Fred Wilt - University of California Berkeley

Professor: Fred Wilt

Department: TBD

College: University of California Berkeley

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MCBC31X
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Really nice guy, really makes the class easy by giving you great notes and materials. very easy quizzes if you study, best part is he does not believe in midterms! really wants you to learn, doesn't emphasize grades

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures can get boring but I like how he is very willing to help you out. You can approach him easily.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His lecture slides are incredibly helpful! You do learn a lot from this class and it's easy to get an A if you study! He is a really nice guy - yes a little boring but it's worth it for a teacher that tries to help you and that gives a lot of materials to study with.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is extremely good at putting you to sleep, and his lectures are pretty useless. I never went to class, just read his lecture notes (very helpful) and slides, and got an A. His quizzes are pretty random and stupid; harder than what you'd expect. final was super easy if you knew your stuff. 5 quizzes 1 final; 1 quiz dropped. section mandatory.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof. Wilt is just the sweetest guy! He types lecture notes after each lecture, and usually lectures are audiocast as well. The txtbook isn't mandatory. You take 5 quizzes and a final, but you can drop 1 quiz grade. Section assignments are just 2 page essays. Took the class for Psych prereq and ended up liking it! Not usually interested in Bio.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Wilt is a great professor. He's like 60 years old, but he's been places and knows his stuff. He explains the concepts well and has fair quizzes. Best part: doesn't believe in having midterms. :)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BIOL101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Funny, smart as a whip with a mid-western sensibility. I wish more professors taught like this.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MCB41
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took mcb 41 thinking it wasn't gonna be a killer. Professor wilt lectures seemed easy and understandable. But the tests were unfair and hard. The grading was terrible. you either say the word they are looking for or you don't get any points.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BIO1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good lecturer. Organized and clear. Loves numbers--joules of energy/ATP, how long stretched out chromosome is. Love that he posts all his notes online afterwards--I just read through those before his MT and aced it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BIO1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Really nice guy and a very great lecturer. Unfortunately his section required rote memorization but it wasn't anything that's not good to know. Wilt is clearly a great biologist but he was a pretty bad chemist; he made a few small mistakes and conceptual flubs but never anything bad: just annoying to me as a chemist. Overall great prof, though!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MCB41
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Mostly just review material from biology. The exams can be tricky. It's just that each question is worth a lot of points, so if you miss one, you're down a couple of points here and there. (And I thought it was super easy). They look for SPECIFIC works in your answers. Weekly quizzes can hurt your grade. MUST go to lecture - hints at exam material.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Wilt is a good professor; he's pretty funny, but his lectures are kind of boring. The course was pretty easy. Don't take it unless you have to or have never taken biology before because the material covered is very very simple and the text that we used seemed very outdated.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MCB41
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The class material was very easy to understand, but I don't know if it was the professor or the GSIs, but exam grading was pretty unfair. No regrades were allowed and they were very strict on partial credit. Miss one "key word" and you get 0/15 points for that question. Class would've been better if exams were graded more efficiently.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's very clear when he explains things, and he's always ready to answer questions and be of assistance to you inside and outside of class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great lecturer!!! Very clear and easy to understand. His midterms and final was extremely easy. He provides lecture notes that are very helpful.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took two classes with this guy, he's a really nice guy, but pretty boring lecturer, the tests are easy

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome! Straightforward class... organized lectures. No midterm which was GREAT... just 5 quizzes, lowest dropped... and each quiz takes about 10 minutes... he posts outlines after each of his lectures which really helps to study for the final. My GSI was superb as well... helpful and made discussion fun. Good content class... highly recommend

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

There are 5 quizzes and 1 is dropped. Quizzes are pretty easy and easy grading. Final isn't too hard. Take this class for breadth or prereq. If you do not understand GSI goes over in discussion or you can ask him to.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I consider myself pretty inept at science, including biology, but this is an interesting and easy class. Prof Wilt really tries to make sure students understand the material. Extrem. helpful lecture notes online and quizes are usually simple, with pretty generous grading. If you study and know the material, final is fairly easy, too.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MCB31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

super easy class. his lectures are all clear and simple. he tries to make the material interesting which is always good.