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Jay Phelan
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Course Taken: Life Science 15 AMAZING PROFESSOR!!!! Professor Phelan is passionate about what he teaches and his personality makes the material enjoyable and easy to understand. He not only teaches, but relates it to the real world and how we might encounter it. If you get the opportunity to take his class DO IT!!! (will not regret) P.S Tests are challenging, regardless it's still worth taking the class
Course Taken: Life Science 15 AMAZING PROFESSOR!!!! Professor Phelan is passionate about what he teaches and his personality makes the material enjoyable and easy to understand. He not only teaches, but relates it to the real world and how we might encounter it. If you get the opportunity to take his class DO IT!!! (will not regret) P.S Tests are challenging, regardless it's still worth taking the class
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I had Phelan for LS 15, and it was SUCH an enjoyable class! I'm not a science person so I was dreading it, but it doesn't focus on any of the nitty gritty stuff other science classes tend to highlight. Instead, his class is entirely relevant to how we live and I feel like I have a newfound appreciation for science! He is an incredible and entertaining lecturer who frequently makes the class laugh. His lectures are on BruinCast, so coming to class is completely unncessary. The exams are ridiculously straightforward, and the weekly quizzes are the same as the problem sets. Overall, I HIGHLY recommend this class!
I had Phelan for LS 15, and it was SUCH an enjoyable class! I'm not a science person so I was dreading it, but it doesn't focus on any of the nitty gritty stuff other science classes tend to highlight. Instead, his class is entirely relevant to how we live and I feel like I have a newfound appreciation for science! He is an incredible and entertaining lecturer who frequently makes the class laugh. His lectures are on BruinCast, so coming to class is completely unncessary. The exams are ridiculously straightforward, and the weekly quizzes are the same as the problem sets. Overall, I HIGHLY recommend this class!
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LS 15*** Seriously one of the best teachers I have ever had. His lectures are fun and interesting. The whole class is so applicable to real life. The material gets pretty difficult but he does end up curving his tests by a lot. That being saidI don't think you'd be able to do well without studying or going to lecture. If you're not a science person, I really recommend taking this for an life science GE.
LS 15*** Seriously one of the best teachers I have ever had. His lectures are fun and interesting. The whole class is so applicable to real life. The material gets pretty difficult but he does end up curving his tests by a lot. That being saidI don't think you'd be able to do well without studying or going to lecture. If you're not a science person, I really recommend taking this for an life science GE.
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Had him for LS15. My favorite professor I've had at UCLA. He was genuinely concerned that each of his students walked away from his class with something, no matter what it was. His tests were actually fairly difficult, but he curved generously, and if you go to his midterm and final reviews, then he pretty much gives you all the questions he asks on the tests. The discussion sections were interesting, and required a surprising amount of effort to do the debate and the project, but so long as you did put in the effort (and went to the discussions), your discussion grade will be good. Great class, taught by an even greater professor.
Had him for LS15. My favorite professor I've had at UCLA. He was genuinely concerned that each of his students walked away from his class with something, no matter what it was. His tests were actually fairly difficult, but he curved generously, and if you go to his midterm and final reviews, then he pretty much gives you all the questions he asks on the tests. The discussion sections were interesting, and required a surprising amount of effort to do the debate and the project, but so long as you did put in the effort (and went to the discussions), your discussion grade will be good. Great class, taught by an even greater professor.
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I took LS 15 with him. He is AWESOME. In our class he ended up giving away about 80 dollars in less than five minutes. Great guy, makes learning fun. I also thought he was kinda cute. He also came to UCLA so he knew what our lives were all about living over here. Great guy wish I could have him for every quarter.
I took LS 15 with him. He is AWESOME. In our class he ended up giving away about 80 dollars in less than five minutes. Great guy, makes learning fun. I also thought he was kinda cute. He also came to UCLA so he knew what our lives were all about living over here. Great guy wish I could have him for every quarter.
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To the person about 4 reviews below me...you are quite possibly the stupidest person i have ever met in my life..i hate it when dumb douchebag fags like you say shit: 'For people who don't pay attention in lecture...don't be pre-med!' are u fucking serious? seriously? as if there is one model premed that we must all be and you are that model! get a life dude, u probably find learning ls2 shit more enjoyable than sex...which is weird
To the person about 4 reviews below me...you are quite possibly the stupidest person i have ever met in my life..i hate it when dumb douchebag fags like you say shit: 'For people who don't pay attention in lecture...don't be pre-med!' are u fucking serious? seriously? as if there is one model premed that we must all be and you are that model! get a life dude, u probably find learning ls2 shit more enjoyable than sex...which is weird
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