Lecture, three hours; discussion, 75 minutes. Requisites: courses 7C, 23L, Chemistry 14A (or 20A), 14C (or 30A). Not open for credit to students with credit for course 4. Advanced Mendelian genetics, recombination, biochemical genetics, mutation, DNA, genetic code, gene regulation, genes in populations. Letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
8.3 / 10
Organization
8.3 / 10
Time
0-5 hrs/week
Overall
8.3 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 Online
    Grade: A+

    Please take this course with Professor Pham. Hands down one of the greatest professors to exist.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2021 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    This class was really easy. His exams were just like his practice exams (he gave us so many old tests). Just do the problems over and over again. Attendance is recorded through iClicker. You don’t need to be present, but answer the clicker questions.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2021 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    I liked how engaging the lectures were. The tests only contained questions from lecture and discussion. I received the grade I expected. I learned what I expected from this class, as well as some more.

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

    Lecture questions (Clickers)
    Discussion worksheets
    Weekly homework assignments

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Pham is awesome, just do the work, show up in class for the clickers, and you'll do great. The exams are exactly like the practice exams he posts. After every exam there's also an exam wrapper/mini-quiz you can do to earn points back on your exam if you missed points.

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

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    Quarter Taken: Summer 2022 Online
    Grade: A

    Lectures were mandatory with iClicker, but really useful. Pham answers any and all questions and is generally super nice. Tests are more than fair, and completely online. 3 hours over a period of 12 hours, very fair timing.

    Quarter Taken: Summer 2022 Online
    Grade: A

    He is a great lecturer. The exams are very reasonable. If you get the chance to take it with him online during the summer, do it!

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

    This class was pretty disorganized and could be a lot of work, wish there were more mechanistic discussions.

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

    Pham is by far one of my favorite professors. He is so passionate about the subject and really engaging. Midterm 1 was easy and basically a review of LS7B, but midterm 2 was definitely harder (but still very doable). Exams were fair with 5 possible points of extra credit for each midterm in the form of 2 bonus questions and 10 possible points of extra credit for the final. I got an A- because I slacked off for midterm 2 and the final so as long as you put in some effort, you should be good.

Course

Instructor
Hung D. Pham
Previously taught
24F 24S 24W 23S 22F 22Su 22W 21F 21Su 21S 21W 20F 20W 19F 19Su 19S 18F

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance required

  • 2 midterms

  • 10th week final

  • 36% recommend the textbook

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