PHYSCI 111A
Foundations in Physiological Science
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 107, Chemistry 14C or 30A, Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4, 23L, Physics 1B or 6B or 6CH. Students must receive grade of C or better to proceed to next course in series. Introduction to principles of muscular and neural physiology, including factors controlling membrane excitability, neuronal circuits, sensorimotor regulation, special senses, cortical functions, and neuronal plasticity. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Worst professor I have ever had throughout my whole time here at UCLA. As the person below previously stated, he only has pictures in his slides. His slides are ridiculously long. Worst thing is, he can't even explain them well. Yeah I read the book, but there's too much information. He didn't even send us our study guide for the final. He stands there, tries to be funny, but ends up cracking himself up. He repeats the same thing over and over and each time it gets more confusing. When he runs out of something to say, he stands there pauses, then says something that does not make sense. He is always late to lecture, and his breaks are only 5 minutes long, ridiculous. GG for those taking Phy Sci 111A. You cannot avoid him and he teaches the last two modules, which are the longest and hardest.
Worst professor I have ever had throughout my whole time here at UCLA. As the person below previously stated, he only has pictures in his slides. His slides are ridiculously long. Worst thing is, he can't even explain them well. Yeah I read the book, but there's too much information. He didn't even send us our study guide for the final. He stands there, tries to be funny, but ends up cracking himself up. He repeats the same thing over and over and each time it gets more confusing. When he runs out of something to say, he stands there pauses, then says something that does not make sense. He is always late to lecture, and his breaks are only 5 minutes long, ridiculous. GG for those taking Phy Sci 111A. You cannot avoid him and he teaches the last two modules, which are the longest and hardest.
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Winter 2025 - In my opinion, Dr. Tidball was the most engaging professor and the best teacher of 111A. Unlike the other professors, he preferred to give chalkboard lectures and would post note outlines on Canvas for us to fill out. He teaches the second module of the course, which is on muscles, whereas the first module is on neurons/signal transduction and the third module is on sensory systems. Not only is he an exceptionally clear lecturer, he would host Q&A sessions in addition to office hours to help with studying, and he would consistently stay 20 - 30 mins behind each class answering student questions. If you hear bad things about him, know that people 100% only hated on him for how difficult the exam was (I believe the average was in the 70s or 80s). He taught the material well, but this exam was unlike any other physci exam because it actually required you to think vs just memorization like the rest of the physci core, what crazy work right? As far as I know, the people who really understood the content walked away with an A, so do your best to *understand* if you want to do well. He's quite a nice guy and a good teacher, everyone just got tripped up on the exam and premeds can be real haters when they don't get an A.
Winter 2025 - In my opinion, Dr. Tidball was the most engaging professor and the best teacher of 111A. Unlike the other professors, he preferred to give chalkboard lectures and would post note outlines on Canvas for us to fill out. He teaches the second module of the course, which is on muscles, whereas the first module is on neurons/signal transduction and the third module is on sensory systems. Not only is he an exceptionally clear lecturer, he would host Q&A sessions in addition to office hours to help with studying, and he would consistently stay 20 - 30 mins behind each class answering student questions. If you hear bad things about him, know that people 100% only hated on him for how difficult the exam was (I believe the average was in the 70s or 80s). He taught the material well, but this exam was unlike any other physci exam because it actually required you to think vs just memorization like the rest of the physci core, what crazy work right? As far as I know, the people who really understood the content walked away with an A, so do your best to *understand* if you want to do well. He's quite a nice guy and a good teacher, everyone just got tripped up on the exam and premeds can be real haters when they don't get an A.
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Professor White is an average professor. Her lectures pretty much goes with the book so if you study and know every concepts she tells you, you are guaranteed a B on her test. The extra points will be based on how well you take the test, such as answering her multiple choice questions and you paying attention to the articles and the readings. Mean on my test was around 80%.
Professor White is an average professor. Her lectures pretty much goes with the book so if you study and know every concepts she tells you, you are guaranteed a B on her test. The extra points will be based on how well you take the test, such as answering her multiple choice questions and you paying attention to the articles and the readings. Mean on my test was around 80%.
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