Georgette Sass - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Georgette Sass

Department: TBD

College: Grand Valley State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO376
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is such a sweetheart! Sass was very understanding when we went online, and always willing to answer a question even outside of her office hours. I would recommend her to anyone!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

G. Sass is such a gem. She cares for her students and LOVES genetics! It's refreshing to see someone passionate about what they're teaching. Going to class & her review sessions helped a lot. Once you understand her exams, they become easier but her MC is hard. She's big on group work, but you are allowed to work alone! 10/10 recommend for lab too!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sass is friendly and knowledgeable. She's so-so on lecture style. I thoroughly disliked the group work. Her powerpoints are great. BIO375 is a difficult class, but I think she, generally, did a good job mitigating that.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sass is amazing! She really cares for her students and learns all names. She does not take attendance but at the end of the semester there is an overall attendance grade. She is always available to help students and will keep going over things to make sure they understand. I purchased the book and didn't use it. I know others did.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sass is really nice and super sweet, however I found this class to be pretty difficult. You have an exam just about every other week, and although they are short, they are HARD and you never feel like you have enough time. She's not a bad professor, just be prepared to work

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sass is a wonderful (also hilarious) professor and person, but prepare for a very work-intensive class with extremely difficult exams. Know the material inside and out; you will need that knowledge for the multiple choice questions. Always take the optional quizzes! Nothing else really prepares you as well as they do.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It is a difficult course as you have to put in a considerable amount of effort to get a high grade. The concept assessments are difficult particularly the multiple choice section where many of them are designed to trip you up. Make sure to answer as many short answer as you can because she will give partial credit for it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Sass is great! Took her for BIO 375. Powerpoint, but she makes her own. Attendance isn't huge, but should go. If you're not doing great, gives opportunities and advice to get grade up. Online quizzes help boost grade! If you care about your education, she will help you out as much as she can!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I would have to say that Professor Sass is one of my favorite professors at gvsu. Professor sass really care about she teaches and wants her students to fully understand what is taught in this course while also trying to make it fun. I highly recommend taking her for both BIO 375 and BIO 376 because she provides a lot of help with the labs in class

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sass is the sweetest lady who cares so much about her students. she learned all our names in the lecture ( probably 70 students) and checked up on us before tests. she goes out of her way to schedule review sessions and help as much as we need. class is lecture heavy and ppt.s are very clustered making them hard to study from. Overall good prof

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class can for sure be challenging but Dr. Sass makes it so much better. She is very helpful and gives you so many resources to practice and learn the concepts. She also makes time outside of class to hold study sessions before the exams. I had a hard time with this class at times, but Dr. Sass always helped me through things.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was an incredibly difficult class. I spent the majority of my time this past semester focusing on this class. The material is difficult to grasp and the quizzes/exams are set up to trick you. Sass is very helpful if you ask to meet with her outside of class. Overall, read the book, go to genetics tutoring, get all of the help that you can get.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sass I the nicest professor I've had thus far. She really cares about your success and if you go to her office hours, she is very helpful. The concept assessments are difficult, but if you are willing to work for it - you will get a good grade.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIO328
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class is very reliant on group projects. It was very lecture heavy for an issues course, and I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected to. All of the presentations are graded by groups, which I disliked very much. However, she truly does care about the class and puts a lot of time into preparing lectures. I found them very boring though.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO376
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

G. Sass is a wonderful human, and it truly passionate about what she is teaching. She WANTS everyone to do good. She explains ideas very quick and expects you to grasp them. I did more work for this class than I did for the rest of my classes combined. She's not awful, but she does grade hard and expects a lot out of you for a 1 credit course.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Sass is an amazing prof. She is clearly passionate about genetics and is very involved with her students. She cares a lot about students and will help you get the grade you desire. Offers tons of help outside of class and has awesome test prep sessions in office hours before exams.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

G. Sass was a true pleasure to have as a professor in lecture. This course may be a bit difficult especially with a very busy schedule but I feel that it's impossible to fail. She's extremely kind and loveable. She's also an EXTREMELY lenient grader as long as you get the general idea of things. I will actually miss this lecture. Very interesting.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sass was one of my favorite profs I've had at Grand Valley. Definitely take her if you can!! She is always willing to clarify questions during class and has flexible office hours. The weekly quizzes and homework assignments are challenging, but she always gives makeups after them. Loved her!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sass is an awesome professor! There is a lot to her class though. You have weekly homework and weekly online quizzes. Her quizzes and tests are a bit challenging but if you study and know the material well, you'll do fine. Even though there was always homework, it helped me in the long run when there was a test!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO375
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

P. Sass is the sweetest little lady ever! Her tests and quizzes make you think, but she's always willing to answer questions and clear things up after class or at office hours. She's a fan of group work, so be prepared for that too. I HIGHLY recommend taking the lecture and the lab BIO376 at the same time.