Honqi Li - Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

Professor: Honqi Li

Department: Biology

College: Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO161
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Li was hard to understand at first but you get used to it. Every class you do a lecture and then have a pop quiz and online quiz. I suggest printing the slides every lecture. He was a good professor and explained material well. He is funny. As for labs he is an extremely hard grader and they take all class. He offers little help on those.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL161
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Li is very nice. He enjoys getting to know students. I didn't like how he taught the class. It was a lot of information (especially on cells) and he wouldn't explain a lot of things. The labs were tough because he was extremely particular on how things were drawn. Even if an organelle was not on the microscope slide, he still wanted it drawn.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL109
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Loved him as a person and attended his Falun Gong meetings. He just isnt a great lecturer and this is mainly because of his heavy accent.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Li is a sweet man, however is not the best professor. He tends to explain things that are not presented on the slideshows, which makes it difficult to grasp concepts since he is often hard to understand. Labs are generally easy, though I don't feel like I retained much knowledge from them.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO161
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Love this teacher. Rounded my 87 to an A at the end of the year. If you're a hard worker and funny he will go out of his way to help you.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL161
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr Li's teaching methods are unorthodox at best and impossible to get perfect at worst. His lab section will really try your patience as he must correct every minute detail of drawing from lab samples. He also gives out random quizzes while still teaching using clickers. Know the study guides he gives well, they will save your life on exams.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL313
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Plant evolution and diversity. Very hard course. Online lecture quizzes after each class and labs. Grades hard. Difficult to understand. When you ask for him to clarify or ask him any question, he does everything but help you. It's like you can't get a straight answer out of him. Very difficult to learn anything.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL312
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Plant Evolution and Diversity. I have nothing good to say about this class or the professor. Grading is almost arbitrary. Impossible to get full credit on ANYTHING besides online quizzes unless he loses your assignment. Took points off a lab I completed for not having a parallel line pointing to 1 plant structure. This class will test your resolve.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He didnt let me take a retest becuase i missed the class for a funeral, we said I didnt have enough proof even though I had the proof. I couldnt understand a single thing he said. DO NOT TAKE HIM! I get all A's and still failed the class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had Dr. Li for bio 150 lab and you cant understand what he says, he doesnt teach very well. Also for the lab assignments he doesnt actually grade his own students work. A grad student does and that same student also gets all other lab teachers assignments to grade. He hurts you because he doesnt teach you what you need to know for the papers.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Such a terrible class. Never learned a thing. Memorized his study guides and did OK on his tests. He will not help you and will tell you to ask other studnets in the class. The only time you receive 100 on the "drawings" is when he is super busy. Other than that enjoy getting a 9.0 or and 8.5 on lab drawings.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIM FOR ANYTHING! YOU CAN NOT, I REPEAT, CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HIM, AND HE IS USELESS WITH COMMUNICATION. HORRIBLE GRADING, HORRIBLE SPEECH, HORRIBLE...HORRIBLE...OH YEAH....HORRIBLE.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOL600
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He teaches a class on how to teach and he totally sucks at teaching himself

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIOL600
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he is horrible

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL312
• 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:

Dr. Li is difficult to understand at fIrst, he doesn't use necessary key words in his speech. Class requires alot of studying, and lots of patients when it comes to drawing the plant cells in lab. Hard class if you don't put in the time for it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIOL312
• 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:

Dr. Li is difficult to understand at fIrst, he doesn't use necessary key words in his speech. Class requires alot of studying, and lots of patients when it comes to drawing the plant cells in lab. Hard class if you don't put in the time for it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty hard to understand at times and needs to keep up on the test to pass the class. Rarely any homework but online quizzes.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty hard to understand at times and needs to keep up on the test to pass the class. hardly any homework but online quizes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOL311
• 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:

Dr. Li was a nice guy overall, and he enjoyed teaching morphology of plants. He was a little hard to understand sometimes but he was always available for help. He was really anal about drawing structures correctly though. He'll take points off, regardless of your drawing skills.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL312
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Li is hard to understand sometimes, and often leaves out key words when writing questions. But if you talk to him, he will help you! He's very lenient on grading and gives a ton of extra credit! He also gives you study guides with the exact test questions a week before the test! Bio 312 is easier than 311 though so I'd recommend taking it.