Debabrata Biswas

This professor has taught: ANSC410, ANSC440, ANSC489M, ANSC489R, ANSC688J, ANSC688M, GEMS296, GEMS297, GEMS396, GEMS397, GEMS496, GEMS497
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Debabrata Biswas

Anonymous
05/08/2025
Dr. Biswas is a nice guy and loves to see his students succeed. This course is harder, it’s 400 level. No buffer grades is correct, 2 exams, 2 quizzes, a group presentation, and a final “assignment” - it’s a paper about an assigned pathogen/disease. Content heavy, memorization of how pathogens invade, replicate, affect host, etc. Lectures are dry and hard to grasp-I succeeded by taking my own time to read through the material and take condensed notes where if the class wasn’t so small I wouldn’t come to lecture itself. There is a language barrier that makes things harder to grasp but that’s not anyone’s fault. Dr. Broadbent is co-proctor for this course and is very helpful when it comes to drilling key concepts he will be testing you on. Exams and quizzes never received feedback. Just wish we received exams back - or at least feedback, and inclusion of some other supplemental assignments to help with grades and overall understanding. A hard class, but do the work and you’re good I’ve otherwise enjoyed it over many other courses.
Debabrata Biswas
ANSC440

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
05/14/2024
There is only 2 quizzes, 2 exams, a group presentation, and a 10 point paper that determines your grade and although the content can be interesting, the professor can lack in engagement...he also doesn't give exams or quizzes back to see what points you missed/partial credit earned and for our group presentation, I feel like he just threw out a grade and called it a day. No clarification on why certain individuals got a 92% vs others getting an 85%. Every single grade in this class really matters which sucks because theres no buffer points. Would not recommend taking, save your GPA:/