Wednesday, 31 December 2014

BIOL 300 & BIOL 301

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BIOL 300 (with Dr. Michael Whitlock) Course Taken: T/Th 2pm (September, 2014 - December, 2014) Format: Lectures are relatively slow-paced, but extremely clear. All his lecture slides are posted on his website ahead of time. The labs focuses on learning how to use JMP (a statistics program, trial is free for UBC students) and these are "optional"....

Sunday, 24 August 2014

Things I wish I knew since First Year....

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Academic/ Research Professors are humans too. Well duh. But that means they are approachable. If you have questions, go to their office hours during the year not just right before exams. Often they are enthusiastic to chat about their research and their experience in academia and/or industry. Undergraduate Research Opportunities give undergrads...

Sunday, 17 August 2014

MICB 201 & MICB 202

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MICB 201 (with Dr. Wade Bingle) Course Taken: MWF 9am (January, 2014 - April, 2014) Format: Lectures with occasional written homework assignments which he hands out in lecture. He has a lot of iClicker questions throughout the term (around 50) for participation marks. The exams (midterm, final) are not cumulative but there is still a lot of material....

CHEM 233 & CHEM 235

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CHEM 233 (with Dr. Gregory Dake) Course Taken: MWF 10am (September, 2013 - December, 2013) Format: Class time was used to complete worksheets and students were suppose to watch the online lectures on Connect before each class and do the corresponding reading quiz which had ~5 questions. The online lectures ranged from 15 minutes to 45 minutes....

PHIL 433A

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PHIL 433A (with Dr. Johnna Fisher) Course Taken: MWF 12pm (January, 2014 - April, 2014) Format: Lectures are very informal, with lots of discussion (depends on your class though).There are three 1-hr “midterms” worth 20% each and a final worth 40%. The first midterm is open ended, short answers. The last two midterms are case-studies....

CHEM 205 & CHEM 211

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CHEM 205 (with Dr. Guillaume Bussiere) Course Taken: MWF 8am (January, 2014 - April, 2014) Format: Typical 1 hour lecture with biweekly online homework questions that were for marks (around 15% of final grade). For these questions, you get 2 tries each and your mark is the better of the two. Keep in mind the questions vary slightly each time...

Saturday, 16 August 2014

BIOL 200 & BIOL 201

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BIOL 200 (with Dr. Ninan Abraham) Course Taken: Tu/Th 2pm-3:30pm (September, 2013 - December, 2013) Format: Typical 1.5 hour lecture with iClicker questions for participation. There is also a weekly tutorial component worth 25% of your final grade. During tutorial, you will have 4 chapter quizzes and a news article assignment. The quality of...

Friday, 15 August 2014

Science One

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What is Science One? Officially, it is a "75-student, innovative first-year undergraduate course [which] presents the traditional disciplines of biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics in a unified, integrated format that fulfills second-year" For more official information, visit https://www.scienceone.ubc.ca/home/index.php. Unofficially,...

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Course List and Schedule

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Courses I've Taken (Credits): BIOC 302 (3) BIOL 140 (2) BIOL 200 (3) BIOL 201 (3) BIOL 300 (3) BIOL 301 (3) CHEM 205 (3) CHEM 211 (4) CHEM 233 (3) CHEM 235 (1) CPSC 301 (3) ECON 101 (3) MICB 201 (3) MICB 202 (3) MICB 301 (3) MICB 302 (3) MICB 306 (3) MICB 322 (3) MICB 323 (3) MICB 325 (3) MICB 401 (3) MICB...

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

MUSC 150

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MUSC 150 (UBC Symphony Orchestra with Dr. Jonathan Girard) Course Taken: Tues/Thurs 4pm-7pm for strings (September, 2013 - April, 2014) Format: This is the UBC Symphony Orchestra which consists of mainly music majors (undergrads & grad students). There is typically one concert per month with the exception being February. In February,...

ECON 101 and PHIL 120

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ECON 101 (with Dr. Ratna Shrestha) Course Taken: MWF 9am (September, 2012 - December, 2012)  Format: The format of this course includes weekly Aplia quizzes (online), midterm, and a final. Aplia quizzes gave you 3 tries, and then it averaged all your attempts. I found his notes quite good and his exams fair. If you do his practice...
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