Reich is VERY knowledgeable and cares a lot about student learning. He stresses conceptual, big-picture understanding of the material over memorizing random details. I appreciated this, but know that you really need to understand the topics thoroughly going into an exam. Midterms were closed notes/ book; final was open notes/ book.

I don't think I have ever given a professor as low of a rating. He did a pretty bad job of covering even the fraction of the material he said he would cover. Completely disorganised. Just read the book and the slides and ignore the lectures.

Reich is tough because he asks a lot of difficult conceptual questions on his tests along with some very specific memorization questions, but he does take some questions directly from the practice tests. The best way to do well in the class is to go to lecture and thoroughly read the book. 142b is a lot of material but Reich is a great prof.

Reich started the quarter off very promising, sharing his enthusiasm for biochem. That changed as he became unwilling to clearly explain answers to questions, instead them by putting them on an exam. He often races through whole chapters days before a test and then berates the class for not studying hard enough.

Very enthusiastic professor. However, expects you to teach yourself a bunch of the material. Not very helpful when you go to his office hours to ask questions. Says that he likes general questions for his exams, but then focuses on small details. Interesting class, but he rushes through everything so fast that you don't have time to enjoy it.

One of the hardest professors in the biochem major. Likes to rush through a whole chapter the day before a midterm, brushing over everything, then blames low averages on the students' lack of studying. If you have to take him, prepare yourself for a quarter of no sleep and little reward.

Norbert is an exciting teacher and the best in the biochem sequence so far. His tests have multiple choice + short answer. Tests are reasonable not hard if you study the textbook and class notes. Norbert is very interested in his work and makes enzymology and genetics exciting.

If you're into biology, chemistry, genetics, or science in general, this class is really interesting. Dr. Reich is a pretty awesome guy, and is extremely helpful with any questions related or unrelated to the class. His knowledge of the area is vast and he talks a lot about his research which I found to be really interesting. Definitely recommended