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Designed for transfer students who have completed part of MCDB 1A through transfer work. Topics will be selected by the department, as appropriate, to fulfill the introductory biology requirement at UCSB.

Prerequisites: Consent of department.

1 - 3

Units

Pass no pass

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
Dennis Clegg
3.9
39 reviews
Stuart Feinstein
4.4
63 reviews
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Fall 2024 . Feinstein S C Nguyen A T Clegg D O Wilson M Z
CAMPBHALL
M T W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
Summer 2024 . T B A
ILP 1302
M T W R
09:30 AM - 10:55 AM
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MCDB 1AZ Clegg D O Fall 2024 Total: 7
MCDB 1AZ Feinstein S C Fall 2024 Total: 7
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102
4.15
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

He was ok, he wasn't AMAZING but he wasn't the worst either. A lot of his portion of 1A is about memorization. He provided a practice but it was riddled with errors. Tbh I think if you just cram everything he's said in lecture into your head somehow, you'll be fine

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MCDB1A . 4 Months Ago

MY FAV FROM THE 1A PROFS he knows what he's talking about, exam questions are exactly like study guide, and he tells a joke every lecture. Takes a content heavy subject like cell biology and makes it very digestible. 10/10 recommend

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M T W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
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W
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T B A
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