Fran Keller - Folsom Lake College

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Fran Keller - Folsom Lake College

Professor: Fran Keller

Department: Biology

College: Folsom Lake College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: BIOL420
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had this professor for BIOL 430 Human Anatomy and Physiology. She never posted any of the lectures on time, like she promised us, and she continued to say we needed to change our study habits. If she did post the lectures, they would be at 12:00am-4:00am the morning of class, expecting them watched. Overall, nice person but terrible professor.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: BIOL100
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I believe we are in the third week of the semester and this professor has only posted a total of 2 lectures. Didnt post anything the first week. 3rd week still hasnt posted her lectures for chapter 3. Probably the most disorganized class Ive ever taken with no updates since Jan 27. And our first exam is supposed to be in 2 weeks. yikes

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: BIOL420
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was gone for half the semester but did not really compensate for that. First in person test was a week before the final. She said the test was not cumulative but the final ended up being cumulative when we showed up. Grading takes forever and does not post things.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: BIO420
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was honestly the worst professor i have ever had. Grade was based on exams, they were always posted weeks late and gave us 2 finals out of nowhere with 3 days left in the semester. She didnt actually teach,saves grading for the VERY last minute & not responsive with emails. This is the first class where i didnt learn anything. Very disappointed

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Super relaxed, clear grading, and consistently funny and had engaging lectures. I was like 2 percent off from an A and she wouldn't round my grade but it is what it is. Any class she teaches, TAKE!

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This woman.. should not be teaching online. And I think she would agree. She has constant issues with her internet/never keeps up with the schedule/grades on time. Shes fair about it and acknowledges that its HER issue, but she doesnt even like teaching online (her own words) and it would be better for both her and her students to just quit it

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kinda intimidating but good sense of humor. She has a great teaching philosophy but doesn't follow through w it. Grades mostly from exams and quizzes and there's barely any hw, but the hw is weird, specific qs from docus. Qs on exams are details from chapters rather than big ideas. VERY disorganized. And grading on time? Keller hasn't heard of her.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Keller's class was really hard for a GE. Her tests are long and very lecture heavy. Go to her office hours for questions/help. Despite appearing intimidating, she is really nice once you get to know her. Biology is not really my thing, so I didn't enjoy the class too much. I would recommend only taking it online or as a hybrid (preCovid)

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wow. Worst class and professor I ever took. Extremely hard tests and they really are the main factor in your grade. Puts the weirdest things on the test. Typically all from the book. Anything she says is on the test is never ever ever on the test. Good luck passing if you dont read the test book like crazy. She puts footnotes on exam and diagrams

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: BIOL300
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is definitely a fair and just professor. This class isnt one for those who want to slack off an just get an A. It addresses social issues people experience in a scientific way. Its very insightful and relevant. If you listen to her, do the extra credit she gives, and actually listen to the topics, youll not only pass, but you will get an A+!

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

hardest class I ever took. She is very passionate about the environment but her exams are so hard. She puts the weirdest things on exams from the graphs and footnotes in the textbook. She will say this is on the test all the time but beware it never will be. You will only pass if you read heavily. I only passed because her exam were onLike sometime

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly the hardest class I have ever taken. Her exams are impossible and she picks test questions from the weirdest parts of the textbook from the graphs and small fine print footnotes. lectures are useless as everything she says is on the exam never is. the only way to pass is by reading heavily! super passionate about the environment thou!

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Keller is great. She makes all course expectations very clear at the beginning of class and in her syllabus. Her tests are pretty hard, everything comes from the book but some questions can be pretty obscure and unexpected, so reading is a must. Don't expect everything to be covered in lecture. she can take a while to grade things

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: BIO420
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fran is a very caring, empathetic human. She's enthusiastic and knowledgeable. However, she should not be teaching. She doesn't understand how students learn and tortures students who don't learn the way she teaches, she talks the entire time while her slides are FILLED with words she never reads. Go home, rewrite and read the slides, you'll pass.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: BIO420
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Fran is a wonderful person, but she isnt the bet professor. Her grading is pretty uptight and it takes her a good deal of time to grade assignments. The amount of lecture content is overwhelming to say the least, and the parts that are brought up on exams usually involve more obscure aspects of the lecture material.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved taking Enviro with Prof. Keller. It is by no means an easy A but if you do the work and genuinely want to learn the material, you will get an A. You will take lots of notes. Absolutely no phones and attendance is taken. At the end you have to do a quick presentation and you have to do on one mandatory field trip. You will learn a lot

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: BIO307
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fran is a cool lady but not a fantastic professor. She went through the slides and lectures very fast. She expected us to know a lot and really had to work for the grade I got. although one thing I did really enjoy about this class was she hosted several field trips they were all super fun and relevant to bio She gave tons of extra credit like tonz

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: BIOL350
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Fran seems like a nice enough person. Her grading is horribly tough. She was very frazzled. Very much all over the place, one exam she messaged us at 1:30 in the am the night before saying it was now online for the next 24 hrs. Speeds through the slides and expects you to pick up a lot of slack and work outside of the class. Would not take again.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: BIOL420
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fran is a nice person but is consistently late at grading and uploading content; we didn't know our grades going into the final. Goes fast in lecture so you can't take many notes which theoretically should be fine since the notes will be online--but it can take her weeks to upload so you're left unable to study from much in the meantime.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: BIOL420
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are overwhelming, especially when trying to study from them for an exam. I was never fully prepared for an exam even after hours of studying bc there was SO much info and no guidelines to go by as far as what would be on the exams,you basically blindly study and hope you get to at least something that is on the text. Study AHEAD trust me.

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