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“He is a very nice guy, but he only reads his lectures”
BIOL224 - 3.0 rating“Brophy is an awful professor”
BIO224 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Reviews (114)
Easy class, and Brophy makes it decently fun. He makes it easy to make up labs you've missed for whatever reason. Study the lab from last week and his quizzes will be no problem.
Dr. Brophy is awesome.. takes soo much pain out of botany. if u gotta take it, take it with him!
Dr. Brophy is so awesome. I loved his class. He makes it easy to make up labs. Definitly take him if you have the option!
He makes Bio fun
very good professor who keeps the students interested thorough the entire class. He's easy-going and likes to share a few jokes. If you can take him for Biology
Excellent professor, and very caring and compassionate. He is not a pushover, but is willing to extend mercy, provided you are willing to show improvement. Is very knowledgable about biology and science, and can be reached easily. Highly recommended.
Awesome teacher, loveable just don't take him at 8am
Brophy is awesome! He make class fun just by being himself. He loves to connect with his students, so be prepared for fun jokes and an end of the semester party. He's also really good if you have a question or just need to talk about life. He builds in lots of fluff points for your grade. Tests are BIOL 200 level.
Chili pepper? How about habanero!!! Dr. B is awesome, his unique way of singing during dissections, generating his own "Yankovian" lyrics, he really brings "life" to the class. He also goes out of his way to help you feel sure of yourself. I once saw him fake sheer terror at the sight of a cow, run and dive under an elec. fence, now that's heart!
Brophy rocks my taco.
Dear Dr. Brophy, You are cool, like a cucumber. You are hot, like a Habanero. You're like a Sturgeon, swimming for the very first time. Yet I'll have to say... "Tim, you make me nervous."
my fav. prof! He is so much fun. seems more like your friend than a prof. helps you out with grades. his office is always opened to hang out, talk, laugh, or be serious. best moment: pretending the model of a flower was a theme park and prentening to ride on the flower, and making a flower theme park song! he's amazing!
He is really animated in his teaching, making learning the material much easier.
He rocks! Happy with this Professor!
Dr. Brophy is an awesome Biology professor, especially at 7:50. He unexpectedly adds music into his powerpoints which will either wake you up or make you laugh (especially when he sings them later in lab). Tests come mostly from lecture notes that are posted on Blackboard and are fairly straightforward.
Be honest, not everyone's first response to botany is "this is so cool!", but Dr. Brophy actually makes it worth going to class. He is so much fun, he makes sure you understand what he's teaching and is one of the most entertaining profs here. You even get to go on field trips for your labs, you're not always stuck in a room, he's awesome.
I am not a science person... Dr. Brophy is AMAZING and really helpful. I understand more about biology than I did when I started the class. He provides a lot of useful stuff like attendance points to aid in poor grades for those who struggle. Great teacher.
what a great teacher and person! so helpful, easy to understand, easy A. will work with you if you need help (but you probably wont need help b/c its ridiculously easy)
Make sure you get Dr. Brophy for lab..he makes biology more entertaining than the Sattler bros.
Great guy, makes Biology sound way more fun then it should. He has a great personality which helps lightens up the mood of a very boring topic.
EXCELLENT AND HELPFULL
HE'S THE BEST TEACHER EVER I WAS FAILING AND HE REALLY HELP CATCH UP WITH MY WORK. HIS TEST AREN'T EASY BUT HE GIVES U STUDY GUIDES THAT HAS THE EXACT ANSWERS ON THE EXAM LOL HE IS COOL ITS A BAD THING TO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS HE'S AMAZING 7:40 AM CLASSES ARE BORING BUT HE'S FUN THIS CLASS IS AWESOME
Dr. Brophy is awesome! He makes Biology really fun and is very entertaining in class. He showed a clip from the movie Napoleon Dynamite :) Very straight-forward class if you study for the tests. Very helpful in lab and in office hours. Highly recommend!!!
This class was boring and his tests were VERY hard!!!
Dr. Brophy is a good teacher. He sometimes opens the floor for discussion on the deeper subjects (like reproduction and human life). He will take time for the student. And as long as you show up, you'll make a good grade. And his pastoral qualities reflects on his students. Definitely take him!
He tries really hard but he's just not a teacher that I can learn from. His style of teaching is one that doesn't really help he just kinda vmits the info at you and expects u to take it.
Great Teacher, helpful and makes class interesting. Takes questions during his lecture and really gets to know his students. He will call you out by name if you get his attention. Book is needed. Answers for the quizzes come from the book
Class was interesting at times,he does regurgitate the information for you, if you have questions he says it is in the book yet he does not teach from the book, only ppt. One thing that was amazing is that the weekly quizzes are taken STRAIGHT out of the text! Overall, he is the lesser of the evils in the Bio dept, so take him.
THE MAN!!!!
I was SO thrilled when he took over for Dr. Sattler 3/4th of the way through Bio 200. He was so much less boring and an easier professor that if he had taken over sooner, I would have gotten an A. His tests were much easier!
If you are pursuing a degree that will require you to take upper-level Bio classes, you will probably be disappointed. But if you're taking him for GenEd then he is THE MAN!!!
Funny and very nice. Makes otherwise painful material somewhat digestible.
Funny professor and has easy tests.
Awesome Prof. Took him for Botany. Best class of my college experience. Smart prof, interesting class and he makes learning easy and fun. Still challenging though.
Easy tests and quizzes. Lots of knowledge on Biology. Really friendly takes time to learn students names and really get to know them.
Dr. Brophy makes the course interesting by adding an element of humor. I would recommend him to anyone.
Dr. Brophy is an easy class but so boring he reads straight off the powerpoint and the powerpoints are on blackboard so there is no point, but other than that he gives you everything you need to pass the class! Great guy, funny at times!! Take him for bio I am telling you it's worth the boring class.
Brophy is an excellent professor. He lets you do the quizzes on your own time as long as they are done before the end of the unit. His tests are difficult but just enough so you actual have to learn the material. He is an talented teacher and often lets class out early.
Seriously, the most painful class I have ever had to sit through. He is so boring and doesn't know what he's talking about. When people ask questions he never has answers. He only knows how to read off power points. Goodluck not falling asleepbeating your head against a desk during class. Rather run over my foot with a car than to sit in class.
He is a very nice guy, but he only reads his lectures. When asked questions, he is often evasive and confusing. He is difficult to listen to in class. WORK VERY HARD for this class. Know everything. I suggest getting a study study group together to teach yourselves the material and help each other, its the only way to do well.
i will not recommend brophy to anyone. he is really boring. makes dry jokes and laughs alone .the only thing i will say i like about him is the fact that the final exam is just questions from the previous 4 exams. i needed his help urgently, and explained to him why, i begged him to consider my request, and he turned me down twice.
Hardest class I've ever taken at Liberty Online.
Dr. Brophy is a nice man, but he is a terrible lecturer.. I only took notes the first three classes. Tests are tough and will require studying. I spent about three hours rewriting the PowerPoint information the night before each test and did well. Independent learner will do well as long as you're willing to put in the effort to study. Buy a pillow
Dr. Brophy is an awful professor. His tests do not reflect his lectures and this may be due to the fact that he doesn't know what he is talking about. He will give you no help and you will have to work your butt of for a good grade. Do not take him as a professor unless absolutely necessary.
Dr. Brophy is a very generous man. If you ask for help, he'll be more than willing to give it to you. He tries his best to keep his lectures informative but still interesting. The subject itself is really hard, but he does a good job of explaining things.
Would never, ever recommend him to anyone. Not a very understanding professor. His tests are hard mainly because his lectures don't reflect the testing material. Boring. DO NOT TAKE HIM.
Lectures are useless for tests. No study guide. Very lengthy book material for each test. Instruction assumes you are already familiar with concepts of biology. Definitely requires way more work than you would expect for a "101" class.
By far my least favorite science professor I have had at school so far. Dr. Brophy is unorganized and makes fairly simple material complicated, lengthy, and muddy. He is easy in his lower level classes, but 224 was hell with him.
sign in sheet for attendance, no homework besides extra credit quizzes that are only 5 questions each. if you study the notes we take in class which are off of power points posted on blackboard, you will get good test grades. he is a fun professor who's nice & occasionally lets class out early. He follows the power points so taking notes is easy
The only grades in this class come from your tests. So in order to do well in the class, do well on the tests
This class is a "weed out" course. Dr. Brophy was always available and was helpful. His tests are designed to make you apply the information that you know which makes them difficult. The last test and the final exam are given during the same testing period; however, the final is old test questions and is really easy if you memorize your old tests.
I took this class online and the work load is RIDICULOUS!! Not only do you have an impossible quiz every week that requires you to take 3-4 PAGES of notes on the textbook but you also have to take PAGES of notes on these terrible videos that are like 7-15 mins long. Of course you have to do both in order to pass the quiz/test. @ least 5 hours a wek
He is a nerdy guy but very caring!
Dr. Brophy is a very knowledgeable professor. However, his lectures are jam packed with information and he only grades based on the 5 exams and the final. His tests are very difficult and he doesn't provide any study tools. Do not neglect your book when studying for them! But in the end, he uses the previous test questions to make his final.
I really enjoyed having Dr. Brophy. His tests are your only grades for lecture. There are 5 tests and the final. The five tests are hard and require quite a bit of review from lecture notes. The final is exact test questions from previous tests, so STUDY PREVIOUS TESTS!! I would definitely recommend him to any student.
Funny guy, but only bases grades on tests.
Took Brophy in class for ENV 215. If you take notes from the lectures and read the book its pretty easy to get an A on the exams. There are usually 3 quizzes online before the test and the tests reflect the quiz questions. The tests really aren't hard if you take the quizzes.
Don't take this professor. Extremely rude. There's a reason people avoid him like the plague. Any extra credit is two points.
Great professor! His class is hard but he explains things well and makes lectures interesting!
Dr. Brophy is a hilarious professor who is excellent at explaining difficult topics. Biology is not my strongest subject but the way he taught the course material helped me to understand everything. His lectures were entertaining and instructive. I would definitely take him again and recommend him to everyone.
All of grades are based off of 4 exams and a few quizzes. If you take the quizzes, the tests are easier. Lectures can get dull but he provides study guides.
This Professor is one of the worst Professors I have ever seen in my life. He had a broken arm and was taking opiates (I know this because he announced it to the class on the first day). He is uncaring, cold. Shows students very little respect. His PowerPoint presentations are incoherent and disjointed , they dont make sense and are unclear. BAD!!
Can't believe I'm taking time out of my day to write this about a 101 class as a junior in college. Absolutely terrible. This prof throws about 80-slide powerpoints at you per chapter and expects you to know this junk on the test. Tests seem impossible to pass if your'e not a bio major. Take it online
Funniest professor I took this semester. He can be very lecture heavy, but brushes it off at intermission with these loud groans that are funny to see (take the class to understand). He cares about his teaching, and makes taking his quizzes and tests a breeze by pushing all things per unit due on the night of the unit exam. Great structure.
I know a lot of people hate on the class but honestly if you just study his powerpoints really hard you will do fine. He is a little boring to listen to but he is very nice! Ask questions if you are uncertain about anything. This is a weed-out course. If you think this is hard, it gets a lot worse for biomed majors. Don't blame it on the teacher!
Dr. Brophy is an incredible lecturer who loves his subject and desires to teach it in the best way possible. His tests are hard and require not only knowledge of the information but the ability to apply it to different situations.
I hate it.
This class is hard! I switched my major after taking this class. Glad I did! It's truly a weed-out course for those determining if biology is the right path for them. Don't be discouraged if it's not though! I hated this course though bc Dr. Brophy made it possible for us to lose 100 points+ in 1 day by scheduling the last exam and final on 1 day.
Dr. Brophy is a great professor who presents the material extremely well and coherently. He is also a very down-to-earth guy and makes the class very enjoyable, even for an hour and a half lecture. The class consists of 5 tests that are pretty hard but as long as you study consistently you will do well. This is a weed-out course!
Great professor! All lectures are going to be somewhat dry. However, he did the best he could to lighten it up and to give us a laugh now and then. He tested straight off of the powerpoint with a few easy application questions. There were no surprises in his tests.
If you want an A in this class, I recommend reading the textbook, as he makes most of his PowerPoints based on material from the textbook. If you put in the work to study his PowerPoints, you won't be surprised on the exams. He is a great guy and tries his best to make biology interesting. He also gives a lot of extra credit!!
Dr. Brophy is a chill guy. He has good powerpoints and is clear when speaking. My only downside is the way he teaches. Hes very boring and he does not elaborate on certain topics that seem very confusing. Once you try to understand a slide he goes to the next one and you get lost. However if you study the PowerPoints thoroughly youll do well.
Dr. Brophy is a great professor--really cares about his students, made lecture interesting, and gave extra credit opportunities. 224 is definitely a weed-out class so you've got to work hard. Study the PowerPoints like your life depends on it and you'll do great; I barely opened the textbook. Your grade is only the exams/lab grade so STUDY HARD!
Dr. Brophy is a great professor for this course. He is humorous, light hearted, and communicates the concepts effectively. Almost everything on the test comes from the PowerPoints which he makes available to his students. That being said, this course is definitely a weed-out course and does require a decent a lot of studying.
This is most definitely a weed-out course. If you want to pass, you need to excessively study the Powerpoints and book information. Dr. Brophy moves fast through his lectures, so outside of class work is most definitely required. However, extra credit is made available often, which is certainly a plus.
Brophy was a fine professor, but nothing special. I would take him again because I heard he is the better Biol 224 prof. but I by no means loved his class. He is there to lecture off of the powerpoints, and sometimes gets confused himself. The slides themselves can also be in a confusing order. He is passionate, though.
Dr. Brophy was, in my opinion, the best professor to take for Biology 224. He assigns a lot of material for his exams, but if you study the PowerPoints the tests are exactly what you expect.
Brophy was a good professor, however the course was EXTREMELY powerpoint heavy and he would zoom through them super fast. Each powerpoint was 70+ slides long, the tests were difficult especially because some questions had terrible wording. They test that you know super specific details, but sometimes the question barely made sense.
Dr. Brophy is one of the kindest, most genuine, and helpful professors I have ever had. He wants all his students to succeed and makes himself available to help in many ways. Take advantage of his office hours, they really helped me in this course. He was always encouraging and enthusiastic in class or via email.
Kind person but the class is very difficult. Grade is based on the exams and lab grade. Exams are strictly off his powerpoint so study them and you will do good, but each PP is no less than 60/70 slides each and each exam is typically on 3 chapters so be prepared to study a lot! Extra credit won't help if you don't study and do good on the exams
Dr. Brophy is one of the funniest professors I have ever had. While he himself is enjoyable, the class is not at all. It is extremely PowerPoint heavy. Dr. Brophy is so knowledgeable and passionate about this subject, he goes on tangents about the material and moves at a very fast pace, making it nearly impossible to keep up with notes.
Dr. Brophy is fun, knows how to explain/dumb-down complicated subjects, and cares deeply about the field of biology. His lecturing is largely unnecessary, since nearly all his test questions come directly from provided PowerPoint slides. Study all the slides hard and the class isn't too bad (Don't buy the textbook).
Dr. Brophy is amazing! His classes are not any harder than other BIO classes. Study the powerpoints and you will do fine. One of my favorite professors. He is passionate about he material and very easy to approach. He cares about his students and makes class enjoyable. Don't listen to the complaints, he is awesome!
Good professor, not a super difficult class.
Dr. Brophy was an amazing professor for this class. As the director of Creation Studies, he was knowledgable about the subject and made the lecture fun. I personally love discussing creation and evolution, so this class was especially interesting to me.
I love this guy so much, he's funny and engaging. His classes are hard and his tests are nuanced though. Just be ready to study, and you'll have a blast.
Hes funny and a good teacher but theres a lot to learn in in a short time.
Dr Brophy is a great prof. He will expect you to work hard for your grade but if you show up and study, you will do fine. This can be a tough class for those who don't have a strong background in the sciences, but if you are good at biology you will do fine. He's very funny and engaging, and gives EC and review sessions. Very passionate
Dr Brophy is one of the better BIO224 professors but its just a hard class in general
Great professor, he cares about the class and in bio 101 he makes almost impossible to fail. All of his quizzes are open notes open books and online which was super nice, and his exams are all matching which is even nicer! Definitely recommend taking him!
When I say going to lectures is pointless.... I mean it. All he does is go off the slides and he talks like we're already in medical school. His explanations are not helpful. His review sessions are pointless. He brags about the number of students that have failed his class and truly does not care about the success of his students.
I had brophy for BIOL224 and CRST290. His lectures are tough but the slides are detailed. I'd recommend taking notes from the slides in advance, then making a flow chart in/from lecture. Get to know him ASAP, if he knows who you are he goes out of his way to be helpful and he's a very insightful guy. Couldn't recommend enough
Dr. Brophy really enjoys what he does, and his class is really easy. However, if you are like me and don't find this area very interesting, you may not appreciate him keeping you late because he got sidetracked on some tangent, or on answering every question in the room. Overall though, it is an easy A and there is a lot of cool stuff I learned.
I loved Prof. Brophy for BIOL 101! He made the M/W/F class fun! He is hilarious, and I really needed this class before heading into the science field to give me a general overview of / introduction to biology. The tests are scantron and were easy to me if you studied. Quizzes were open note & very easy. He always starts the class with a "prayer"!
Good Teacher
This course was very difficult and hard to manage. He is very hard to understand.
He is unclear in his lectures. It is almost impossible to get an A because he rarely tests on what he teaches and takes questions from the fine print in the book. His voice puts me to sleep, and I learn more by just reading the textbook than going to his required lectures. Kindly, I would never recommend him to anyone taking Biol 224.
Professor Brophy is a decent professor, a lot of the faults I find with his class are based on the structure of the course itself. Memorizing the powerpoints and comprehending the big picture system is key to succeeding in this class. All the points come from exams, extra credit is sparse, but take everything you can get - every point counts.
Professor Brophy's 224 class is memorization heavy, but test questions are based directly on his PowerPoint slides and are easily understandable. So long as you're willing to sit down and memorization PowerPoint slides, the class isn't very difficult. Brophy offers extra credit and many study materials as well.
Dr. Brophy is a great professor! Majority of the credits in this class come from exams but his exams are not very difficult if you study the PowerPoints given to you. He is very helpful during office hours and truly cares about his students succeeding.
He grades fairly, lectures pretty well, and offers bits of extra credit throughout the semester.
Monotone, dry lectures. tests and quizzes were all multiple choice
Dr Brophy is sweet but gives hard tests. Pay attention to the slides NOT the book and you'll be okay. His Bio224 class was pretty mid honestly but I learned a lot!
Dr. Brophy is such an awesome professor! I took an online class so I've never seen him face to face, but he is so encouraging and gives amazing feedback! I normally really hate discussion posts and find them annoying, but I really enjoyed writing the discussion posts for this class. It was so interesting and I found it fun to write!
Dr. Brophy clearly communicates his expectations and presents information well. Everything you need to know is on the PowerPoints. There is definitely a very large amount of information, and the tests are known to be difficult, but that is the nature of the course itself, not a reflection of Dr. Brophy. He is slightly monotone but also humorous/fun
This is a well-known weed out class, so be prepared. There is no homework, only exams but there is a lottt of material and tricky test Qs. (Beware of exam 3). Brophy is a great professor though; he can be a little monotone but he tries to be funny. Lots of extra credit. Don't buy the book and use the study guides and powerpoints.
Brophy was bland in lessons, and monotone, extra credit was useless given how little it's worth in points, he would tell you that he tests on the slide shows but he would often put questions from textbook or other sources, he prefaces the class by saying he has a 50% fail rate in the class. Do not take this class if you value a social life
!!!Pay attention to the power points!!! If anything else, review the power points and relisten to the lectures and you'll be fine. Scrap the textbook, you don't need it. Don't take any information on the power points for granted because at some point he will include them in his tests. Other than that, he is a very sweet and knowledgeable professor.
Test are the only grades other than labs Gives extra credit about 12 points. Test are only on the slides, he could ask anything that's on the slides and he does ask small questions that were mentioned just once on a slide. Final exam is just like the test. He does sometimes bump up a final grade to get an A ex 888 he probably bump to a 900. He good
Absolutely terrible, He will brag in your face about 88% of his students failing his class. He will tell you his job is not to teach but instead tell you about the topic that you must teach yourself. if you would like a helpful professional this class is not for you, But do not worry he has all the jokes in the world.
Dr Brophy is a very lecture heavy professor, so if you want to do well on quizzes and exams in CRST290, make sure to come to class and use your fill in the blank notes. Those notes make up a good chunk of the quizzes and exams. Other than that, super easy class and pretty interesting. You can tell he's passionate about the topic.
This professor genuinely desires for his students to FAIL. One of his exams (3) is known for being a failure exam, our class got a 72 average for it and Professor Brophy was distraught that we didn't all fail it. He is rude to students and makes no effort to help. Do not bother using the study guides, just go over homework questions.
Dr. Brophy is a horrible teacher for BIO 224, he's openly said his passing grade is no more than a 75 since covid and he has the highest passing grade of all the teachers for BIO224. He has openly said he only teaches for the money and that he doesn't enjoy it. Take BIO224 somewhere else and transfer in if you don't want your GPA to suffer.
he was good! tests are not as difficult or scary as he makes them seem. he does pretty much just read off of the slides which are heavily covered on exams soo do with that what you want. he's pretty funny too! overall a good class and I think he just tries to scare students with the passing graph on the first day.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
95%
Textbook Required
31%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
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207
5.0
(1)BIOL207
5.0
(3)BIOL102
5.0
(1)BIOL103
5.0
(2)BIO418
5.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
BIO870
5.0
BIO224
4.2
BIOL224
3.9
244
3.8
BIOL200
3.7