Evelyn Merrill - University of Alberta

Professor: Evelyn Merrill
Department: Science
College: University of Alberta
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL468
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This was a very different class from anything else I've taken in university. Very heavily reliant on presentations and group work - no tests. Evie's teaching style is relaxed but effective. She cares about her students and has great industry connections which means lots of guest lecturers! Would take again!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL471
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's worse in Landscape Ecology. By the way: "patterns that affect processes and processes that affect patterns" is a circular statement that means nothing!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: BIO108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
if Francis Bacon were alive he'd tell it to her straight. People like her tarnish science
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible prof.notes were useless(fill in the blank) and the wonderful powerpoint lectures WITH diagrams were not available to students, even though the diagrams were mandatory and not included in the student notes. She appeared to have little knowledge of the topics and littler interest in teaching it. An easy A exams were simple, high class avg
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
mg she's horrid
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easy class.. Crappy prof.. Powerpoints and fill in the blanks are awful. Better to spend that hour reading your own textbook. Exams were fair, moderate class avg.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • 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:
No Comments
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • 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:
omg she can't pronounce anything!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Most scatterbrained prof ever. Notes seem helpful but looking at practice questions at the end of each section you realize she's left out 3/4 of the textbook. her tests are fair IF you've studied solely out of the textbook and taken down her in class questions. Mis-spells, mispronounces everything, sometimes test answers are wrong!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really enjoyed Dr. Merrill's class, I found her fill in the blank notes helpful, they kept me from falling asleep in an otherwise really boring course. You could tell she didn't really know the material very well but her tests were straight from the notes, read the textbook, you're in university, what do you expect? To be spoonfed test answers?
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst prof I have ever had. She misspelled, mispronounced terms so frequently then docked you if they were spelt wrong on tests. Couldn't answer even very basic questions unless they were straight from the powerpoint. Basically just copied the text onto her slides and read them the entire class. Avoid her if possible
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
horrible fill in blank notes, won't post exams, must go to class every day in order to get questions for exams, must have a friend in class if you miss it, she has little understanding of the course, and it shows
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: BIO108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's pretty scattered most of the time. I appreciate the lecture notes though. However, as a professor, mispronouncing many biological terms should be inexcusable. (If you went to Crestwood Jr. high and had miss chorney you'd know what Merrill is like.)
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: BIO108
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible prof. No understanding of the course. Notes were confusing too.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I hate to say this, but in all honesty, she was a horrible prof. Even though she gave us a skeleton of notes, she went through the slides so quickly that you couldn't write them down. She was also scattered, and moody at times. She's also not good at noticing when someone is asking a question. We once had Moses sub, and it was a breath of fresh air
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: BIOLOGY108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she was pretty bad-rushed at the end so got really messed up. but don't blame her for having to teach the most boring course. It's horrible. don't take it you don't have too!!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: BIOL108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good class notes (except for myriad minor errors). Also nice PowerPoints. But she can't pronounce a single scientific word, and she's hard on people in class. Stumbles in explanations.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: BIO108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
what an experience...i think the majority of the class could teach better than her. She contradicted herself, the text, and most of the time her notes were so messed up you couldn't understand them.....NOT recommended
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: BOI108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Absolutely retarded. Definately the worst class i have ever had. She was constantly behind, made lots of errors in teaching that students had to correct, and could not answer questions at all! Tests were easy but asked about irrelevant material. Go with Moses!
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