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.

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Pass no pass

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1, 2, 3

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None

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Letters and science

College
CLEGG D O
Dennis Clegg
3.8
41 reviews
FEINSTEIN S C
Stuart Feinstein
4.4
64 reviews
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Summer 2024 . T B A
ILP 1302
M T W R
09:30 AM - 10:55 AM
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
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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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105
4.1
MCDB1A . Clegg D O 5 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 5 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 7 Months Ago

Words the questions weirdly.

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MCDB1A . Clegg D O 1 Year, 5 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 . Feinstein S C 1 Year, 5 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 . Clegg D O 1 Year, 5 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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M W F
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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Petra Kranzfelder 4.5
M W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
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Introductory Biology I
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M T W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
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Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biology for Brain Sciences
Olga Azarenko 2.8
M W F
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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2 / 35 Closed
Biology Mentoring and Engagement I
Nino Gonzalez 2.8
W
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
MCDB 84
0 / 0 Full
Internship in Biological Sciences
T B A