Wendy McFadden-Smith - Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

Professor: Wendy McFadden-Smith

Department: Biology

College: Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Amazing Professor! Gave major hints to exam questions in class (you must attend class to get these hints). If you go to class and highlight what she says is important, and write down practice multiple choice questions, you will be very successful. Would love to take another one of her courses!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very monotone and she is not good with pronunciation. It honestly frustrates me to go to her lectures and I don't take much out of them. There are many terms in my course that sound very similar; and when she's teaching, most of the time I don't know which she's speaking about.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Loved listening to her stories

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P93
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious, but not ideal. You'll get a good grade if you try but you wont take much from the course afterward.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Awesome course! I took her course 2 years ago and I am in my forth year now. This was by far the easiest biology course I have ever taken. Go to class and she'll give you hints on what will be on the midterms/exams. She also recycles her midterms/exams so make sure you know them by heart. If I had the chance, I'd take her class again! Great Prof!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• 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:

amazing professor

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL1F90
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Improvement was seen over the semester, and once she adopted a more professional attitude with the class things went along quite nicely. There is a lot of material and she does a good job and focusing on what will be important, integrated use of videos and online links were used to explore concepts deeper.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL1F90
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not too bad

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• 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:

Funny, funny prof. If your going to take mycology get your own text b/c current one is ;P. Also study previous exams. VERY important. Watch out for the midterm too...it's tough.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL1F90
• 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:

She's a great prof because I find she goes at the perfect pace. I'd rather sail through the material instead of being bored by slowness. She doesn't go too fast, and she explains everything clearly. The jokes also help. She's a prof that you feel like you know personally, even if you don't. Her personality comes out and makes the class fun.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

great prof, very approachable. brilliant sense of humour.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice prof. Makes boring subjects interesting by inserting dirty jokes and snide comments. Goes slightly fast on review classes but as long as you go to all other lectures and print off her notes you will be fine. Beware of exams though, you HAVE to study!!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOL296
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's super nice but i found her lectures boring and mindless memorization. Did I do well on the exam? Yes. Do I remember anything she taught me? No.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIOL1F90
• 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:

Great prof!!!! She is very thorough and clear in her lectures she definately makes the three hours barable. However sometimes she tends to go a little too fast!! But otherwise excellent prof one of my favs so far!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL1F90
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

great professor, very funny and makes the 3 hour lecture fun, and entertaining. great prof, knows her stuff and very helpful

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PLANTS
• 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:

Wendy is such a great teacher!!! My favorite university professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• 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:

wendy is absolutely amazing, simply the best proff ive ever had.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P93
• 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:

She is a great professor. :) I really wish she was still at Brock.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOL2P96
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wendy is awesome!! She makes learning interesting and amusing!