Professor: Leo Ortiz
Department: Biology
College: University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible teacher. Didn't test on much of what was lectured on, instead expected us to learn from the book. Stressed learning overall ideas and concepts, then tested on specific minutiae, making it hard to figure out what we were supposed to learn while studying from the book. AVOID IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: BIOL20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst bio teacher ever! He mumbles all lecture long and stresses the point of “Don’t learn specifics, I wont test you on them!†Then of course he tests almost entirely on specifics. I learned nothing from lecture, and ended up reading and taking notes straight from the book, and finally I was ready for the test, but wait, he lied! spacifics!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
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Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: 20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a huge ****. If you are enrolled in a class that he's teaching SWITCH OUT. He is a horrible, miserable, and quite frankly a professor. He thinks that he's so much better than all his students... it makes me wonder why he's still teaching. Everyone knows that he's a prick...that's why he hasn't been ten yeared. Watch out.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I didn't think his tests were that difficult. 80% of the questions on his tests come from the practice midterm and section handouts (multiple choice). His lecture tend to be a bit confusing, but overall, his tests are not that bad :)
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
more entertaining teacher than most but can get lost on random topics.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
his lectures sucked. he walked around talking and like he was having a conversation. i got in the top 20% of my class in bio 20A and i tried even harder in this class and got a C. his tests had questions that were worded so wiered that it was hard to understand. worst bio teacher ever! Take Bowman
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
If you have Ortiz for any of your Bio class, I highly recommend you either take it some other time. This dude is a prick! Very disorganized, leetures were pointless, and his tests are irrevelant to anything he goes over in class. Wasted my time and didnt learn **** in the animal part of the class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
Ortiz sucked period. Most of the lectures were sloppy and very crude and were not didactic in any way. He digressed far too much in lectures and went off on irrelevant tangents. He's very unapproachable and very condescending towards relevant questions. If you want a rude professor, go for it!
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I agree with the other poster...Very disorganized lectures, mentions things only briefly in class but asks a specific question pertaining to it on the midterm. Says he hates memorization, but on the last midterm half of his questions he passed out during section and were exactly the same.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
Lectures are disorganised,and not related to reading AT ALL. He lectures on general ideas, and tests on very specific points that he may have hinted at in class. Full of himself and not a good teacher.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Decint prof. avarage tests, I didn't try, barly read, and got a B, but I already knew most of this stuff. His lectures are nothing to write home about, but neither is my spelling. Yes he goes off on tangents worse than my last sentence.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
One of the most entertaining profs I've had. Vast body of knowledge, great stories (like the 3-kidneyed prof). the elephant seal lecture was great. Go to all lectures to do well on tests! I had to suppliment the course w outside info. teaches for learning, not memorization. often cantankerous.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One of the easiest profs in the Bio department, and fairly reasonable. However, very arrogant and not particularly helpful. Seems nicer in class than he actually turns out to be in person (where he will totally just brush you off). A little too sure of himself and sometimes painfully wrong.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
This dude says one thing and puts another thing on the test. Very unhelpful and frustrating for someone who studies really hard and does poorly on his tests. I cant wait for his part of the course to be over!
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great professor. gives away some stuff on tests. wanders off topic A LOT! very helpful and clear
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- 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:
Tries to hard to impress the class. Digresses a lot off topic. Semi-effective overall. I would say he isn't the worst but certainly not bes.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: BIO20B
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
horrible, gave incorrect information such as 'the fovea is the blind spot', quite arrogant, he probably knows a lot about his specific field but his general bio knowledge is definitely lacking
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