BIOL 355Biology of Human Aging

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• A really interesting course but Duxbury is a mess teaching it. She is very unorganized, slides are piled full of information in a way that makes it hard to determine what is useful and necessary to learn. She also tends to make mistakes in what she is saying when she reads off the slides so write down everything she says but make sure it matches her slides. The midterm and final are HELL. Study your ass off because they are mainly long answer questions that require paragraphs of information to get a decent mark; luckily, all her questions come directly from the slides so just know everything and you'll be good! Finished with a 90, but studied for the final for at least 2 weeks, rewrote my…

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• Took this course in Winter 2022 where half of it was online and the other half in person. The marking scheme was 15% quizzes (best 10 out of 11), 30% midterm and 55% final exam. The final exam was NOT cumulative and based on post midterm material. The midterm and final exam were both primarily written with short and long answer questions. Dr. Duxbury constantly asks for detailed answers and examples. This course covers so much content and many body systems like the cardiovascular, skeletal, vision and skin. It is hard to get over a 90+ in this class, but 80+ is possible. Finished with a hihg 80. Took this course simultaneoulsy with BIOL 373 and there is little overlap. BIOL 373 is easier as…

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• It was na easy class and Dr. Dux really does her best to teach it.
  For some reason there was a group of girl she always liked to pinpoint and say shut up?? so don't get in her sight honestly if you are a group.
  The midterm and final were VERY easy and although I messed up the midterm I clutched on the final. The only unfortunate part is you can't prepare for midterms since there is not a lot of practice or representative previous classes. So here it goes, the way it works is that she gives you questions paper and a solution notebook that you have to write your answer in. Then the questions are given X marks, however, you have to be as complete as possible. So let's say I talk about…

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• this course was pretty easy and low effort but SO boring and annoying bcz of cheryl duxbury. content is intuitive and has potential but she makes it repetitive and uninteresting. her slides are a mess and she gives contradicting info. 12% clickers, 58% non cumulative final, 30% midterm. the exams were a lot of writing but if you were paying attention, none of the questions should be surprises so you just have to prepare and have good time management during the exam.
  fairly low effort overall for a 300 level bio course but really not as interesting as it sounded when i signed up for it. if its taught by someone other than cheryl duxbury, go for it.

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• Taken winter 2026. The course content was very interesting and teaches a lot about the aging process and applying it to both lifestyle factors and physiological processes. There was a 12% iclicker than you needed 80% to get full marks. a 30% midterm and 58% non cumulative final. The exams were very very straightforward like if you knew the topics you would be fine I'd recommend just summarizing the lecture notes at the end of each week making sure you can come of with examples to connect ideas etc and you'll be good. The exams are all fully written answer, the midterm had like 10 mc but the final was fully written which is why if you dont know something its hard to bs an answer.

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