Diane Dodd - University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

Professor: Diane Dodd

Department: Biology

College: University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I don't know if Dr. Dodd is ever going to be let go. She should not be teaching a genetics class. By far one of the WORST professors I have had during the past 3 years. She is unorganized, doesn't post slides with what we are expected to know and solely bases grades on exams that are very abstract and can have several answers. She should be fired.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dodd is by far one of the worst professors I have ever had for a biology course. Even with a hurricane that made this last semester so difficult she made no attempt to help students succeed. Almost the entire grade was based on EXAMS with no other ways of earning points in the class. Take this class during the summer with someone else. Awful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although Dr. Dodd seems to be a kind, smart person, she certainly struggles at creating an even somewhat interesting lecture. Her lectures are incredibly dry. Your grade in based on test scores, with little additional assignments to help your grade. She is very unorganized and does not post finalized PowerPoints claiming that it's "for a reason."

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She seems very intelligent, but her teaching is just awful. The way her tests are worded are so confusing. You could feel like you understood the material, but then barely pass the test because the questions are so bad. Not only that, but there were multiple times that students had to correct her on tests because she got her own questions wrong.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL335
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

How I can go from being a straight A student to failing tests is beyond me. I want to like her, and I think she is very bright, but her tests are impossibly worded. Her study guides don't help with the tests at all and the wording is exceptionally tricky. I was a straight A student before this class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Shes the worst professor Ive ever had. She goes super fast and doesnt care if you understand or not. Her exams are 100 times harder than her practice exams and lectures/quizzes. You could study for hours but if youre not a geneticist, you wont get an A in her class. She gives you 50 min to complete tests and makes her open response like 25 pnt

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her practices tests are easy, but when it comes to the test it is completely opposite and confusing. Im dropping the class with a W because her second test was not designed to be done in 50min. out of the 130 or so students, only 1 person was able to finish on time. Avoid this course unless.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Poorly organized. Fundamental lack of structure. It's perfectly ironic that a genetics teacher would lack all the elements of organization. She teaches from the power points, tests mostly from them, but has a distorted philosophy on how students shouldn't have access to her annotated slides or even solutions to problems. Bad teacher.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dodd isn't a bad person at all. She was my genetics prof and my advisor and she's really easy to talk to, but I could not stand going to lecture. She is very disorganized with her powerpoints and rushed through the material. Her tests are tough and tricky. And if you try to go to her office hours (even if you email her) shes probably not there.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dodd is great! She is so nice, and you can bring her questions you have. I rarely open the textbook although it is sometimes helpful. She mostly tests from lecture material. Recording the lecture is your best bet for success. Her exams are tough, but she really wants to see that you know the material. Her attendance quizzes help your grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you go to class everyday and go to SI at least before the test you shouldn't do poorly. The material isn't all that hard but you have to work on learning it. She isn't that good of a teacher and she rushes through powerpoints quickly, just try your best to take notes and go to SI. Sucks she's the only 335 prof but you gotta take her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lecture is rather straightforward and not too difficult although sometimes can be tricky. However, the lab is the most unorganized and poorly put together lab I have ever taken. I learned absolutely nothing while faking my way through a lab that required a lot of work that if anything confused me even more than I already was.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dodds can be disorganized when she does her power points, I tried to follow her lectures with one of the older edition Genetics book and half the time had no idea where we were even at. But if you go to class and pay attention it's not difficult. Homeworks are tricky and test can be but usually not as hard.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dodd is very disorganized. Her presentation of the material is unclear and at times filled with errors. Exams were confusing and also full of errors. She would often say ... quote: "blah blah blah" will rushing through Powerpoints. These blahs appeared on exams. The whole experience was not educational and very frustrating.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Dodd is really good! I don't know where she gets her bad reputation from. If you go to class and study her study guides it will be okay. Her tests are a bit tricky, so only answer the question that is on the page. Nothing is ever implied. If you don't go to class it will not work out at all. Homework is quite difficult.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Confusing most of the time but tests pretty straight forward.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really wish there was another professor for this class. She is rude to students who ask questions in class and answers with a sarcastic smile. Exams are 27 questions and are worded tricky. Besides book smarts she claims you need "common sense" as well. She does however drop the lowest test grade.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very frustrating class. I spent most of my time studying for this class alone, which is fine if you don't have 4 other classes to worry about. The tests are very tricky and the HW's are almost impossible. I only made a B because I had a really good study partner. Don't bother buying the book, she even tells you the book is wrong and she is right.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She has a really bad reputation but I have no idea why. She is a good professor and her class is interesting. Her tests are a bit tricky but not impossible like everyone says. Her homework on the other hand is extremely difficult and she does not give partial credit at all. Overall really like her, she's kinda funny & you can get an A if you study.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO335
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I honestly don't understand all of these negative comments about Dr. Dodd. I think she's an incredible professor and our class average for her exams has always been in the 80's. Her tests aren't extremely easy, but they're not impossible either. If you actually study and understand the material, then you'll make an A. I loved this class!