Skatter-bained! Take chem before his class, you will have to correct him many times. Don't recommend him! Can't teach, doesn't test on what he teaches, most class time is off topic. No point to attend class! I acquired all my knowledge from the book.

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You must have missed class buddy. None of his lecture had anything to do with the test nor did we ever go over the tests. You are right about the tests being from the book but not as clearly as one would think. Take this class elsewhere before coming

Avoid this guy, he's a fool. All these people who say "you just have to read the book and you'll be fine" are right, but thats always the case in every class. Find a different teacher who can actually teach you something.

Not very good. I would not recommend taking him.

unorganized, apathetic, and basically didn't seem to enjoy or understand how to teach the class at all. The school should only employ him to do research because he is not qualified to teach

ever seen the movie Waynes World? skatter brained and half the time he doesnt know what he is talking about. the text book he uses sucks. take this class from another school. i wish bybee thaught this class. the lab is a joke! it reminds me of high school science projects.

I studied for countless hours and I still came out with a horrible grade. I went to class everytime and used every study method I could think of. If your not a genius don't expect to get a good grade in this class.

Dr. Whaley has only one thin on his mind...Swallowtail Butterfies. He's the world's foremost authority on the subject. But he has very little time or patience for first year Biology students. He has no interest in making sure you understand the material (very disorganized) and heaven help you if you ask a question in his class. Caveat emptor!!!

This teacher sucks big time. He's probably the worst teacher i've ever had. Like everyone else said, it would be easier for you to read the book and do it on your own. He's very easy though.

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Worst teacher at UVSC. I have had some bad ones, but he truly does not care about helping his students. I saw too many poor kids get torn a new one for asking something in class. Steer clear of this one if you want to get what you pay for with your tuition.

Dr. Whaley cares more about covering the material than helping his studets to understand and learn. He does not answer student questions in a clear way, instead just restating what he said the first time(which caused the confusion in the first place) It almost seems that he wants his students to fail rather than succeed. He is a horrible professor

Professor Whaley delights greatly in the dimise of his students. The test on genetics was so unbelievable difficult and excruciating i considered sending hate mail to Dr. Whaley. Its almost that he wants us to learn to fail, rather than learn biology to become med students. Very dissatisfied with his teaching ability.

He has got to be one of the worst teachers ever. The first day in class he says that if you want to do well on his tests that you have to study the text and the CD that comes with it. I took that to mean, "I'm a terrible teacher and won't teach you a thing so your on your own." I was right.

His tests are so hard. I studied like crazy and I still failed this class. I didn't really go to class because I didn't understand anything that he was teaching because he goes through it so fast. He just says read it and then you'll understand it. I wouldn't recommend him.

I really love biology, but Whaley ruined it for me. His tests are ridiculously stupid, he tries to be sneaky, but it just comes across as confusing. I HATED his teaching style, he goes through dozens of powerpoints in a class just reading off of them. It almost seems like he has no idea what he is talking about. I had a very negative experience

wasnt helpful, kind of rude and if you dont attend the class make sure you take every test and get a good grade.In class he doesnt talk about whats on the test.beware!

Do not take this class from Whaley! He was no help in letting the class know what would be on the tests, I got better grades when I didn't show up for class on the tests then when I went all the time. The final was awful and he made no effort to tell us anything that would be on it or tell us what we should study.

Before I took a class from Professor Whaley, I loved Biology. This man's style of teaching, or the lack thereof, is completely ridiculous. His lame excuses and patronizing "disscusions" get old very fast. Don't take Bio from Whaley, whatever you do. He is understanding sometimes, but most times, he'll just tell you to "change your major."

This most worthless class ever. You can tell that Dr. Whaley hates teaching it. He stutters around questions and is generally unhelpful. His class is pretty easy as long as you read the book and go over his practice tests. He gives one in-class quiz at the beginning of the semester but after that don't even bother going to class.

If you like reading the book and getting no help from the professor then Whaley is the teacher for you. He has been rated for the past 7 years and still has horrible ratings.

You knew you were signing up for a class taught by an ornithologist, how interesting did you think it would be? Extremely painful to sit through class as he reads verbatim off the slides. Teach yourself, be discipline in reading and mastering biology you'll be fine. If you thought this class was hard take Ochem, your defintion of hard will change.

I went to class everyday, took notes, did my homework and reading. I went to every review session possible and I did horrible. I have never failed a class before and I have good grades. He was not helpful. He talks fast and expects you to learn a lot from your own reading. He doesn't give you time to process the info and some of it is irrelevant.

Dr. Whaley is the worst. I am an A student and I had to drop the class. Daily powerpoints are 80+ slide long. Test and homeworks are so hard. He does not care to know who you are and hates anawsering questions. Find another teacher at all costs. He threw in so much useless information. He even told us he does not like this biology, but zoology

Worst Biology Teacher at the University. Such a hard class, filled with useless information. Others in lab with different teachers knew so much more than Whaley's students. His powepoints were so long and useless. Puts his own interests into the lesson rather than what we need to know for the test. He doesnt even like to bio. He just fills in

The only reason he is a teacher is because it's a job in biology. Puts his own bio interests in the lectures that have nothing to do with the test. Very long and difficult quizzes are due before class every period. Lectures are useless and confusing. He just fills in for the bio department. Expects you to learn all from your reading. Find another

This guy is a terrible professor. He is constantly contradicting what he says. When students have questions, he can't answer them clearly and just says the same exact thing he said that made them confused in the first place. Don't get me wrong, he's undoubtedly a great person, he is just terrible at teaching.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!!! I had to drop this class becuase it was way too hard and Whaley doesn't teach well at all. He has powerpoints that have the information for the tests on them but then they end up not having the information needed. He expects you to not memorize the information but to learn it and apply it on the test. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!

This guy is literally the worst professor I have had. He babbles incoherently about the subjects at hand and his powerpoints aren't helpful. You have to read the chapters word for word or you won't pass, and on top of the normal required lab he has required labs of his own that are counted in your grade. He is unbearably bad at teaching.

unclear and disorganized his TA told me that 1/2 of the class will fail as if to brag about how hard he makes the class compared to other teachers.

Couldn't stand the class. He constantly lectures about pointless issues that have nothing to do with the class and treats not being as intelligent as him as a crime. You must buy the overpriced book and expensive clicker if you want to pass. Turned biology into my most dreaded class even though I love bio. Doesn't answer questions either

I feel like his lectures are worthless. Don't be fooled, this isn't an easy A. You never really know what's going to be on the test unless you have a good TA to help with the recitation session. You really don't know what you need to study but it's based on total points so do all the homework and get 100% on that.

Expects you to teach yourself the material. Gets irritated when you don't understand. He is a horrible teacher, doesn't understand questions. Gets things mixed up while teaching. Very confusing. He's a nice guy but a bad teacher.

Dont take classes from Whaley! He is incredibly rude to students and doesn't understand their questions. He can't talk clearly, and doesn't even understand his own power points. Worst teacher I've ever had.

Not a good teacher. The course is fine if you're driven to learn on your own, but he probably won't be much help.

I am not very good at Biology, but this teacher made it that much more difficult for me to understand. He knows all about biology but he can't teach it worth a darn. He is constantly yelling at students for asking questions. He requires you to meet with his T.A's every week and they hate him too. They were my only saving grace to pass this class.

I'd rather be replace my visine with onion juice than sit through another lecture with Mr. Whaley. If being pubicly insulted is your thing Simply ask a question during class! You will be quizzed everyday. You will read everyday. You will be required to do work with his TA outside of class which is the only time you'll learn something.

Hardly learned anything from the teacher. The most you will learn is from the kid sitting next to you and the internet. When asked questions he either gets frustrated or repeats himself exactly how he worded it the first time. Tests are really hard and there is a lot of homework. I'm a good student and I felt I was drowning.

My major is biology because I love it! But after the first day of class I realized what I was in for... lots of late nights of stuDYING and tear covered papers. I've failed almost every test and I've studied like crazy. He likes to play the 'guess what I'm thinking' game, but he thinks really oddly. He requires so much outside of class.

My advice to any student looking to take Biology would be, find any other teacher in the school to take this class from. Whaley is a very smart man. However, he is not a good teacher. You will have to read & teach yourself. His tests are difficult and have strange wording. He is also very disrespectful when he tries to answer a students question.

Horrible teacher. Smart guy. Very confusing when he lectures. He jumps around and is very scatter brained. I went in for help on multiple occasions and he told me to not worry about it "it won't be on the test". But then those concepts were on the test and I did poorly. I ended this class with a C- which is the lowest grade I've ever received.

So here I am, start of week 11, still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Whaley seems like a cool guy, but often unprepared for class. Lectures suck, he's scatterbrained, doesn't answer questions, and is condescending when trying to answer. He does try to help students but it doesn't really work. only difficult if you don't have help.

For the love of all that is holy, do NOT take BIOL1610 from Whaley. He spends all of his mandatory lectures ranting about pointless things and hardly touches on the material. Do not ask him questions as he won't answer them, just ask your neighbors. You also have to take mandatory recitation from TAs and if not for them, all would fail his class.

Terrible professor. The class is easy enough to pass if you read but the teaching is horrible. I have spoken to him a few times out of class and I am always left frustrated. Very scattered in class and in canvas. If possible take another professor.

The guy is not all there!!! Worst teacher ever. Only kids that pass the class are the kids that already know the material.

He lectures a lot

Material covered in class is minimal, as he mostly rants about unrelated things, and he constantly forgets what he's even saying. If you ask him a question, chances are he'll just yell at you and not even answer it. Most of what you learn is from the textbook, which you basically have to memorize to do well on his exams. Don't take this class!

Whaley was my least favorite professor of all time. He belittles students during class and often goes off on tangents that have nothing to do with what you're actually supposed to be learning. The only reason I got an A- was because I read the entire textbook out of class which is where I learned 99.9% of the information for this class

Whaley is the worst professor Ive ever had. He rambles on in his lectures and is hard to understand. Hes rude to students who ask questions. Dont take Whaley if you want to pass.

Literally the absolute worst professor I have ever had. Doesn't teach the material he tests on. He assumes you're already a chemical genius and then will scald anybody who dares to ask him to clarify the rambling he's been doing for 30 minutes. Don't take the class under any circumstances, you will most definitely regret it

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. He is a good guy, but a HORRIBLE professor.

Do not take this class unless you are good at reading the textbook outside of class and teaching yourself. He is old and makes no sense when he teaches. If you ask a question because you don't understand he will just say "well Idk how else to explain it". The class average was always 50-60% and he would get mad at us for it.

The absolute worst professor that I've had. Rambles on during lectures and doesn't prepare you for the tests that he gives. He doesn't answer questions that students ask during class and he has to curve every test because his averages are so low. Unless you have ample time to teach yourself the material outside of class, dont bother taking from him

whaley is a great person but HORRIBLE professor. our class averages on every test were around 50%-60% only due to one or two kids getting near 100% on every test. he does not answer your questions and makes you feel totally dumb for asking in the first place. lecture moves so quickly and he goes off topic quite a bit so its hard to follow.

Not clear at all about test material, went on irrelevant tangents and made multiple inappropriate comments towards female students throughout the semester. I attended class every day and still had to teach myself all the material. The dude is way too old to be teaching. His curves and extra credit are nice though.

This professor was awful, he was wanting everbody to be on the same page with him. Students in my class would ask him questions and he would get upset over them not understanding and would ignore the student. He expected 8 hrs of studying for his class. Once I went to his office like he told me to so he could tell me I was a failure in his eyes.

Terrible at teaching, very disorganized and makes it difficult for student to understand what the lesson or tests are even about. Easily worst teacher I've ever had

Wayne is the worst professor ever. I completely taught myself in his class. He talks in circles about stuff that isn't on the test. When you ask questions, he tells you that you should already know because he already talked about it (even though he never did). I don't think he should be qualified to teach higher education. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!

Dr. Whaley was not a good teacher. If you want to end up teaching yourself then take this class. Learned like nothing from him. The only good thing was that he allowed three attempts on our tests. Horrible teacher though, too old and senile to be teaching.

I would strongly suggest not ever taking this class. The exams had questions that were never mentioned in class or the book. Dr. Whaley is never willing to help you out on exams or homework if you had personal life emergencies. Very hard class even if you worked hard

He gets very scatter brained in his lectures and I was constantly lost and felt like I was teaching myself all of the material and pulling a lot of extra weight in order to get the grade I want. He never finishes his lectures and leaves important material out that's too complicated to learn by oneself and only tells us to learn it in the textbook.

Honestly does not know how to verbalize his thoughts well. Did not learn much in lecture. Learned all through book. Worst professor I've ever had if I'm being honest.

He was probably the WORST professor I have EVER had. He was so belittling when you asked a question, he was NEVER available outside of class and if you tried to email him or ask him ANYTHING you were met with complete disdain! It was awful! Get ready to teach yourself the material because he is very disorganized and unhelpful.

This guy needs to retire. He literally reads a PowerPoint and rants about things that don't make sense. The only reason I am going to pass his class is because I studied a lot and went to the study sessions his TA takes. DO NOT take this man's class, you will end up teaching yourself.

Don't take any class from this man. He's constantly repeating himself, not moving on to the next topics, his powerpoints are disorganized, his canvas page is confusing and it's hard to find anything. The textbook is what's teaching you, though it's still difficult to understand. I would not take this class again, he doesn't know how to teach.

Dr. Whaley is a nice guy, but I wouldn't recommend his class to anyone. You have to read the textbook and take a quiz on the reading before you even start lectures on that chapter in class. The lectures don't make sense, it is much better to learn on your own. Tests are also very hard. The grade I earned did not come easily.

I was so excited for this class but very quickly realized it was going to be horrible. Professor Whaley is so hard to follow. He'll go off on rants about unimportant things, he'll repeat himself countless times but not in a helpful way. AVOID HIM. He doesn't answer questions at all. Not helpful in most situations. Technologically illiterate.

I didn't listen to the reviews on here and let me tell you- LISTEN. This class was a living nightmare with Whaley. I'm sure he's a lovely person, but he's an absolutely awful professor. His tangents lasted 40 minutes and the info was all wrong. He also yelled at us for leaving even though it was well after the class time ended. It was miserable.

If you look at his ratings and think, "Oh, it just takes extra work". Do not do that, find a different professor. Whaley is a nice guy, but should not be teaching. He loses his thoughts 24/7, gets confused, always goes over class time and tries to keep teaching after time, we cover chapters after tests. It's hard. More than half my class dropped.

Dr. Whaley gets easily frustrated by technology and accidents. After a frustration, the rest of class will be 25% information/75% venting. He will pause for questions, but for 90% of questions he will either tell you are "outside of the scope of the course" or will look at you like you are stupid and not answer. Class is mostly slides/textbook.

This class demands that you study every single waking day with zero help from lectures or the professor. All for the exams to feel unrelated to what you studied so painstakingly for every day. Very difficult to manage if you are working part time and want a healthy social life. Dr. Whaley is probably very smart but should not be teaching.

I dropped this class after a couple of weeks because Dr Whaley wasn't a great professor. He would try to proceed with lectures even after acknowledging that it was time to wrap it up, He'd go off topic constantly, and he would disregard questions. I'd rather take this class a different semester than endure it with his "guidance".

If you are ready to teach yourself this is the class for you!! Going to the lecture was more harm than good. He would constant mix things up and teach us wrong going to class became pointless when you would end up teaching yourself. There was 45 students at the start of the semester by the end less than 5 would show up. One time it was just me.

I am honestly not sure how this dude is still teaching... He really doesn't understand technology well, and he has a pretty bad habit of mixing up his own material. I stopped going to class half way through the semester because I wasn't learning anything (luckily attendance wasn't mandatory). Avoid taking his class. Nice dude but terrible teacher.

Is a very old professor and does not teach coherently, you will learn more from the textbook than you do from his lectures. If you take him, be prepared to teach yourself and use Quizlet on all of the assignments because you will have to search for the answers to make sure you get perfect grades.

just dont

This is not a great biology class, Dr. Whaley is constantly changing the criteria for the class and his lectures make no sense. You are teaching yourself throughout the entire class. The best part of this class was watching Dr. Whaley struggle with the computer. Don't recommend this class

He needs to retire. He's really sweet, and the class can be hilarious but only because he literally can't hear. Someone will ask a question and he completely disregards because he's deaf in one ear.. he told us that. You have to pay for an $80 textbook that's useless, but you have to teach yourself this whole time. I learned nothing in this class.

Really nice, but is too old to still be teaching. Would forget the train of thought and contradict textbooks.