EE BIOL 111
Biology of Vertebrates
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; four one- to two-day field trips. Requisite: Life Sciences 1. Adaptations, behavior, and ecology of vertebrates. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2017 - Professor Brown is awesome! She just got her PhD so she's new and very young, which is pretty refreshing in a tough class like EEB 111. Her slides were very easy to understand and she made class engaging. She often ended class early because she went through her slides pretty fast, which would be my only complaint about her if you're a slow notetaker. I would definitely take classes with her again.
Fall 2017 - Professor Brown is awesome! She just got her PhD so she's new and very young, which is pretty refreshing in a tough class like EEB 111. Her slides were very easy to understand and she made class engaging. She often ended class early because she went through her slides pretty fast, which would be my only complaint about her if you're a slow notetaker. I would definitely take classes with her again.
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I took EEB 111 Vertebrates with him. For some reason this professor was rated a 2.5 on difficulty BEFORE bruinwalk got reformatted (that's a 7.5 now) so everyone signed up to his class expecting a cakewalk. We got so jipped. This class is hella hard. You have to memorize over one hundred species names, common names, traits, and evolutionary trends. And you have to be able to write them from memory. That's right, there's no multiple choice so the tests give zero hints on what to write. If you are good at recognizing a name, great, you won't do so well in this class. If you are good at seeing 100 latin genus species common names and being able to write all of them down onto a blank piece of paper, you'll probably get a A in this class. Otherwise, it's gonna be really tough. If you look at the average grade for this class, it's a C+. WHY WOULD HE MAKE THE AVERAGE SO LOW WHEN THE WEEDER CLASSES ALREADY WEEDED OUT THE C AND BELOW PEOPLE? Think about it: all the people taking this class probably got B-'s or better in the weeder LS classes. You take those top 70% ish and make the average grade a C+. That's like making the average a D in a LS 1 class!!! I wish I could drop this class but it's too late now. I'm just working my ass off now to be above average in an above average class. I want my first pass back.
I took EEB 111 Vertebrates with him. For some reason this professor was rated a 2.5 on difficulty BEFORE bruinwalk got reformatted (that's a 7.5 now) so everyone signed up to his class expecting a cakewalk. We got so jipped. This class is hella hard. You have to memorize over one hundred species names, common names, traits, and evolutionary trends. And you have to be able to write them from memory. That's right, there's no multiple choice so the tests give zero hints on what to write. If you are good at recognizing a name, great, you won't do so well in this class. If you are good at seeing 100 latin genus species common names and being able to write all of them down onto a blank piece of paper, you'll probably get a A in this class. Otherwise, it's gonna be really tough. If you look at the average grade for this class, it's a C+. WHY WOULD HE MAKE THE AVERAGE SO LOW WHEN THE WEEDER CLASSES ALREADY WEEDED OUT THE C AND BELOW PEOPLE? Think about it: all the people taking this class probably got B-'s or better in the weeder LS classes. You take those top 70% ish and make the average grade a C+. That's like making the average a D in a LS 1 class!!! I wish I could drop this class but it's too late now. I'm just working my ass off now to be above average in an above average class. I want my first pass back.
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Fall 2024 - This is unequivocally the worst class I have ever taken at this university. Not only does the professor decide it is vital for students to memorize and regurgitate useless information, but she also does not explain concepts in any meaningful depth whatsoever. Her so-called "lectures" consist of a 75 minute verbal barrage in a futile attempt to cover 90+ slides during which students have no hope of following along or retaining any semblance of information. Your grade is solely determined based on three exams and two lab practicals that have somehow been slotted into a ten week class, each of which require memorization of hundreds of vocabulary terms, specimen traits, and specimen names that are selected based on a criterion that cannot be located in any physical dimension. To truly study all of the material is to invest an inordinate amount of time for the abundant return of libraries of trivial and surface-level knowledge that can be acquired with a two second Google search. Taking such exams is a gambler's dream, where one can wager their intellect, time, and tuition for the infinitesimal chance that the terms that the fraction of terms on exam day align with those they happen to recall. Unless your boundless love of fish, reptiles, birds or mammals compels you, DO NOT take this class.
Fall 2024 - This is unequivocally the worst class I have ever taken at this university. Not only does the professor decide it is vital for students to memorize and regurgitate useless information, but she also does not explain concepts in any meaningful depth whatsoever. Her so-called "lectures" consist of a 75 minute verbal barrage in a futile attempt to cover 90+ slides during which students have no hope of following along or retaining any semblance of information. Your grade is solely determined based on three exams and two lab practicals that have somehow been slotted into a ten week class, each of which require memorization of hundreds of vocabulary terms, specimen traits, and specimen names that are selected based on a criterion that cannot be located in any physical dimension. To truly study all of the material is to invest an inordinate amount of time for the abundant return of libraries of trivial and surface-level knowledge that can be acquired with a two second Google search. Taking such exams is a gambler's dream, where one can wager their intellect, time, and tuition for the infinitesimal chance that the terms that the fraction of terms on exam day align with those they happen to recall. Unless your boundless love of fish, reptiles, birds or mammals compels you, DO NOT take this class.
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i took LS 1: Halpin is a pretty good teacher for ls. The class isn't easy so you will have to work for your A. She bases her tests off her lecture notes so don't bother reading the textbook. The book has extra information that she won't even test you on. She goes through concepts rather quickly and will make you stay until the last second of class. Unfortunately I was cursed with a horrible TA who graded so much harder than the other TA's. Lab is about 20% of your grade. The good thing about the class is the clicker questions that are easy points to boost your grade. Her tests are hard and do not consist of very many questions. Each multiple choice is worth 5 points so your grade can easily drop. Her tests consists of short answer so you have to make sure you understand her slides and what she has gone over. [Side note: She's a bit awkward and says umm every 2 seconds haha]
i took LS 1: Halpin is a pretty good teacher for ls. The class isn't easy so you will have to work for your A. She bases her tests off her lecture notes so don't bother reading the textbook. The book has extra information that she won't even test you on. She goes through concepts rather quickly and will make you stay until the last second of class. Unfortunately I was cursed with a horrible TA who graded so much harder than the other TA's. Lab is about 20% of your grade. The good thing about the class is the clicker questions that are easy points to boost your grade. Her tests are hard and do not consist of very many questions. Each multiple choice is worth 5 points so your grade can easily drop. Her tests consists of short answer so you have to make sure you understand her slides and what she has gone over. [Side note: She's a bit awkward and says umm every 2 seconds haha]
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