Seminar for first year pre-biology students. Focus is on developing scientific study skills and fostering the confidence and motivation involved in higher cognitive learning. Students will engage in peer mentoring activities, problem-solving exercises and relevant discussion promoting academic success.

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 1A or Chemistry 2A.

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Units

Pass no pass

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

New freshmen only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
These majors only prbio
Peter Chung
4.9
4 reviews
GONZALEZ NINO
Nino Gonzalez
2.6
14 reviews
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Winter 2024 . Kranzfelder P
ILP 2209
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13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
Winter 2025 . Gonzalez Nino
ILP 2209
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09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
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MCDB 11 Gonzalez Nino Fall 2025 Total: 29
MCDB 11 Gonzalez Nino Winter 2025 Total: 20
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MCDB1B . Gonzalez Nino 22 Days Ago

Not an easy class by any means, but his lectures were entertaining and informative! His tests seemed fair, and the test content was only pulled from slides, not suggested readings, so as long as you put in time/effort, you should be able to pass the class.

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MCDB101A . Gonzalez Nino 3 Months Ago

A lot of people hate his class for no reason, this class is really easy if you put time and effort, midterms are based on lectures and the content is easy to understand. The only problem was the 8 am lectures. Nino is always accessible and willing to help, he cares about people passing and he even mentions problems that will be on midterms.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 3 Months Ago

When I tell you this man made stuff up. He spent a bunch of time doing spotlights on woman and minorities in stem and then wasn't able to finish teaching us the slides. He had terrible time management and we never finished what we were supposed to learn. Don't take it guys save yourselves.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 10 Months Ago

He's a good guy but makes doesn't seem to double check his exams before writing them.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 10 Months Ago

Professor Gonzalez is a very nice person. However his midterm is not so much related to his lecture and is extremely hard.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 2 Years Ago

Do not take Lalo unless you absolutely have to. His lectures are SO hard to follow and I often leave lecture even more confused than before I went. I understand major classes like these require a lot of outside work, but If I'm not even understanding the basics of the material during the lecture, how am I expected to succeed in this class at all?

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