Good professor, made bio a lot easier and more digestible. She made it so getting a good grade was very achievable with all the discussion section assignments and extra credit through the post-exam opportunities. A little all over the place but a lot better compared to the other bio profs.

Class was not too difficult, just had a rough quarter. Def do the practice exams because a LOT of the questions came up on exams & review previous exams before the final. I emailed her about a late assignment asking for partial credit for peer responses, which I did ON TIME She didn't give me credit, which is very irritating. Lectures are recorded.

Dr. K wants us to succeed, and is genuinely the most caring professor I've had at UCSB. Exams are very fair, and there are many graded assignments, so your grade is not based solely on exam scores. She wants you to come out of the class learning something, and explains topics in a very clear and easy to understand way. Plus her dog is really cute.

Overall a decent professor. Sometimes had incorrect information on slides/contradicted herself or didn't explain things well and confused both herself and the class. Overvalued group work to an annoying degree, especially in section. However, she was very organized and prepared and gave plenty of resources for students to succeed.

Dr. K is one of the best professor in UCSB. I really love her class and she can explain every single point clearly and she cares about students. She is so passionate about the class and encourages me succeed in genetics class. She sponsors my summer research internship and encourages my motivation in biomedical science, and pursue my doctoral study

I lover Dr.K!!!! I took her 101B. She's probably a little bit nervous during the lectures but she does care about her students.

Petra is so nice and really wants you to succeed in bio, but I had to do a lot of studying on my own because she is not good at explaining concepts. The first 5-10 min of class is just updates and reminders and we skips a lot of materials taught in big bio, but I won't complain because her midterm questions are so easy.

Dr. K was so nice, but this was her first time teaching this class, and it showed. There were always mistakes on slides/quizzes, which was confusing. Her lecture notes are also very messy, which makes it hard to review when studying for exams. The lectures also don't cover all the material on the exams, which are VERY specific on concepts.

Just getting used to lecturing for this class, and answers a lot of in class questions. Helpful office hours and has clear expectations and lecture slides. Fun to take this class with this professor and had helpful assignments

She is very nice and takes time to explain things. However she is TOO nice and we barely move through material. If you want an easy A, she's great, but if you want to learn more that what she covers, you'd have to do that on your own. Despite that, small bio is much better than big bio for MCDB 1B

I thought about giving a 3/5, but Petra is very kind and caring, and she does really want the best for her students. She is not very knowledgeable on the material though, and would oftentimes confuse both herself and the class. She does have an (adorable) ESA, so she might just be nervous in lectures, which should get better the more she teaches.