Midterm was pretty fair. Final was really tough his questions were super specific and required the most detailed memorization. He's approachable otherwise.

Amazing professor. His lectures were entertaining and he was very approachable during office hours. For the midterm i would say study the slides he doesn't really use the book.

Tests are exclusively on the lecture material. Didn't crack the book once. Lectures are incredible, this man gets me more excited to get into biology every day. He like to set up a big joke for each lecture, and his side tangents about things he does in the field his own personal experiences show you how the material relates to the real world.

Stu is a great guy, cracks jokes all the time, makes class entertaining. Communicates information clearly and is extremely responsive to requests for help. Don't really need the book, mostly everything is lecture based.

the first 10 minutes of every class is just review of the previous lecture, so we actually go over all the material twice, which is quite nice. Test is very detail oriented, so study the details!!! He's a pretty good lecturer though, not monotone.

"average" would probably be the best word to describe this class and teacher. The cell bio that we learned was pretty standard, and wilson wasn't too monotone, but still not interesting to listen to.

Loved Feinstein! Crystal clear lecturer, and actually engaging at 8 am. Study every detail on his slides, go to CLAS and you'll do just fine.

Good Professor, Nice guy. Basically everything you need is covered in class, the textbook really isn't necessary. His tests are fair but can be tricky

Nice guy, clear lecturer. The cell bio material that he teaches is easier than the biochem and cell bio portions of MCDB 1A. His midterm is easier than the other 2 professors', but there's a lot of memorization. Lectures are recorded & posted online, but go to class for the iClicker points!

He's a nice guy, and he provides slides which really help with note-taking! There's a ton of memorization, and the midterm was tricky. Lectures are recorded and posted online, but go to class for the iClicker points!

He was the best out of the MCDB1A professors I had. At the beginning of every lecture he would review what he went over in the lecture before. Make sure to read the book and his test are pretty straightforward

Feinstein is a great guy; he's probably the best biology teacher and for what biochemistry can become, he actually made it simpler and more interesting. He's a great professor and he reviews before he lectures to ensure that people got what he was talking about. Very fair and his tests are directly from what he talks about. No tricks at all.

Dr. Wilson is ADORABLE. Not as good of a teacher as other 2 professors, but the easiness of his test makes up for it. He is also very helpful outside of class, he really tries to help students master the material.

he's a pretty good professor. his material was definitely easier to understand than the other 2 professors. plus he puts videos of every lecture online so if you miss class you can just watch them. his test was easier than the other too. seems like a nice guy

Dr. Feinstein is an awesome professor! He really loves what he teaches and it shows. At the beginning of every class he played a song off of youtube, and he spent the first 5-10 minutes of lecture doing a quick review. I really enjoyed his 3 weeks of MCDB 1A.

He is the best teacher of the three that teach this class. He has awesome slides so lecture is unnecessary and all you need to do is study the slides to get an A. After you have him the other 2 profs are terrible.

Hes pretty cool

Not only is Feinstein an amazing teacher but he loves the SF Giants. He heads the Research Dept. of Neuroscience at UCSB which speaks volumes about his expertise, however his articulation of concepts is equal in quality. For how easy/monotonous gen bio can be, he makes it worth going to class. Midterm was cake.

very good teacher. gave review session before midterm....tests are very straight forward

i thought he was alright, his lectures weren't that interesting but if you study all the slides then you'll do fine... pretty much study the slides for the whole gen bio series and you'll pass... only problem is that its ALOT of info

he wasn't that bad, really boring though. his voice is so soft that it puts u to sleep. although i never went to office hours, he seems like a nice guy. his tests were ok, much easier than the other 2.

He drove me crazy! He kept correcting himself and ran over in time. His test was much harder than it needed to be.

I thought he was the best of the three. He's really nice and I think the material he covered was the easiest to understand. His lectures were pretty boring, but just study the powerpoints and you'll be fine.

He's got to be the worst professor I've ever had at UCSB. Avoid at all costs.