i loved this class! the lectures were interesting and the assignments were so straightforward, free A's as long as you followed the instructions. Dr. Square put out study guides for his lectures and those honestly carried my grade. HOWEVER, there is a ton of memorization and having to learn the diff biochemical processes can be challenging

you really learn about DNA, RNA, proteins, and gene editing in depth. i took this class with other hard classes (orgo 1) so the workload felt worse than it actually is. every week, you'll have 2-3 lectures (each 30-60 min long) and then a quiz with 3 attempts. you'll have a couple assignments but they're very doable and sometimes he even gives out a tutorial walkthrough video. exams will be your biggest challenge tbh

Dr. Square is nice, funny, and wants students to do well in his class. he gave bonus extra credit at the end of the semester and on the last exam :D

the time blocked out on the schedule was actually just his zoom office hours. watch all the lectures as you do the quizzes so you dont have to cram them all in before the exam. i ended with an A in this class by paying close attention to the lectures and then annotating the study guides before the exams.