His lectures are moderately clear. His midterm is difficult, but the class is curved. He seems willing to help.

Feinstein is a great and worthwhile professor; his lectures are concise and easy to follow (except cellular respiration, so I would advise Khan Academy and some self-help books) and his tests are a bit challenging. REVIEW LECTURE SLIDES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Book isn't necessary for his portion at all. He rarely uses iClickers as well.

Clegg was my favorite lecturer of the series and I did amazing on his midterm. A lot of people did bad or okay on his midterm because of the amount of memorization that needed to go down and some really specific and minute details he brought up on the test. If you study everything off the slides and have good memorization of details, you're good.

He was my favorite professor of the MCDB 1A series, but his tests were not as generous. The midterm was decent, although it requires you to memorize a TON of info. His questions on the final were rough. He tests you on individuals in the field of cell biology, which was a surprise to many of us, and he focuses a lot on stem cells. STUDY EARLY!

He is a great person and a solid professor, but his tests are pretty challenging. He really does test you on the small details, so going to class and going over lecture notes every day is essential. Make sure you know everything really well, he will test whether you really know the subject or not. on test day.

Meh. Uninspiring and mediocre. Goes over unimportant facts rather than teaching about biochemistry on a more conceptual level, and does not test on mastery of subject matter so much as rote memorization.

The midterm was okay, though it contained a lot of questions that pertained to unimportant information. His portion of the final was absolutely ridiculous. The questions required very specific knowledge of random facts, rather than knowledge of fundamental concepts in cell biology. I do not believe his tests measure mastery of the subject.

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

Dr. Clegg conveys the fascinating information presented in this course clearly. He is very involved in research but is also a great teacher. He is helpful and speaks to students with respect. He has high expectations from his students and the exams are difficult but fair. Also, take his stem cells course.

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.

Dr. Clegg, or Doc as you will get to know him by, is the best professor I have had at this school. This course is also the best I have ever taken; taught like a grad seminar, attendance is mandatory (and encouraged) but there is no final and the lectures (guests almost every class) are extremely interesting. Take this! And also MCDB 152 with him!

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.

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

Feinstein is a great professor. You can really tell he is passionate about teaching this class. He makes everything interesting and clear. I actually found myself looking forward to this class and was sad it had to end. My favorite MCDB class by far.

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!

Dr. Feinstien is a great professor. His class follows a chronological story of evolution of the nervous system. His slides are good at leading students toward the correct way of thinking, and his explanations are often very intuitive, yet straightforward. Take the honors section.

This class is his passion, and his enthusiasm is pretty infectious. You will have to go to class- posted slides online don't have everything he goes over

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

He is awesome. This class was so interesting and I'm pretty sure I'm changing to Cell Dev. partially due to this class. I really recommend this class. The exam don't seem too difficult until you get the test back and see your grade. Grading is HARSH but this class is so worth it and there's a curve.

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.

Very good teacher- I really enjoyed his class. I didn't do any of the reading, just studied lecture notes, and ended up doing really well. Definitely a lot of work, mostly memorization. He's interesting and I would recommend this class.