Ken Field - Bucknell University

Professor: Ken Field

Department: TBD

College: Bucknell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BIO364
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Field is great. He is super quirky in the stereotypical scientist way, which makes class entertaining. He is available to help and is helpful. He makes grading criteria very clear and attainable, although grades and feedback are not timely. I learned a lot in his advanced data analysis class and recommend all biology students take it!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

To clarify the EC-- attending recitation replaces your lowest test score with at least a 90% from the worksheets; it's super helpful. The recitation worksheets are pretty confusing, but you get to work in groups. Definitely go to office hours, and DO THE STUDY GUIDES HE MAKES. His class is difficult but not unmanageable, and he's a really nice guy.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BIOL205
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He honestly does not know how to relate the material to the students. He messes up a lot in lecture as well. In retrospect, he does care and wants to help, but he just makes the material so hard to comprehend. He emphasizes heavily on exams the application process of the material, but only covers the terms in class, so good luck!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Field is an amazing professor. I'm in his Bio 205 class right now and I admit if you don't do the worksheets he provided, you won't do well on the exams. Do the readings, take notes, and go to his office hours with questions!!! Those are the keys to getting a good grade in his class. I wish someone told me that before the first exam.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, bad professor. He never sounded sure of what he was teaching and always got things messed up. Made the material way harder than it needed to be. He may be better for other courses, but I probably won't risk it. One positive is that he wanted us to do well and made himself assessable with lots of office hours especially around exams

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He confuses the material all of the time and never seems to know what is going to be on his own exams since he writes the quizzes and exams the night before. NEVER TAKE BIO 205 WITH HIM

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was absolutely horrible. He knew none of his material. I felt as though the the class was teaching me rather than him. He is always getting his facts mixed up and makes the class much more confusing than it should be.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Fields is one of the nicest most understanding professors I have had. The work load is pretty light and he gives you many opportunities to easily boost your grade if you don't do well on the weekly quizzes. Going to office hours is really helpful, he seriously wants to help you understand. He is also hilarious, I laugh every single class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIOL352
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Textbook basically taught the course with very select topics being covered briefly in lecture. The course was organized around scientific papers and you could bring them to the exams. Lab was disorganized, but "raising" cells was a cool experience. Definitely way more stress than it was worth. It is not impossible, once you learn how to study/prep

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIOL348
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Field is honestly one of the worst prof's I have ever taken in the bio dept. He makes his exams extremely difficult, and is constantly contradicting himself. He will tell you one thing in lecture the and the exact opposite in lab. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lecture was boring, but he wrote all notes on the board. What was most infuriating about him, besides his obnoxious rude comments, was his absurd attendance policy. Lecture was not mandatory yet each discussion session was worth 20 points of your final 600 point grade. Nothing relevant was ever discussed, and participation involved odd "tickets".

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Honestly I don't know what the hell these other comments are talking about. Prof. Field is an incredibly nice guy, and an all-around good instructor. He made biology relatively interesting for me (a non-science major). His tests weren't at all difficult and he taught the material very well (I barely even had to consult my textbook).

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a great guy, and he made me really interested in biology and how it applies to the world today -- which is difficult for me as an English major! As for the negative reviews: Just take notes,pay attention, and study. It's not that hard.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lecture was extremely challenging to sit through. Discussion seemed pretty useless, and I only went to get participation points. He made the subject hard to enjoy and the tests are wicked hard. Although it fulfills a natural science credit, I would not recommend this class to anybody.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I wouldn't trust all of these negative comments -- you have to think what motivates people to write on this website sometimes. He's a really nice guy, is very clear, and we get a lot done in class. Plus, our discussion sections are pretty interesting and by no means am I a science-person. Just do the readings for class, take notes, and study.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Field's section of 205 was definitely the hardest one of the three, and his students seemed to study more than any other section. However, he writes all the notes on the board, so if you take good notes, do the reading, and study hard, good grades are not impossible to come by. Watch out for open ended multiple choice questions!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: BIOL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

worst professor i've had at bucknell. going to class is a waste of time because you have to teach yourself everything (so plan on buying the textbook). painful to sit through. completely incompetent as an educator. and brace yourself for his inappropriate comments

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: BIO205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tests on notes & the most random topics only said once. Writes everything on the board, but jumps around a lot. His exams are multiple choice, but the open ended questions are hard. Open for extra help, but mostly tells you the info backwards and leaves you more confused. Do-able if you teach yourself and don't mind your prof coming in a kilt.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

What a joke of a professor. Talks about random broad things during class and then gives exams that are very detailed. Makes you think you're prepared for the exams and then gives an exam that nobody does well on. Class is a complete and total waste of time, plan on teaching yourself everything from the book.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: BIO111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

class is waste of time as he teaches broad, general topics but expects students to know minute details from book. huge disparity between what he teaches and what you need to know.