Friscia is intrinsically an evil human being with wicked intentions. His goal is not to teach you. His goal is to morally degrade you and make it clear that your existence in this world is a burden to society and that you're nothing but a disgraceful presence to mankind. He wants his students to fail. He feels HAPPY when his students SUFFER. He hates it when his students succeed. It makes him ANGRY!!! It ENRAGES him that you are a happy human being. If you ask him for help or address confusion about a quiz, he will provide you with the most inhumane, vile, degenerate, morally corrupt answer known to man. He is truly an evil and sinful human being. If you have a functioning brain and a will to live in this world and contribute in some way to society, you wouldn't want ANYTHING to do with this guy.

Friscia is intrinsically an evil human being with wicked intentions. His goal is not to teach you. His goal is to morally degrade you and make it clear that your existence in this world is a burden to society and that you're nothing but a disgraceful presence to mankind. He wants his students to fail. He feels HAPPY when his students SUFFER. He hates it when his students succeed. It makes him ANGRY!!! It ENRAGES him that you are a happy human being. If you ask him for help or address confusion about a quiz, he will provide you with the most inhumane, vile, degenerate, morally corrupt answer known to man. He is truly an evil and sinful human being. If you have a functioning brain and a will to live in this world and contribute in some way to society, you wouldn't want ANYTHING to do with this guy.

Professor Friscia is actually the best. His lectures are clear, interesting, and educational. Everything about his class is so well structured, I cannot stress enough how much I encourage you to take this cluster as an incoming freshman. We have had some great field trips to Nevada and the La Brea Tar Pits, and I have gotten a few good friends from this class as well. Tony is so helpful and it is clear he cares about his students learning. At times the class can be a lot of work, but generally it is really spread out and manageable. TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ARE A FRESHMAN STUDENT IN A HUMANITIES MAJOR.

The professor who did teach most of this course is Pertigura. It tough to understand especially if you don't understand the basics. Quizzes will be hard if you don't understand so go to office hours. You can still pass the class no matter what if you get like a C average for the quiz. Just participate and do work in your labs and focus on your final paper to get a grade higher than a B.

Friscia teaches the second half of the course and he seems a bit more hardcore and strict personality wise, however, his quizzes and written final exam were definitely easier than Phelp's solely because the second half of the course is more just brute memorization based (memorizing everything about the bones and muscles). You will have to spend tons of time studying for the weekly quizzes but at the end of the day, its very possible to get an A.

Lots to learn. Many muscles. Many nerves and vessels. Very helpful for pre-health majors. Can get messy. Having wet wipes on hand can be helpful. Fun time. Happy time. Don't slack on reviewing those slides!

For the 70CW seminar, I took Science and Society (seminar 6) with Amanda Klinger. Amanda was SUCH A QUEEN we all loved her. This seminar was so eye-opening and so interesting. It shows the real-world societal problems and interactions between the histories of society and science (including how they evolved together). This class was beyond chill -- Amanda literally let us grade ourselves on everything -- even the final project.

My Cluster 70B professors were Jewitt, Friscia, and Brown. This was my favorite class all three quarters. The topics of the evolution of the universe/galaxies/stars/planets/life/ecosystems were SO interesting. I would absolutely take this class again in a heartbeat. It has upended my life plan because now I am debating pursuing a career in astronomy/biology/ecology. GREAT CLASS! GREAT TEACHERS! The workload is soooooo do-able. It is just readings each week and then a quiz every other week.

Papa Tony takes us to museums for free. Papa Tony doesn't give finals. Papa Tony is life.

Overall, I'd say that winter is definitely the easiest quarter of cluster 70. Friscia is an engaging lecturer who's very passionate about the natural sciences and evolution, and his quizzes are pretty easy compared to Petigura & Jewitt. There are even a couple of fun field trips that I'd recommend you hop on with your class friends! Again though, grading really depends on your TA, and you'll have two different ones for this quarter: one for busy work and labs (which are kinda annoying but easy), & one for your final paper assignments. Even if you struggled a bit in the fall quarter of this cluster, I would recommend continuing with at least this next quarter because the benefits of completing everything are definitely worth it.