Grading consists of only two midterms and a final worth half your grade, but they are totally doable. He makes expectations for exams clear. Lectures are very interesting as they are based on current research and his work. Attendance is not required for discussion sections and lectures are recorded.

Clegg is one of the best professors I've had at UCSB and MCDB 146 was perfect to take in spring quarter as a 4th year. Really chill and interesting class. Grade is based on exams but they are super reasonable if you pay attention in class and study a bit. Talked a lot about the current applications of stem cell research and treatments.

Clegg is an entertaining lecturer & helped make 8am lectures more bearable by starting a few mins late & doing jokes throughout the lecture. He sometimes speeds through lecture tho. I also have personal beef with his exam questions bc he expects you to remember very small details from lecture. He LOVES all of the above/none of the above options.

Words the questions weirdly.

BEWARE of the trick questions! One word could be different, making the entire answer wrong. I really enjoyed Clegg's jokes and personality. However, when taking the midterm, I was blinded by the trick and niche questions about specific experiments. Now that I know how to study for his section, I bounced back on the final. Just be careful!

He brought his dog to lecture:D Definitely my favorite out of the three professors, his jokes were very silly and I loved the medical mysteries. The topics he covered are kind of hard to understand so reviewing lecture videos and quizzes, watching explanatory YouTube videos, and practice problems are key because exam is a lot of the same questions.