Craig Smith
4 courses · 13 reviews
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Craig is the best professor I've had here at WashU. I had him for Bio4525, and you can tell that he's someone who truly cares about his students and is passionate about the course material. He's a very engaging lecturer and fosters a collaborative teaching environment. We sat in groups of ~6 to figure out problems and give each other feedback.
12/6/2024
Dr. Smith's BIO 4525 Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins Writing Intensive was a great class and he was a great professor! All of the content and expectations were very clear and he walked us through the process of writing our papers. He is not only super helpful with class but a great mentor overall!
12/6/2024
I took Bio4525 with Dr. Smith. He teaches this class with so much enthusiasm which made the class exciting and engaging. He took the time to get to know each one of us on a personal level and fostered a really friendly community within the classroom. This class taught me to write scientifically and gave me skills I will use in my research career.
12/6/2024
Craig is AMAZING! I took his Protein Informatics advanced lab and can not recommend it enough. He is the most caring professor and went above and beyond in the course. All of the work you do is during class time.
12/6/2024
2-4 hrs/week
Exams weren't too bad, just make sure you stay on top of consistent studying.
5/22/2024
Prof Smith is really funny and walks through each lab clearly so everyone understands. However, I think his lab AI does all the grading for the lab reports, so I found that the grading was weird/random. I would get points off for calculations where my friends would not get points off even when they used the same equations and got the same numbers.
12/25/2021
I was generally interested to learn biology, but Craig Smith made enjoying learning it so difficult. I was often one of the last people to finish, and he would make you feel dumb for this. His lab lectures were very poorly executed and not well explainedwhich is typical for freshman weed-out classes at WashU. Disparaging, intimidating, and awful.
8/19/2020
Dr. Smith might pause sometimes in class, but he's funny and you can tell he cares about his students learning the material. I took his UCollege Biochem class and you needed to study for his tests, but if you did, you would do fine.
4/20/2020
Really confusing lectures that often contain mistakes and are very hard to understand. I don't understand the course material at all.
12/14/2019
Dr. Smith is a great professor. He really cares about his students. He's funny and good at explaining things. He makes biology make sense.
3/3/2018
His lectures are extremely dry, and he has an speech impediment (slurring, a slight stutter) that makes him hard to understand. Though I'm sure he's a nice guy, I absolutely would not recommend taking a class with him.
2/5/2017
Dr. Smith is hands down my favorite professor ever at WUSTL! He plays awesome music in lab, he's super helpful and caring, and he's an amazing teacher. One of the nicest people I've ever met. Jokes around with students and makes the lab section something to look forward to weekly! I can't recommend his subsection enough!
12/18/2016