Introduction to biochemistry, cell biology and development, and genetics.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A-B-C with a grade of C- or better (Chem 1C may be taken concurrently), or a score of 4 or better on either the Advanced Placement Chemistry or Advanced Placement Biology exams.

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Letters and science

College
GEs Area C
Unlocks EEMB 2 EEMB 7 EEMB 120 EEMB 127 EEMB 131 EEMB 159
Leslie Wilson
3.5
12 reviews
CLEGG D O
Dennis Clegg
3.8
41 reviews
FEINSTEIN S C
Stuart Feinstein
4.4
64 reviews
NGUYEN A T
Alice Nguyen
1.2
83 reviews
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Spring 2024 . Gonzalez Nino Kranzfelder P
ILP 2101
M W F
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Summer 2024 . T B A
ILP 1302
M T W R
09:30 AM - 10:55 AM
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MCDB 1A Clegg D O Fall 2025 Total: 706
MCDB 1A Feinstein S C Fall 2025 Total: 706
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MCDB1A . Clegg D O 3 Months Ago

Clegg is an entertaining lecturer & helped make 8am lectures more bearable by starting a few mins late & doing jokes throughout the lecture. He sometimes speeds through lecture tho. I also have personal beef with his exam questions bc he expects you to remember very small details from lecture. He LOVES all of the above/none of the above options.

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MCDB1A . Feinstein S C 3 Months Ago

I really appreciated Feinstein's lectures because he connected all the topics very well and didn't speed through everything like the other MCDB 1A profs did. His test questions for the midterm/final were very fair and reflective of the lectures. Overall great guy!

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MCDB1A . Clegg D O 5 Months Ago

Words the questions weirdly.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 1 Year, 22 Days Ago

This course is extremely frustrating. Instructions are very unclear, deadlines are ridiculous. Only given 48 hours to turn in lab workbook despite it taking over a month for it to get graded. Received 0% for an assignment that I spent hours on because of a technicality that was not clear in her horrible directions.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Horrible. Expectations for research project in this lab were super unclear. TAs were clearly not communicated to well as they seemed confused too. Missed deadline by 10 min and was counted as a 0 docking a whole letter grade.

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MCDB1A . Nguyen A T 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

My grandma died right before MCDB 1A midterm, i had to fly across the country for the funeral. Alice needed proof she actually died to not get a zero with no leniency. No obituary cause she was buried 24 hrs after death (jewish) & death cert would take weeks to get. I sent a picture of me at her grave, my family was in on it and we had a laugh.

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