CH ENGR CM145
Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers
Description: (Same as Bioengineering CM145.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Enforced requisites: Life Sciences 3, 23L. Selected topics in molecular biology that form foundation of biotechnology and biomedical industry today. Topics include recombinant DNA technology, molecular research tools, manipulation of gene expression, directed mutagenesis and protein engineering, DNA-based diagnostics and DNA microarrays, antibody and protein-based diagnostics, genomics and bioinformatics, isolation of human genes, gene therapy, and tissue engineering. Concurrently scheduled with course CM245. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - There is so much that needs to change about this class. Dr. Park seems like a nice person who is definitely approachable, but he needs to change his lectures and teaching style. Each class, there would be about 60 slides of difficult content which barely had text to understand and Park did not annotate them for us to follow along. He would simply "lecture" about the content in a dull, monotonous voice which was severely disengaging. His homeworks were extremely time-consuming since they were not about the content at all, but required us to summarize research papers. There was one midterm and a final, both take-home with a week to finish. The exams were open-AI, which was the only reason they were manageable (though painfully long), since his slides were pretty much useless. There was hardly any exam practice provided during lectures and discussions or through homework. Overall, I felt that although I was interested in the course material, I could not learn much of it due to the many weaknesses of this class :(
Fall 2024 - There is so much that needs to change about this class. Dr. Park seems like a nice person who is definitely approachable, but he needs to change his lectures and teaching style. Each class, there would be about 60 slides of difficult content which barely had text to understand and Park did not annotate them for us to follow along. He would simply "lecture" about the content in a dull, monotonous voice which was severely disengaging. His homeworks were extremely time-consuming since they were not about the content at all, but required us to summarize research papers. There was one midterm and a final, both take-home with a week to finish. The exams were open-AI, which was the only reason they were manageable (though painfully long), since his slides were pretty much useless. There was hardly any exam practice provided during lectures and discussions or through homework. Overall, I felt that although I was interested in the course material, I could not learn much of it due to the many weaknesses of this class :(
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I took prof. tang's CM145 class. It is pretty easy if you study hard for it. There were only 4 homework assignments and the grading was very hard. The grading was all up to the TAs and there is one TA that doesn't really understand english but still grades pretty hard. That didn't make much sense to me. However, with that aside, the class is pretty easy. Midterm was super easy with short answer questions, and multiple choice. Final exam is easy if you study hard for it. I ended up with an A in class and the subject was pretty interesting. He's generally pretty lenient with grading. I think if you get around average, you get a B+
I took prof. tang's CM145 class. It is pretty easy if you study hard for it. There were only 4 homework assignments and the grading was very hard. The grading was all up to the TAs and there is one TA that doesn't really understand english but still grades pretty hard. That didn't make much sense to me. However, with that aside, the class is pretty easy. Midterm was super easy with short answer questions, and multiple choice. Final exam is easy if you study hard for it. I ended up with an A in class and the subject was pretty interesting. He's generally pretty lenient with grading. I think if you get around average, you get a B+
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