Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 14D or 30B, with grade of C- or better. Recommended: Life Sciences 2, 3, and 23L, or 7A. Structure of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids; enzyme catalysis and principles of metabolism, including glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
1.7 / 10
Organization
6.7 / 10
Time
10-15 hrs/week
Overall
5.0 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    The professor was not organized, and lectures were often very chaotic because the slides were someone else's. The class, generally, was just very poorly organized, and grading always took much longer than anticipated.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B

    Really not worth going to lecture, you're going to teach it to yourself either way. Generous curves on everything though.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    the prof is a sweetheart but she confused me so much when she was lecturing. before exams, i completely reviewed lec slides, did the practice exam and practice problems, and went to review sessions. my TA was also a godsend

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Extremely unorganized, but the professor knew their content. Was extremely helpful during office hours and hosted three office hours a week on top of midterm/final review sessions. Helpful when one-on-one questions were asked!

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    I really enjoyed the content of this class, but found the way the professor lectured to be very hard to pay attention to. She just read off the slides and never really explained anything. Studying for the exams was hard, since it was usually unclear what was going to be on the exam. This was definitely a class where you have to teach everything to yourself.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    The class seemed very disorganized and it was a lot of self studying. Concepts were not explained very well and the level of detail we were expected to know about each concept for the tests was not clarified at all.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: N/A

    Her grading scale was generous but it was extremely difficult to grasp the knowledge of content with her teaching style.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    This class was hard but I did end up learning the material eventually.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    This class was not easy. Luckily, she curved the exams.

Course

Instructor
Ellis Guardiola, K
Previously taught
23S

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 2 midterms

  • Finals week final

  • 56% recommend the textbook

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