BIOL 2020

Slides are off of textbook site but still riddled with errors. Can not go to class and read book to get good grades. Boring lecturer.

I love this class. Kopeny is really interesting, and so is the subject matter. I'm amazed at the difference between BIOL 201 and 202 -- 202 is so much easier! And I feel like I'm actually ahead of the game in the class just by going to the lectures (and not doing the reading). If only one didn't have to take BIOL 201 before this! If you can give 201 the slip, I'd recommend this class to anyone who's interested in the origin of life and speciation.

Lectures straight from the book, midterms and final straight from book. Enjoyable class.

I came in thinking it was going to be the worst class ever because all I heard was that Kopeny read directly off of the slides and called it a lecture, but I actually like him. Although he is powerpoint-happy (memorize them janks), he knows his stuff. This class is not bad at all.

Horrible! soooo boring. Easier than Kittleson but terrible teacher!

i actually thought that this class was harder than kittlesens. Hes tricky in that he expects you to know basically everything on his looonnnnnng slides and doesnt give straight questions.

Tests are very poorly written. Lectures are mediocre.

Kopeny is probably the worst professor I've ever had at UVa. The class is easy, basic biology stuff most people learned a few years ago in high school. He makes the subject boring and dull and his tests are very poorly written. He doesn't give a you know what about students either. Overall, a miserable class that tends to follow suit in the biology department. What a horrible excuse for a human being.

Kopeny was a terrible teacher. His lectures were insanely boring and his tests were full of stuff that wasnt in the lectures or the book. The TA was just awful. Really condescending and disrespectful. A bad experience overall, despite the fact that I got an A

Not a great follow-up to Kittlesen and BIOL201, which was amazing. Lectures tend to be long, slightly boring, but Kopeny's seriously a nice guy, maybe not the best teacher-- probably because he has too much he wants to teach and not enough time to teach it. Tests can be confusing, with strangely worded questions and answers. Read the book, attend lecture, and try to stay awake!