This man is by far the best teacher Ive had in this department. His lectures are taught with such enthusiasm, that you cant help but what to learn. He truly cares about you excelling in his class, so take advantage of all the resources he posts. He posts his past midterms, which were the practice problems that probably helped me the most.
Low is such a gem! He truly loves what he teaches which makes class exciting and enjoyable. Do all the reader problems and ask questions and the tests will be fine. He tells you exactly what to study and what to expect for his exams. He is very accessible outside of class for office hours as well.
Amazing guy! Low really cares about his students and truly wants the best for everyone. However, I found that lectures were confusing in the way that the slides and information was presented. If you work for the class you will succeed, do the practice problems. The material is very interesting!
One of the best professors at UCSB. Very funny lectures and tests are straight forward as long as you do the practice problems. Wants all students to succeed and he focuses his lectures on important concepts so you have a pretty useful bacterial genetics foundation on leaving his class (not just trivial information)
David is a great guy. His lectures can be a bit scattered but if you email him he will help you and even cover the material again in lecture because he wants everyone to understand and succeed. Hes brilliant but not condescending and you can tell he cares more about teaching than he does about research event though he gets millions in grant money
Dr. Low is a brilliant and passionate researcher and teacher. His sense of humor shines through in his engaging (and recorded) lectures and the compassion expressed for students' grade anxiety raises him above any other MCDB professor I have had as of yet. The resources provided make the textbook supplementary, and exams are very straightforward.
Professor Low goes above and beyond to help his students and make sure they succeed. He's a real gem and in addition to being a great professor, he gives great advice. If you pay attention in class, do the reader problems and readings, and go to office hours, you should be fine.
David is a really humble guy and truly a good professor. He understands that the things he teaches can be quite difficult. He is really fair and strikes me as the type of person you could talk about the meaning of life with. Read the lectures before class so you don't get lost/bored. Do the reader questions. Watch his online videos!
Do ALL his reader problems. Try to get his practice tests from the previous years as he pulls them for the midterms he will use in the current years. Great professor overall though, really cares about his student but getting an A was a bit difficult.
Honestly my favorite prof I've ever had. He really cares about your learning not just about getting through slides. Was sad when this class had to end.
Has a reader that has an insane amount of practice problems and he goes over how to do them in lecture. Do all of his reader problems and it's a pretty easy A.
He's a good man and he really does love genetics, but he isn't a very good professor. His lectures are incredibly convoluted, and I almost always walked out of a lecture more confused than I was before. He writes note on the board in stream of consciousness, so don't expect to understand anything you write down. Tests are easy if you do problems.
He's not very organized so I did not find the lectures helpful. His reader was very useful!
I don't like genetics that much but Low really is a good teacher. He explains concepts very well and tests are based on the reader problems. Not too hard, just do the problems.
Amazing professor! Wants students to do well and his exams have problems that come directly from the reader! I highly recommend him! Plus, he his very attractive!
Amazing professor! Wants students to do well in his class and goes out of his way to make sure that happens. As long as you do the reader problems you will do great! Many of the questions from the reader are on the midterms and even the final! On top of being a great professor he is also very attractive!
He was very nice but his lectures went over my head. The reader has so many mistakes in it, it's hard to take it seriously. If he asks you to explain a concept, you are basically screwed. The textbook is useless don't buy it, you don't need it at all.
Dr. Low is the definition of a MAN! Not only is he the sexiest professor at UCSB, but he's also a geneticist. He is very helpful during office hours, and in class. Everything he wants us to know is in his reader, and takes questions right out of it.
David Low the sexiest professor i have ever had at UCSB. That's why I didn't mind this class at 8 am. He gives you all the problems you need to know for tests, so as long as you know how to do those his tests are cake. You don't need the book, just get the reader which is ~$25.
I didn't understand anything from this class. He teaches the class like we should know everything already. He is so all over the place and doesn't explain concepts well. Ya, he's willing to help but you should be able to learn from the lectures and I definetly did not feel that way.
His lectures are a little hard to understand, but if you go home and read through the reader and the book you will understand it. Going to CLAS definately helps to clarify some material. He is an awesome teacher and tries his best to help students. His tests are fair, the first test is easy and the second is harder than the final.
1st of all, the prof is over 50 and definitely not hot, but his 8 am class was the best biology class I've ever taken and I respect him more than any other professor on campus. If you know the reader problems, you shouldn't have trouble getting an A in the class. You only need the textbook if you didn't understand the information from class.
This class is cake if you just memorize the reader problems. The only thing that sucked was the fact that it was at 8am, honestly just to stare at him was motivation enough to go. I realize that was a lurpy coment but he's super hot.
lectures are all over the place- memorize the reader problems - but if he asks you to explain a concept - you are screwed because nothing is ever explained in the class