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1. Rating on Leskie Harkema in the Spanish department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: SPAN 3310 - She is a good prof. who explains the content clearly and states her expectations from the beginning of the semester. Her class is not an easy A, but she tries to help everyone. Make sure to talk to her during office hours and she will help you. I personally learnt a lot in her class, and if I didn’t get an A was because I didn’t put more effort into it due to my other science classes. She encourages all her students to participate in class, and that made the class more enjoyable. I think that she genuinely wants you to succeed in the class, but you have to do your part of the deal. I would honestly take her again if I had to take another Spanish class. - Grade In Class:B+ Date Listed: 2026-08-05
2. Rating on Dworkin in the Geology department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: 1401 - I really enjoyed the class. Natural disasters have always been a side interest of mine and it was a neat experience being able to learn more about them in a college setting. I also purchased the required novel, Wet Desert, which is about an ecological terrorist, and it's pretty interesting outside of an academic lens. Most students take this course to fulfill prerequisites for their major, as I did. However, this was one of my favorite courses of my semester because I was already interested in the topics. Enjoying the class material will help you succeed, so don't take if you're someone who doesn't like geology stuff. I loved the course and learned some interesting, fun facts. He goes through slides and posts them on Canvas to read through. On tests, they're all multiple choice, and he asks a lot of "What is NOT [...]?" type questions and quite a few from the case studies he talks about in class. Everything else is pretty much the definitions of certain features. To be successful, write down the notes (I don't recommend typing since there's a lot), reread slides, make a Quizlet or flashcards, and memorize that stuff. He curves all tests and we would have quizzes sporadically once a week. He includes in your exam grade a range of scores lowest, average, and highest below on Canvas. - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-08-04
3. Rating on Barbara Endl in the Physics department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: 1420 (online) - This was the only Physics 1420 course being taught over the entire summer at Baylor. She required us to attend online Zoom meetings four times a week, but since I lived in a different time zone, the online class would start earlier at 7:45 am for me. The exams do not reflect the homework or her practice problems in the slideshow. The homework is done on a separate website, and each section provides a calculation on how long it would take, with an average of between 85-115 minutes (per section, with a total of 4 for each chapter that week). Questions for each homework section are between 12-18, but many contain several Part A, Part B, and Part C questions. The homework took unnecessarily long to complete and didn't help me understand the concepts, and oftentimes too worried about turning it in on time. Points are deducted for every wrong answer submission and there's a late penalty too. That is 10% of your grade. Dr. Endl required us to turn in a pre-class assignment for each chapter that included vocab, formulas, and a written solution to a problem because this was a flipped classroom. This was also worth 10% of your grade. Dr. Endl would give us a few minutes to stare at the problems on the slides before going in to solve them, which just wastes class time in my opinion. She erases her work after each problem set, and her syllabus states that she doesn't go over questions again. The material's structure is difficult to follow, and the information taught isn't enough to fully understand it. It is better to read the actual textbook and practice the problems from there. There was no reason she had to require students to attend lectures or add on more busy work on top of the homework and labs. She could have easily recorded them and allowed us to learn on our own time. She would call on us during class occasionally and get a bit passive-aggressive if someone didn't respond. She would talk about examples from her life and research to build a closer relationship with her students, which was fine but most of the time, I personally just wanted to learn the material. It was frustrating because for a professor, she lacks a good amount of general empathy to understand what that's like from a student's perspective. I read the rest of her reviews and I agree with one person below that it's honestly better to "take someone else or delay taking physics" if you truly want to understand it like I did. - Grade In Class:DROP Date Listed: 2026-08-04
4. Rating on James Tandy in the Biology department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: BIO 3322 - This class has by far been the hardest class I have taken in college, yet probably the most interesting class I have taken. His class is a flipped classroom, so you have about 20-50 minutes of youtube videos to watch before each class. Don't be fooled by this however - these videos are packed with information and like he says, everything that he has put into these videos is essential to know; there is no fluff (unless he says it is just for interest). On average, every 10 minutes worth of videos took me about an hour to get through, as I would pause the video often and take detailed notes, and make sure that I understood what he way saying, not just memorizing. In class, he would roll dice for your seat number and if you got called on, you had the mic for 10ish minutes where you are having a conversation with him about the content that you watched. This is incredibly nerve-wracking at first, but if you pretend like you are getting called on every time, and try to answer the questions in your head, you will quickly learn the depth to which he is expecting you to know the video content before coming to class. Dr. Tandy has much higher expectations for his students than other professors, yet he makes these expectations very clear on the first day of class. Don't be surprised if you come to class unprepared and then you make a fool of yourself when you get the mic. His tests are very specifically worded and so you need to make sure you know all your details before the exams. 4 exams, 50 MC questions (many questions have "all of the above" "none of the above" "a and c are correct" types of answers). Those are the only grades in the class. If you bomb one test, then it is incredibly hard to recover your grade from that. Dr. Tandy is open and blunt about that fact and told us that if you did very poorly on the first exam that you should consider dropping the class. If you get a 93 average over the four tests, you are final exempt. What makes this class so difficult is the sheer amount of content and the depth to which you must know it, along with the high stakes on tests as they contribute to your whole grade. Dr. Tandy also does not allow you to come into his office hours to ask questions about course content, but he is more than happy to talk about like, study strategies, and literally anything else. Dr. Tandy is a professor who does not sugarcoat anything and is strictly business. To some this may seem like he is cold and uncaring, and to others this seems like he is the only one who is bold enough to tell you the hard truth. TIPS FOR SUCCESS: - Watch the videos so that you understand the content and can connect things to other videos and even other units. Do NOT just try to memorize (the 4th test requires memorization however, and he will tell you that). - Join study groups and talk about the course content together. It is much better to embarrass yourself in front of your peers than to embarrass yourself on your test. There is also a different level of knowledge between writing things on a paper and teaching it out loud to others. - Use AI to give you very difficult questions (based only on the videos), so that you can practice for the exams. - Do not take more than one other difficult class at the same time, as the videos take so much time. - Dr. Tandy genuinely cares for his students, but is a "tough love" type of person. You have to put your ego aside in order to truly hear him. - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-08-01
5. Rating on Joshua Alley in the Political Science department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: 2315 - I took FundIP with Prof. Alley and I loved the class. Very interactive course with plenty of in class exercises that helped solidify the information. I personally found him very funny, however, do not upset him by breaking his main rule, NO ELECTRONICS, he will literally give you zeros for it. As far as workload goes, it is very light on the homework side. Basically no homework at all other than reading. The brunt of the work is a ton of quizzes. if you do the reading at all you will do well. The tests are also very straightforward. He also gives lots of bonus and is eager to answer questions! I am personally taking two more course with him! WOULD reccomend - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-07-31
6. Rating on Jessica Sain in the Spanish department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: Span II and III - Had for Spanish II and III. She's the GOAT. Best Spanish teacher I have ever had. May God bless her and her family. Sadly, she isn't teaching her anymore, but I'm just writing this comment to boost her legacy here at Baylor. - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-07-27
7. Rating on Becca Jorgensen in the Economics department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: 1305 - Dr. Jorgensen is a great professor. I followed the strategies another reviewer made and it was extremely helpful. I witnessed a lot of people not do the work in the class which is why the averages were so low. I highly recommend going through the practice exams multiple times for studying, as they are near identical to the exam. She records all the lectures and I recommend going over them twice. The lectures are based off of the textbook, so I didn't read the textbook pages unless absolutely necessary. She curves all of the grades. I am a music major and I got a 101.3% in the class overall, so don't be deterred if you haven't done math in a while. You got this! Take her class! - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-07-25
8. Rating on Marjorie Cooper in the Marketing department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: 3305 - Dr. Cooper is a nice person and responds quickly when you have questions. The workload is manageable, and you can obtain an A as long as you put forth some effort. She does tend to ramble or vent about things she doesn't agree with or that irritate her, but overall it's not a bad course, especially if you're not a marketing major. I will say I that I didn't learn much about marketing and it felt more like a general business class. - Grade In Class:A Date Listed: 2026-07-21
9. Rating on Mickey Langlais in the OTHER department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: CFS 1315 - Dr. L was a fabulous professor and sparked my passion for CFS. He is so knowledgeable and passionate about every topic we covered. He was also funny and made learning really enjoyable. Most of his exams were "take home" and the rest of the work was more about conversing verses testing you on what you retained. I am taking him again for another class a year or two later. My only thing would be to try and get him on a Tuesday/Thursday because he talks super fast and it's better to have more time allotted for a class with him. I would definitely recommend Dr. L. - Grade In Class:B Date Listed: 2026-07-20
10. Rating on Zachary Wingerd in the History department
Teaching Ability Availability Helpfulness Workload* Opinion: HIS 1300 - DO NOT TAKE THIS MAN. I could go on and on about his teaching style and the crazy amount of work he assigned but above all else, you can tell he HATES teaching. I am sure he is a good person, but he should stick to anything besides teaching. He has no patience for anyone younger than him and truly does not respect anyone. There were very smart kids in this class who got very bad grades. Save yourself the mental work and trauma and take someone else. Godspeed. - Grade In Class:D Date Listed: 2026-07-20
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