gives all the questions, but you need to know all the details since he gives u that questions lol
have fun memorizing obscure shit lol, easy A, rote memorization, time cosuming.

eeb 162,
hard ass class, shoulda not enrolled

b-, 20 hours a week of studying hard,in perspective got a, a-, b+, a in LS series,
a,a, b, a in chem
physics a, b-, a

UCLA Premeds are cruel...they set you up for failure..this is not an easy A, take some other class like eeb taught by ls 1 prfoessors

Fun and easy class!

Chillest EEB class ever! 162 is legit memorization. The material was kinda interesting, but class attendance is not even necessary because everything you should know for the exams is printed in the front of the course reader (but Sack is daddy and u should all attend). I only had one night to study for his final and all i did was read over the study guide in the front and i got a 90%! Goooooood luck!

This class is not a guarenteed A by any means. Unless you are really interested in class, lectures are very dry to the point where it is extremely difficult to pay attention. If you start studying his study questions early and often and know them inside and out, you can get an A. But a lot of people went into the class with the wrong mindset and did poorly. Sack is a really nice guy, but I would recommend a lot of other EEB classes over this one.

Fun, easy class!

The professor provides plenty of visuals in his slides that can be found in the course reader (which you should definitely get because all of the answers to the study guide questions are in the outlines at the front of the book + all of his lecture slides and discussion worksheets are printed in it). Our midterm was worth 44% of our grade, final was 45%, discussion attendance + assignments totaled 10%, and the course evaluation was 1%. Though the grading distribution looks intimidating, it should not be an issue as long as you review the study guide questions he provided you before the exams. Discussion section assignments were not difficult to get through either. I went to every single lecture and got an A, and I highly recommend talking out the concepts with a fellow classmate (whether it be during class - since Sack provides discussion time - or out of class).

By no means is this class a "joke". There is still a good amount of information that you straight up need to memorize and if you can't get passed the "plants are so boring" mindset, it's going to be even harder. With that said, this was definitely one of the easier upperdivision bio classes I've taken. Your grade is essentially determined solely by two exams so if you were to do poorly on either the midterm or final, the chance for an A plummets. The course material is actually not that boring as plants still have a lot of topics that involves physics, organic chem, and biochemistry.

Dr. Sack is also a very enthusiastic lecturer and I think is a fair test-maker. He provides study questions and guides in the course reader and these things are basically the main tools you should be using when preparing for the exams. The assignments are also very easy to do thus are free points.

You can definitely do well in this class if you cram everything a couple days before the exam but that puts unnecessary pressure so what I did was catch up each week on the lecture we were at and just memorize the study guide that corresponded to that week's lectures. By the time the exam came around, I just read through everything 2-3 times and I was good to go. Don't underestimate this class because there is little room for error but at the same time, this class has been easier than most of my STEM lower and upper divs. Have fun and learn some things about plants because chances are, you probably will never learn about plants again after this class (unless plants are your passion)