John Marshall

He gives multiple chances at getting a good mark in the course so there really isn't an excuse to not get at least a B+ in this course. He provides a study guide for the final which basically has all the questions written on it, so if you study that you can easily get an A on the final exam. Assignments were also an easy A

Gives multiple chances to do well and tells you in class how he expects the take home midterms to be answered! There are many slides but they are easy to understand. You can tell he wants students to succeed

Solid guy and wants you to succeed. Requires you to actually understand the material but gives you lots of chances, 60 percent of your mark is take home stuff.

Course was poorly executed and communication with the prof was very difficult. Lectures were rants and most of the time I left the class and felt like I learned nothing. Wants you to copy everything in detail but won't properly explain his diagrams and expects you to know all 60+ mentioned in lecture. I'm not sure why they allow him to teach?

Not sure why he has good reviews. His "lectures" are him ranting about how most scientists are wrong and there are better ways to do things in proteomics. Which, fine, but then he tests on very difficult concepts that he's barely explained. He's a hard marker and is very condescending. Claims "if you don't get an A+ in this class it's your fault".

One of my favourite classes to attend because of his lectures. His notes are mostly pictorial and very representative, so it's important to be present while he explains what they mean. First half of the course is easier, the second half just has more content to study. His grading is super easy and he's overall super knowledgeable in his field.

Brilliant and funny professor, communicates expectations clearly. My course was practical concepts, and you will need to learn *every single thing* in the course. Exam *formats* are forgiving and open, but it amounted to "write every single thing you've learned in this booklet", which is challenging if unprepared. If you don't attend you will burn.

I absolutely adore this man he's so funny and well educated i genuinely loved attending his classes they were the highlight of my semester. He made lectures interesting and didn't grade strictly at all would highly recommend taking blg181 for an elective.

To be honest his lectures and whiteboard teaching can be confusing so you have to learn on your own a bit but he's a genuine and helpful prof SOME TIPS Come to class regardless if you take notes or not His Slide shows are messy you basically have to decode it like a puzzle High school biology background is very helpful

also just wanna say that the blg181 course description is misleading; you definitely need high school biology knowledge to make sense of the material taught. I think maybe prof. Marshall could incorporate a small bio review into the first week? or make a list of things you should know for the course, something of that nature.