Rodney Mauricio - University of Georgia

Professor: Rodney Mauricio

Department: TBD

College: University of Georgia

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

We had to read three whole books and watch hours of documentaries only to get quizzes that we all got bad grades on. Of course, the curve helped, but it's not like we got to see what our grades were curved to until we checked our unofficial transcripts at the end of the semester. Overall, interesting material, but very poorly taught.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Though he is very interesting and I learned a lot, the stress of not knowing your grades until after finals is horrible. He refused to release any examinations to let us learn the material and what we did wrong. The in class pop quizzes counted more than the exam. Though I ended with a good grade, it was stressful and if you can, you should avoid.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor never gives feedback and makes all of his grades relative to each other. Relative grades with unproctored online tests were very frustrating because people could easily cheat and would do better driving honest grades down. I never saw once saw feedback and never felt prepared for tests or quizzes. Also, he was kind of rude sometimes.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

Dont take this class if you can help it. If you didnt show up right as the zoom class starts you wouldnt get to take the mandatory quiz thats worth 30% of your grade. Also, you will never see the answers to those quiz questions and they will be reused on tests. You have to read almost the whole textbook just to fail the quizzes and tests.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I dreaded logging into this zoom call every Tuesday/Thursday. This class should be counted as psychological manipulation. Mauricio plays mind games. He has random in class pop quizzes and doesn't release any exams/quizzes. You only get your grades back, so you don't know if you're actually getting certain questions correct. Just don't.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

Just don't. I think the best way to describe him is he is brilliant. He knows what he is talking about and he himself is very well educated - but he is just not an educator. He does not let you review old exams and quizzes so you don't learn from mistakes. He is nice but also kinda weird. Avoid avoid avoid at all costs!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

He is honestly one of the worst professors Ive ever had. Hes rude and not helpful at all. His tests were the hardest tests I have ever taken. They were honestly harder than Ochem. The only reason I got an A- was bc of a generous curve and some extra credit. That is the only good thing I have to say. It was dreadful. He makes you read like 5 books

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

He is by far the most interesting professor I have ever taken. However, he said on the first day his exams were insanely difficult and he wasn't kidding. Skipping lecture puts you at a disadvantage because he gives EC opportunities in class and sometimes uses class examples on tests. There is a good bit of homework but it is helpful.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Exams for Mauricio's Gene 3000 are not based on lecture! Exams are based on the textbook and free response. He says he curves the class but it's not enough to make a difference so don't rely upon it. He's a good lecturer but it doesn't matter because the exams aren't based upon lecture. I would take another prof.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Mauricio is simply egotistical to think that he can solve a semester of unfair tests by just curving at the end. You will be fine gradewise in this class but you will torture yourself all semester wondering what your grade is because the average for the tests is failing. They arent fair, he knows they arent fair but he wont change.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is a joke .You are not tested on whether you understand evolutionary concepts. You are tested based on small details and whether you apply evolutionary concepts to MADE UP scenarios in the same way Mauricio does. The final was 249 questions! This class is more about mind games than learning. He is a nice person but a horrible educator.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

Mauricio is one of my favorite professors Ive had at UGA. He is passionate about his profession and it comes off in lectures. Only thing negative I would say would be his testing style is difficult and the class averages are low but read the assigned books and go to class and youll be fine since he curves the class. Lots of EC available

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took GENE 3000 during the July session and it was a great idea! It was a lot to cram into a month, so be ready to work! There was a quiz each day covering previous material and some cumulative, read 3 total books (1 per week), video quizzes, and final - all testing done on ELC. Dropped 5 or so quizzes at the end!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I seriously wished I had listen to the previous reviews. Testing style is very weird, and if you are a straight forward no nonsense student; this is not your cup of tea. TAs tired ( I guess) to help, but they hardly knew what was going on. To me there was just too much randomness and subjectivity and there was no reason for it. Test are cumulativ

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is by far the worst class I have ever taken. There is a reason why there were still so many seats when I registered late. This is a feast or famine class, you will either do really well or really badly. The reason being it's mostly essay based test with silly scenarios and a subjective grading system, basically you have to think like them.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

lot of people hate this guy cause of his testing style. decide for yourself if you like it. as long as you can explain answers he does not care if you use terms/vocab, tests are mostly applying principals you learned into scenarios 3 small books instead of a textbook, everything you needed was in ppt insane amounts of artsy extra credit

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I loved Dr. Mauricio! He tries to keep his lectures fairly clear and he gives a lot of extra credit opportunities. Definitely one of my favorite professors.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: FYOS1001
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I took this odyssey course in order to learn about nature vs nurture but definitely came out of the class more confused than before.. However, super easy class, pretty much automatic A if you show up and do the little assignments he gives. He is also pretty funny and I always had a good time talking to him.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I took him for the FYOS class "Nature Vs Nurture" which was suppose to be about genetics however we barely talked about it and in the end you know no more about the subject than what you came in with. He talks a lot about himself and says not very nice things which deliberately hurt others feelings. DO NOT TAKE HIM. Easy class, mean guy.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GENE3000
• 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:

The subject material is hard and he covers it quickly. The tests are very random, and essay style. I think they are a little bit unfair, and half of the time the TA's don't know what's going on either, so review sessions are not helpful for the tests.