BIOL 239Genetics

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• This course is very interesting & features a very generous marking scheme: A free 5% for completing online learning activities, 25% midterm, 40% exam, and 30% tutorial (further broken down into a bunch of things: a free 2% for viewing videos, 3% for tutorial group work, 5% for a very short, online (open book) quiz, 7% report, 4% for another group work, 2% subjective mark, 7% tutorial exam). You should take advantage of the tutorial and use it as a mark booster. The content of the course is a mix of high school review with a bit of new stuff, and the focus is less on mass memorization and more on application of concepts than your typical biology course. Everything you need to know is in…

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• Man this course is a mess. Why are we in week 12 getting tested on week 6 content? There are 3 midterms each worth 10% that only test you on up to week 6 content, they're tricky but you can do well if you study effectively (use practice tests and smartbook). The exam consists of approximately 80% of questions based on content after the last midterm so you have to learn half of the course content with basically no relevant practice to prepare for the exam. All of that ontop of the fact that the content post-midterms is significantly more challenging. The horrific layout of the course is reflected in how bad the exam avg was (60%). The tutorials are essentially useless and yet still mandatory…

  Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 3 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

• This class was my favourite biology class to date. The concepts are fairly easy and but like all biology courses, there are a lot of terms. Most people found the term tests and final difficult but if you put in the work and really apply yourself it will come. I highly recommend doing the smart book activities as its an easy 4% back. Also, note that completing these activities is a very useful way to study. You MUST actually read the textbook when doing these activities. Also for some study tips for the test make a Quizlet throughout the year for all of the lecture sets (terms on one side and images and notes on the other). Then when it's time for a test get out a notebook and write down and…

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• I went into this class very hopeful because I love genetics. To say I was disappointed would be the understatement of the century. This class was so boring I shed tears every time 10:30am on mwf rolled around. All the prof did was read off the slides. The tests were nothing like the content taught in the class, the only thing similar to the tests were the practice tests that were also nothing like the course content. I have never seen someone make a subject that is relatively easy seem so hard. The way she worded her questions is criminal and it makes me believe that maybe I never actually learned this in high school and it was all a dream. The tutorials were so disorganized and all we did…

  Apr 2025 · didn’t like it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

• This course had so much potential to be fun and engaging because of the content itself, however the delivery made it suck. The midterms (3x10%) were not tested in a timely manner, we were on week 5 or 6 getting tested on weeks 1 and 2, so by the time we had finished 3 midterms we only got tested on 10-11 lectures out of 21. Meaning that the content for the final exam was extensive with little to no relevant practise. This class is a pay to win as the smartbook bonuses are an additional $100 for a 5% boost. which isnt even worth it because there are 12 in total and each takes 2-3 hours to complete. They also were not sequenced properly as the first 6 were due by the end of february and the…

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