I enjoyed 110 more than 100. It was much less theoretical.

I will say that the S2020 distribution reported to Bruinwalk seems a little skewed, because many people opted to P/NP (thus people who took LG were very confident in their ability to get an A, typical BioE pre meds).

Same advice for BE100 applies. Prof. Kamei is very clear in office hours.

Dr. Kamei is my favorite professor in the BE department. He always makes himself available to help students. Yes, this class is hard. However, I felt that it was much less theoretical when compared to 100. Do all of the practice problems in every PSet. Do all of the extra problems that he gives you. Put in the time and effort (If you are able to do so) and you will do well in the class.

Dr. Kamei truly cares about making the degree we get a worthwhile one. I will always trust him to write a fair test and act in the best interest of the BE department.

In terms of the shift to online learning, I felt that Dr. Kamei handled it fairly well. Lectures are mandatory, PSets were still due regularly, and both midterms and the final were still held. In response to the protests occurring during finals week, Dr. Kamei did agree to make the final "no harm" after being asked to do so by students. Dr. Kamei is receptive to students and overall a pretty genuine dude.

I've never seen a prof with a bigger stick up his ass. When I asked for an extension on one assignment (during first spring covid quarter no less), he told me that bioengineering "wasn't for me" and I shouldn't drop out. He's been the single biggest obstacle to me getting a degree at this school.

...don't trust his bruinwalk reviews--he makes his lab minions write positive ones and attempts to get the bad ones taken down.

Initially I didn't like this class as much as BE 100, but around halfway through the quarter I changed my mind. I think the material comes together much better than BE 100, because BE 100 is a lot of separate topics taught one after the other, and 110 feels more like we are gradually learning more pieces that eventually combine to a whole. Once I did enough practice problems, I actually gained a pretty good understanding of how to approach each type of problem. This class is very math heavy (LOTS of diffy q + laplace transforms later in the quarter), but Kamei teaches you the basics if you've forgotten.
Again, as with BE 100, go to office hours. Even if you don't have questions about the homework because you haven't looked at it yet, someone will have them. Just listening to other people's questions and seeing how they approach the problems, and writing down Kamei's advice, makes actually doing the problems sets so much easier.

I felt BE 110 was more straightforward then 100. Basically as long as you do and understand all the practice problems and problem sets he gives you, the tests are pretty much the same. He tends to pull from old problem sets/practice tests so definitely as least look over every problem/solution because things tend to reappear. His office hours are decently helpful, but more so if you have questions as the office hour problems just elaborate a little further than lecture.

Very challenging class. Problem sets are HARD, and the exams are difficult but doable if you do lots of practice problems. Lectures cover lots of material pretty quickly, so don't fall behind

This class applies math 33b to some different biology-related systems. The main topics are diffusion of molecules, bioreactors, receptor/ligand binding, and fluid mechanics/mass transfer. I enjoyed and understood this class much more than BE 100, and as a result did much better grade wise.

A big part of doing well in this class is simply doing as many problems as you can that Kamei gives during OH, discussion, and lecture, and then not bs-ing the psets. This class tests the ability to translate the word problems into math problems and then solving those math problems correctly.

The class did 'well' this year, so Kamei curved to an A-/B+ average (Above the mean gets an A- and below the mean gets a B+). The Exam 1 average was 67, Exam 2 average was 73, and Final average was 69.

I'm surprised that the last and only written review for this class is from 2015. I guess there really isn't much to say besides that it's a required class for all bioengineers. Less conceptual than 100, but more variables to keep track of throughout the differential equations you need to solve. Also, you don't get to bring in a cheat sheet. Good luck, and don't cheat!

Courses Taken: BE 100, BE 110, BE C101

I took all 3 of Kamei's classes and I would say out of all the BE classes I've (I am a senior) had Kamei's classes have been the most interesting.

Don't be scared off by how difficult they can be. I recommend going to discussion AND office hours since this is where extra problems are covered. It is important to stay on top of the HW too.

The tests also have a lot of math/application of math questions as Prof Kamei wants to make sure we haven't forgotten our math from the 31/32/33 series. These are essentially freebies if you know how to do it.

He is also a generous grader and if the classes have a high test average the average grade of the class also goes up.