BROWN K (BIOL)

Grading History

The grades listed below are the actual grades assigned by this instructor over the last few semesters, based on official records from LSU.

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Course Average W A B C D F Enrolled
BIOL 4253 B (3.089) 4% 34% 43% 21% 0% 1% 168

Review Summary

50% recommended (5 of 10 reviews)

Category Average A B C D F Reviews
Overall Instructor C (2.222) 2 3 1 1 2 10
Overall Course C (1.556) 0 2 4 0 3 10
Communication Skills C (2.200) 3 2 1 2 2 10
Personality B (2.700) 4 2 2 1 1 10
Course Content C (1.700) 2 0 4 1 3 10
Exams and Grading C (2.300) 3 3 1 0 3 10
Time Required C (1.600) 1 3 0 3 3 10
Grade You Earned B (2.778) 3 2 3 1 0 9

Courses Taught in Spring 2010

Section Course Days Start End Enrolled Avail Type Average W-Rate Distro Instructor Room/Building
1 BIOL 4253-1 TTh 9:10a 10:30a 50 0 3.080 2% BROWN K 0213 TUREAUD HALL
8 BIOL 9000-8 TBA TBA 2 97 RES BROWN K

Reviews

Recommended/B Instructor
Recommended/C Course
C Communication Skills
D Personality
C Course Content
B Exams and Grading
D Time Required
C Grade You Earned
Review #1 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
Yes, I got a C. However, I am normally an A-B Student. This class is not hard, and was not required for my major, just my senior electives, so I did not focus on it as much as my other courses. It requires a great deal of study time, mostly memorization with very few serious concepts. He does not have homework, quizzes, or any other buffers for your grade. It is four exams with a Final, thats it, no extra. However, he did curve a few of the exams slightly due to ambiguous questions. Overall, he is a dick in person, and makes it hard to set up a meeting. He knows the material well, preaches it well, gives you the notes for class. I recommend him, just study alot, mostly the notes and read the chapters once or twice.
Posted: 12/23/2010 11:47:48 PM
Recommended/A+ Instructor
Not Recommended/C Course
B Communication Skills
A+ Personality
C Course Content
A+ Exams and Grading
D Time Required
B Grade You Earned
Review #2 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
Not my favorite class, but Dr. Brown made it about as painless as biology could be. It was fairly demanding, but not frustrating. Dr. Brown made as many resources available as possible; this is how a class should be taught.
Posted: 3/3/2010 10:57:14 PM
Not Recommended/F Instructor
Not Recommended/F Course
F Communication Skills
F Personality
F Course Content
F Exams and Grading
F Time Required
F Grade You Earned
Review #3 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
PLEASE do not take this class...it was absolutely HORRIBLE! He does not curve at all so even if you get a 89.5, you will get a B! So if you have to take him...STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!
Posted: 12/15/2006 9:38:11 PM
Recommended/B Instructor
Recommended/C Course
A+ Communication Skills
B Personality
C Course Content
C Exams and Grading
B Time Required
A+ Grade You Earned
Review #4 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
Prof Brown expects you to know most of the illustrations in the book
Posted: 12/12/2006 5:37:12 PM
Not Recommended/D Instructor
Recommended/C Course
F Communication Skills
A+ Personality
A+ Course Content
B Exams and Grading
F Time Required
F Grade You Earned
Review #5 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
I love the course, but this man does not know how to teach. I dropped and hopefully will never get him again. DON'T TAKE HIM!
Posted: 11/7/2006 4:50:05 PM
Recommended/A+ Instructor
Recommended/B Course
A+ Communication Skills
A+ Personality
A+ Course Content
A+ Exams and Grading
B Time Required
A+ Grade You Earned
Review #6 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
Brown is awesome-all you have to do is read the book and go to class to pass, great teacher!!!
Posted: 12/19/2005 6:45:06 PM
Recommended/B Instructor
Recommended/B Course
A+ Communication Skills
B Personality
C Course Content
A+ Exams and Grading
A+ Time Required
A+ Grade You Earned
Review #7 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
basically straight memorization, the only thing that was really boring was remembering all the phyla and classes of organisms you care nothing about, fairly interesting overall and teacher was good - lecture notes help alot
Posted: 12/14/2005 6:42:50 PM
Not Recommended/C Instructor
Not Recommended/F Course
B Communication Skills
A+ Personality
D Course Content
F Exams and Grading
B Time Required
B Grade You Earned
Review #8 / Course: BIOL 4253 / Instructor: BROWN K
No review provided.
Posted: 10/22/2004 7:06:09 PM
Not Recommended/F Instructor
Recommended/F Course
D Communication Skills
C Personality
F Course Content
F Exams and Grading
D Time Required
D Grade You Earned
Review #9 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
nice man, but he's a horrible teacher drop the class if you see he's the teacher
Posted: 1/2/2004 12:07:39 AM
Not Recommended/F Instructor
Not Recommended/F Course
D Communication Skills
C Personality
F Course Content
B Exams and Grading
F Time Required
D Grade You Earned
Review #10 / Course: BIOL 1202 / Instructor: BROWN K
This class is terrible no matter what, but when I took it with Brown it was his first time to teach in 5 yrs!
Posted: 12/15/2003 5:08:19 PM

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