SOC GEN M102
Societal and Medical Issues in Human Genetics
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Spring 2017 - I'm a Human Biology and Society major, so I thoroughly enjoyed the content of this class. Other people took it as an upper div science or society GE, and I can't speak for them, but I thought the class was pretty easy. 30% of your grade is from discussion (10% attendance, 10% showing up on time, 10% participating). The discussion sections are incredibly engaging due to the format of it (lots of group discussions about controversial topics) so most people spoke every single class. Lectures itself were extremely interesting most of the time; we had a new guest lecturer for most classes, which brought interesting perspectives on everything that we're learning. Rensel herself is very caring and helpful too; I'd take another class with her if given the chance. I believe the rest of the grade is distributed by 25% midterm and 35% final, which are predominantly multiple choice with a few short answer sections based upon what we covered in class. The last 10% are weekly online quizzes on CCLE that cover lecture/book material (tbh I only skimmed a few chapters of the book and got 100% in this category) and you get multiple tries for these quizzes. You can get a great score on the exams just by attending lecture and discussion, and doing the learning outcomes that she posts after each class. Overall I'd highly recommend this course.
Spring 2017 - I'm a Human Biology and Society major, so I thoroughly enjoyed the content of this class. Other people took it as an upper div science or society GE, and I can't speak for them, but I thought the class was pretty easy. 30% of your grade is from discussion (10% attendance, 10% showing up on time, 10% participating). The discussion sections are incredibly engaging due to the format of it (lots of group discussions about controversial topics) so most people spoke every single class. Lectures itself were extremely interesting most of the time; we had a new guest lecturer for most classes, which brought interesting perspectives on everything that we're learning. Rensel herself is very caring and helpful too; I'd take another class with her if given the chance. I believe the rest of the grade is distributed by 25% midterm and 35% final, which are predominantly multiple choice with a few short answer sections based upon what we covered in class. The last 10% are weekly online quizzes on CCLE that cover lecture/book material (tbh I only skimmed a few chapters of the book and got 100% in this category) and you get multiple tries for these quizzes. You can get a great score on the exams just by attending lecture and discussion, and doing the learning outcomes that she posts after each class. Overall I'd highly recommend this course.
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