BIOL 3090

This was a really fun, easy class. There's no textbook, and the readings are interesting and not difficult at all. Professor Antonovics is a funny, funny man who really knows his stuff (and several languages!). Jessica's a great TA--enthusiastic and helpful. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a really good, low-stress biology class.

Professor Antonovics is energetic during class and very passionate about what he does.

An awesome class. Do not take it, however, if you are a high horse pre-med, because you will be in for a huge fall. The class is about the mechinisms of disease... how disease is a normal part of life, etc... a lot more flowery than what the name implies. 2/3 of the examples are not human diseases. On purpose. Tests are fair- a throwback to high school with lots of fill in the blank, true/false, interpret this graph, what would happen if... type questions. And the prof- phenomenal. He tells dirty jokes and has a British accent, I mean, come on.

Prof. Antonovics is hilarious. Class does not get boring because he is always cracking jokes. There is minimal reading, no textbook, and for a 4 credit class, I'd say that this is very generous. There is a poster project that is so much better to do than study for another midterm. Only 2 noncumulative tests, and if you go to class and take notes, they're not too difficult. Highly recommended.

You WILL NOT learn much about human diseases...so if you looooove plant epidemiology, then go for it. At least Antonovics makes it kinda fun/funny.

Fun class to take.

I was honestly disappointed. He's a funny, brilliant, and a very nice guy, no doubt, but when he goes into lecture mode it's very hard to pay attention. Material overall isn't very difficult so tests are more about memorizing than really understanding concepts. It was OK, just not what I expected.

It was an entertaining class, and the midterm and final were not too difficult.

Antonovics is an awesome teacher who tries to keep it fun. The midterm and final are pretty easy and the discussions don't require anything more than minimal reading. The poster project is no fun, especially if you're not artistic, in which case you will quickly hate the people who spend god knows how long making their poster into a three dimensional paper mache flower with all their research written on it in freehand calligraphy with a paintbrush and it even smells like a flower because they made their own lilac perfume and sprayed it on there and how the hell do you have so much free time?

WHAT A FUN CLASS!!! There is a poster project (yes I know a poster project in college!) that is worth 20% of your grade! Take this class if you can get into it!