Shona Ellis - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Shona Ellis

Department: Botany

College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a really good lecturer and she posted a lot of the materials she draws on the doc cam after class. She does go into a lot of details that she won't possibly ask from students (Everything needed is basically on the slides) but if you put in some work, it's not that hard. They allow a single note sheet for the exams which is REALLY helpful.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She speeds through her lectures so it's hard to take notes or comprehend the material and then ends the lecture 30 minutes early.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL343
• 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:

Shona definitely one of the best profs I had! Her labs for this class was fairly simple and straightforward ( and lots of food)! She's very flexible, has a great sense of humour and her knowledge on plants just amazes you! One major projectreport and minor quizzesassignments here and there that are straightforward as well. Overall a great class!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOL343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best prof. Absolutely love her

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent prof. I had very little interest in the subject manner prior, but she kept the course very interesting. Apart from that, she's a great coordinator for the program. Handled my complicated transfer with a great deal of patience and professionalism.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors I've had in my 5 years of undergrad. Really makes you care about the material you're learning, even if you're not that interested in the course to begin with. I'd run through a brick wall for her if she asked me to.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really interested in what she does, and awesome to listen to in Lecture. Tests are lengthy but lab tests are made easier by studying the pictures posted on Vista under the Labs section.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Shona is passionate about teaching and always willing to help out her students. She mades the material easy to understand and helps students with memory tricks. She uses student's study questions for exams so we always know what to study. She listens to feedback and is my favourite prof at UBC!

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She was... intriguing. Very committed to the course, lab, updating WebCT, involving students in volunteer projects. Very grateful to her for that, but that being said the labs were torturous (maybe just because I hate labs), the exams very difficult, and she def. plays favourites. Still she makes an effort to know the students and that's admirable

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209
• 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:

Shona is a really nice lady who really cares about students. She was in charge of the lab for Biology 209 and she did a really good job. The exams for the lab are relatively tough, but I guess that is the nature of the course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209
• 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:

One of the most fun and amazing teachers at UBC. very unique and creative, soo helpful. Her lab exams are hard, but they are fair-hard... if that makes sense.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ms. Ellis is a nice instructor, always helpful and do her best to help students understand. I highly recoomend her and would take her again.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209210
• 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:

Shona is a very enthusiastic lab instructor, and goes to great trouble to maintain her WebCT site. She will even use student photos of particularly good slides and works hard to learn names and make the labs interesting. Shona is a wonderful woman, very approachable, friendly, and energetic. Oh, and she brings treats to labs.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Her lab is unbelievably boring, the only good thing about it is the cookies. Her lab instructor didn't know what he was doing most of the time and was unable to answer questions.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Shona's class is ENTIRELY about memorization, and you don't even learn any of the lab skills she's supposed to teach. She clearly has favourites and is much more helpful to people who suck up embarassingly.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Shona is an AMAZING prof, any chance you have to take her classes DO! I was totally uninterested in plants before her classes, and now i love them.. i'm trying to take more of her classes!! The best prof i have ever had!

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

WOW I have never had a teacher that is as amazing as Shona. Willing to answer any questions and is just an great person, she even answers questions over the weekends :O. Having met her made being in science almost worth it!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIOL324
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shona is truly a wonderful prof...she made me look at plants when I never did before. Her good spirit was reflected in her team of TA's. She took time and care with webct, and smiled in a totally unpretentious way even when you were dicking around. Nice lady, great teacher, you learned a lot without knowing it.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOL209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She makes classes very fun and the stuff she says is very interesting. Always provide additional material for knowledge. Hard tests tho, especially crazy on the ploidy questions

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO209
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You HAVE to meet her, even if you're not in Science - that's the measure of her GREATNESS! She even makes field trips for fun..and she loves her webct (chat rooms before the final lab exam and all!) very involved, caring, FUNNY! and she pampers us with food during labs =)SHONA RULZ!