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need input on CHEM 215, CHEM 360, MBB 321

intr3pid
edited May 2010 in General
Hi guys,

I'm just wondering about the workload for each of these classes. Paul Li teaches CHEM 215 analytical chem, Joshua Wilkie teaches CHEM 360 thermodynamics and Ingrid Northwood teaches MBB 321 metabolism. Is is true that Northwood is notoroiously unfair in toughness and marking as well?

Thanks in advance

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  • NukeChem
    edited April 2010
    I've had Dr. Li for 215. He'll be all right. Analytical's just a lot of boring equations and in-depth analysis of equilibria and so on, so try to stay focussed in lecture. :P

    I haven't had Dr. Wilkie for any classes but for some damn reason I had a fair bit of trouble with 360. I think it's that physical chemistry, while on the surface it looks straightforward, can get fairly complicated. If you can get help from the TA you might have an easier go of it.

    No idea about MBB.
  • Hope_2016Hope_2016
    edited April 2010
    damn, I am taking MBB 321 and Chem 360 lol....did you take MBB 231 this sem? how did you find it?
  • intr3pid
    edited May 2010
    hey Hope can u access MBB 321 on webct? I can't see a link on the main screen.
  • BSang
    edited May 2010
    Hope_2016;64087 said:
    damn, I am taking MBB 321 and Chem 360 lol....did you take MBB 231 this sem? how did you find it?
    I had MBB 231 during the spring and I found it to be fairly easy. The first midterm was really easy, the second was slightly harder and the final was similar to the second midterm. The fact that we were basically given 10% for simply attending tutorials was nice. I got my lowest mark of the semester in it, but it was a fair course.
  • NukeChem
    edited May 2010
    Also, for 215, be prepared to work pretty hard in labs. When I took the course the writeups had to be done and HANDED IN that day for some of the labs - and they weren't relatively simple one-sheet reports like for 126. Grrr.
  • anonymous1
    edited May 2010
    Lab reports for chem 215 were completely lon capa based a year ago. It was stupid. You got no feedback on what was wrong. They were due the day before the next lab if I remember correctly. The TA still marks them, but you're typing paragraph answers and inputting everything on lon capa.

    There was one big final report summarizing every experiment from the semester at the end.
  • NukeChem
    edited May 2010
    LON-CAPA? You're shitting me. WTFBBQ.
  • anonymous1
    edited May 2010
    It was so dumb. I complained about it in the course evaluations, but I don't know if they got rid of it. I'd much rather hand in lab reports in a physical, handwritten or typed form that you have control over rather than trying to format things clearly into lon capa.

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