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Originally Posted by LBJ.MVP
i was actually wondering about this course as well, i was also wondering about all the other life sci courses in 3rd year but so far no reviews.... prolly b/c they are so new
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Life Sci 3A03 - Disorganized, but good course (mainly cause Dej teaches most of it). It is divided into 5 modules, each module has a concept paper (~500 words) and a test (2 weeks worth of material). Dej taught the 1st 3 modules and Dr. Macdonald and Dr. Ullal taught the 4th and 5th respectively. The modules were 1. schistomiosis 2. endocrine disruptors 3. Polio 4. Nutrition deficiencies (in third world countries i.e. Vitamin A and golden rice) 5. epilepsy. There was also an in class essay in the form of a letter addressed to a government concerning a topic from one the modules. The course is subject to change and the in class tests may become online quizzes. I think in the future each module will be taught by a dif prof. There is no final exam.
Life Sci 3B03 - First half taught by Dr. Ullal, basically a combination of his material from Psych 2E03 and 2F03 [more basic than his neuroscience course more like his sensory processes course (2E03)]. Basically with his material you don't have to understand it, just memorize the slides and you are good to go.
Second half is taught by Dr. Jacobs...Jacobs Kills. He goes into neurobiological mechanisms of learning. So he covers action potentials and synapses and synaptic plasticity of dendritic spines as a mechanism for learning and memory. He also covers some stuff on the retinal circuit (Retinal on and off circuits). I'm studying this crap right now and I'm so tired of it lol
With Jacobs' you have to understand the material, you can't blatantly memorize things and expect to do well on his test. His slides don't allow you to do that either, because his important concept slides end up being diagrams and figures with very little text.
The evaluation was as follows - Midterm 1 all ullal (Short answer pick 5 out of 6). Midterm 2 mostly ullal and some Jacobs (short answer for each prof pick 4 out of 5 for ullal and 2 out of 3 for jacobs). Final exam is short answer, same format with an emphasis on Jacob's material.
Also, there is a group seminar presentation (10 min pres, 5 min discussion). With 5% of the final exam material coming from the group handouts.
No textbooks for either one. Although, 3B03 uses a lot of info from Neuroscience 4th edition from 2F03.
