LIFESCI 15
Life: Concepts and Issues
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to important concepts and issues in the field for non-life sciences majors. Topics include chemistry of life, genetics, physiology, evolution, and ecology--all explored in lecture and debates, with a writing component. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2019 - TAKE THIS CLASS!!! Okay so all my life I was like ew biology sucks its so boring BUTTTT I took this class and it completely changed my perspective!! Like lowkey considering switching my major to something related to evolution or genetics. Also, this class lowkey gave me an existential crisis like YO your emotions aren't what you actually think they are :o and oh boy don't get me started on the theory of kindness :/// BUT YOU WILL FEEL SELF MOTIVATED TO ATTEND EVERY SINGLE LECTURE!! My advice: study for the weekly quizzes so you don't need to put too much effort into studying for finals like I'm so happy we got weekly quizzes it made the final much easier. I don't know my grade yet in the class but I got a 79% on the midterm and As on most of the quizzes.
Fall 2019 - TAKE THIS CLASS!!! Okay so all my life I was like ew biology sucks its so boring BUTTTT I took this class and it completely changed my perspective!! Like lowkey considering switching my major to something related to evolution or genetics. Also, this class lowkey gave me an existential crisis like YO your emotions aren't what you actually think they are :o and oh boy don't get me started on the theory of kindness :/// BUT YOU WILL FEEL SELF MOTIVATED TO ATTEND EVERY SINGLE LECTURE!! My advice: study for the weekly quizzes so you don't need to put too much effort into studying for finals like I'm so happy we got weekly quizzes it made the final much easier. I don't know my grade yet in the class but I got a 79% on the midterm and As on most of the quizzes.
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Psych 115 Don't take this professor. He crams in too much information, which means that you will have to do TOO MUCH studying and will walk away having learned NOTHING. He doesn't have a theory of mind, and doesn't understand that the students are not following what he is teaching. He tells you not to memorize the material, that you only need to understand it conceptually. Don't listen to that! You need to memorize everything to be able to apply the knowledge to the questions on exam (some of the questions are pure memorization questions anyway). I don't mind studying hard, but studying too much material for such a short period, is a waste of my neurons. Don't take it with him.
Psych 115 Don't take this professor. He crams in too much information, which means that you will have to do TOO MUCH studying and will walk away having learned NOTHING. He doesn't have a theory of mind, and doesn't understand that the students are not following what he is teaching. He tells you not to memorize the material, that you only need to understand it conceptually. Don't listen to that! You need to memorize everything to be able to apply the knowledge to the questions on exam (some of the questions are pure memorization questions anyway). I don't mind studying hard, but studying too much material for such a short period, is a waste of my neurons. Don't take it with him.
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