BMD RES 1A
Science in Your Time
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of current topics in biology from media sources like news organizations and TED Talks, tracing information back to primary research. Students learn to critically evaluate primary sources. Discussion of bias in system producing primary research from undergraduate education through tenured faculty, and medicine and national science funding (National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation). Addresses lack of Black and Latinx representation and its impact on science valued by current system. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2024 - As a north campus major, I was scared before taking this class because I was not confident in science whatsoever. However, I absolutely loved this class! Dr. Turlo has a clear passion for what she does and was a super accommodating and lovely instructor. Lecture attendance is required since you fill out and turn in worksheets after every class. As another review mentioned, you can skip up to 2 lectures since there are 2 extra credit points. Worksheets were easy to fill out as she essentially guided you through them on the whiteboard. There are two problem sets, a midterm, and a final paper, which all should be relatively simple if you spread the work out AND follow the rubric checklist very closely. Don't be intimidated by the name of this class. I highly recommend taking this class as a Life Science GE and if you're interested in biomedical research in general.
Spring 2024 - As a north campus major, I was scared before taking this class because I was not confident in science whatsoever. However, I absolutely loved this class! Dr. Turlo has a clear passion for what she does and was a super accommodating and lovely instructor. Lecture attendance is required since you fill out and turn in worksheets after every class. As another review mentioned, you can skip up to 2 lectures since there are 2 extra credit points. Worksheets were easy to fill out as she essentially guided you through them on the whiteboard. There are two problem sets, a midterm, and a final paper, which all should be relatively simple if you spread the work out AND follow the rubric checklist very closely. Don't be intimidated by the name of this class. I highly recommend taking this class as a Life Science GE and if you're interested in biomedical research in general.