Favorite class at ucsb so far! Very interesting material. No powerpoint so must attend class and take detailed notes. Also it is important to study the reader and really understand the relationships.
Took him last year for eemb 156, it was a lot harder than expected, lecture seemed simple and straight forward, but really tests you on the key concepts and relationships of what he says, and the readings in the text down to the last detail. Got a C.
This class is pretty hard, please think twice before taking. Many people I know did end up dropping before the withdrawal date. 3 tests + final, cumulative and memorize about 70 slides each lecture + read text.
I have a 3.7 gpa, but somehow this seemed easy during lecture but his tests were a hardcore surprise! MC + Short answer and detailed paragraphs explaining the process of the mechanisms. Only take if you want to memorize every slide + read text. Good Luck!
Took him in Fall. Horrible, didn't explain well, and went too fast in lecture. I had to study 10 - 15 hours in a week for this class and ended up with a C+. I also went to office hours but he felt like he didn't want to answer any of my questions. Exams are hardcore.
He's super sweet and funny in office hours. I really enjoyed taking this course, there's a lot of information to know but it's a fascinating subject. Professor Collins is a great professor, I would recommend sitting in the front because he speaks so softly. If you take good notes and read everything in the reader you will be fine!
I'm going to miss this class, honestly one of the most easiest and simplest classes in the science department. To me this class was like a simple jigsaw puzzle. Everything relates to everything so nothing is really confusing. Show up to class,memorize simple facts,and take notes You don't really need the reader, but you have to take good notes
The only way to pass this class is to attend lectures and sit in the front. In lecture, write down every textbook page and reader page that he presents down and know them. Uses a projector and speaks softly, even with a mic, so its hard to get information from the back. The notes from lecture and the figures will be all you need to know for tests.
The material is very interesting and enjoyed the class, but the tests are incredibly difficult and it is impossible to know what to study. The reader in text have so much material, it's impossible to know what you do and do not need to know.
His lectures are very dry and pretty boring. His lectures go pretty slow and he doesn't cover a lot of information but when it comes to the tests you dont know what to study, the book and reader is a lot of information and very in depth, the opposite of lecture and he only tests on what he lectures which seems like noting. Just go to section!
Easy class for an upper div science. prof is old english guy with accent, kinda funny. draws on board every class, slow pace. 1/3 midterm, 2/3 final is whole grade. tests are MC, TF, and matching.
This guy should retire. Doesn't seem like he gives two a ishes about this class and teaching it. let the TA take over. Didn't think it was possible to make such a fascinating subject SO intolerable and boring. He should stay in the lab as he clearly can't and doesn't want to teach. I just wanted to get this class over with. And final is ridiculous.