This is a hard course. Gardner doesn't always explain the slides clearly in lecture, so make sure to go to TA sections.

She was alright. Lectures were quite fast paced, but there was plenty of resources to practice with. I thought the exams were very fair and straightforward on its own (with 1 page cheatsheet allowed) but I agree with the others that some of FRQ's were too open ended. Not very accessible during office hours.

She has a very arbitrary and vague grading criteria that makes getting a good grade on tests very difficult. She is also not willing to work with you on situations. It is difficult to see what she is going to test on and for the final what she emphasized during the entire class was not on the test.

Worst professor I have taken in my ENTIRE college career. Easily the worst lecturer. Slides were sparse for information. Spews surface level facts on every topic without explaining any underlying concepts. Trivia multiple choice questions, random & arbitrary grading criteria on free response. Doesn't answer questions asked during lecture. AVOID.

Professor is nice and enthusiastic. TA is very useful and willing to help you. I love TA in this class. However, exam is hard. You have to know clearly every concepts and apply them in lab. You have to know lab techniques. Homework, Quiz, Practice Exam is useless because Exam is completely different. She gives you 1 page cheat sheet, but it useless

All lectures were recorded, which I utilized. Professor Dahlquist seems like such a wonderful person, but I never went to class simply because his teaching for this course was terrible! The TAs were confused. The students were confused. I'm pretty sure Rick was confused. It was just not great.

He's teaching style was a disaster. Not useful lectures where he talks about anything but what actually matters. Messy slides. Errors in the exams. Exams don't really reflect what he teaches. Didn't learn anything whole quarter and he ended with horrific final that had nothing to do with what he talked about in lectures. Your are on your own.

Super nice guy but an awful professor. Lectures we super disorganized and he often goes off on irrelevant tangents which only add to the unclear expectations in the class. Goes into niche details but fails to present intro material in a structured way. Even the TAs were confused.

lectures were unorganized and important information was skipped over. highly recommend reading the textbook pdfs he puts on canvas and going to TA sections and office hours (not his office hours).

Sweet guy. Terrible professor. Disorganized slides, often goes on random tangents, and overall doesn't know what he's talking about. Don't expect to learn a thing from lecture or his slides. Complicated diagrams/concepts with no explanation. Exam filled with errors. Again, he's a nice guy, but teaching is not his thing.

The exams are basically impossible to do well on b/c they're open-ended & you're expected to hit certain points that are not clear. You can know the material super well & still get C's on the exams because they're graded so specifically. Also, super lab technique heavy which was so hard bc a lot of us had never even stepped foot in a lab (COVID).

Gardner is an ok professor at best. Her exams are extremely long and basically undoable. She either has a difficult time answering questions in class or she just doesn't answer them at all. Really inexperienced and doesn't seem to care much about teaching. There are many more professors out there that listen to feedback and care.

MCDB 108A is a difficult class by design, and I think Brooke did a great job explaining concepts through her lectures. However, a lot of her lectures are filled with lab techniques and research that she may have conducted. Usually, you aren't tested on those details though! Brooke's tests are fair, and it's clear she cares for her students.

The entire class Is based on lab techniques, assays and overall research strategies. She makes the class feel almost like a lab class without the lab experience.Tests are all based on lab EXPERIENCE which the class doesn't have. The only reason I would take her again is b/c she is literally the only teacher that offers this class, ridiculous!

She's v. intelligent in her field of work & she did a lot to help boost our grades b/c her exams are tough! But most of lecture content was comprised of lab techniques and assays and a whole bunch of other stuff that she uses in her research. You're required to know all of that on top of biochem content. Get ready to apply knowledge, not memorize.

Professor Gardner is a good teacher and you can tell that she cares about her students. The tests are very conceptual and are not at all learn-and-regurgitate type exams. All in all, scoring low on the exams was frustrating but I appreciate the easy-A additional assignments that she assigned to help even out my grade. Just make sure you attend OH's

Professor Gardner truly cares about her students, even though it was her first time teaching in Spring 2020. Her lectures are clear and concise and the exams correlate to her material in class. There are two midterms and the quizzes greatly help in preparing for the midterms. She wants students to succeed and gives them the proper resources.

Professor Gardner is amazing. She gives great lectures and is very clear about what she expects you to take away from her lectures. The exams are free response and require you to synthesize answers using what you've learned in class (some questions can get pretty difficult). She is very helpful in office hours and wants her students to succeed.

problem sets are useful, section wasn't unless you had questions. His midterms and final are MC/Short answer and are pretty difficult because he includes small details from his lecture slides. but he lets you use a cheat sheet. if you put in the work and study, the class is definitely doable

Rick's a chill guy. Although sometimes he can get a bit off track in lecture and tells us a story about how Biochem was like back in his undergrad days. I never bought/touched the textbook. Just studied from the lecture notes & problem sets and got an A. Discussion section isn't v helpful unless you have questions about the problem set questions.

1) He gives you problem sets that take FOREVER to do & then NONE of the stuff from them ends up on the tests. Learned the hard way theyre a waste of time. 2)Its SUPER irritating & UNFAIR how the only reason ppl did really well is bc they obviously were lucky enough to access old exams from sororities/frats or friends. Chill guy but the class isnt.

Seriously what do I pay tuition for if I am going to teach BIOCHeM to myself. I really had to find answers deep in the text, some questions are gimmes but do not out weigh the effort needed to do well in the class. Test are hard. Top 5 students scores are averaged and your grade is based on that which is some what fair. Good scientist, bad teacher.

I found his lectures unhelpful and had to teach myself everything. Tests had numerous errors on them

Despite what you may have heard, Dahlquist is a champ. 112C was a lot of work though, be prepared to pull a couple all-nighters. He is though, one of the most formidable protein NMR researchers in the world.