Bethia King - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Professor: Bethia King

Department: Science

College: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Best biology professor on staff! She makes it easy to learn, the notes she posts on BB have to be completed in class which encourages students to come to lectures. Tests are just the online homework q's. She is a little dorky but it helped me remember key concepts!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. King is a very nice professor. This class consists of 4 unit exams (She drops the lowest exam), online quizzes (unlimited attempts), and a final exam . The unit exams are easy as long as you look over the study guides thoroughly. Most of the final exam questions come from the quizzes, sample exams, and unit exams. This class was an easy "A".

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Exams are very easy. Final Exam is even easier. Lowest exam is dropped. Study guides are they key to acing the exams. Gives practice exams. She doesn't recommend reading the textbook. Very nice and caring professor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is very thorough, gives a lot of information, but due to the abundance of information studying for the exams is very intimidating. If you don't go to the lecture you will miss out on the notes, the notes directly correlate to quizzes and without them, you won't do well. She is very passionate about Biology, it was just difficult in the content

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor. show up to class and pass

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She can be very overwhelming. You have to go to class to get the notes because she doesnt post them online, but going to class is worth it. She provides a ridiculous amount of online study guides, one per chapter, quizzes and more. I hated it at first but then I realized that all the extra stuff she did is what made me ace the class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Nice professor but boring lectures. Mandatory to attend lectures since its fill in the blanks and she doesnt post the answers. The quizzes are all online. Lowest exam gets dropped. The quiz dates are confusing sometimes.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. King is a nice lady, I can't deny that and she obviously cares for each and every one of her students. However, she is the only professor I've had where taking notes is more difficult than it should be, and not even saying in class that there is stuff due on Blackboard is a major nuisance and pretty much killed my ability to give a crap.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Just a wonderful professor and person.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor, very detailed in lecture and provides awesome PPTs. The set up of the class is, the notes are half completed on Blackboard, you have to come to class to finish the notes 100%. Online quizzes, can be taken over and over again. Professor provides old exams, online notes and online quizzes. 10/10 would recommend

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

If you attend each class and fill in the outlined powerpoints THAT SHE GIVES THE ANSWERS TO, the class is a breeze. Of course you yourself need to review but she is very clear with the info she shares and also offers very helpful mnemonic devices. I cannot emphasize how important coming to class is, CLASS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXAM GIVEN.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Bethia genuinely cares about her students and what she's teaching. The powerpoints and study guides are kind of confusing, but she will happily answer any questions. She gives you all of the information you need to succeed in the class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Fill in the slides, study the slides, and do the study guides. She gives you all the information you need to succeed. If you didn't pass this class, you didn't study. She's passionate about what she teaches and happily answers questions and emails.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIOS2029
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The exams are very difficult the highest grade I got on one of the four was a 75 and that was with studying the notes and study guides. Her information is all over the place and hard to understand especially when there are exam questions that have three correct answers and or aren't very straight forward. Don't get me wrong she's nice but yeah...

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. King knows what she is talking about, that being said the powerpoints are oddly worded, along with her study guides. She wont even respond to your emails, and is not very nice or considerate. Worst bio proffessor at niu by far, if i could use profanity i would. Tests are just as hard as everything else she writes and you will not use the book

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

makes insane study guides for her tests that are way too wordy and confusing and it's the same for the tests. She purposely tries to trick you and many questions on our tests had to be thrown out because she made them so confusing nobody got them right. She just goes off powerpoints for lectures and u just fill in blanks like in elementary school

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 433
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Bethia uses powerpoints, go to class and fill them in. She refers to a lot of examples to help reiterate the concepts. Tests require studying but she pulls 95% of them from her practice tests from each section so utilize them! Tracks attendance. You won't need the book. Including the final (cumulative) there's only 3 tests.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Such a great professor! The class isn't a complete piece of cake, but if you apply yourself, you will do well. Make sure to attend every lecture, print the notes out before class (but take your own notes along with slides), and use the study guides she provides after every chapter. Would take again. One of the best taught classes here.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOS2029
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is nice. Go to class, fill in the powerpoints, and you should do okay. Her tests are difficult as they are worded extremely odd. I failed the first two tests when I studied everything over and over. Just dedicate some time to this class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOS209
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. King is a very nice person and she is willing to help out all students. Her tests can be tough because they can be worded oddly. She curves the class, which is nice. Be sure to go to lecture, it will really help! I would take another class from her again.