MIMG 185A
Immunology
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, 90 minutes. Requisites: Life Sciences 3, 4, 23L. Recommended requisite or corequisite: Chemistry 153A. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 261. Introduction to experimental immunobiology and immunochemistry; cellular and molecular aspects of humoral and cellular immune reactions. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2024 - Dr. Galic is genuinely one of the best professors at this school. It is such a rarity to find a professor who can effectively communicate in an open and welcoming manner, invites students to ask follow-up questions by cultivating a healthy learning environment, and is very clearly passionate about teaching undergraduate students. Although I had an initial interest in immunotherapy prior to this class, I feel as though I have gained so much more from Dr. Galic's teaching. Admittedly, this is an incredibly hard course with a crazy low midterm average to show for it (~50%); however, Dr. Galic and his office hours empowered me as a student. His unique setup for office hours should be something replicated by other critical life science courses (e.g., biochemistry, genetics, etc.), but Dr. Galic's consideration for his students is spotlighted by how he is often more than willing to spend as long as it takes for his students to understand the material. His office hours are set to be two hours (which is already a crazy amount of time to essentially lecture and explain concepts) from 3-5 PM but he often talks about how he is willing to stay until 8 PM, making sure everyone feels comfortable asking as many questions as needed! As a senior who just graduated and has never written a review on Bruinwalk before, I urge anyone who either has to take this class or is interested in immunology to take this class with Dr. Galic AND make sure you go to all of his office hours (even if you don't have any questions yourself)
Spring 2024 - Dr. Galic is genuinely one of the best professors at this school. It is such a rarity to find a professor who can effectively communicate in an open and welcoming manner, invites students to ask follow-up questions by cultivating a healthy learning environment, and is very clearly passionate about teaching undergraduate students. Although I had an initial interest in immunotherapy prior to this class, I feel as though I have gained so much more from Dr. Galic's teaching. Admittedly, this is an incredibly hard course with a crazy low midterm average to show for it (~50%); however, Dr. Galic and his office hours empowered me as a student. His unique setup for office hours should be something replicated by other critical life science courses (e.g., biochemistry, genetics, etc.), but Dr. Galic's consideration for his students is spotlighted by how he is often more than willing to spend as long as it takes for his students to understand the material. His office hours are set to be two hours (which is already a crazy amount of time to essentially lecture and explain concepts) from 3-5 PM but he often talks about how he is willing to stay until 8 PM, making sure everyone feels comfortable asking as many questions as needed! As a senior who just graduated and has never written a review on Bruinwalk before, I urge anyone who either has to take this class or is interested in immunology to take this class with Dr. Galic AND make sure you go to all of his office hours (even if you don't have any questions yourself)
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As I think every MIMG major does, I dreaded this course. But it really has the same effect as Biochem 153A, whether you are interested in it the subject or not the course makes you respect the field, the research, and the professors teaching. I got an A- in the class and can give you some tips on how to do well. Attend lecture to identify which concepts they are stressing in the reader. The reader can be unorganized and the diagrams are poorly printed making it difficult to understand which material is actually important. The homework problems due every week are old exam questions and extremely helpful. Make sure to understand all techniques and the different ways you can apply them to the material. You can use all your notes and books during the exams but don't rely on this. Make your own lists of key terms and definitions, flag important pages on your reader, and bring the old test answer keys because sometimes questions can be similar. Attend OH with a good TA. This year Chris Nixon was definitely the superstar TA going out of his way to make extra OH almost every day for 2 weeks before the final. He also made quick reference sheets of all the IL's and T and B cell specific markers which saved SO much time during tests. Goodluck!
As I think every MIMG major does, I dreaded this course. But it really has the same effect as Biochem 153A, whether you are interested in it the subject or not the course makes you respect the field, the research, and the professors teaching. I got an A- in the class and can give you some tips on how to do well. Attend lecture to identify which concepts they are stressing in the reader. The reader can be unorganized and the diagrams are poorly printed making it difficult to understand which material is actually important. The homework problems due every week are old exam questions and extremely helpful. Make sure to understand all techniques and the different ways you can apply them to the material. You can use all your notes and books during the exams but don't rely on this. Make your own lists of key terms and definitions, flag important pages on your reader, and bring the old test answer keys because sometimes questions can be similar. Attend OH with a good TA. This year Chris Nixon was definitely the superstar TA going out of his way to make extra OH almost every day for 2 weeks before the final. He also made quick reference sheets of all the IL's and T and B cell specific markers which saved SO much time during tests. Goodluck!
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Winter 2018 - Selling 2015 and 2016 official immunology midterms along with a practice midterm, and 2 practice finals for 25 dollars. Additionally, I will throw in 200 pages of my lecture notes from Winter 2018 quarter. I got an A in the class and an A on the midterm (30+ points above average). Email me at ************* if interested.
Winter 2018 - Selling 2015 and 2016 official immunology midterms along with a practice midterm, and 2 practice finals for 25 dollars. Additionally, I will throw in 200 pages of my lecture notes from Winter 2018 quarter. I got an A in the class and an A on the midterm (30+ points above average). Email me at ************* if interested.
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Spring 2022 - I took this class with Galic and Zack in spring 2022. Honestly my favorite class I’ve taken at UCLA and I’m an MCDB major. I totally recommend this class if you’re willing to work hard to understand everything. Galic is an amazing professor and is very concerned with student learning. Zach is definitely a very smart man and is very knowledgeable, but breezes through the lectures very quickly and is not as clear. Galic uses the full lecture time (1 hour 15 mins) and Zach would finish only 45 mins in. Because of this, I always left Zach’s lectures very confused and unsure. To remedy this, I would go to Galic’s office hours. He just reviews the past two lectures, but he focuses on reviewing Zach’s lectures more. This was extremely helpful and I seriously recommend going to these office hours weekly. The midterm and final are extremely short on time but open note, so I recommend making a comprehensive document that you can command F to find anything you might have forgotten about. The tests are not about memorization as much as understanding, so some people really struggle but others can exceed easily. Left the final thinking that I’ve learned more in this class than most classes I’ve taken at UCLA! Very much recommend taking it with Galic and Zach.
Spring 2022 - I took this class with Galic and Zack in spring 2022. Honestly my favorite class I’ve taken at UCLA and I’m an MCDB major. I totally recommend this class if you’re willing to work hard to understand everything. Galic is an amazing professor and is very concerned with student learning. Zach is definitely a very smart man and is very knowledgeable, but breezes through the lectures very quickly and is not as clear. Galic uses the full lecture time (1 hour 15 mins) and Zach would finish only 45 mins in. Because of this, I always left Zach’s lectures very confused and unsure. To remedy this, I would go to Galic’s office hours. He just reviews the past two lectures, but he focuses on reviewing Zach’s lectures more. This was extremely helpful and I seriously recommend going to these office hours weekly. The midterm and final are extremely short on time but open note, so I recommend making a comprehensive document that you can command F to find anything you might have forgotten about. The tests are not about memorization as much as understanding, so some people really struggle but others can exceed easily. Left the final thinking that I’ve learned more in this class than most classes I’ve taken at UCLA! Very much recommend taking it with Galic and Zach.
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