Brent Murray - University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

Professor: Brent Murray

Department: Biology

College: University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL210
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Textbook is needed to refer to for additional explaining and foundation, but Brent was more than willing to further explain any difficulties you have if asked. Fair marker, and had a sense of humour which made lectures more interesting.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL423
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Rewarded me for putting in the work, but didn't ever make it clear to me on how to do "excellent". Labs were conceptually interesting, but step-by-step written instructions on unfamiliar software were lacking.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Is very soft spoken, and can be boring in the lower level courses, but awesome prof for the upper level courses. His awkward sense of humour really shines through and brings many relatable examples/stories to keep lectures super entertaining. He makes you work for good grades, but also will spend the time to make you understand the material.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were hard to stay focused in. Dry lecturer, but had tidbits of humour. Talks about stuff not in the textbook and then tests you on it (even though he says he won't). Slides are extremely difficult to study from for tests, mostly just pictures. Need to refer to textbook. Assignments are tough. Always takes up time after class ends to finish

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GENETICS210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Is a nice person and very intelligent himself however he does not know how to present info to those who are not as knowledgeable. Often goes very in depth without ever explaining base concepts. Words questions very poorly. Had asked about chapter references for assignments to help teach myself, was immediately denied.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Brent is fantastic. I took genetics a couple years ago and didn't really appreciate it until I got to upper level courses and I really understood some of the things Brent laid the foundation for. If it seems hard or weird now trust that it'll give you much needed groundwork later on. Thanks Brent!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL210
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good professor, great mentor. Really cares about his students and encourages them to get the most out of their university experience. To get the most out of his classes be sure to attend office hours.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Brent murray cannot teach or convey a concept to save his life. Only reason to attend class is to get the iclicker mark. Otherwise, all the course material is self taught. His tests are unevenly weighted to specific chapters. He doesnt tell you this so 70% of what you study will not be tested.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

super super nice, not very good at teaching, almost fell asleep in every lecture, tests make no sense and cover obscure sections of the textbook

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great Prof

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good teacher, tough class. Love the practicallity of assignments. Presents material very competently.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Brent is really great in a lab-based course! He has improved so much since I first had him as a prof last year! His lectures are still pretty disorganized, but he's really competent in the lab! You'll still need to work really hard to get a good great though!

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Brent Murray isn't overwhelmingly helpful and he comes across as a bit of a geek, but he's a reasonably competent teacher.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL311423
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Brent is an excellent prof who demonstrates a lot of patience with his students. Although his knowledge is clearly above everyone else he does a very good job at helping students by dumbing it down (provided you take the time to meet with him outside of class).

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOL311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

what an awful prof! Very unhelpful! No social skills at all. GET OUT IF YOU CAN!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He mark so hard on the lab report.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIOL311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Bad course material...no serious complaints other than the expected level of comprehension unreasonable at times

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

can't go down to the level of students. makes a hard class harder!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

exam is long and hard...becarefull