KIN 404Physiology of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

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• This was a great course developed and taught by Dr. Tupling. We talked about different pathophysiological mechanisms that cause obesity, Type I diabetes and Type II diabetes. I'll be completely honest, this course was brutally hard. Your lecture notes need to be perfect and you should never leave your readings to do last minute. Most of the lecture slides given to you are diagrams of pathways. Understand every single pathway and know what happens downstream of the pathway if one of the upstream enzymes were "defected" and what is the overall effect that will lead to obesity and type II diabetes.

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• Really had to work for this class. After the first test it got easier but don't fall behind.

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• Just read the slides, take notes OF THE TITLES TOO!!!!!! he will ask questions from titles. Content is easy, and don't be afraid to 48 hour your term test 2 AT ALL. just do it and hope it falls after reading week so you have time to read it. its very simple, but you do need to spend time reading for the term tests especially term test 2.
  Course outline in this class historical changes, so take a look at the previous ones :) Passed with a 90 on the dot without doing the bonus walks he had a while back

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• Taken W26, 4 non-cumulative term tests (22% each) and 4 closed-book but collaborative iClicker quizzes (3% each). The reviews of this course scared me (and from what I have heard, a lot of other people) from almost not taking the course. This course was actually amazing, even though it was at 8:30 I went every week and was really engaged. I do think attending lecture is super helpful, but the tests were super straightforward where you could succeed if you put the time into studying. It is a little content heavy, especially near the middle, but in NO WAY is it close to BIOL303 or 308 (whoever said that was definitelyyyy exaggerating). Plus there are bonus marks if you attend office hours and…

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• This course is made up of 4 term tests and 4 iclicker tests (which were pretty easy). The content itself is pretty interesting, but very heavy, so be prepared for a lot of memorization. The tests were pretty straightforward, Russ likes to put questions similar to the iclicker ones. There's plenty of opportunities to get bonus marks if you do poorly on the tests.

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