Robert Bertin - College of the Holy Cross

Professor: Robert Bertin

Department: TBD

College: College of the Holy Cross

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL275
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Bertin is a really great Professor! He is not a stats professor but he still does a really good job teaching the material. The tests are VERY difficult but if you study and put effort into the homework you can do very well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best teacher I have had so far at Holy Cross, amazing lecturer, is super accessible outside of class. Really cares about his students. I am looking forward to taking more of his classes in the future.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL250
• 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:

Professor Bertin has been my favorite Biology professor I've had at Holy Cross. He's very accessible. Extremely fair grader. Don't expect an A, but if you deserve one you will get it (which is more a product of the courses he teaches than anything else). I've taken 3 of his classes and enjoyed all of them; and yes, that includes 163.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO275
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really liked this class, and Professor Bertin made it enjoyable. This is not his speciality but he does a good job of teaching the material. The tests are long (3 hours) but they are open notes. Hard class but very useful! Learned a lot.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO114
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Bertin acknowledged that this class was for non-majors and tried to make science as non-intimidating as possible. As long as you put in the effort, he was really helpful and gave good feedback. He did a good job of covering tougher topics multiple times so that you knew what you were talking about once the exam came around.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIOL163
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely hard class, but such a nice professor. Very helpful in office hours and cares about his students. Too nice to be teaching such a terrible class!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Probably my favorite professor in the department. His lecturing is unbelievably clear and interesting the whole way through. A lecture on evolution by Bertin is like a sax solo by Dave Brubeck, fluid and mesmerizing. Tests were pretty difficult, be prepared to answer questions that aren't very straightforward.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This class was incredibly difficult, yet it was a tough subject to teach. The professor does not write enough on the board. Overall I learned a lot from this professor, yet I would not take him again, since his tests are to hard and I feel that the class was more work then it should have been. Yet this class is very very useful!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor! Professor Bertin is a very kind and brilliant man. His lectures are crystal clear, and his tests are difficult but fair. I highly recommend him.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO114
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Love this man. He is very willing to help and if you go to office hours it will help your grade. His tests are VERY hard which is frustrating but mostly the tests are on his lectures. I would recommend him to anyone just be ready to study hard.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO280
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had him for Gen Ecology- had no prior interest in the class but he made it really interesting! Labs were a ton of fun (mostly field- we went hiking in the White Mtns one wknd. Definitely a great course& he's very into it; rpts are a TON of work and tests are ridic. he has a way of asking questions about stuff in a way you'd never think of it!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIOL132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Bertin keeps students interested in what he's teaching (zoology for me). He puts something in for everyone (who is a science major). Good humored. Tests were ridiculously hard however. You thought you were going to do well, because you seemed to understand it, and would get a C. Study hard for this professor.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ZOO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he is extremly hard grader and his tests are impossible, he is a really nice guy! and he is very funny but his tests are awful and unnecsarily dificult!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MONT100N
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had Prof. Bertin for the Environmental Science seminar. His lectures are really clear and everything on the test comes from lecture notes. Tests seem easy but he's a hard grader and wants a lot of detail. He's a really nice guy and is fair and helpful.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIOL132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are very clear, though they won't make you interested in invertebrate zoology if you didn't like it before. Very helpful. Tests can be hard and are based mostly on notes. Bio 132 tends to weed out Bio majors, but don't be discouraged because other Bio topics are more interesting.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Bertin is so nice, and will make a genuine effort to help you. The class seems easy until you take the first test.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• 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:

STUDY YOUR LECTURE NOTES!!! He is a really nice guy, but his tests are REALLY hard. I had so much trouble with his multiple choice questions (10 per test, worth 4 points each). In two exams, I got 32 points out of 80 on the multiple choice. Yeah..

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOBIO2
• 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:

verrrrry boring. but then again so is invertebrate zoology... really nice guy though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

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