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Marcia Shofner BSCI106S Expecting a C Anonymous 12/30/2013	nice lady. only take her if you acutally care about evolution, ecology, animals, etc. If you're like me and have no interest whatsoever in these topics, dont take this professor, because you wont do well. if you care about your grade more than learning about these topics, take someone else.
Marcia Shofner BSCI106S Anonymous 12/21/2011	She is nice professor and all but sometimes I don't bother going to lectures because she posts them all online anyway. Tests are fair (lowest midterm dropped). I totally expected to get an A in this class and was at 90% but I got a 85 on my final and ended up with a B+. The final exam wasn't even that bad but I feel like the TA's were just looking everywhere for places to take off points.
Sara Via BSCI106S Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/18/2010	A lot of people bash on Dr. Via, but I don't think she deserves it. If you study a day or two in advance for her tests, you'll do fine. The lab is easy and she gives around 40 points of extra credit. The things she does in class are actually kind of funny - don't take her too seriously. She's very opinionated, you'll see it when she starts talking about evolution and religion. Go to the review sessions and stay after and talk to her. She says she gets to know a few students this way and it could end up helping you. Find her past exams and study them, they will be 60% of the current exam. Don't read the textbook. At all. All of her tests are based on her lectures. Take good notes and study from her outlines. Actually read the lab manual for the prelab quizzes, it'll help you study for the lecture exams.
Sara Via BSCI106S Anonymous 12/02/2010	Dr.Via is one of the worst teachers imaginable. If you want to keep your sanity, do not take her class. She not only is a horrible teacher, but she is also rude, inconsiderate, and ill-mannered towards her students. Her exams are UNREASONABLE!!! She expects you to memorize the exact wording of the lectures and if you know the answer but don't put it in her exact wording, it is wrong. So, it is entirely possible that you can study a lot and know all the material and still fail the exams. Bottom Line: Don't get Via, if you have to move around all your classes or get inconvienient times, just do it.

Marcia Shofner
BSCI106S

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/30/2013

nice lady. only take her if you acutally care about evolution, ecology, animals, etc. If you're like me and have no interest whatsoever in these topics, dont take this professor, because you wont do well. if you care about your grade more than learning about these topics, take someone else.

Marcia Shofner
BSCI106S

Anonymous
12/21/2011

She is nice professor and all but sometimes I don't bother going to lectures because she posts them all online anyway. Tests are fair (lowest midterm dropped). I totally expected to get an A in this class and was at 90% but I got a 85 on my final and ended up with a B+. The final exam wasn't even that bad but I feel like the TA's were just looking everywhere for places to take off points.

Sara Via
BSCI106S

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/18/2010

A lot of people bash on Dr. Via, but I don't think she deserves it. If you study a day or two in advance for her tests, you'll do fine. The lab is easy and she gives around 40 points of extra credit. The things she does in class are actually kind of funny - don't take her too seriously. She's very opinionated, you'll see it when she starts talking about evolution and religion. Go to the review sessions and stay after and talk to her. She says she gets to know a few students this way and it could end up helping you. Find her past exams and study them, they will be 60% of the current exam. Don't read the textbook. At all. All of her tests are based on her lectures. Take good notes and study from her outlines. Actually read the lab manual for the prelab quizzes, it'll help you study for the lecture exams.

Sara Via
BSCI106S

Anonymous
12/02/2010

Dr.Via is one of the worst teachers imaginable. If you want to keep your sanity, do not take her class. She not only is a horrible teacher, but she is also rude, inconsiderate, and ill-mannered towards her students. Her exams are UNREASONABLE!!! She expects you to memorize the exact wording of the lectures and if you know the answer but don't put it in her exact wording, it is wrong. So, it is entirely possible that you can study a lot and know all the material and still fail the exams. Bottom Line: Don't get Via, if you have to move around all your classes or get inconvienient times, just do it.

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