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Biology 1A03
This course is divided into three parts. The first two profs tried to incorporate a sort of model to aid the curriculum.
Dr. Jacobs - Cell Bio
- had a virus model. Seemed irrelevant until after the unit which is kind of unfortunate because understanding was crammed to the end....
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08-15-2009 at 08:24 AM
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What is the hardest part of this course and are the multiple choice questions tricky?
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The hardest part of this course was probably the section taught by Jacobs. I personally think he assumed a lot of prior knowledge. The best study tools for his section are the videos and concept maps he posts. Trust me, if you read over them often, everything eventually makes sense to you and you can put all the concepts together. I don't think his section would've been understandable, at least to me if it weren't for those study aids esp because most of his material wasn't in the textbook at all.
Dr.Kajiura is pretty simple, no need to worry about that and her questions esp on the midterm weren't tricky at all. Just know everything on her notes, and you're good to go. Dr.Wilson, I personally didn't like her notes as most of them they were directly taken from the textbook, however her tests were fair and occurred rather easier to me. They were application style questions but you have to read her questions very carefully. |
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08-15-2009 at 01:12 PM
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Thanks Unaiza. The professors teaching BIO 1A03 term 1, which I'm taking are Kajiura and Boreham. Do you know anything about how Dr. Boreham is?
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08-15-2009 at 02:30 PM
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Thanks Unaiza. The professors teaching BIO 1A03 term 1, which I'm taking are Kajiura and Boreham. Do you know anything about how Dr. Boreham is?
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To find out how the professors are like use this website :
http://ratemyprofessors.com/
It has reviews on pretty much all the professors. |
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08-15-2009 at 02:34 PM
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Thanks Unaiza. The professors teaching BIO 1A03 term 1, which I'm taking are Kajiura and Boreham. Do you know anything about how Dr. Boreham is?
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But really, Jacobs isn't teaching it anymore? :| that's some good news for you guys. |
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08-17-2009 at 07:42 AM
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are all of the bio textbooks for 1A03/1M03 worth buying? :O
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08-17-2009 at 08:39 AM
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are all of the bio textbooks for 1A03/1M03 worth buying? :O
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Yeah, you're going to need them |
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08-17-2009 at 11:47 AM
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Yes, are fight0 mentioned you are going to need them. I read the bio texts so much. It really helped me.
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08-27-2009 at 02:48 PM
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Are any of the following texts useful for BIO 1A03 and was any of the material in these texts ever tested on midterms/exams or every helpful in lab write-ups?
FREEMAN- Study Guide to Biological Science
FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1)(TEXTBOOK ONLY)
FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1 and #2)(WITH SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING)
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08-27-2009 at 05:26 PM
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Are any of the following texts useful for BIO 1A03 and was any of the material in these texts ever tested on midterms/exams or every helpful in lab write-ups?
FREEMAN- Study Guide to Biological Science
FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1)(TEXTBOOK ONLY)
FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1 and #2)(WITH SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING)
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Never bought the bio study guide. If you are also taking Bio 1AA3, you'll want both volume and the short guide to writing.
You don't need the short guide, but it's really helpful for the formal lab.
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08-27-2009 at 05:29 PM
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Thanks, you mean BIO 1M03 right?
Ye, I'm going to buy this package: FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1 and #2)(WITH SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING)
Do you know whats in the study guide to biological science, like does it have helpful information?
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08-27-2009 at 05:30 PM
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Thanks, you mean BIO 1M03 right?
Ye, I'm going to buy this package: FREEMAN- Biological Science (VOL #1 and #2)(WITH SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING)
Do you know whats in the study guide to biological science, like does it have helpful information?
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Oh right, I forgot that bio is like that. Yeah, Bio 1M03 and 1A03 use Vol 1 and 2 (I forget which for which though).
I have no idea what's in the study guide. I did well without it.
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08-27-2009 at 05:38 PM
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Are all the midterms and exams multiple choice or a combination of MC and short answers? As well, are the midterms/exams tricky or difficult?
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08-27-2009 at 05:40 PM
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Are all the midterms and exams multiple choice or a combination of MC and short answers? As well, are the midterms/exams tricky or difficult?
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I thought they were easy, others would beg to differ.
Yes, M/C and short answers. Sometimes the short answers would have fill in the blanks.
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Are the fill in the blanks tough and are they worth a lot in terms of the entire midterm, no right?
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08-27-2009 at 05:47 PM
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Are the fill in the blanks tough and are they worth a lot in terms of the entire midterm, no right?
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No, it was just a tiny section, maybe like 5 or 7 of them. They were easy.
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