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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1, 2, 3

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None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area C
Unlocks BIOE 243 EARTH 144 EEMB 158 EARTH 121 EEMB 2 EEMB 7
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GONZALEZ NINO
Nino Gonzalez
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Spring 2025 . Gonzalez Nino
ILP 2302
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MCDB101A . Gonzalez Nino A Month 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 A Month 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 8 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 8 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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MCDB101A . Gonzalez Nino 3 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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