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Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting an A Anonymous 01/01/2021	Dr. Presson is really kind and considerate. The class online was not bad and she pushed back deadlines if we asked which was really nice. The exams for the class are all questions that you need like 5+ sentences for each and get progressively harder and you have to write a 10 page paper about your ancestry so keep that in mind if you don't like writing. The labs seemed like they would be really cool in person but online they are kind of boring.
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2019	Very nice professor and helpful. Easy to get an A as long as any effort is put in. No -'s in her grading so 90% = A. 3 exams and an optional final exam to replace worst exam grade. All exams are written responses.
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting a B Anonymous 04/06/2019	Took this class this past semester, was very writing intensive and somewhat difficult because she changed the course, would not recommend
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Anonymous 11/09/2016	I'm currently taking this course and it is a total disappointment. Dr. Presson seems like a really cool person, but she cannot really teach the class. In the course you are mainly writing and that's it. She makes you write long papers for no reason and the exams are written too. Then you have irrelevant in-class assignments that don't help you learn. Dr. Presson could really change the way she teaches because due to the fact we had to write a big ass paper I didn't learn a thing from the class and neither got anything from the paper. So, if you want to take this class do know that 24/7 you are writing not learning.
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting an A Anonymous 04/11/2015	I love Dr. Presson. She lectures with such emotion and you can truly tell that she's so into whats she's lecturing about. There were clicker questions but she took in consideration that most people wouldn't come to class all the time and said we only had to earn 50 points of clicker questions when there were 2/3 every day worth 4 points. There was a section of three weeks that only covered biology and she said that if you had background in biology already, coming to class would not be necessary for those 3 weeks. Her TAs are really nice and the labs are really cool. She gives 30 points worth of extra credit and makes the final optional to replace one of the exams that you didn't do well on. I loved this class and would recommend it to anyone! The only down fall of the class is it's hard to get in.. But once you're in it's an easy A!
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting an A Anonymous 01/21/2011	Great teacher. Great class. Interesting subjects. Very willing to help students. Numerous opportunities to do well in the class. Goes over material constantly to make sure everyone gets it. There is a lot of busy work though, so be prepared. It is not challenging though, so if you want an A, you can get it. It is not important to attend class, but it does reinforce the material.
Joelle Presson BSCI189I Expecting a B Anonymous 12/09/2010	Presson is a condescending buffoon. She knows so little about writing (she cannot spell for her life and laughed at a student when the student mentioned MLA format) and humanities subjects but continually yells at her class about how stupid they are. Her lectures are less than pointless. She is so pompous it is frightening. Her exams test on things she has barely mentioned in class and you can write nearly a perfect essay exam and still get a D because you didn't fill the blue book. DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS FROM HER. EVER.