Stephen Altschul

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

This professor has taught: BIOI606, MSQC606

Grades

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.38 between 20 students*

Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15%
A: 40%
B-: 25%
B+: 15%
D: 5%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.
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Stephen Altschul
BIOI606

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12/30/2025		Very first class, I thought Dr. Altschul was going to be a grumpy professor as he looked a little intimidating, boy, I was so wrong LOL. Dr. Altschul is one of the kindest-hearted professors I have had during my 6 years at UMD and is extremely understanding. Content-wise, it sometimes can get dense and a little mundane, BUT this guy is literally the co-inventor of BLAST, so it's super interesting once you get over how dense the lectures can be. Dr. Altschul also has some AMAZING stories, being a very well-seasoned scientist in the bioinformatics field. As for workload and grades, there's homework every week that helps you build upon what you learned in class, and a midterm and final. Overall an amazing class with an AMAZING professor!