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Robert Goldberg
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Simply put, he's a jerk. Only take him if you are too and/or enjoy watching your fellow students turn bright red. Granted, he is very intelligent and accomplished, but that just doesn't make up for being a pompous, hurtful prick. He humiliated me in front of the entire class for being nervous about presenting. A professor is supposed to be a mentor. Goldberg is not that. I got a good grade in the class, but given the chance to go back, I would never in a million years consider taking this class again. If you need an honors collegium, take Robert Gurval's HC5. He's just lovely!
Simply put, he's a jerk. Only take him if you are too and/or enjoy watching your fellow students turn bright red. Granted, he is very intelligent and accomplished, but that just doesn't make up for being a pompous, hurtful prick. He humiliated me in front of the entire class for being nervous about presenting. A professor is supposed to be a mentor. Goldberg is not that. I got a good grade in the class, but given the chance to go back, I would never in a million years consider taking this class again. If you need an honors collegium, take Robert Gurval's HC5. He's just lovely!
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Spring 2024 - I am writing this review as someone who is a non-stem major, but had an interest in bio and gene editing. Professor Goldberg's teaching style is a bit different than other courses with his exam format and his tendency to challenge students with his questioning. This had put me off in the beginning of the course, but I've realized that he does this because he really cares about students actually learning something in his class. On such a subject as genetic engineering, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding, but after this class, you will definitely understand as much as you can about it without getting a specialized stem degree. This class took me back to when I considered being a bio major in high school, and made me realize that I still love learning about science and biology even though I chose a different track. I highly recommend taking Goldberg's class whenever it's offered; it won't be easy, but it's worth all the work you put into it.
Spring 2024 - I am writing this review as someone who is a non-stem major, but had an interest in bio and gene editing. Professor Goldberg's teaching style is a bit different than other courses with his exam format and his tendency to challenge students with his questioning. This had put me off in the beginning of the course, but I've realized that he does this because he really cares about students actually learning something in his class. On such a subject as genetic engineering, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding, but after this class, you will definitely understand as much as you can about it without getting a specialized stem degree. This class took me back to when I considered being a bio major in high school, and made me realize that I still love learning about science and biology even though I chose a different track. I highly recommend taking Goldberg's class whenever it's offered; it won't be easy, but it's worth all the work you put into it.
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Fall 2018 - Professor Goldberg is an amazing professor. He really wants students to be able to synthesize material that they have learned from other classes and apply it to what is being taught in class. For the seminar, we focused on GMOs and we went from the very basis of how plasmids were made up to current technology. The class was intense because he would always be asking students questions about the paper, so make sure you read the papers in full detail.
Fall 2018 - Professor Goldberg is an amazing professor. He really wants students to be able to synthesize material that they have learned from other classes and apply it to what is being taught in class. For the seminar, we focused on GMOs and we went from the very basis of how plasmids were made up to current technology. The class was intense because he would always be asking students questions about the paper, so make sure you read the papers in full detail.
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