Lecture, three hours; discussion, 75 minutes. Introduction to basic principles of cell structure and cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

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

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2021 Online
    Grade: A

    do not take with pires if you want to learn
    dont have to kmnow everything in the book just review midterms and slides

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    Dr. Pires is a nice person but she kind of breezes through class material and you don't really learn much. It all seems very surface leveled. Lectures are not very helpful. Also, for the final AoL, they made the test incredibly harder than AoL 1 and 2 for whatever reason. Make sure you practice a lot before AoL's (go to CLC sessions).

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A-

    Lectures didn't explore concepts too deeply which requires more self-studying and completing the pre-class assignments. Midterms and final are structured as AOL's that had questions that were often tricky.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A-

    It was a flipped class i.e. you do readings before class and then lectures are mostly review

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

    I do not agree with the way that Pires presents the material. Even though the material may be on the "easier" side, the way she explains concepts is just very confusing. The course itself was great, really enjoyable content, but Pires may not be the best instructor for it.

Course

Instructor
Debra Pires
Previously taught
23F 22F 21F 21Su 19W 18F 18W 17F 16F

Grading Information

  • Has a group project

  • Attendance required

  • 2 midterms

  • Finals week final

  • 80% recommend the textbook

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