U1 Courses

Good if you have a strong memory

The concepts you learn are definitely necessary for your degree and will give you the foundation you need for upper level courses

A LOT of content

The course goes by quick! And there's a lot of content! Stay on top of it and don't fall behind!

Quizzes 10%

Midterm 25%

Final exam 65%

The first part of the course is Mendelian genetics, which a lot of us have done at least a bit of in high school

Tamara Western is a great prof and her questions are very fair

A lot of content on the final and it tends to be trickier than the midterm

Do practice problems

Don’t cram for the exams because they test your conceptual thinking skills & how much you’ve practiced on your own

Self-assessments 10%

Case study -Assignment 5%

Midterm 25%

Final 65%

Usually taught by Pavelka, who is an awesome professor and really wants to make sure students are understanding

Labs are pretty straightforward

They will often change the weight of your grades to the one that gives most weight to the exam you did best on

Takes up a lot of time to do all the practice problems, attend tutorials, etc.

Do all the practice problems!

Reach out to the lab coordinators for help on reports! They often help you out a lot.

2 midterms (20% each)

Final exam 35%

Labs 20%

Sapling 5%

First part (IR/MS) is actually pretty useful for other parts of PHARM program

If you did well in Org1, you will probably be fine in Org2

Problems become MUCH more complicated, especially with the mechanisms

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!

Attend tutorials for extra practice!

2 midterms (20% each)

Final exam 35%

Labs 20%

Sapling 5%

Easy

Not a class you need to stress about--lectures are 1x a week and the content is interesting

best way to meet people in your major and network with profs!

Lectures aren't recorded! You must go to them in person (the slides won't be much help either)

When looking through the lectures, make sure you understand the main points the lecturer wanted to get across and anticipate questions they could ask

Midterm 50%

Final 50%

(non-cumulative)

Both exams have 5/6 long/short answer questions -- each one based on a different lecture

Fairly straightforward material, most of it is on CNS

Some of the professors are better than others

Some concepts can be tricky 

Most difficult section is Cook’s

Stay on top of the material!

Memorize everything before your exams!

Midterm 30%

Final 70%

Interesting topics

Feels more fast-paced than 209

Some of the content is difficult (Cardiovascular) while some if it is more straightforward (Renal)

Overall more conceptual than 209

Final is more cumulative

Stay on top of the material! 

Memorize everything before your exams!

Midterm 30%

Final 70%

Only every other week

Some information can actually be useful (Like the ELISA in the blood lab)

Class assessment is not a major part of your grade, so it is hard to know what to study for

Some labs can be really confusing/frustrating

Very tricky finals

Sometimes they are really long and you might have a midterm right afterwards

Don’t be afraid to ask TAs for help!

Lab reports 30%

Final 70%

Midterm is significantly harder than the final - Dr. Young’s questions are killer

Make sure you know every protein mentioned and its function

Make compare and contrast tables for Dr. Young’s lectures because he WILL test on them

Midterm 46%

Final 54%

Not memorization-oriented

can make a double sided crib sheet for every exam and bring all of them to the final

Dr. Brouhard is funny and engaging, very passionate about the subject

Exams are not the easiest: they’re VERY conceptual and the prof is known for coming up with ‘interesting’ questions

When studying the material, don’t focus on memorizing protein names or pathways. Instead, make sure you get the ‘big picture’ concepts and anticipate questions he may ask

Put a lot of time into making your crib sheets!

Quizzes 10%

Midterm 1 25%

Midterm 2 25%

Final 40%