Yes, this class is a ton of work but it's unfortunately supposed to be that way, I don't think it's fully Faye's fault. Most labs were well-designed and thorough. Mistakes in the manuals but WAY fewer than last year. As usual with labs, very TA-dependent. Final was absurdly long but difficulty was reasonable. I do wish she connected with us more.

This class was insane. I have never spent so much time on a single class in my entire life. The workload is ridiculous, prof has been made well aware of how horrible this class is for her students, and she does not care one bit.

Expect to learn every concept yourself. Workload is about 6-10+ hours of writing lab reports every week. Final exam (20%) is fair. Lab report grades (60%) can depend entirely on who your TA is. She holds no office hours. Your TA will not be of your help. Effort you put in the weekly report and the grade you get can be totally out of proportions.

2 reports or 1 formal every week, scientific readings that were completely pointless. Reads directly from slides that are just recaps. no interactions with the class just rapid iClickers. Old lab manuals should be redone, full of mistakes and missing details. Overall everything takes longer than it should and is made more difficult than is needed.

Nobody takes 110L by choice, so here's some advice: this class sucks. BUT we were allowed our lab notebook on the exam. YOU'LL NEED IT unless you have a photographic memory. She will ask about very specific details from each and every lab manual on the exam. So just copy everything down, including formulas, reagents, amino acids. It gets granular.

This lab is poorly structured, and it appears that feedback from the students and TAs has not been incorporated to any degree. The work load is excessive, with as many as six lengthy assignments due a week. The procedures can be unclear and full of mistakes and need to be revised.

Way too much work. This lab has so much potential to be interesting but Faye ruins it with so many assignments. She does not care about her students or TAs. 0/10 this lab took over my life this quarter.

AWEFUL. Plenty of busywork, multiple lab reports per week. She seems nice enough but her class is unbearable with the workload. This class singlehandedly dropped my quality of life this last quarter. Also, lab reports given out week 10 and due finals week. I was stressed to get my lab reports done while also trying to study (her class and others).

This class took an excessive amount of time and was THE MOST time-consuming class I've taken at UCSB so far. It's like hazing for biochemistry majors.

As a biochem major (chem dpt.)- this is the hardest class I've ever taken. The material isn't too hard, but the workload is near impossible to keep up with while taking 2 other upper div chem classes + a GE. Think pre labs, post labs, data analysis, 2 ACS lab reports a week, + time spent in lab/studying for quizzes. Lectures aren't very helpful :(

This class is WAYYY to much work. Emphasis on the way. Lab should be more about learning new techniques and less about writing 10 page lab reports sometimes multiple times a week. I will say though, people give her a bit too much hate. She had to adapt the stuff from even worse professors before her. You got this soldier

This course was poorly designed. The lab manuals and lecture slides were full of mistakes, often resulting in confusion for us and the TA's. There is so much work and very little information for help. Unfortunately, the course cannot be avoided and the TA makes or breaks your grade. Mine was a king (thank god), but I know others were not. Good luck