BMD RES 1A
Science in Your Time
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of current topics in biology from media sources like news organizations and TED Talks, tracing information back to primary research. Students learn to critically evaluate primary sources. Discussion of bias in system producing primary research from undergraduate education through tenured faculty, and medicine and national science funding (National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation). Addresses lack of Black and Latinx representation and its impact on science valued by current system. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2026 - Dr. Turlo is an amazing lecturer. She made all of the lectures very engaging, and made learning and analyzing the research papers interesting. She is super approachable outside of class too and would bring snacks for documentary days. There's minimal homework with the exception of two problem sets and the final. The midterms are project based. Attendance to lectures and discussions are mandatory aka count for credit. The lectures are recorded. I enjoyed going, so this didn't matter, but noting for those who don't like to. Highly recommend taking it as an intro to scientific research papers/ as a relatively light GE.
Spring 2026 - Dr. Turlo is an amazing lecturer. She made all of the lectures very engaging, and made learning and analyzing the research papers interesting. She is super approachable outside of class too and would bring snacks for documentary days. There's minimal homework with the exception of two problem sets and the final. The midterms are project based. Attendance to lectures and discussions are mandatory aka count for credit. The lectures are recorded. I enjoyed going, so this didn't matter, but noting for those who don't like to. Highly recommend taking it as an intro to scientific research papers/ as a relatively light GE.
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