03-31-2021, 12:40 AM
I am done with French. I highly recommend the new French class. It's very well designed, with helpful graphics. It's definitely an elementary and amazing introduction to French. The professor is amazingly responsive. I highly recommend emailing Anabela Ançã Mendes when you're working on the Romance Languages. She's really friendly and very talented. She has a very clear passion for these languages and a very clear passion for teaching it to people. She even has powerpoints, etc, about every topic if you're struggling on any. 100% recommend Anabela Ançã Mendes's classes.
Definitely take French or Spanish at UMPI over others if you can. It was a refreshing course and really easy to learn. The professor worked very hard on this design, and she is great!
The virtual lab was the easiest part of Bio 105 to be honest. But, honestly, the assignments are extraordinarily long. For example, the virtual lab was paired with a 45-minute "nature walk" where you have to take photos of 10 different species, including one animal. Then you have to "find" what species they are. but, you're not supposed to use fields or parks, etc, and need to find a natural environment. Luckily I have some wetlands close by so I went there at night took some photos (Muscovy ducks, swans, mallard ducks, and a bunch of grass species, rosemary, etc).
Don't get me wrong. The Bio professor is really nice and she very clearly knows what she is doing But, the lesson material is confusing. The milestones are the longest of the UMPI program. Seriously, the biome milestone was longer then all of the French milestones, final, and human resources milestone combined. The Bio 105 could probably easily be split into multiple classes such as Introduction to Science, Environmental Studies (Biomes), Evolution & Genetics, Human Anatomy, and Biophysics.
Seriously. 5 entire branches of biology are shoved into this single biology class. Most colleges I've seen split these up, where Human Anatomy is its own class, Biophysics is it's own, Environmental Studies its own, etc.
Honestly, I'm surprised that Maine does teach evolution (Yay! good for them) when Maine is a pretty conservative state.
Definitely take French or Spanish at UMPI over others if you can. It was a refreshing course and really easy to learn. The professor worked very hard on this design, and she is great!
(03-29-2021, 10:33 AM)portia8 Wrote: How's the virtual lab been? Bio is not a strong point for me so holding everything to a perfect standard sounds quite intimidating. This Bio course does seem tedious but I guess its what UMPI feels it required for students. I guess I'll have to drive somewhere for the walk lolz, we can't walk around here on the streets.
The virtual lab was the easiest part of Bio 105 to be honest. But, honestly, the assignments are extraordinarily long. For example, the virtual lab was paired with a 45-minute "nature walk" where you have to take photos of 10 different species, including one animal. Then you have to "find" what species they are. but, you're not supposed to use fields or parks, etc, and need to find a natural environment. Luckily I have some wetlands close by so I went there at night took some photos (Muscovy ducks, swans, mallard ducks, and a bunch of grass species, rosemary, etc).
Don't get me wrong. The Bio professor is really nice and she very clearly knows what she is doing But, the lesson material is confusing. The milestones are the longest of the UMPI program. Seriously, the biome milestone was longer then all of the French milestones, final, and human resources milestone combined. The Bio 105 could probably easily be split into multiple classes such as Introduction to Science, Environmental Studies (Biomes), Evolution & Genetics, Human Anatomy, and Biophysics.
Seriously. 5 entire branches of biology are shoved into this single biology class. Most colleges I've seen split these up, where Human Anatomy is its own class, Biophysics is it's own, Environmental Studies its own, etc.
Honestly, I'm surprised that Maine does teach evolution (Yay! good for them) when Maine is a pretty conservative state.
Dr. Ashkir DHA, MBA, MAOL, PMP, GARA
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