Kittlesen is a great professor!! He made intro bio a lot of fun!! his tests are not easy, but manageable, as long as you make sure you read all the chapters and understand all the ppt slides.

Kittlesen (or Skittles) is one of the greatest teachers ever! His attitude, his passion, his character combine to produce a performance of a class. This is a class you'll want to attend whether there are clicker questions or not! I wish he was as passionate about other things, because I'd want him to teach all of my classes!

I definitely learned a lot in this class, but at the expense of my sanity. The tests are very difficult. He expects you to exactly understand everything and be able to apply it to his very advanced immunology examples...not easy for intro biology students. Do your reading (multiple times before the exam) and take really good notes during lecture. Go to the review sessions, study with people, etc. Not an easy class but with a lot of hard work and prayers it comes out ok in the end.

This class should only be taken by those who need it. Do not expect an A if you are taking this class, as it is almost impossible (set at a 94). There is no room for redemption if you do badly on one of the 4 tests, as nothing gets dropped. It is the definition of a premed weeder and is irksome as anything

Professor Kittlesen is awesome. He is very engaging and enthusiastic about what he teaches. He designs the class so it actually challenges you to critically think and integrate information (not just memorize and regurgitate on the exam). Overall, this is a excellent class and I feel that my knowledge about Biology has increased exponentially.

Dave is definitely knows his biology. I didn't find him to be the best teacher though. His lectures assume you know and understand everything you read in the book, and that's assuming you can keep up with all the reading. I barely got anything out of the lecture because they were so fast-paced and disorganized. What I will give him is that his way of teaching forces you to think like a biologist. He always emphasizes analyzing hypothetical situations, like predicting a certain molecule's action. Tests were very hard, and got exponentially harder as the semester went on. Final was long and impossible. People in Orgo said it was much harder than their final.

i dont know why people think he's good. His tests are ridiculously hard, and doesn't cover the material. His lectures are extremely disorganized. He's a nice guy and everything, but I would try to avoid this class like the plague

To this day I still don't understand why people think he is great. Sure, he makes the occasional funny. But his lectures are often-times disorganized and the material on tests are "hard" because he actually doesn't ever cover it, specifically. I'm sure he is a nice guy, but there is a reason why people get his clicker questions wrong. I've done better than majority of the people who think he is a great teacher that I've spoken to, so this isn't out of spite for the man. I just don't believe that his tests are actually fair and that his lectures could use some improvements. Don't take this class unless you need to.

One of the best teachers at UVA. He definitely knows what he's talking about and I'd recommend this to anyone who can handle a hard class like this. His tests were extremely hard, but manageable. Can't memorize, must understand concepts. Seems like a pre-med weed out.

Kittlesen is a fun, enthusiastic prof. Not an easy A, especially for the last couple of tests, but he uses informal Clicker questions to see if everyone's drawing a blank and re-explains if a high enough percentage of the class doesn't get it. Tests are tricky, but if you read beforehand and study you'll be ok.