Would've gave a 0 if it was possible. We are expected to be able to understand graduate level articles and summarize it even though you don't fully understand it. Actually improving scientific knowledge (i.e. physics or biology) would be more helpful imo

You basically write essays following a structure that you would've done in high school already (introduction, body paragraphs etc). Claim, reason, evidence, counterargument & rebuttal.

The prof was a nice person and responds to messages and questions; however, the marking feels very subjective and it feels like the marking is done in a way to purposefully get the same average to be around 80. Good for people that have low grades in other courses I guess but sucks if you are actually good at science and brings down your average.

Talking to the prof helps but only by a marginal amount

Absolutely useless course, a waste of everybody's time. Anyone who rated the usefulness of this course above 3 should not have graduated highschool. Forced us to do a bunch of useless activities just for the sake of having assignments.

Scientific papers include the following: A claim, reasons, some evidence, and counterarguement with its rebuttal. Great, you just finished learning 95% of the content covered in sci 113 !!!!!

Pretty chill prof but is allergic to giving good grades for some reason. Bro was making sure everyone got around 80.

Not much you can do about it, everybody is forced to take this course.

great class. It was interesting enough but some of the course material felt useless. The end of the term is pretty busy but manageable. Which they'd given us more time to work on it in class instead of doing boring activities.

Learning to write a paper and research was super useful, I've applied it to most of my courses

She was amazing, really caring and gave good advice.

I thought the course was helpful, especially if you're heading towards science research. You learn skills of essay writing, the scientific process, different fields in science, and overall review and strengthen your argumentative abilities in writing your arguments and counterclaims. Some similar topics I learned in this class have been applicable to other science courses such as BIOL 180. It's also an easier alternative to other classes required for communication credits such as WRDS A/B. Would recommend it to other science students, it's also a smaller class so you get the benefit of asking the TA and professor for help or great feedback!

Easier verison of WRDS150. Less useful though. 10% of material is useful. Everything taught could've been finished in 1 week. Smashing my fingers with a hammer would've been a better use of my time.

Chill Prof

Mostly a boring class, repeated essay writing skills from highschool. Though from some of the papers I peer-reviewed, students really need to take it. Whole focus of the course is to write a simple research paper, and it gets the job done. Perfect for anyone interested in going into research, or who expects to read a lot of research papers. Also goes into how trustworthy the peer-review process is, and how to critically evaluate it. Harsh grading, solid alternative to ENGL 110 if you dont want to read.

"you'll be disappointed with your grades, but grades don't matter" -the TA