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Angus Murphy
BSCI442 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/23/2023 |
Avoid this class unless you are a plant science major. BSCI442 is by far the hardest bio course I ever took while in college, and this was the last course I ever took too. It is legitimately tougher to do well in this course than in orgo or biochem. I got my lowest grade in college in this class while putting in sufficient effort. The average on the midterm was a 55%, and the average on the final was a 36%. No joke. the tests were curved (to make the averages like a 60%) but the two exams are worth half the class so even if you get most the points in lab it is still almost impossible to get an A. The class had a 17% A rate despite it saying around 50% (this is probably due to PLSC400, which is for plant majors, being the same course as BSCI442). All in all, do not take this class if you are a non plant science bio major. It will hurt your GPA and your hours of studying will not be reflected by your test grades. The professors (Murphy and Feijo) are nice people and fine teachers, and are approachable, but the content that is expected for students to know is laughable and a smack in the face. |
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Angus Murphy
BSCI442 Expecting a C+ UMDhead 05/15/2023 |
This class was the worst class of my undergrad. I have never had a class with such unclear expectations and unfair exams. The final was a complete mess, nothing that we learned in class was on it. The professors split the class and had completely different expectations so all of the assignments were graded completely differently between the two. I have never felt so let down by a class. |