THROWER D A

Doug Thrower

103 reviews
Lecture heavy Test heavy Tough grader Skip class? You won't pass. Respected Accessible outside class Clear grading criteria Caring Graded by few things Lots of homework Get ready to read EXTRA CREDIT Amazing lectures Would take again Gives good feedback Inspirational Participation matters
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MCDB W 111
140 / 150 Enrolled
Human Physiology
Doug Thrower 3.6
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12:30 PM - 13:55 PM
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MCDB111 . Thrower D A 4 Months Ago

Thrower taught this course whilst traveling across the States. Lectures were either videos or video call. It was pretty confusing and not well organized. You also have to memorize a LOT. Good luck.

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MCDB101A . Thrower D A 7 Months Ago

I don't think some of these reviews are being fair. Yeah, all the material is pre-recorded videos, but this is an online course... so you get what you sign up for. Thrower is a really nice guy who was super accessible in office hours. The exams were pretty hard though. A lot of the MC felt like "gotcha" questions.

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MCDB101A . Thrower D A 8 Months Ago

online lectures are almost 2 hours per lecture when they're supposed to be 50 mins, confusing explanations. tests are a memorization game where he asks the last idea of a bullet point on his 167th slide or something like that. lectures are just him reading off his screen. wouldn't recommend and didnt learn much, just memorized a lot of stuff lol.

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MCDB111 . Thrower D A 8 Months Ago

Don't understand people giving a prof bad reviews because the class is hard. Yes, you have to memorize everything from the lectures for the exams--Thrower was very clear about that and the tests were not unreasonable if you actually went in with that expectation imo.

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MCDB111 . Thrower D A 9 Months Ago

This class was extremely tough. You basically have to have EVERY single part of each lecture slide memorized even the tiniest of details. The tests were fair but had details on them that you wouldn't even think to study. Don't take this class if you can't get through extremely dense lecture videos that have a lot of pauses and are convoluted.

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MCDB111 . Thrower D A 9 Months Ago

Just an overwhelming class with so much content thrown at you. didn't enjoy paying for SmartBook access and it not being useful for my studying at all. Prepare for big point FRQs on concepts from lecture slides that you felt you could lowkey gloss over (you can't). Experienced grading errors too so check your work vs the keys & get your points lol!

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