Pam Healey - Towson University, Towson, MD

Professor: Pam Healey

Department: Biology

College: Towson University, Towson, MD

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Healey was one of my favorite professors! She is very helpful and always welcoming for one-on-one help. She gives great feedback as well. There is a lot of homework and it is a challenging course but all Bio190 classes are hard and she gives you many tools to really understand the content.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

hate her. i study the day the unit starts up until the test day and i still get 70s. tests are hard and worth a lot of your grade. homework almost everyday after lecture. i type my notes and i do 15-20 pages per unit. no midterm but there is a final. i suggest taking someone else for bio

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Healey is very nice and she puts out a lot of helpful links on blackboard for you to look at. You will need to study to pull of a passing grade. If you are not doing well in lecture, try to work hard at the labs. The labs are super easy, as long as you present your topic well, you are good! She is a harder grader than other teachers, but still good

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIOL192
• 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 great Biology professor. Although most of your learning is on your own, she helps clarify what you do not understand. She's is always available and understanding. She's both a loving mom and professor. She cares for her students and understands what's the best way to teach her students. Definitely take her class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Biology 190 is difficult and detail oriented. Healey is a very good teacher, but I hear she is a tough grader. Many students failed the first exam, so you will need to study. Just study, do all the homework, and do well in lab and you will get by.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL190
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Biology 190 is a hard class, but if you take her advice and do ALL of the work, you will do well. She gives study sessions, study questions, and she of course assigns a lot of reading. She will give quizzes, but they help you to understand the material. Work hard, study a lot, go to class. She is the nicest teacher ever.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boy. These tests. HARD. Other friends that take BIO190 with other professors laugh when I tell them the questions on our tests because they don't know them. If you don't read the text you will fail the test. In fact, usually more than half the class fails the test. Maybe it's just me but I think that means the teacher should change something.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She literally gives the hardest tests and offers her help but when you meet with her all she will tell you is to read the textbook more thoroughly. She does not give extra credit and says half of the people who take her class fail and have to take it again. It is absolutely ridiculous and I 100% do not recommend taking her for this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL190
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a great professor she knows what she's talking about and is always willing to help. She holds quite a few study sessions that I recommend going to. Her tests are hard so you really need to know the material, but she posts her slides online and if you copy those notes, add from the textbook, and do the study questions you'll do well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Healey is a good professor. But you HAVE to do the readings that she assigns on the syllabus. If you dont do the readings, you wont really know whats going on in lecture. Shes a pretty tough grader on tests though, so you really have to study and know the content. Otherwise, she's really nice, and is there for you if you need her.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL190
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Healey really knows the material that she is teaching and will do whatever she can to help you learn it. Despite being a bit boring, she is overall a very nice lady and wants to help you succeed. That being said, this course is really difficult and has a huge workload. Studying and attendance are necessary for passing this class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is not a difficult course but one that is detailed. Tests require you to REALLY know the material and have an understanding of it. Prof Healey is awesome and will explain everything you find trouble with. She is available during office and will work with your schedule by appointment. I enjoyed it and made sure to know my work inside out!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 190
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is very passionate about Biology, and she explains things very clear, but you cannot just rely on lecture. You have to read the textbook, and do the extra assignments, but it is worth it. The online quizzes that she offered saved my grade. She is always for help either by office hours, appointment, or the many study sessions she holds.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bio 190 is one of the hardest classes but Prof Healey really tries to help you understand. If you do the work she assigns before class and do all the study questions you will pass. Participate in class and stay engaged she has a monotone voice but if you make yourself pay attention you can learn ALOT. Would recommend.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL190
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This course was challenging, but Professor Healey made it as clear as it could be. Healey gives you a list of study questions at the start of each unit and posts the main slides of her lecture online. She is a tough grader, but she wants you to so well. She also provides studyreview sessions every unit

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This class is hard but not impossible. Take advantage of the study questions she gives and go to the study sessions. Go to lecture even though she doesn't take attendance. Tests are hard and cover a lot of material. Half the class dropped the class mid semester. Have heard of easier bio 190 teachers but Healey isn't terrible.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

If you dont take prof. Healey you're crazy ! She is very passionate about biology. bio 190 is not an easy class, she makes it so that you understand the material. she is always there to help and will answer questions. she is an anal test grader , you HAVE to read the text book or you'll fail. the material is much more important then a grade.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Towson makes biology 190 harder then it needs to be. Healey is a good teacher but her exams are extremely difficult. class average was a 69% most of the kids in my class are retaking it. i recommend taking this class at a community college if u want a passing grade. Her study guides are nothing like the exam.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO190
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best professor I've had so far at Towson, super clear lectures and always willing to help. Hard class, but she's a mom of college kids so she understands. Lots of work and you must show up, doesn't take attendence but i'd advise you to go to Every class. she's funny sometimes too. take her!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL190
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is probably one of the best teachers I have had. I highly recommend her. She gives study questions for every test and has two study sessions. She is an easy grader. Take her if you can!