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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.

4

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area C
Unlocks BIOE 243 EARTH 144 EEMB 102 EEMB 103A EEMB 116 EEMB 127L
Dennis Clegg
3.9
39 reviews
Stuart Feinstein
4.4
63 reviews
Max Wilson
2.2
5 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 2024 Total: 734
MCDB 1A Feinstein S C Fall 2024 Total: 734
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107
3.5
MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

Dr. Wilson is not a good professor. I emailed him a few times with questions, to which he responded with "Just look at the slides" or something unhelpful. With no practice exams, I was SUPER nervous about the genetics portion. Luckily, there weren't many pedigree questions on the final. The questions were derived from the slides!

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

BEWARE of the trick questions! One word could be different, making the entire answer wrong. I really enjoyed Clegg's jokes and personality. However, when taking the midterm, I was blinded by the trick and niche questions about specific experiments. Now that I know how to study for his section, I bounced back on the final. Just be careful!

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

Stu was the best professor out of the three. He explained content thoroughly and the first midterm reflected exactly what was on the practice exam and stressed topics in class. Pay attention to the diagrams concerning NADH, ATP, glycolysis, etc. (how much ATP is made from what). Also, he sparked my Fleetwood Mac obsession!!! Cool and super smart!

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

He brought his dog to lecture:D Definitely my favorite out of the three professors, his jokes were very silly and I loved the medical mysteries. The topics he covered are kind of hard to understand so reviewing lecture videos and quizzes, watching explanatory YouTube videos, and practice problems are key because exam is a lot of the same questions.

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

For me Feinstein's Biochemistry section of MCDB1A was the easiest to understand out of the three. He did a really good job at explaining the topics and if you studied well, rewatched the lectures, and did the practice exam then his exam and his portion of the final were a majority questions you've reviewed and already seen. Great Professor.

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

You could tell he was new. When trying to teach he was all over the place. When asked reassuring questions during lecture, he wouldn't really answer it and just say that it was on the next slides. For an 8am it was really hard to continue going to lecture since he would trip by his own words and really only read off the slides.

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