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MCRO 224 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 6:22 pm, Dec 6, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Dr. F is a really awesome person and super enthusiastic about the topics he discusses. He is straight forward with what he says will be on exams but what bothered me was the wording of his questions. For many questions on tests I would know the material well but would get it wrong because of tricky ways Dr. F wrote his questions. Read the questions thoroughly before you answer them on tests. Other than this problem for me, Dr. F made the class very enjoyable. | |
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MCRO 424 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:01 am, Apr 16, 2010 Report Evaluation |
MCRO 424 was clearly not intended to be an exhaustive overview on the physiology of all bacteria nor should it be. I loved that we got to focus on physiological mechanisms used by Vibrio fischeri that are found broadly across many types of bacteria (e.g. quorum sensing, protease activity, biofilm production, etc). Had the course tried to be too broad, it would have been confusing. We did several growth curves that required a lot of time outside of class. Despite the time commitment, it was important to get a sense for what it takes to do actual research. It was welcomed that we had the time to repeat the work and incorporate things we learned by doing repeated runs. This is how I would imagine graduate school research works so I was happy to be exposed to it. We also learned molecular techniques such as conjugating DNA into VF cells, interpreting microarray data, and performing PCR. Just as important, we worked on actual research projects on going in the professor\'s lab. This meant that our results could be publishable! Furthermore, we wrote a paper and gave talks on our work. I have never received so much great feedback on my paper or talks as I got from this class. The exams were fair (and take home!) and as long as you understood the material, knew how to stay organized (because Dr F expects you to do that for yourself rather than hold your hand) and you spoke to Dr. F. in office hours, you did well. At least I did! | |
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MCRO 424 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 4:16 pm, Apr 13, 2010 Report Evaluation |
Pat is great for MCRO 224. Highly recommend him, if you have the opportunity. But for this class, no way. He\'s disorganized. The topics he discusses in lecture seem really easy, but you get to the exams and you just sit there and bilnd. In lab, all you\'re going to do is run growth curves on different Vibrio fischeri mutants. And that\'s the only microbe you\'ll ever see by the way, V. fischeri. The most redundant thing ever. As for the exams. Good news: they\'re take-home. Bad news: they take FOREVER and are ungodly difficult. With partners, the first one took around 18 hours of full throttle work (no goofing off on facebook) to complete. The second was about the same. You\'re not supposed to work together on them but if you don\'t there\'s no way you\'re getting above a C on them. And, beware of the papers he assigns; they\'re usually a BIG portion of the exams. The worst thing is you get nothing out of it. I took this class 2 quarters ago and I can\'t remember a single thing. NOTHING. All this anger aside, he\'s still a nice guy. Approachable in office hours, easy to talk to, knows what he\'s talking about (usually). If you haunt him like the plague in his office hours, you might get more out of the class than I did. Good luck. | |
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MCRO 421 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:54 am, Feb 9, 2008 Report Evaluation |
Fido is AMAZING! He is such a good professor. Everything is clear and he knows what he's talking about. He makes the topics interesting by relating the material to very real examples of things you are familiar with. He gives you everything you will need to know. The tests are straight-forward and there is no trickery. He simply wants to know if you're understanding the material. He wants to help you, is very approachable, and an overall great guy. He's laid-back and down to earth, and makes the atmosphere in the classroom feel the same way. I took Fidopiastis for 221 my freshman year and liked him so much I took him again for another class, lecture and lab. He's very helpful in both settings and gets to know each student individually which is nice. He makes a point of learning names and successfully tries not to be just another anonymous professor. Regardless of if you have to take a micro class or want to, TAKE PAT! You'll be glad you did. | |
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MCRO 224 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:39 am, Dec 16, 2006 Report Evaluation |
pat is extremely enthusiastic and love micro bio. he's also very down to earth and will help you with any problem you have. pat's also very straight forward with the material on his test and will not put trivial things on the test or make you do trivial labs. take his lab it's the best one out of all the other teachers | |
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