EEMB 2LL
LATTO J G
John Latto
4.8
115 reviews
EVEN T J
Thomas Even
4.5
184 reviews
NGUYEN A T
Alice Nguyen
1.2
81 reviews

380
3.5
MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 5 Months Ago

This course is extremely frustrating. Instructions are very unclear, deadlines are ridiculous. Only given 48 hours to turn in lab workbook despite it taking over a month for it to get graded. Received 0% for an assignment that I spent hours on because of a technicality that was not clear in her horrible directions.

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MCDB1LL . Nguyen A T 5 Months Ago

just horrible no standards unclear instructions and cares more about technicalities then learning. makes me want to kms and drop out

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MCDB1LL . Nguyen A T 5 Months Ago

The entire course is very confusing, with guidelines that are extremely vague. The grading is very tough, and simple mistakes in formatting is harshly punished, regardless of the actual quality of work. She seems like a person who wants to see you fail, and who will make things difficult for no reason in order to ensure that you fail.

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MCDB1LL . Nguyen A T 5 Months Ago

Most annoying class I have taken at ucsb. MCDB 1LL is an introductory lab course that is structured like a weeder class. Lots of mindless work. Grading is unnecessarily tough for a class that is so easy. Infuriating to get a 0 on assignments that you put time into because of a technicality. Put due dates in google calendar and you will do well.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 6 Months Ago

Horrible. Expectations for research project in this lab were super unclear. TAs were clearly not communicated to well as they seemed confused too. Missed deadline by 10 min and was counted as a 0 docking a whole letter grade.

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MCDB1A . Nguyen A T 6 Months Ago

My grandma died right before MCDB 1A midterm, i had to fly across the country for the funeral. Alice needed proof she actually died to not get a zero with no leniency. No obituary cause she was buried 24 hrs after death (jewish) & death cert would take weeks to get. I sent a picture of me at her grave, my family was in on it and we had a laugh.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 6 Months Ago

Super passionate about the material and makes it interesting and easy to understand. Would 100% take one of his other classes!

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 6 Months Ago

Super interesting class and very interesting lectures! Tests are all online and you only have a few assignments all quarter.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 6 Months Ago

If you are gonna take a GE for Area C, TAKE THIS CLASS!! This was actually an amazing class and the material was pretty easy. Quizzes get 2 attempts, no midterm, everything open note (including final). He is super sweet too, and him and the TAs are very passionate, helpful, and engaged. I recommend this class to literally everyone. He is amazing!!

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EEMB2 . Latto J G 6 Months Ago

Professor Latto is a delight - his lectures are engaging and he genuinely cares about student success. Use Unstuck study alongside the provided materials for great exam prep. Overall, a fantastic STEM class experience.

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EEMB142A . Even T J 7 Months Ago

The first half of this class has a different professor, Dr. Even jokes and kind of rambles then loads a lot of vocabulary quickly in lectures. Tests used lecture concepts but also had to understand specifics a person could google for vocabulary matching questions

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 7 Months Ago

John Latto is one of my favorite professors. lectures posted online, only a few writing assignments and quizzes online with 2 attempts. no midterms, final also online. he is the sweetest, funniest and very passionate about what he teaches. DEFINITELY TAKE EEMB40!!

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 7 Months Ago

The class is open notes for all assignments and since the lectures are so well done, it is easy to take good notes and understand everything. The diseases we learned about were interesting and provided a good class for first year students.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 7 Months Ago

Professor Latto was great! He always came to class with lots of energy and made all of his lectures interesting in some way. The class itself is also very easy. There was rarely any homework. Every week there was a quiz but it was online and open book. There were no midterms and the final was open book and online. I highly recommend his class

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EEMBW22 . Even T J 8 Months Ago

great professor…. If I was bald like him. his tests are way too long. the final was near 100 questions. he tries to be cool by making jokes in video modules we have to watch but he tries too hard and just adds to the time of the videos to make it seem like we are learning. i spend only like 2 mins writing notes out of the 30 mins when he talks blah

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 8 Months Ago

This is a funny guy who has a super interesting class. The class is almost too easy, which tugged at my heartstrings thinking about all the frat majors who would take advantage of this otherwise fascinating class for an easy A. Either way everyone should take it and dispel some pernicious myths surrounding infectious diseases. Thank you, vaccines.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 8 Months Ago

Sweet, caring guy. Genuinely passionate about the topics. Usually keeps it pretty interesting. Just go to section and you'll do well.

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EEMBW22 . Even T J 8 Months Ago

It's ok, he likes to rant a lot and go off topic in lecture. The lectures are twice as long as they need to because of this.Exams are hard and will trick you, but gives a good amount of time for it. lot of discussion is different topics and the readings come from news articles so I get confused how to connect it to the lectures slides.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 8 Months Ago

Such a passionate and funny professor. Online quiz every week based on the lectures which are also available online. 2-3 writing discussion posts. My TA Eric made sections fun for us with games and discussions. Overall easy GE and all diseases covered are very interesting.

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EEMB40 . Latto J G 8 Months Ago

Would rate him 100/10 if I could! EEMB 40 is a must take class - it's incredibly fascinating and Dr. Latto is a very knowledgable and engaging lecturer. Each week you learn about a new disease (Ebola, malaria) and another related topic (vaccines, public sanitation). I'd be constantly laughing throughout lecture bc he's so funny. Easy, fun class!

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EEMBW22 . Even T J 8 Months Ago

Visually and systematically well-formatted for online,but content deviates heavily from neutrality to partisanship.This course aims to set a platform to indoctrinate rather than educate, discouraging academic exploration or open discussions on complex topics.Students are forced to align answers with course agenda on linguistically confusing tests.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 9 Months Ago

This professor was not willing to work with students. Her expectations are not reasonable. She asks more of students then she asks of herself. For example me and (over 10 other students) were completely unable to reach her. I think this is unacceptable behavior from a department head at a University such as UCSB.

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MCDB1AL . Nguyen A T 9 Months Ago

This professor was not willing to work with students and made herself unavailable for comi

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EEMB2 . Even T J 9 Months Ago

Really enjoyed his lectures! Fun class, but definitely have to study. Tests make up the vast majority of the grade.

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