If you want to succeed, you'll need to put in the time. Similar to Gen Chem, make sure to stay on top of the weekly book problems. Come to section with questions you don't get. She posts exams from 2017 onwards so do them all before the exam. You're tested not on application of content but on how well you recognize the problem and know what to do.
While yes, she was heavy on the material and would go fast on some slides - I prefer her WAY MORE than some professors in the MCDB department. You can tell she's passionate about what she teaches. Of course, the course isn't easy, but she's always ready to answer questions in lecture and OH. Overall, shout out to Simpson.
She doesn't explain things the most clearly during lectures and sometimes skips content due to time constraints, but you can just read the textbooks after lectures. They're recorded but there are iclickers. Weekly quizzes are not made by her, but you can access past quarter exams for practice.
Simpson is knowledgable and the course is interesting. But, the material is very hard and she tends to skip over important concepts, as they are trying to fit in SO much material into a 10 week course. I felt like I never learned anything well. The tests are also really fast which is weird for an upper division course.
I have never loved a class more. I took her 101BH section too and felt like it helped contextualize everything. She has so much passion for what she does and has a great way of organizing her lectures. I have wanted to go to medical school my whole life, but she made me consider going to graduate school for genetics. Take her if you have the chance
Genetics is a very challenging course. She brings in real life examples to keep her students motivated. It was one of the hardest classes I have ever taken, nonetheless, she is an amazing professor and is willing to go above and beyond to help students succeed. But if you don't need to take the class, I recommend not taking. It was really hard.
Lecture covers general concepts but not how to apply them to problems. This is the biggest issue with this class since the exams are entirely problem based. You’re given the bare minimum and expected to answer complex genetics problems. Also not given anywhere near enough time on exams to solve these complex problems. Unrealistic expectations
Gave us many resources, but did not provide us with the knowledge needed to effectively use those resources. Lectures felt like a waste of time because she focused on conceptual or random genetics-related material, while the exams were all problem-solving. Not enough time given on exams. Definitely one of the hardest classes I've taken.
In lectures she talks about random things then on the tests pulls out the hardest thing she can think of. I was not tested on how well I know the material I was tested on how quickly I can solve problems not related to the material we were taught. It is just completely unrealistic.
Good lectures + well-done, thorough slides. Weekly assignments and MC quizzes, 2 FR midterms, and a FR final. Lectures emphasize concepts over calculations, so do practice tests/book problems to do well on tests! Mandatory TA sections. Patient and understanding in manually readjusting final grades due to errors. Overall, a kind and generous prof!
She was really responsive to emails and helped me out when gauchospace was not giving me credit. Love her!!!