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Cherisse Hall
FIRE198 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/02/2024 |
I think that Dr. Hall is a great lecturer, however over the semester we had some issues with the lab. When you register for the class you are given a 50 minute lecture once a week, however what they don't tell you is that they expect you to put 6 hours per week in the lab outside of class time. This becomes an issue because if the times when the lab is open aren't conducive with your schedule, it's hard to make time to go. This semester we also had a lot of issues with ordering certain reagents on time for them to be used in the research, Dr. Hall was very understanding about us not being able to finish certain protocols because of this but it was still a bit annoying to have to wait. I will say that this class is almost entirely a group project that spans an entire year so I would put in a lot of effort to make relationships with your group members because you have to work with them for a long time. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE198 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/31/2024 |
I'm leaving this review here since I'm in the FIRE stream that Dr. Hall runs, Bacterial Pathogenesis. However, she was away on maternity leave for most of the semester when I took this class. In her absence, the lecture part of this class was taught by Dr. Weiner and Dr. Zeidan. But the lab is way more important than lecture, so it shouldn't matter that much. This class is not hard at all, but it is deceivingly time consuming. When you sign up for this class on Testudo, you only see a 1-hour lecture once a week. What they don't tell you is that you're required to a spend an extra 3-5 hours a week in the lab. That means that in terms of time commitment, this class is at least as much as an entire lab session. Some weeks, it might end up being like two whole 3-hour labs! You have to plan to go to the lab whenever its open, but you aren't told the hours until 2 weeks into class. So if your schedule and the lab's schedule don't fit together, you're in trouble. If you're taking a lot of credits, or you're taking a hard class where you have to do lots of studying on your own time, you will struggle to get stuff done because of how much time this class eats up. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE198 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/31/2024 |
Dr. Hall was away on maternity leave for most of the semester, but I'm in the FIRE stream that she is in charge of, so I decided it would still be best to leave my review for this class here. Most of the reviews for this class just say its easy, and dont get me wrong, it is. As long as you turn in all your assignments on time, you'll get full credit. And the TAs are relatively forgiving about giving extensions even if you don't. But all that said, be aware that this class is absurdly time consuming even if its easy. It requires you to spend anywhere from 3-5 hours a week in lab, plus another hour for the lecture. That makes it more than a full lab period in terms of time commitment. Some weeks it might even end up being like 2 full lab periods! So if you take this class in a semester where you're taking a lot of other credits, or you're taking any hard classes that require a lot of studying on your own time (or in my case, both; big mistake), you might find yourself struggling to get things done because of this class. Be warned. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/13/2024 |
This course should be an easy A+ just by submitting weekly assignments on time and going to class. Very few assignments are actually graded on the quality of your work, but make sure you take the time to read over your assignments before submitting regardless. A lot depends on the group you are placed into towards the middle of the semester, but just check other people's work if you are worried about them lowering your grade. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE198 Expecting an A- Anonymous 09/03/2023 |
Nice Person and decently helpful when in lab. However, she waited until the end of the semester to grade most of the assignments in class, including our final lab report which significantly lowered my grade. In general the stream is what you make of it, but Dr. Hall, despite being a very nice person, is a terrible grader. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/03/2023 |
Professor Hall provides really good feedback on our team work that helps to improve our final work due later in the semester. |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE120 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/05/2022 |
Do not recommend taking her for FIRE120. Harsh grader |
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Cherisse Hall
FIRE120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/24/2021 |
Professor Hall is a pretty good teacher and is open to further explaining topics outside of class if you are confused. She seems a bit rude at first but overall she is a nice professor to have. The workload is light and you have plenty of time to complete projects and other assignments. |