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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024 |
Very nice but lectures have participation points. Drops the final or lowest midterm grade. Very good professor and actually likes what she teaches. Would 100% take this class with her again. Exams were pretty easy if you master the practice problems she gives on canvas and use the study guide. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/06/2024 |
First off, ignore my grade in this course. I genuinely did not put enough effort into the beginning of the semester and missed a number of lectures/homeworks because of it. I will say that she has a very strict no-late work policy and mentioned today that she will not boost grades at the end of the semester. For those of you who are passionate about this, she will not cancel class for that Monday before Thanksgiving. Attendance is also graded on a daily basis more times than not and even though it is a big lecture 1) she will know all of your names by the end of the semester, and 2) she will give out handout worksheets that you need to turn in at some point during the week. Aside from that, I will say she is incredibly passionate about ecology and it shows. It makes the class interesting to attend, but it is very information-heavy and fast-paced. You get what you put into this class, and she's not unfair with grading. She lets you bring a notecard into each exam which can be VERY helpful. She drops your lowest concept check (little MC quizzes) grade and your lowest exam grade, INCLUDING THE FINAL. So, if you're doing well in the class you technically don't have to take the final. The final is also now online but at a fixed time. If you're taking this to satisfy your DNLS requirement I would say go for it, but it is a bit of work if you want to do really well and actually understand the concepts taught. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI477 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/30/2024 |
fire teacher. Super nice and teaches well. Very reasonable (I've gotten extensions on assignments) professor. There are 4 pts extra credit for going to a seminar, 3 exams (MC, Short answer, 1 bonus point) and the final is optional because she is dropping an exam. You get a notecard to bring to tests. Besides that, the material is interesting, only 4 hws and the concept checks are easy (3 attempts). There is a poster assignment at the end of the year as well. Little bit of reading for article discussions on Thursday but not bad. Class is recorded but there is participation credit so go. |
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Emily Bruns
Expecting an A Anonymous 04/15/2024 |
Very passionate about ecology/biology, very nice and will explain concepts to you if you go to office hours or stay after class. The homeworks were long and confusing but not a huge portion of your grade. It took me a little to adjust to the exams because there's a lot of material covered in them and a short time limit, but overall probably the best professor for this class. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/20/2024 |
Dr. Bruns was very passionate about eco and evolution! There is a lot of material to cover but she makes it very straight forward. I was balancing Orgo 1 with this class so my time was split making it difficult to completely focus on BSCI160, so my grade is a little lower. Overall, I would take her again! She is the best professor to teach this course. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A+ fields32 12/12/2023 |
Prof. Bruns is a fantastic teacher. She's engaging and it's clear that she has a genuine passion for the field and enjoyment of teaching the content to the students. Exams were pretty typical, we could bring a notecard and they weren't too difficult. Lectures were also quite typical, just taking notes from slideshows. Overall, this is a course with decent content that I really enjoyed, in no small part thanks to the energy Prof. Bruns brought to class everyday. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2022 |
Great professor - she is very interested in what she teaches and it really shows. The exams were not bad, and they only had information from her slides and classes on them. Nothing much else to say - this is a pretty run-of-the-mill class. If you have to take BSCI160, try to do it with Bruns. Something minor, but the homeworks and worksheets were time-consuming and confusing, but that's the only gripe I had with this class. If you have already taken ANTH222 and/or BSCI222 before taking this class, like I did, then BSCI160 is a breeze. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/16/2022 |
Even though the lectures aren't the most interesting, she is very knowledgable and teaches everything thats on the exam. There are a few long hw assignments that are graded on accuracy but I recommend going to TA office hours because they basically give you the answers. Her exams are very fair and you should be able to do very well by just studying your notes. This class grade is almost entirely dependent on the exam grades(about 70%) but she does drop the lowest. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2022 |
Dr. Bruns is very passionate about the content in this course and it really shows during her lectures. She truly cares that her students are learning something. As for the course itself, the exams are very fair if you follow what she puts out in the study guide, and you can also bring in a notecard during exams. Your lowest midterm also gets dropped which is a nice perk. Overall, she makes the class enjoyable to attend, and makes the workload manageable, for this course I would take this professor if you can! |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI477 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/13/2022 |
This course is amazing. The best bio class I've ever taken. Firstly, Dr. Bruns is passionate about the material and it shows. She provides every opportunity to help you learn. There are paper discussions which are interesting and relate to the material. The content overall is so interesting. The exams were fair. If you study all of the lecture slides and the study guide given, you will do well. Couldn't recommend taking this class with Dr. Bruns more. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A+ florm 12/18/2021 |
Bruns is clearly very passionate about ecology, and does a fantastic job teaching it. Her lectures are easy to understand and usually have a couple clicker questions for easy participation points. Quizzes and exams are very fair, especially since we get a full page of notes to use on the exams. She drops the lowest quiz and exam, which can be a midterm OR the final. There are a few projects throughout the semester, one of which is a group project about different ecosystems, but grading seemed pretty lenient. Bruns is by far the best choice for 160. |
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Emily Bruns
BSCI160 Expecting an A sbhatta6 12/02/2021 |
Bruns is an amazing lecturer with a real passion for the things she teaches. She often integrates her own research into the lecture information and provides many different examples that make the content both easy to understand and retain. She makes this class very interesting with her enthusiasm for the subject and her exuberance for specific phenomenon is invigorating! She is very understanding and grades come back quickly (homework set grades within a week, exams within 5 days and frequently within 3), and she drops lowest midterm and quiz grades. Overall, I highly recommend Bruns for BSCI160 |