Diane Wiernasz - University of Houston

Professor: Diane Wiernasz

Department: TBD

College: University of Houston

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst and most inconsistent professor I have ever had. Power points have no words and you end up just reading the entire book anyways. Takes off points when your answers are too similar to other students (because we all have the same book...). Recommend waiting a semester for a better professor

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3306
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this professor! Her tests are awful, there is no information in the slides, she is not flexible at all, argues with students, and I could go on forever. I was taking significantly harder classes at the same time but did the worst in this one. You can get your answers directly from the textbook and she'll still count it wrong. BEWARE.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3306
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

AWFUL!! She basically puts people to sleep and then expects the students to be attentive. Gave everybody a 2.5 on the essay portion as they were similar in her opinion, ofcourse they are as we all used the book to write our answers duh.. Save yourself from this trauma and wait for a semester to take it with another professor. Save your GPA

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO3331
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is the WORST teacher at University of Houston! Avoid her at all costs! She doesn't care about student success, and makes all of her classes 10x more difficult than they need to be. Students try to ask her questions and she becomes extremely annoyed and impatient. Please save yourself and save your GPA and do not take this professor for anything

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Wiernasz is very intelligent within her field but her lectures are so fast paced and dense that its hard to keep up from the very beginning. Her tests were extremely difficult. I ended up dropping the course and taking the class with different professors (Dauwalder & Meisel) the next semester and am doing perfectly fine.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO3301
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, there's no sugar coating it. This professor is awful. Her powerpoints have no words or explanations, her lecturing doesn't make sense for the level we were learning at. If you can, take this class with another professor. It's passable bc of the huge curves, but you wont learn anything. I made a 43 on a test and somehow passed w a B-

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof W doesn't always start from the basics, so it is always a good idea to read the textbook before class. Genetics is a difficult subject, and understanding concepts is more crucial than memorizing. Even if the lecture is confusing, it helps to record the lecture and listen to it several times. She is very helpful and kind in her QA sessions.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

When she teaches, the textbook is useless. She is very smart but don't know how to dumb down the material or she likes giving us a hard time. Her Lectures are PPT with only pictures. Record her lectures if you take her. Exam 1 and 2 AVG was 40 ish. If it weren't for Lin in the second half I would not have made it thru the course. DO NOT TAKE HER.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO3301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible!!! Worst teacher I have taken in my entire undergraduate studies. Her tests and homework are hard! She is hard overall not just for genetics. Her lectures are boring and she does not even teach half of the stuff that will be on the exam. Concept is understandable but she just makes it hard. Class average for one of the exams was a 20.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO3301
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst professor I have taken at UH, & I've had some awful professors. She's not a bad lecturer, don't get me wrong. But her exams are insanely difficult & quantitative. Average of both her tests were a 40/41, that speaks for itself tbh. I did everything I could do & couldn't make an A on either test. SAVE YOUR GPA & DO NOT TAKE HER.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Run away! Her lecture is monotone and fast. Slides change rapidly with no time to absorb what is happening. Exams are ludacrisly difficult to even understand what the question is asking more the less solving. Recitation was helpful, however I wish they would do it after class instead of a random time schedule. Her TA ignores emails also.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO3301
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you are a person who learns in class, I'd suggest you look for another Professor. The lectures were confusing to me, and the presentation slides uploaded for the class were futile - you couldn't refer back to them for "information" after class since they're primarily pictures.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her belief is that class attendance is very importance so she does not test over material in the book but rather lectures That being said her lectures are very complex and hard to follow Ill say that she is very willing to help if you go to office hours but you still might be confused when you leave She posts an old exam but no key Very hard

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Assigns tedious hw, but it IS relevant. Going to class and hearing lectures helps, you definitely have to read her assigned reading. She has after class "help" sessions that are VERY helpful. If you are persistent and truly try, she see's that and will help you. Don't be frightened off by her mannerisms. One of the hardest prof's I have had.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEN3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

By far one of the worst teachers I've ever had. It's almost like she wants you to fail the course. Tests & home works have NOTHING to do with the material. All her lectures are of pictures & graphs. And if you ask her a question she gives attitude. Do yourself a favor & take ANYONE else.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She honestly is a very hard grader. Our class average was really bad with her. Her notes are all pictures and graphs and and her test aren't relevant to the lectures at all. You've got to be super smart inorder to pass one of her tests!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her tests questions literally comes from thin air, she is a Princeton graduate and expects us to all be so as well. Does not give answers for test once taken, so you kinda guess what you did wrong. Her power points are pictures, do not expect anything in the lecture nor the book to be on the test, the TA didn't understand her either.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take her, literally the exams have nothing to do with any material she teaches. I read all the chapters and still got a 30 on the test. I got tutoring and still no hope. She expects the whole class to automatically understand everything. Worst experience of my college years. If you get a B let alone an A you must be Jesus.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do yourself a favor and take someone, anyone else.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIOL3301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a very intelligent professor but she teaches us from her level which makes it very confusing for us beginners. She basically expects us to know genetics as soon as we start the class. Test averages were in 40's she curved it to the 50's. Her class average is ALWAYS C- as she stated, idk why on here it is A-. No way to study for her tests