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

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GONZALEZ NINO
Nino Gonzalez
2.4
9 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 Gonzalez Nino Spring 2024 Total: 169
MCDB 1A Gonzalez Nino Fall 2023 Total: 276
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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 1 Year, 1 Month 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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MCDB101A . Gonzalez Nino 2 Years Ago

Professor Gonzalez is the worst professor I have ever had at UCSB. His lecturing makes everything confusing and often feel so lost. He does iClickers daily, two midterms and a cumulative final. Other online videos have been my best friend. He also makes snarky remarks weekly about how we should know this stuff and it will be on the exams.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 2 Years Ago

His exams are always ridiculously difficult and he’ll often test details from the lecture sides that he doesn’t even get to sometimes. If you want to pass the class, you better read the textbook instead bc his lectures are nearly impossible to follow unless you are already like 80% of the content.

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 2 Years Ago

Lecs are very slow, disorganized, and it doesn't seem as if he knew what he was talking about. We go at such a slow pace that he often makes the first few mins of discussion sessions his lecture time, and he'll even have to send additional videos (ranging 5-25 mins) to watch over the weekend. Also, his exams are extremely hard!

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MCDB101A . Gonzalez Nino 3 Years Ago

Genuinely one of the worst professors Ive had here. His lectures are confusing at best and he often mixes up his info and backtracks. Moves too quickly and doesnt put much stuff on his slides so he expects you to listen but is a horrible lecturer. Feels more like a student doing a presentation than a professor. Use ipad/print the notes before

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MCDB1A . Gonzalez Nino 4 Years Ago

This course moved super fast over the summer. I thought Gonzalez was a good professor but halfway through the course he gave us pre-recorded lectures from a different professor when he was teaching the course in the spring. Often Gonzalez didn't know which topics the other prof did or did not cover. Tests had tons of errors but would later be fixed

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