Michelle Igo - University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Professor: Michelle Igo

Department: Science

College: University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I found this class so unnecessarily hard. Dr. Igo makes her tests ridiculously hard, with NO CURVE. Discussion sections are basically another lecture& while her lecture slides are posted online they offer you nothing. You're graded on the accurateness of clicker questions. Worst quarter of my life when I took her class, TA workshops are helpful tho

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was an interesting class but the way we did online readings was just stupid. The tests were extremely hard and i think she could care less about your individual learning. She just wants people to know what she does is hard but doesn't dumb it down for the rest of us regular people. Not impossible to pass if you work really hard.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Legitimately one of the worst teachers I've had at Davis so far. If you expect a high-quality teaching experience, look elsewhere. She contradicted herself regularly throughout lecture, her exams were filled with trick questions, and attending class was essentially useless. Just don't do this to yourself. You'd have better luck switching majors.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I love Dr. Igo! You have to go to lectures and do all the online readings in order to understand the concepts in the ways that she wants you to. Office hours are a must do; she has a much better chance at answering questions and more thoroughly explaining the topics. If you don't go to office hours, then there's not much she can do to help you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Igo was very understanding in office hours and is willing to help students. The NB readings covered all of the material on the tests, and the tests were mostly fair and predictable. If you've taken chem, the energy story/design challenge sections are a waste of time though. Lectures included cool facts/applications of material to help remember it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Igo is a very poor lecturer. This is a classic case of an Ivy League educated teacher who couldn't teach a high school biology course. The exams are based heavily on the readings. Also, the postlecture quizzes are a must if you want to do well. Save yourself some time, give your clicker to your friend and stay in bed for an extra hour.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall, Dr. Igo was a terrible professor. Her lectures were extremely unhelpful, and she would never explain concepts well. On the upside, the midterms and the final exam were fair, and she provided many resources for us to study from.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Take notes on lecture slides once she posts them on Canvas. While some slides are vague/unhelpful, there were a decent amount of slides that helped clarify processes we learned in a straightforward manner. Treat post-lecture questions as mini-quizzes (I took them before exams). Workshops are helpful & I treated learning objectives as study guide ?s

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Igo is an awful professor. BIS 2A is not a difficult class, but she makes it as difficult as it can possibly be. She was incorrect multiple times throughout the quarter and would not admit it. Her lectures are completely pointless, yet you have to go to them because she uses iClickers. YOU NEED to take notes on NB. She's as bad as it gets.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Igo's lectures are extremely vague and superficial, making them completely useless, but you have to attend because of the clicker questions. Basically, you have to learn everything from the long and tedious readings. The exams are tough because the questions are ambiguous and poorly worded. The class isn't curved either. Overall terrible class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I recommend you put reminders for NB readings and NB discussion hw's. You must attend lecture to get all clicker points/course points. To save you from bad notes (prof moves fast), go to lectures for clicker, listen to podcast and re-look at lecture slides on Canvas and take notes at your own pace. What dropped my grade was clicker and Final exam.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Igo is the worst professor I've had so far. Self taught the entire class. Learned more from my godsend TA than her. Don't do this to yourself!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Igo is probably one of the worst professors at UC Davis. The lecture slides were the most useless ever. The podcasts were supposed to help, but I barely used them. However, her exams are fair,according to my TA,and I aced one of the exams, so it's only bad because it's a point based class out of 1000 points. Just collect all the points possible

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Yeah she was pretty bad, but honestly, Bis2A seems pretty content-heavy either way. If you end up taking her, STAY ON TOP OF YOUR CRAP. Take notes on nota bene. At least skim through her lecture slides because she reuses the clicker questions on her tests. Pay attention in discussion, you'll learn more there than in lecture. Don't fall behind.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Igo's lectures are next to useless yet her exams are difficult. I believe she resuses some test questions from past and other professors' exams (don't quote me on this, though). However, doing a bunch of practice exams helped a bunch. Nota Bene readings were only slightly helpful, and discussion was a waste of time. Anyway, avoid if possible.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you want to be constantly stressed out and cry then this is the class for you. But seriously she is awful. She has this ability to make easy concepts hard to understand. The tests are impossible to study for because she words them unfairly. The textbook for the class literally said if you don't understand just convince yourself you understand.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Just don't do it. Find yourself a better teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Went into each test as prepared as possible and still barely passed with a 70 on both midterms. She doesn't test on the material, asks questions that are impossibly ambiguous and then doesn't curve. Discussion sections are helpful, definitely learned more from my TA than from Igo but still do NOT recommend her class. Would give 0/5 if I could.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Let's be honest, it's bio so there's a lot of material and reading which is understandable but the way she manages the class is horrible. There are so many things you need to do and they don't even relate to each other. I like biology and don't afraid putting the work for school but she makes it so bad. A V O I D H E R A T A L L C O S T S.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIS2A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The discussion TA's are heavenly I learned more from them then Igo. My TA was a God send and I'm only passing the class because of her. You will mostly be depending on them so if you get a bad TA then RIP. Lectures are useless and you wont learn anything because she doesn't teach anything. I would say skip but she has graded clicker questions.