Wilhelm Cruz
3 courses · 18 reviews
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2 or less hrs/week
Class is interesting, but definitely heavy on memorization for exams. If you know the slides you'll do fine. Attendance is also not mandatory or even really helpful
1/12/2025
Cruz is exceptional at teaching biochem especially in 3 hour chunks. He is so sweet, kind, bubbly and passionate about biochem. It is a lot of content, but Cruz is able to teach it very well. You just need to memorize literally everything and you will ace all the exams.
5/31/2024
4-6 hrs/week
He's good at dad jokes which helps keep you semi-engaged in lecture. Class is very heavy on memorization, which is to be expected but the exams were (for the most part) similar to practice exams.
5/23/2024
He's a funny guy, does his job well, sets clear expectations.
12/4/2023
Prof Cruz is such a silly and fun prof. Lectures are long, but he does his best to give breaks and add in his repertoire of dad jokes. Genuinely cares about students' success and clearly enjoys teaching biochem.
11/1/2023
He cares about individuals but not really about learning tbh. He expects you to know a lot of material coming in and doesn't have any resources to facilitate learning outside of lectures. As long as you can memorize about 150 slides of material per exam and know most of the content before taking the class, you should do well.
5/9/2023
Awesome professor with very clear expectations and fair tests. Enjoyed this course very much.
4/27/2023
Made bio lab enjoyable and feel like a breeze! Really good at explaining concepts and answering questions in a way that makes sense to students.
12/20/2020
Dr. Cruz is a very knowledgeable and kind professor. Lectures are long but the material is presented in a very clear manner. Biochemistry is not an easy subject, but Dr. Cruz does a great job of breaking down the topics so it does seem more manageable. The material is also very helpful if you are planning to take the MCAT.
5/10/2020
All memorization. Lectures were boring, so I'd just memorize everything before the exam. Extremely dense (only had 2 exams, so the tests were quite stressful) but this class is not trying to trick you like the rest of the science classes do. No higher-order thinking involved, but the most I've ever studied for a class. Lots of work, but not tricky.
11/11/2019
Biochemistry is a difficult subject Lectures can be confusing but he is more than willing to clarify. His exams are pretty long and difficult but if the concepts are well understood before hand it is less challenging.
5/3/2015
Dr. Cruz is a nice guy. However, his teaching abilities are subpar. All he does is go over 50+ slides without really explaining the material. Tests are difficult to impossible unless you are a wiz at memorizing information.
1/26/2015
This is one of the worst professors I have ever had. His lectures are terrible, very confusing, and not well organized. He doesn't post the slides until 45 min before class and doesn't really "teach". He just talks the whole time even if students are complete lost. He is super hard to get ahold of, even taking a week to respond to email.
11/17/2014
He sucks at lecturing hardcore... yea he was awesome in bio lab, but he cannot teach.
11/10/2011
Really laid-back and tries to make learning the material enjoyable. Very willing to help out and answer questions. I hated Chem. Lab... but loved going to Bio lab.
10/13/2006
Not helpful, not friendly, and not clear when explaining things. Completely dismisses you if you have a question about the lab write-up.
4/20/2006