Dr. Pham is an excellent teacher! Yes, he has a bit of an accent, but I never found myself struggling to understand him (some of the other reviews on here seem a bit exaggerated). The clicker questions serve as really good prep for the AoLs, and Pham provided good explanations for answers that didn't seem the most intuitive.

The pods are really make or break for this class. I got rather lucky with my group members (we all showed up to lecture, collaborated, seemed passionate about the subject, and even hung out outside of class) so I found myself enjoying the course, but I have heard a handful of horror stories. Even with bad group members, though, the content is generally pretty understandable so you can still succeed on your own.

I never took AP Bio in high school and was still able to receive a good grade in this course, so you can too!!