Meshagae Hunte-Brown

School: Drexel University
Department: Not Specified
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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Pros: Wonderful person, very easy to listen to and attend 3x/week. Gives extra credit.
Cons: If you haven't take bio in years/didn't learn much in high school, you'll have to learn a lot of lingo quickly.
Multiple choice *cough*quizlet*cough* quizzes and tests. Several chances to take and retake quizzes and practice quizzes. Memorize the answers. Three midterms and a final. Didn't drop the lowest grade or give a curve. If you do the quizzes and extra credit well (google quickly), a 70 average on tests will be a B+ total grade.
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Pros: Gives easy extra credit points, willing to help whenever necessary
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Pros: Interesting/relevant course content
Great personality
Humorous
Beautiful lady & great accent
Cons: None
Meshagae is one of my favorite professors at Drexel, despite not being a Bio major. Her lectures are fun and engaging, and it is very easy to get a good grade thanks to extra credit. I quickly fell in love with her fantastic Jamaican accent.
I also hold her in a very high regard because she allowed me to take a make-up exam despite oversleeping and missing one of the midterm exams. She didn't have to let me take the exam, and I believe in her syllabus it said no exam make-ups, but she clearly wants everyone to do well, and was willing to let me make up the exam. I will always be grateful to her for that.
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Just take this lady don’t ask any questions. Don’t buy the textbook you don’t even really need to go to class. She has the clicker extra credit but you can give it to a friend and have them click for you or just take your chances because I didn’t do either and she still gave me the extra credit. Theres no homework or attendance or quizzes. Just 3 exams and the class before the exam she gives you 15-20 of the exam questions and answers. I don’t think any other BIO teachers do that but I don’t know. Just go over the slides for the chapters on the exams and youll be completely fine for the exam. None of the exams are cumulative either which makes it much easier.
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Very easy A. Attend lectures, use the PRS clicker for pop quiz extra credit, which is added to your final grade (about 10 pts), do the weekly online quizzes (she gives you 3 tries and takes highest grade), and do the chapter practice quizzes to study for exams (3 exams). I recommend bringing your laptop to lectures so you can follow a long and so you can refer to previous slides for pop quiz questions. You don't really have to pay attention during lectures, but she's a good professor with energy and a soothing Jamaican accent/voice, so you will want to pay attention.
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Pros: easy to understand,
Cons: large class, sometimes hard to pay attention
she is a great person! she has an actual personality, we had weekly quizzes and two midterms and one final, that was it, the clicker saves your grade no matter what it is as long as you try on the quizzes/ tests.
the clicker points are extra credit points that help you so much.
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Pros: a) Really passionate about teaching - she wants you to ask questions if you don't understand things. She wants you to do well. Plus, she knows what she's talking about.
b) Quirky - it makes you want to pay attention to the class and makes it interesting.
Cons: a) EVERYTHING IS SO DAMN EXPENSIVE!!! Don't buy the textbook - if you really need it, download the pdf online. If anything, buy the clicker because you get extra credit for it.
I put that you never use the textbook but that's because this class is basically a high school biology class and I already know the material plus she puts her PowerPoints online and if you pay attention in lecture, you'll know everything. Amazing professor across the board. Plus her accent's awesome (don't worry, it's totally understandable.)
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Pros: Gives a lot of extra credit
Cons: Exams are tough
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Dr. Browns class is by far the most interesting science class I have ever took at drexel. Her lectures are interesting, and not to mention really funny. You don't really need to buy the textbook since everything is covered on the powerpoints. The tests are easy, but you do need to study for them.
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nice and funny, her lecture was never boring. gave out a good amount of extra credits, but she never curved any exams even though they were bad
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Do well on the weekly quiz and answer most of the clicker questions, and it's at least an B.
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really easy. you need to study but not that much coz you can make it up because of the extra credit she gives. you gotta buy a clicker and everytime you use it to answer questions in class whether wrong or right you get a point...and thats extra credit..she has like atleast 5-6 every class...
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Pros: Great teacher
Takes time to explain everything
Makes the questions and course very easy
Review and midterm and final questions were absolutely identical. So attending the review means that you should do well on the exam
Cons: Hard to maintain concentration in such a large class(not that you need it)
Disorganized
At first did not have a uniform question structure
Its a very very easy course so don't feel daunted or anything. For us studying the book was good enough, previous classes had detailed slides so it was enough to study those for them.
Just buy the clicker, and utilize most of the available extra credit. Read the chapters once with class and review before the exams and you should be good.
Oh and make sure you go to the exam reviews they cover a lot of the exam questions and if you listen to the answers and their explanations, you will have pretty much prepared for the exam.
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Pros: Light work
Extra credit is a whole letter grade boost
students can put minimal effort and still get an A.
Class is 4.5 credits so its a definite GPA booster
Cons: accent makes me laugh
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She makes bio as easy as it can be for someone who doesn't care at all about it.
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Prof. Hunte-Brown is a great teacher. She makes class fun because she has a great sense of humor! She's Jamaican and really laid back which helps since she knows that most of the kids in BIO151 take it only for the requirement.
All her tests are based directly off the powerpoints. You don't need the book. None of the lab material is ever tested. They have separate online weekly quizzes.
If you buy a RSF clicker, every time you go to class, you get an extra credit point added to your FINAL grade. Meaning that if get an 85 as a final grade but brought the clicker to class 10 times, your final grade is 95!!
She has reviews before her midterms (there are 2) where she basically gives away 20 questions & answers for free.
She's a great woman, I'd retake any class she teaches!
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Prof. Hunte-Brown is a great teacher. She makes class fun because she has a great sense of humor! She's Jamaican and really laid back which helps since she knows that most of the kids in BIO151 take it only for the requirement.
All her tests are based directly off the powerpoints. You don't need the book. None of the lab material is ever tested. They have separate online weekly quizzes.
If you buy a RSF clicker, every time you go to class, you get an extra credit point added to your FINAL grade. Meaning that if get an 85 as a final grade but brought the clicker to class 10 times, your final grade is 95!!
She has reviews before her midterms (there are 2) where she basically gives away 20 questions & answers for free.
She's a great woman, I'd retake any class she teaches!
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Good teacher who presented material to the class well. She cares about students and is entertaining during class. Clicker questions make you pay attention as well. The class seems easier for those who are non-bio related majors.
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kind of lazy, she misses class 2-3 times a term with no prior announcement. just memorize the slides and you should do well, although the tests are 60 multiple choice questions so it gets frantic in a 50 minute class. attend class cuz she does give credit once or twice a term. Lab is really easy stuff. Do not buy the book, there is no need for it.
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Dr. Brown is the only teacher I've had that could make learning biology fun. Basically everything in her class is worth 20%. The first test, second test, final, lab quizzes, and a project. Attendance isn't required, but if you attend class on the right day you can get extra credit for attending.
The tests are pretty easy if you study the PowerPoint slides and/or the book. Our second test and final were online, so that's open note/book/wikipedia, etc.
The project is divided into three parts. It's pretty simple-research and make up a company that demonstrates being "green" in the world.
Each week you have a lab and a lab quiz due the week after. It's online so you can use sources like Wikipedia to get the right answers.
No homework or surprise quizzes. It's a straightforward class. Business majors have to take two science 151 courses, I highly recommend Dr. Brown for biology.

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