MCD BIO 165A
Biology of Cells
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Chemistry 14D or 30B, Life Sciences 3, or 7A, 7B, and 7C. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 100. Molecular basis of cellular structure and function, with focus on each individual cellular organelle, as well as interaction of cells with extracellular environment and with other cells. Material presented in context of experimental questions and answers to incorporate concept of scientific method and recent advances in cell biology research. Exposure in discussions to recent scientific articles that directly relate to information examined in lectures. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Summer 2024 - I really enjoyed this class since professor Rigueur is very passionate about teaching. Also the materials we covered are super interesting. We learned a lot of this things in cell biology such as cell signaling pathway, protein trafficking, different types of cellular organelles. What is nice about this class is that we also used several lectures to learn how to apply the basic knowledge of cell biology to construct valid experiments. I think that this really helps me on my future career. Overall, it is a very interesting and fruitful class to take.
Summer 2024 - I really enjoyed this class since professor Rigueur is very passionate about teaching. Also the materials we covered are super interesting. We learned a lot of this things in cell biology such as cell signaling pathway, protein trafficking, different types of cellular organelles. What is nice about this class is that we also used several lectures to learn how to apply the basic knowledge of cell biology to construct valid experiments. I think that this really helps me on my future career. Overall, it is a very interesting and fruitful class to take.
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Spring 2024 - Ok so I really liked this class a lot I think Professor Sagasti is a great professor but really this class was ruined by the TAs for me. They graded everything so harshly!! For example I answered a question saying the protein did not bind to microtubules and the TA marked me off a whole point (points mean a lot in this class) because I didn’t say “there was only a little bit of binding with the protein” like really one of the figure shows no protein binding like how? It’s that big of a difference? Also this class had 25% of the grade hinge on Quizzes and the first midterm only 20% (which I don’t get) the quizzes were graded insanely harshly. I got a A on every exam and I still did not get an A in this class. I had to email the TAs to literally argue my side and say “hey this was a correct answer” which was a pain and they made it a big deal when it was regraded. Also the TAs did not know the material that well at all. I went to the material review for the final and one of the TAs did not even understand a figure. I knew the figures better than the TAs like what a joke. Overall, the grading scheme is bad the only reason I give such a decent review is Sagasti was a nice guy and a good lecturer. Beware the TAs can really ruin your grade in this class because the exams are free response make sure to restate the whole question (idk why they like that) and just pray that they don’t grade so stingy.
Spring 2024 - Ok so I really liked this class a lot I think Professor Sagasti is a great professor but really this class was ruined by the TAs for me. They graded everything so harshly!! For example I answered a question saying the protein did not bind to microtubules and the TA marked me off a whole point (points mean a lot in this class) because I didn’t say “there was only a little bit of binding with the protein” like really one of the figure shows no protein binding like how? It’s that big of a difference? Also this class had 25% of the grade hinge on Quizzes and the first midterm only 20% (which I don’t get) the quizzes were graded insanely harshly. I got a A on every exam and I still did not get an A in this class. I had to email the TAs to literally argue my side and say “hey this was a correct answer” which was a pain and they made it a big deal when it was regraded. Also the TAs did not know the material that well at all. I went to the material review for the final and one of the TAs did not even understand a figure. I knew the figures better than the TAs like what a joke. Overall, the grading scheme is bad the only reason I give such a decent review is Sagasti was a nice guy and a good lecturer. Beware the TAs can really ruin your grade in this class because the exams are free response make sure to restate the whole question (idk why they like that) and just pray that they don’t grade so stingy.
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