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The CPR assignments are absolute trash. You basically have to write a scientific paper based on hypothetical data and arguments. Everything is busy work, and I learned nothing new. You learn literally everything else in this class from your LS lectures and upper division classes. The TAs don't let you leave early, and my TA spent way too much time talking about stuff that everyone already knew.

CPR (Calibrated Peer Review) takes up a lot of time in this class and is completely useless

Solid class

it was a good class overall, much easier compared to the LS7 series. it consists of 3 lab reports, 3 peer review sessions, pre/post-lab quizzes that are easy, lab sessions where you work with your group, and a short final. the final was so easy compared to the LS7 series finals, honestly a breath of fresh air. the labs are straightforward and the TAs are helpful. i was very lazy with the work for the class but the grading is very forgiving so even I got a B. honestly take this class and don't be intimidated by the first lecture or first class, it sounds like a lot more work than it really is.

This class was one of the easiest class I've taken at UCLA. You actually need to try to fail this class. The work he gives us was pretty easy, but for a 3 unit class, it definitely felt like a lot.

The labs were meh. Not really interesting, but you can just cruise through them. I never went to his lectures and was fine for this class. He spent half the time of the lecture talking about COVID trends and our mood for the day lmao.

The essays are just busywork but so easy to do well on. He gives the exact rubric that we all peer-review with each other, and your grade for the essay is basically if you did the things on the rubric. (Ex. Did they put a concise title? If yes, give them full points in this category).

The final was relatively easy. As long as you pay a little attention to what's going on in lab, you will be fine for the finals. Honestly, this class doesn't really prepare you that well for any kind of Life Science research you may pursue in the future, but it's an easy A.

Although this class was only three units, it felt like the workload was more than the workload for my 5 unit classes. The labs covered were VERY interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed them even though the class was completely online and it was quite useless to do the labs virtually because it defeats the purpose. I would've enjoyed the content more if I actually had time to understand it There were a lot of pre-class videos and papers to read (lab manuals were sometimes 20+ pages). The labs/discussions were interesting and there was a worksheet for each week. The lectures are recorded and were very repetitive at times.

Now, the real nightmare: the peer review system. The three writing assignments weren't too hard to complete and I finished each in less than a day but the peer review system took A LOT of time. You were assigned 6 other papers to read and review against many criteria and this took me more time to complete than the actual papers. You were also graded on how accurately you graded other people's papers which seems quite unfair given that we all grade differently.

The content wasn't hard and it was actually interesting but there was just A LOT of things to do each week: Pre-lab videos and readings, virtual labs, virtual lab quiz, pre-lab quiz, lab worksheet, lab group slide, post-lab quiz, 3 writing assignments in the quarter and 6 peer reviews for each writing assignment + a group video project and final.

This part did NOT make sense. Around week 10, there was a 2000 word final writing assignment due + the 6 peer reviews that came with it, a final group video project in lab and a final. It felt like there were 3 finals because of the workload.

Honestly, Dr. Pfluegl does an amazing job when teaching this class. It was so easy to understand everything because he had a clear explanation and the ccle site was super organized.

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As long as you do all the assignments, you will get a good grade in the class. It may seem overwhelming at first due to the organization of the assignments on ccle, but the assignments are manageable to do. The final is also not too difficult, and the professor is very accommodating.