Professor: Karen Brown
Department: Biological Sciences
College: Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BIO418
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her Lectures are her own personal experiences that she feels like others should know but are irrelevant. The exams are multiple choice but each question is a full paragraph and the answers are complete sentences making it very long and confusing. If you have another option of taking with someone else, Avoid her. She barely curves as well
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you need to take Biology 2 at WSU, DO NOT take it with Dr. Karen Brown. The class is extremely unorganized, and she lectures from an overhead projector, with transparencies that she scribbles poor notes on. Her tests are multiple choice, but they are very hard for a general class. When she grades the tests, she sometimes puts the wrong answers.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: BIOL418
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is absolutely horrible, no organization, no idea what she is going on about half the time. She doesn't go by any textbooks making it hard to follow what she says. The worst part? She tests you on things she never talked about in class, so much for trying to pay attention in class to see what she tests on. AVOID at all costs!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: BIO418
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Study on your own, don't depend on her notes as they suck since she is extremely unorganized. spends half an hour yapping about stuff then decides "oh never mind, cancel that" How in the world she got tenure, we'll never know! doesn't give a damn about students & makes it impossible to earn good grade by giving only 3 test & 3 essays counts as 4th.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: BIO418
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst teacher. very unorganized. If she puts even half of the effort in teaching compare to hard effort she puts in grading tests & essays, maybe students will actually learn something from her instead of the book. only 3 tests & 3 essays worth one test. If you don't agree with her opinion on those, you'll get a C- on them.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: BIOL419
- 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:
Very unorganized, boring lectures, teaches like it is still the 60's. She can be absent minded but if you ask for help she will provide. I would not recommend her.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ECOL418
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Nice lady. Scary tests! She is also blonde at times. She'd spend the entire class lecturing over a subject then say 'Oh cancel that, nevermind'. Not very organized!Lecture was super boring to me, but lab was fun. Must read alot and study alot. She expects alot!! I wouldn't take her again, her tests give me nightmares. Passionate teacher/helpful!
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is harder than my Organic Chem class!Karen is an amazing teacher,Willing to help anyone,very knowlageable, sweet woman. Tests are extremely hard.Had a hard time figuring out what to study because so much info is covered it class.Unless you can memorize everything forwards and backwards you'll struggle.Teach is great class is overall hard
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the nicest teachers I've had during my college years. She's a remarkable person. I wish all professors had her personality. She was very helpful, intelligent, and passionate about teaching. Even though her courses are tough, take her classes if the opportunity is there! You will learn a lot.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: BIO640P
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Brown co-teaches EB with Dr. Shanks. Course was totally unorganized and instructors admitted as much. Assignments were not graded in a timely fashion. Student grades suffered due to lack of feedback. However, Dr. Brown is a wonderful teacher with a kind personality. Very personable, fun and a champion of the environment.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Truly, this was the toughest course I have ever taken I was fortunate enough to pull a satisfactory grade. If you take her class, take advantage by reading the book very closely, doing practice problems, and attending lectures. You'll do yourself a great favor. This course definitely requires a lot of outside studing, so prepare yourself for that.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: SOBIO7000
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took sociobiology from Dr. Brown in 1983. It was the best evolutionary zoology/ animal behavior class I ever had. I teach zoology and ecology and still use the information I learned over 20 years ago in that class. She was a tough grader but always fair. Her passion for zoology inspired me. I highly recommend you take her class.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Karen Brown is very nice person, her lectures are easy to follow but her exams are from hell. The problem with her exams and her lectures is that she doesn't cover all the materials during lecture and her exams are really indepth, while her lectures are really vague. Take this course, and be ready to read outta the book word for word.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: BIO211
- 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:
She tests on her notes only. Tests are hard, but she is a good teacher of the material.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: BIOL418ECOL
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her tests are hard and she grades hard. Write a compare/contrast list with corresponding terms before each test. She will only cover 1/3 of the chapters listed in the syllibus, so don't panic when you read it. Her lectures are interesting and easy to follow. She tests only on what she teaches.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: BIOL211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her tests do not reflect your knowledge accurately
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: BIO
- 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
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