BIOL 4135

First of all, the course structure: 2x midterm quizzes worth (10%+10%), article paper (25%), presentation + paper (25%), HW (10%), and cumulative final (20%). If you're a bio major, it fulfills the evo/eco interdisciplinary elective. I have so many mixed feelings about the course. The material is okay and you spend a lot of time learning about experimental methods in regards to aging research and that's what the quizzes center on as well. There's no TAs for the course, and yet the grading felt so incredibly unfair and odd. There's no textbook for the class and the professor doesn't record the lectures, so if you don't come or if you miss something you're kinda outta luck. She doesn't put grades in regularly either. On the brighter side, there's not a lot of work and the material isn't exactly difficult (a lot of evolutionary theory, specifically about selective pressure). The difficult part is interpreting what she wants to in your answer on the quizzes (which are short answer format).

TLDR: Material isn't too bad. Professor is nice, but slightly unorganized and grades pretty harshly (sometimes). No textbook and no recorded lectures. #tCF2020