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William Grisham
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Winter 2017 - Neuro 101L is a pretty cool class. To be honest, I don't feel like I learned a lot that was new in terms of neuroscience material, but doing the lab write-ups have been pretty helpful in understanding how publications are written. Word of advice: know your statistics, it will come in handy! I took Stats 10 two years ago and forgot most of the material, which came back to bite me in the behind since I had to spend a couple of hours reading up on ANOVA and F-scores and whatnot. Another word of advice: make sure to play close attention to anytime you see or hear the word 'pre-lab.' Sometimes he'll notify you by e-mail about it, sometimes it'll be on the syllabus as well, but there were a couple of times where it was only mentioned briefly in class and the actual assignment wasn't made very clear, so some students ended up not doing the pre-lab correctly (or didn't do it at all) and missed points for it. In terms of lecture, I thought going to class was helpful, but not particularly mandatory especially on days where he just lectured on what to include in your lab report, since all the info is in the slides. He did give out cookies on the last day though, so I'm kind of bummed I missed out that day... :( From what I remember, this was the same for the other modules taught by Walwyn and Ghiani, although I did think their material was interesting and worth hearing about in class. It's a pretty easy A if you show up to lab and do the work. Labs can be tedious/not very interesting at times (or gross--thinking about the cricket module makes me shudder), but Grisham keeps things lively and will crack a joke every now and then. So I'd definitely recommend Grisham for 101L...not that you have any other choice anyway ;)
Winter 2017 - Neuro 101L is a pretty cool class. To be honest, I don't feel like I learned a lot that was new in terms of neuroscience material, but doing the lab write-ups have been pretty helpful in understanding how publications are written. Word of advice: know your statistics, it will come in handy! I took Stats 10 two years ago and forgot most of the material, which came back to bite me in the behind since I had to spend a couple of hours reading up on ANOVA and F-scores and whatnot. Another word of advice: make sure to play close attention to anytime you see or hear the word 'pre-lab.' Sometimes he'll notify you by e-mail about it, sometimes it'll be on the syllabus as well, but there were a couple of times where it was only mentioned briefly in class and the actual assignment wasn't made very clear, so some students ended up not doing the pre-lab correctly (or didn't do it at all) and missed points for it. In terms of lecture, I thought going to class was helpful, but not particularly mandatory especially on days where he just lectured on what to include in your lab report, since all the info is in the slides. He did give out cookies on the last day though, so I'm kind of bummed I missed out that day... :( From what I remember, this was the same for the other modules taught by Walwyn and Ghiani, although I did think their material was interesting and worth hearing about in class. It's a pretty easy A if you show up to lab and do the work. Labs can be tedious/not very interesting at times (or gross--thinking about the cricket module makes me shudder), but Grisham keeps things lively and will crack a joke every now and then. So I'd definitely recommend Grisham for 101L...not that you have any other choice anyway ;)
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I had this professor and I ended up with C+. Some tips on how not to get a C+: Stay one step ahead and it doesn't hurt to ask other people who've taken his class to see their lab reports and what mistakes they did so that you can avoid them. The first module was anatomy and that was pretty straightforward. Come to class prepared and study hard b/c it's really straightforward. The Swimmy module was so confusing to me! I spent a couple of days trying to understand what to do in class. It really helps if you pay attention and go to class and come to lab prepared b/c if I did that I would have been a lot better off. The last module was uber easy and I felt that I did really well. The extra credit didn't help me much b/c I still ended up with a C. Overall, don't procrastinate and keep up with the work! With Swimmy, don't make stupid mistakes..seriously...that's what got me a C in the first place. Ask to borrow old reports and see what people did wrong. Hope this helps! :) All in all, this class was never boring cuz Grisham was a really good lecturer.
I had this professor and I ended up with C+. Some tips on how not to get a C+: Stay one step ahead and it doesn't hurt to ask other people who've taken his class to see their lab reports and what mistakes they did so that you can avoid them. The first module was anatomy and that was pretty straightforward. Come to class prepared and study hard b/c it's really straightforward. The Swimmy module was so confusing to me! I spent a couple of days trying to understand what to do in class. It really helps if you pay attention and go to class and come to lab prepared b/c if I did that I would have been a lot better off. The last module was uber easy and I felt that I did really well. The extra credit didn't help me much b/c I still ended up with a C. Overall, don't procrastinate and keep up with the work! With Swimmy, don't make stupid mistakes..seriously...that's what got me a C in the first place. Ask to borrow old reports and see what people did wrong. Hope this helps! :) All in all, this class was never boring cuz Grisham was a really good lecturer.
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Spring 2021 - This review is for 116B, Grisham's experimental class with fewer people and 10x the chaos. Please heed this warning: do not take this class if you cannot take it pass/no pass. I'm a hard worker but this class was insanity. Little organization, less clarity. You have to write a full research paper that's due on Monday of Week 3. The neuroanatomy quizzes are atrocious, the papers are barely better. Grading is often arbitrary. Take the regular 116, with the other professors if at all possible. I took this as a last resort because I had a bad pass time and I had to graduate. If you take 116B, good luck.
Spring 2021 - This review is for 116B, Grisham's experimental class with fewer people and 10x the chaos. Please heed this warning: do not take this class if you cannot take it pass/no pass. I'm a hard worker but this class was insanity. Little organization, less clarity. You have to write a full research paper that's due on Monday of Week 3. The neuroanatomy quizzes are atrocious, the papers are barely better. Grading is often arbitrary. Take the regular 116, with the other professors if at all possible. I took this as a last resort because I had a bad pass time and I had to graduate. If you take 116B, good luck.
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