complete waste
Long exams, vague questions, unhelpful, takes feedback as criticism, unorganized, lab assignments way too long, doesn't know how to use powerpoint, completely unreasonable, cant do math
Honestly just awful. Completely disorganized, LIED about the final exam grading scheme and changed it the day of exam, averages were in the 50s-60s for every exam/assignment and blamed it on the students, unhelpful, no time on exams, and wouldnt take any suggestions or feedback from her students in any way. Get ready to cry if you take it with her.
I took this course last fall and it was absolutely amazing. She cared so much for our mental health and was extremely understanding. This course was interesting and fun to learn although, it was a lot of memorization. I never took BIO 12 so I had to take this course to fulfill the pre req for BISC 101. I really hope to take a class with her again!
I actually took Tammy twice for this course and another course. The truth is her course is really hard but Tammy is one of the nicest profs I've ever met. I loved going to her office because she was so supportive and understanding. She baked cookies both times for finals because she was worried we'd get hungry since her exam was so long.
If you want to teach yourself an entire Biology textboook, this the course for you. Why are there no lectures, i'll never understand, I surely love teaching myself something for so much money spent on tuition. The midterm is confusing as hell as a word document/pdf and I think I spent 10 minutes being confused. Course seems disorganized/ unclear.
You're basically paying to teach yourself this entire course. The TM and Tammy that semester were both completely MIA and were of no help when it came to the midterm and final. There were so many assignments - I've taken W courses with fewer assignments - and they were such hard markers, they took off marks for the dumbest things. Worst class ever.
Worst class I have ever taken.
This proff is very bad. Trust me she will make you cry . Would give a 0 if this slider allowed me.
One of the worst prof's I've had. Was getting 90% in the course but failed the lab because she was so inconsistent. Made lab exams these theoretical guessing games and wasn't lenient despite COVID. Labs were useless since looking at the organisms had nothing to do with her lab exams. W'd from the course because of her.
Save yourself and don't take this course with this prof. There's nothing to prep you for the essay-format exams, and the examined material was so specific that it would make you cry. Even if you understood concepts well, it doesn't mean anything if you can't spout info about specific parasitic species. Each question is weighed heavily.
The worst prof ever. Don't take this class with her. Lectures are unnecessary rambling but the exams are essay questions where she expects you to recite all of that. So arrogant as well; the class average for exams is 50-60%, refused to curve and blamed the students for not putting in the effort. Made no effort to help us do better.
This was one of the worst classes I've taken. The exams were unreasonable hard and the averages were usually about 55% but she is refusing to curve. Her lectures are mandatory as she refuses to post her slides online despite covid. I would definitely recommend not taking this class with her!
Tammy is nice but a godawful professor. She doesn't post lecture slides to encourage you to go in person and take notes, but every slide has paragraphs worth of text on them. She talks way too much about irrelevant things. Exams are HARD with 50-60% averages. Apparently she doesn't curve either :/. Honestly, avoid this class.
She is horrible! She does not care about her students, replies to emails so late that by the time she answers her reply is meaningless. Her TA, Vini, is great but avoid taking a class with her. She is nice in person but when it comes to serious matters she is not helpful.
Absurdly tough professor. She is very kind and knowledgeable but her testing is unfair at its best. Essay-style questions with exams being worth 50+ marks...for a 50 min class. Exams focus on very specific details and not the important topics. No curve and attendance basically mandatory as her slides are blank. She loves to go on random tangents.
Tammy is very sweet and knowledgeable but it feels like this course is entirely self-taught. With that, quizzes are based on the textbook chapters and are due every week. You have to know small details from the textbook for exams; all questions are short answers. There's an assignment and quiz due the same week as the final exam...
You're teaching yourself an entire textbook, emails/questions are responded to late, and overall you feel lost. You need to memorize so much in preparation just for the exams to focus on small aspects of the text
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! She is one of the worst profs I ever had. The course content is quite heavy. She's very boring and her tests are difficult. In lab, she does an hour lab talk where majority of students sleeps during her talk. The average for the lab midterm exam was 41% and the lecture midterm exam was about a 50%.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH TAMMY!!! SHE MARKS EXTREMELY HARD AND HER LECTURES SHE JUST TALKS ABOUT RANDOM STORIES HALF WAY THROUGH. HER AVERAGE FOR EXAMS ARE 40-50%. I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A BAD PROF. SHE BLAMES STUDENTS FOR NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH. IN ORDER TO EVEN PASS THE CLASS YOU NEED TO SPEND ALL UR EFFORTS TO STUDY AND WILL STILL BARELY PASS.
This was one of the hardest courses I have ever took. Horrible grading and I was told I was on the right track on an assignment and then received a 60% on it. There are no lectures but if you're stuck with the class *MAKE SURE* you are aware of the study weeks (i was not and failed the midterm) and make sure you do the practice tests!!!!
Tammy is kind and knowledgable, but has a somewhat uninspiring lecture style (extremely slow and old-fashioned). Exams were very hard, requiring a ridiculous amount of memorization, and grading was at times confusing and unreasonable. Topics were interesting but required WAY more time studying than expected for a 3-credit (or even 4-credit) course.
Enjoyed this course & prof very much. Lectures are slow (have some patience), but still interesting. Labs were fun, get to see parasites in actual form & not on pictures is cool + get experience identifying. Tests are normal, a lot of writing if you are not used to it. If you study + put effort in, you get a good grade.
I found her lectures to be dry mostly because she goes off-topic often, and covers material slowly when she's not. Lab activities also seem somewhat pointless given what's asked on lab exams. Exams are all written and can be very hard, but you can do ok if you make many flashcards to help memorize, & tables to help compare things (ie. life cycles).
Dr.McMullan is caring and understanding. Always there to help and responds quickly. Her modules are helpful and the material was very interesting. There were weekly quizzes which motivated me, two assignments, final project based on creativity, and a midterm and final exam (sounds like a lot but you'll do well if you stay on track).
Tammy is a nice professor. She does tend to mark exams hard but I believe she's quite reasonable when marking. BISC 113 was an online course and it consisted of weekly quizzes, two assignments, one project, one midterm and a final exam. I do have to say, if you take this course be prepared to learn all the material by yourself using the textbook.
she genuinely cares about her students' success. Her accessibility outside of classroom hours is commendable; Also she is very interactive person.
Tammy's lectures can be dry, but using tools like Unstuck AI for flashcards and tables really helps. Exams are tough, but engaging with the content pays off. Overall, a challenging course that's worth the effort.
Tammy is a sweetie (she baked cookies for the final!). She has plenty of fair quizzes and fun assignments to help bring up your grade, the exams are based off content actually learnt throughout the course (can't say that about all teachers). She's just a nice and fair teacher, I didn't feel like I was dying at all during this course.
She is an overall good prof with good content. Her assignments are extremely fair and based off the content we learn, but her tests are pretty heavy. Get ready to read a LOT. The course is the entire textbook and there are no slides at all. Besides that, she's really sweet and answer emails quickly. She even baked us cookies for the final exam!
what a tribble prof. Absolutely ridicules . the avg are not going above 60%. she is THE WORST by far. unbelievable grading for our midterm. Only 4 questions each question was like 10-20 marks.
GOODLUCK TO WHOEVER IS TAKING THIS COURSE WITH TAMMMYYYYY!!!!! FOR OUR MIDTERM WE HAD 3 (10-MARKS) QUESTIONS and 1 (20-MARKS) QUESTION. SHE WANTS LITTLE DETAILSSS. EVEN IF YOU MISS SAYING THAT ONLY "SOME" OF THE ACANTHODII HAVE THIS CHARACTERISTIC, SHE WILL MARK IT WRONG.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOTTTTTT PUT YOURSELF INTO THIS SITUATION. HER FINAL EXAM YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE 5 OUT OF 7 QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM (15 MARKS EACH). FOR SECTION 2, YOU HAVE TO ANSWER 2 OUT OF 3 LONG QUESTIONS. EACH QUESTION IS WORTH 30 MARKS. SHE ALSO DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER KEY FOR HER EXAMS. SHE DOESN'T CONSIDER REMARKS
……just don't take it… You will 100% suffer from this course.
Tammy is truly a legend of the BISC faculty. On the last day of classes of the Summer semester she didn't have enough time to finish up her last set of slides, so she casually proceeded to continue RUSHING through 20 slides after usual class time. She ignored all the questions as usual. the lab was the only redeeming part of the whole course.
Goes through the slides very slowly (not much is covered) & sped through 20 slides after the last class had finished. She doesnt provide clear expectations for exams making it impossible to know how to succeed in this course. In all my years at SFU I have never had such a negative experience with a professor. Avoid taking classes with her.
Yes shes bad in terms of a professor. You can easily do good on the midterm if you write the key words. screw the digarms and start paragraph writing. for the midterm write fast bc its a time crunch for sure. study beforehand for labs, youtube videos and google images so you dont waste time in lab finding structures. Shes bad but you can do it
0 organization and tests are made of a bunch of nonsense. She puts random bs on slides and rambles about her former students nobody cares about. She needs to retire.
Lab was great, but that's cause it wasn't taught by Tammy. DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER. Lectures are disorganized--she runs out of time because she constantly talks about non-lecture material and "waits for people to finish writing"--her slides are blank. midterm was 4-5 questions, ~20 marks ea. Final is to be 7 questions, 15-30 marks ea. DONT!
Lab was great, but that's cause it wasn't taught by Tammy. DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HER. Lectures are disorganized--she runs out of time because she constantly talks about non-lecture material and "waits for people to finish writing"--her slides are blank. midterm was 4-5 questions, ~20 marks ea. Final is to be 7 questions, 15-30 marks ea.
Tammy is a really really really bad lecturer. Lectures are slow, she “waits” for everyone to finish writing which is an insanely long pause (we all finish relatively quick). Unfortunately she's the only person teaching some of these 300 level BISC courses and we don't have any other choice. If you don't need, don't put yourself through this.
Tammy didn't finish our last material, we flew through 25 left over slides when the class had actually ended. From 10:20-10:25. One question on an exam is worth 20-30 marks. No direction, examples or practice of what we can expect. I've never encountered a lecturer like this during my time at SFU. The lab prof should have taught the lecture instead
Worst experience in any class I've ever taken. If Tammy had taught one of my first year courses coming into SFU I might have dropped out of uni just from the sheer disappointment of the lecture quality I was getting for my money. I hope to never come across a class taught by her and i'd rather delay my graduation than take another class w her.
Avoid this professor if you value your sanity and GPA I've never had a professor that actively made me hate learning the material but I guess theres always a first for everything. Lectures are unfortunately a complete waste of time which you are forced to sit through and take notes because she refuses to give out complete lecture slides.
Tammy is by far the worst prof I have ever had she said that she would give us sample questions for the final she doesn't do that, she said she would give us back our midterms but she doesn't and don't even think about asking questions because she doesn't give you an answer if value your sanity and gpa void taking this class with her
Extremely broad questions. memorize the lecture slides and then brain dumping on exams is your safest bet. Labs were fun with the other prof but with tammy get ready to struggle. Watch youtube, read the lab textbook and prepare before every lab. For lecture exams memorize the tiny details. This course is very time consuming. Take in a light sem
Please do not take a class with this prof! I have never had a professor give such unclear grading criteria. The exams were a joke, a few huge questions that you get wrong for no apparent reason. She managed to take some of the most interesting material science has to offer and completely butcher interest and the material.
Tammy loves to go on random tangents about experiences she has had in her field. Most of the time they do not tie into course concepts. The testing is unrealistic. The tests are 5-7 questions based on 200+ slides of cryptic information. There were times where we'd ask questions and she would dodge them. she's not a bad person just not a good prof.
Do you want a class average of 50% with no textbook to fall back on when the prof doesn't teach? This is the class for you! Tammy loves to talk about non course topics and dodge questions. I don't think she's a bad person just not a good prof. Her only assignment doesn't even have clear criteria. Avoid at all costs (29% would take again is a lie).
I really hope the department takes some of these into consideration. Tammy isn't a bad person but she's a terrible professor. I don't understand how anyone in the department signs off on her tests which are like 5-30 mark questions. Biology is my favourite science and this was the course I dreaded the most this semester. I preferred math. Avoid.
Tammy shouldn't be teaching 300 level biology courses. Although if she taught the 100 level courses she would prob deter every biology student from the department at the start of their post secondary education. I don't listen to these reviews but for this one, Do Not take this course with Tammy. Find another lab course, even if you graduate late.
DONT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH TAMMY! She's the worst prof she goes through the slides slower than a snail and on the last day will speed through what she didnt finish, exam are only a couple questions 10-30 marks per, she seems uninterested in what she teaching, doesnt answer question and she will say one thing and her sides will say something else
Dr. McMullan is definitely a nice person. However, being nice does not translate to competent teaching. From the beginning of the semester, she has lacked the ability to provide clear, concise lectures. She clearly does not know the material she is teaching, and when you ask her a question, she does not answer. And she cuts labs early! DO NOT TAKE!
Tammy is unorganized, and is confused on the lecture materials herself. She will never answer a question clearly and will not accommodate anyone for additional learning resources. The midterm is only 4 questions each worth 10-20 marks totalling 50, the material covered is unclear and messy, 2/3 of the lecture material itself was not tested on. RUN!
PLEASE FREE ME SHE IS TORTURING US - avoid Tammy at all costs, I have never experienced a worse prof, just unclear, unorganized, horrendous tests with no preparation, and she will literally run from you or tell you a a random story rather than answer questions
If this class is mandatory for you, just wait until a different instructor is teaching it. If it isn't mandatory, under no circumstances take it with Tammy. She should not be allowed to teach anything, anywhere. She doesn't know her own material, yet expects her students to know a stupid amount of information, none of which she teaches. AVOID
She was my first professor experience at SFU and I considered transferring schools. Tammy is a nice person but her teaching was absolutely the worst I have experienced. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. Wait for another semester.
She got removed as the instructor for this course only with a week left for the semester to end after weeks of the entire class complaining to the department for tanking everybody's marks with horrible teaching and exams.
If you're reading this, you're too late because you should've started studying for the midterms and finals now. If you're not religious, pick one and start praying. I've never felt so stressed and cried so much. About 50+ students sent in emails to the department chair complaining about her. She's now been removed, WE WALKED SO YALL CAN RUN.
took our lab and lecture midterm in early-mid october. It's currently Nov 27 and we have YET to get our grades back. Took my lab final not even knowing if Im passing this course. DO NOT TAKE ANY COURSES WITH HER. She'd get very defensive if you ask questions she doesn't know the answer to. She's also YELLED at the TA in front of student many times
I took this elective because I didn't take Bio 12. It's fully self-taught via the textbook, but the human/animal topics are actually interesting. Grading includes weekly quizzes, two easy assignments, a project, and exams. The practice exams are nearly identical to the real one so use them! Even without studying much, a top grade is very doable.
Do not take a class with this professor. She is completely unaccommodating and difficult to communicate with. She expected me to meet unrealistic expectations THAT WERE HER JOB AS PER THE SYLLABUS SHE WROTE. Bad course layout, and I took the course online so figured (syllabus) that distance would be okay and flexible. Don't be me, run.
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