<p>For all the people who will be taking Bio 1B this Spring, can those who have taken it in the past please provide feedback, tips and tricks?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>which section?</p>
<p>This is what I did for Bio 1B:</p>
<p>-Attend all of Feldman's lectures. He's the best prof. and his lectures are worth going to. Just learn the fungi life cycle and alternation of generations and have it down and the rest is cake. Feldman writes very fair tests. </p>
<p>-Evolution is being taught by a new guy so I cannot comment. However, when Slatkin taught, the material was very straightforward and you just had to memorize some names and dates.</p>
<p>-Ecology is the worst section. The material is easy, but Resh cannot write tests. He's also patronizing and not very helpful in lecture or office hours. Just webcast his section.</p>
<p>I only attended Feldman's lectures; I webcasted the ecology and evolution lectures before the midterms/finals and got an A in the class. </p>
<p>The biggest thing to take away from my experience would be to IGNORE THE READINGS in the Campbell Bio book. They are often too detailed and not what the professors will test you on. Use the book only for the diagrams in the plant section. The webcasts should be your primary source for studying for the exams, and you should use the Bio book only as a supplement.</p>
<p>I was a UGSI this Fall and I got to know the other cycle of professors too. Ecology profs. have a hard time writing tests it seems.</p>
<p>Regardless, best of luck with Bio 1B. Should be a great experience!</p>
<p>Would it be advisable to just buy the online version of the book and not waste money on the actual book as we will not usually use it?</p>
<p>Ha I have section on Tuesday afternoons :D</p>
<p>Book is a beast though. Used it during AP Bio :(</p>
<p>You won't really ever need the book. I would even say you don't need it if you take good notes during lecture. Buy the physical book though because it will be easier to resell when you are done with biology. GL!</p>
<p>Campbell (the textbook) is far more useful for 1B then it is for 1A/L. For Feldman's part, the book is very useful for lab.</p>
<p>what do the labs actually entail? i heard most of the time we just do worksheets and get out early. is this true?</p>
<p>The book is useful for labs but not really for class. For class, study the notes that you take during lectures. I took 1B Spring 08 and found the plants section the most productive. The evolution section was too boring so I always webcasted that section. </p>
<p>The labs were mostly worksheets and they are EASY. BUT sometimes, you have to do small "projects" outside....but they are also easy/game like. But your GSI may grade harshly and they do give weekly quizzes. I would say, just don't slack off and you will be fine.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Quick...do we really need the Mastering Biology cd? Or should I just purchase an old version without it? (It's nearly a 40 dollar difference iirc)</p>
<p>You don't need the CD. To be honest, the book is fairly useless for both Bio 1A and Bio 1B. You'll mostly use it to look up specific life cycles or whatever in Bio 1B labs and even then, your GSI will have a copy of the book.</p>
<p>Cool thanks for the info</p>
<p>anyone willing to switch labs/sections with me? I have tuesday afternoons from 2 to 6 pm, I need monday afternoon the same time.</p>
<p>So the reading assignments assigned aren't necessary?
I was on the website and it looks like the first lecture is going to be on Fungi. I looked at the reading assigned and it didn't seem to connect to that. It was on the beginning of life and the first organisms, etc. Does that mean that we shouldn't read it or is the reading stuff that we should know in addition to the lectures?</p>
<p>You only need to know what they cover in lecture. I remember that first reading assignment... I did it and the material never showed up again. So, only use the book when you need to clear things up from lecture. Lecture notes are your primary source for exam information.</p>
<p>I know the class hasn't really started, but how clear are the lecture notes? (Like is it just one person talking the entire time and we have to pull whatever we can or is it more like speak/write/copy frantically while listening)</p>
<p>Batman-</p>
<p>Feldman is more like the latter. He writes things on the board that are essential but he doesn't expect you to write anything else down unless you feel like it. He's a great lecturer.</p>
<p>The evolution prof. is new so I cannot comment.</p>
<p>Resh is nice enough to provide you with lecture outlines that you can print out before lecture. However, these things are really bare and usually just contain 1-2 word bullet pts. that don't make sense unless you attend lecture. Resh expects you to gather information from the lecture and write out your own notes, which makes his lecture style a little more difficult to sit through because you can easily get lost in a matter of minutes.</p>
<p>What are lab sections like? Do we have quizzes like in Bio1AL? Is there a short lecture by the GSI at the beginning? Do they usually take up the whole 3 hr + 1hr discussion? Is lab material covered on the exams?</p>
<p>are the quizzes based on the lectures till that day? are they hard or easy points?</p>
<p>i thought the quizzes were based on the pre-lab readings. can someone verify this?</p>