good professor, easy to understand and follow. Made lab fun and easy. Will definitely take a class again with him.

Paustian was a great professor! His exams are fair, you can tell he really enjoys the subject! If you go to class and pay attention, it's fine. Take it in the summer!

Tim Paustian is the man.

Tim is brilliant. He does an great job of showing that he loves his work and he loves his students. He's funny, but at the same time he knows his stuff. He makes Microbiology at UW-Madison what it is. :DD

Great professor. Tim is a teacher. He is an excellent author and teacher, conveying knowledge successfully to students!

Any class within the micro department that he teaches is a MUST TAKE. Tim makes the micro department at UW. He is a wonderful educator and extremely well versed in all that is microbiology. For all those reading this: it is a PRIVILEGE and not a requirement to have a class with Tim. DON'T take him for granted - UW would not be the same place! GREAT

He wrote a textbook and exams are based on ppts. He knows EVERYTHING about microbes.He holds review sessions before every exam and tries to memorzie everyone's name. Definitely one of the best professors on campus, but I found that he is little awkward. ONLY Problem: LOTS of typos and grammatical mistakes which are sometimes more than annoying! LOL

Exams completely based on the lab manual/lecture slides. Few assignments/lab reports graded fairly. Answers questions on discussion board. Overall, a very nice guy who really cares about each individual student. Definitely better than other lab courses I have taken - such as Zoo 152 or Gen chem labs. Highly recommend.

Awesome guy. He loves microbiology and make you love it too! His exams are very fair, as long as you study the lab manual you'll do fine. A few other short assignments and two easy lab reports. This is an awesome lab!

He tried so many new things this semester and you can tell. CACAO never worked, some of the experiments did not work out so well. The worst part for this course was unexpectedly writing analysis. Tim and Jon grade pretty harshly and counts for the majority of grades,so make sure you do well. Quizzes are fair though. A bit frustrating for 2 credits

Very good teacher. Passionate and what-not. He even wrote his own textbook for the class! Would take again without a doubt.

He's strange. His lectures are jumpy and you never know what he wants you to concentrate on. Test questions are confusing. It seems like he is trying to trip you up. Definitely a smart guy but I really didn't like his teaching at all.

Honestly I loved Dr. P. He's a bit eccentric, and yes his slides always have typos and he seems to always be correcting himself, but he's a brilliant man and a very fair professor. I personally thought he was hilarious, and he definitely rewards you for going to class. Clicker questions literally end up word for word on exams. I'd take him again!

The class is pretty straight forward. There is memorization involved but it's not too bad. The sometimes mumbles while he lectures, so he's not always clear. He also just reads off he slides and then adds on to it. He also does a project he puts you into groups and allows students to communicate to get answer he asks.

He is very enthusiastic, which help make his lectures more interesting. he reads slides with occasional clicker questions which helps for a clearer understanding. online quizzes can be difficult to find the answers to, but not bad. exams are ok, he's a kind grader. nice guy, would take again!

He's the best instructor and also the best person outside of the class. If you are a micro or bio major, have him for adviser. He's the best. I had him for 303, 304, 527, and 551 and I am glad that I could have him for 4 classes.

Dr. P is an above average professor but seems to make the class more work than it needs to be. He's VERY in depth and you never really know how deep the questions will go on exams. Although he posts study guides, they're incredibly vague compared to the amount of detail that is asked on the actual exam. Dedicate at least 2 full days of studying.

Dr. Paustian is a great professor. He's funny and he tries to make lectures interesting and engaging by telling interesting facts and personal anecdotes about microbes. His exams can be a little tough but are do-able. The class has online hw and quizzes, not just exams so there is a nice buffer for people to be able to raise their grades.

He is a passionate professor and very helpful when asked. He teaches a lot of content which is interesting to learn about but can be unclear of what is tested. Once in a while he will contradict himself with the information he provides from lecture to a quiz per se. Overall I would recommend him as a teacher but be wary of very hard exam ?'s

Best teacher I've had for a large lecture, he actually cares and tries to get students to understand the material even though its a 300 person class.

NO MORE MANDATORY TOPHAT ATTENDANCE-- this was canceled, lecture is now recorded and optional. He's a bit unorganized but overall a good lecturer and a really nice guy.

Tells interesting stories, sometimes gets off topic. Very respectful and entertaining. Has good conversations. Take notes, attend lecture. Large amount of memorization. Need to study hard for each exam.

Tim is a really funny guy. He's easy to talk to and super interesting. I took 303 over the summer. I have already taken 101 and 102 for credit at another school and I currently work in a Microbio lab so for me the content was not hard at all. Sometimes I got answers technically wrong on exams but explained what I thought and he gave me credit.

Tim is one of the amazing professors in the Microbiology department. He is very relaxed and understanding when things come up and his lectures and instructions are easy to understand and follow. Beware of his 4th grade bully story, if you know, you know.

As a senior, I can say Tim has been my favorite professor in undergrad. He is kind, patient, and willing to work with you whenever you don't understand material. Multiple times this semester I doubted my own knowledge or skills and not only did Tim teach me what I needed, but he reassured me of my intelligence and capacity to grow as a student.

My favorite professor and class during college! Tim is a great teacher and is always ready to help you tackle concepts you don't understand. You definitely have to be willing to put in work, but it is very manageable.

Amazing professor and was the only professor I had that truly cared about students during COVID-19. He also sent out regular emails about the unfolding events that were relevant to the course. Overall, his exams are the only thing that are hard, but if you study regularly, it is not hard to get the average or above. LOTS of bonus points.

Professor Paustian is a great guy and wants the best for all of his students. If you are struggling, talk to him in person and he will give you great advice. In lectures, he simply reads off of slides. This is a difficult course and the exams are really specific. This course has a ridiculous amount of content that is not easy to learn. Study a lot.

This man is a GEM. You can tell he loves microbiology, and works hard to make this class relevant. I took this class in Spring 2020 and he even included Covid-19 in the list of pathogens learned about in the last unit. He is funny and the tests are fair. The MC question extra credit he does is also helpful and provides plenty of practice problems.

Lecture videos were full of information, but had interesting content. He cared about student performance and believes if you put in the study time, you will get your desired score. Tests were open note and could be slightly specific but very doable. Offered a lot of extra credit.

His tests were pretty tricky and took a big learning curve to get used to them. However he really cares about his students and adjusts the class based on feedback given. Beware Class was very interesting but was a ton of material and tests were difficult!

Professor Paustian is truly entertaining in the way he teaches. You will definitely learn a lot. Biochem and Microbio students make sure to take his class.

Tim is great! Had him for 303, 527, & taking him for 551. He can seem intimidating/unapproachable, but he truly does care about his students & their success. Extensions can be hard to come by w/o good reason, so try to keep up. If you are struggling, be proactive & discuss it w/ him. He's more of a go-with-the-flow type of guy than you might think.

Dr. Paustian is a great professor and is very understanding of both mental health and delicate circumstances. He is very willing to work with you and help you learn, and doesn't take away points without providing an explanation for why he did, allowing you to not those points on the next lab analysis. Most professors just take points off and leave.

A really funny guy...just don't get on his bad side. I had him for lab, and he was always eager to answer questions (and make jokes). Could get stressed and short-tempered sometimes, but when you're running a lab with 20 people, that's understandable. Lab quizzes the exam at the end were never too difficult. I enjoyed his sarcasm and liveliness!

I really liked Dr. Paustian and 303, but it was a hard class. However, it's cleat that he really wants students to succeed. He's very accessible via Piazza and answers questions well, plus he was a funny lecturer. His exams were very detailed but definitely not impossible to do well on. Just pay attention during class and you'll be fine!

A professor that is very interested in you learning the material, but in order to get a good grade you need to go to all lectures and make sure to do all available extra credit

Professor Paustian is one of the very few teachers that I have had who takes the time to sit down with students and help them improve. He allows students to schedule meetings to go over exams and extra help for future exams. He is also very passionate about what he teaches and making sure that everyone understands. I would take his class again.

One of the few professors who truly listens to students. After the first exam, he gave us a survey to identify what was or wasn't working, resulting in a syllabus change that benefited us. His textbook gets mentioned a lot, but it wasn't required—I didn't buy it and did fine in the class. He was available on Piazza to help students with questions.

You can tell that he is very interested in what he is teaching and puts a lot of effort into helping us feel prepared for exams. Before them he would hold review sessions late at night and would even offer to stay longer to answer more questions. He would also be very clear about what we should focus on for our exams! Made microbiology fun :)

Best professor at UW. Passionate about lectures, and explains the material clearly. Makes a great teacher-student connection, as he implemented syllabus changes based on feedback. Very understanding of extenuating circumstances and rescheduling requests. Not political at all, contrary to the MAGA reviewers mad at him for denouncing antivax.

Professor Paustain is good, but this class is hard. Honestly, it was pretty obvious that this was his first year teaching an intro-level micro class. He is very knowledgeable, but the slides are hard to follow, the tests are pretty specific, and a lot of the content taught in class is not relevant to the class. Great guy but just hard to follow.

One assignment a week. super easy

Dr. Paustian was nice and funny. His lectures were kinda hard to follow at times, but rewatching lectures or just revisiting the material after lecture made a huge difference in grasping the material. He's really fast at responding to Piazza and very open to any questions. One midterm grade gets dropped and one of them is also online.

Literally such an easy class and he makes the grading criteria very clear. He uses his own textbook, but it only costs $15 and honestly if you can't find the money for it you can get by the course just fine without it. Lots of discussion posts with 3-5 replys to get full credit, but its easy and you don't need to have super in depth posts.

Dr. Paustian's lectures were sometimes hard to follow. Slides about difficult topics were often pretty vague and not connected well, making it hard to put things together. He is very passionate about the subject though, so he makes class pretty funny and interesting. His exams can be pretty difficult and specific, so studying good is very important