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Christopher Capp BCHM464 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/04/2025	BCHM464 has got to be one of the more practical courses in the BCHM program at UMD. You not only expose yourself to different laboratory procedures common in the biochemistry/ biology field, but also test you on your ability to write. For a class like this, I'm glad I took it in the fall. Only 8 other people registered that semester – a third of the number who took it in the spring. That said, all 9 of us had many more chances to consult with Dr. Capp, which was extremely helpful since he also has to attend to his BCHM463 and BCHM461 students. Indeed, he has many students under his belt, so emailing him may not be the best approach. Therefore, take advantage of his office hours!!! His office is just one floor up from the lab, so sometimes I asked him a question during my lab times since he’s generally available. Now, his teaching style is one where he makes you solve the problem by asking you questions, so expect being asked questions when you come into OH (and lecture)! It was very hard getting an A in BCHM464 as I was competing with 8 other bright students: you really had to earn it! Please don't do go into BCHM464 solely for the grade but do it for the experience. I may not have gotten a great appreciation for the class back then. However, looking back at the long nights I put into my lab reports and data analysis, I am grateful for what this class has taught me after working in a post-graduate research lab for a year and in the midst of writing a manuscript. For all the students taking BCHM464, go in for the desire to learn! This class will really expose you to research. You have one great professor to guide you as well, don't hesitate to reach out to him!
Christopher Capp BCHM464 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/01/2025	BCHM464 has got to be one of the more practical courses in the BCHM program at UMD. You not only expose yourself to different laboratory procedures common in the biochemistry/ biology field, but also test you on your ability to write. For a class like this, I'm glad I took it in the fall. Only 8 other people registered that semester – a third of the number who took it in the spring. That said, all 9 of us had many more chances to consult with Dr. Capp, which was extremely helpful since he also has to attend to his BCHM463 and BCHM461 students. Indeed, he has many students under his belt, so emailing him may not be the best approach. Therefore, take advantage of his office hours!!! His office is just one floor up from the lab, so sometimes I asked him a question during my lab times since he’s generally available. Now, his teaching style is one where he makes you solve the problem by asking you questions, so expect being asked questions when you come into OH (and lecture)! It was very hard getting an A in BCHM464 as I was competing with 8 other bright students: you really had to earn it! Please don't do go into BCHM464 solely for the grade but do it for the experience. I may not have gotten a great appreciation for the class back then. However, looking back at the long nights I put into my lab reports and data analysis, I am grateful for what this class has taught me after working in a post-graduate research lab for a year and in the midst of writing a manuscript. For all the students taking BCHM464, go in for the desire to learn! This class will really expose you to research. You have one great professor to guide you as well, don't hesitate to reach out to him! Best wishes to you all, future scientists!
Christopher Capp BCHM464 Anonymous 05/08/2024	This class took up the majority of my time this semester and was very rigorous. The content itself is useful for people who want to pursue a career in research or biochemistry but it is required for all biochemistry and some nutrition majors. You really learn how to write well which is what I appreciated. As for Dr. Capp, he is a very interesting man. I felt that he was quite inaccessible and wasn't at his office hours at the later half of his time that he posted on his syllabus, which was frustrating. He also does not respond to emails that well. Our TAs also did not have office hours. I think he might be too preoccupied with his 461 and 463 classes to really care about us (there was like 30-40 people at most) and he sometimes laughed about some of us who were on the verge of failing (honestly very discouraging). Perhaps I just don't like people who have such strong personalities like he does, but I wish he structured things differently and was more involved with his students. All I will say is that don't take this class for the funsies!
Christopher Capp BCHM464 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/24/2023	This course really weighed heavily on me the whole semester. There were always assignments to be done the second one assignment was completed. And any assignment there was required hours and hours of work, there was no such thing as putting in half effort and just getting a bad grade, because you could put hours into an assignment and you would still get a bad grade. My entire time in the class I felt highly discouraged because no matter how hard I tried, both in lab and on assignments, it was never good enough. The whole class just felt like I was working my butt off and only ever getting mediocre grades, and so it never once felt like my hard work was awarded. Anyways, that's my experience with the class. I enjoyed my TA tho, they were a chiller, and actually very encouraging.

Christopher Capp
BCHM464

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/04/2025

BCHM464 has got to be one of the more practical courses in the BCHM program at UMD. You not only expose yourself to different laboratory procedures common in the biochemistry/ biology field, but also test you on your ability to write. For a class like this, I'm glad I took it in the fall. Only 8 other people registered that semester – a third of the number who took it in the spring. That said, all 9 of us had many more chances to consult with Dr. Capp, which was extremely helpful since he also has to attend to his BCHM463 and BCHM461 students. Indeed, he has many students under his belt, so emailing him may not be the best approach. Therefore, take advantage of his office hours!!! His office is just one floor up from the lab, so sometimes I asked him a question during my lab times since he’s generally available. Now, his teaching style is one where he makes you solve the problem by asking you questions, so expect being asked questions when you come into OH (and lecture)! It was very hard getting an A in BCHM464 as I was competing with 8 other bright students: you really had to earn it! Please don't do go into BCHM464 solely for the grade but do it for the experience. I may not have gotten a great appreciation for the class back then. However, looking back at the long nights I put into my lab reports and data analysis, I am grateful for what this class has taught me after working in a post-graduate research lab for a year and in the midst of writing a manuscript. For all the students taking BCHM464, go in for the desire to learn! This class will really expose you to research. You have one great professor to guide you as well, don't hesitate to reach out to him!

Christopher Capp
BCHM464

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/01/2025

BCHM464 has got to be one of the more practical courses in the BCHM program at UMD. You not only expose yourself to different laboratory procedures common in the biochemistry/ biology field, but also test you on your ability to write. For a class like this, I'm glad I took it in the fall. Only 8 other people registered that semester – a third of the number who took it in the spring. That said, all 9 of us had many more chances to consult with Dr. Capp, which was extremely helpful since he also has to attend to his BCHM463 and BCHM461 students. Indeed, he has many students under his belt, so emailing him may not be the best approach. Therefore, take advantage of his office hours!!! His office is just one floor up from the lab, so sometimes I asked him a question during my lab times since he’s generally available. Now, his teaching style is one where he makes you solve the problem by asking you questions, so expect being asked questions when you come into OH (and lecture)! It was very hard getting an A in BCHM464 as I was competing with 8 other bright students: you really had to earn it! Please don't do go into BCHM464 solely for the grade but do it for the experience. I may not have gotten a great appreciation for the class back then. However, looking back at the long nights I put into my lab reports and data analysis, I am grateful for what this class has taught me after working in a post-graduate research lab for a year and in the midst of writing a manuscript. For all the students taking BCHM464, go in for the desire to learn! This class will really expose you to research. You have one great professor to guide you as well, don't hesitate to reach out to him! Best wishes to you all, future scientists!

Christopher Capp
BCHM464

Anonymous
05/08/2024

This class took up the majority of my time this semester and was very rigorous. The content itself is useful for people who want to pursue a career in research or biochemistry but it is required for all biochemistry and some nutrition majors. You really learn how to write well which is what I appreciated. As for Dr. Capp, he is a very interesting man. I felt that he was quite inaccessible and wasn't at his office hours at the later half of his time that he posted on his syllabus, which was frustrating. He also does not respond to emails that well. Our TAs also did not have office hours. I think he might be too preoccupied with his 461 and 463 classes to really care about us (there was like 30-40 people at most) and he sometimes laughed about some of us who were on the verge of failing (honestly very discouraging). Perhaps I just don't like people who have such strong personalities like he does, but I wish he structured things differently and was more involved with his students. All I will say is that don't take this class for the funsies!

Christopher Capp
BCHM464

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/24/2023

This course really weighed heavily on me the whole semester. There were always assignments to be done the second one assignment was completed. And any assignment there was required hours and hours of work, there was no such thing as putting in half effort and just getting a bad grade, because you could put hours into an assignment and you would still get a bad grade. My entire time in the class I felt highly discouraged because no matter how hard I tried, both in lab and on assignments, it was never good enough. The whole class just felt like I was working my butt off and only ever getting mediocre grades, and so it never once felt like my hard work was awarded. Anyways, that's my experience with the class. I enjoyed my TA tho, they were a chiller, and actually very encouraging.

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