Reviews for Vitali Tugarinov
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: BCHM461 Grade Expected: A February 20, 2011, 10:52 pm | his class was fun in the sense that you don't ever have to go except for exams. do his practice problems he puts up online and look at old exams, etc and you're golden. bring everything to the exams with you - yes, you are allowed to! i didn't learn very much in the class - a lot of it was just recapping things from gen chem 2 etc., but i never really tried to learn the material in the class - only cram whatever was needed for the exams. you will need to definitely learn how to do problems quickly or you will suffer during his exams. his final was a bit better - definitely try to get your hands on old exams and you will be much better off! good luck! and don't take this class if you are required to take biochem 2 or you will regret it..you will be severely unprepared. |
| Anonymous Course: BCHM461 Grade Expected: A December 21, 2010, 8:26 pm | Absolutely HORRIBLE teacher. You can tell that he is not interested in teaching at all. He teaches straight from his slides (which by the way count for a very small percent of the exams) so there is no reason to go to class. He is very impatient and rude to students when they ask questions. By the end of the semester the entire class was silent during lectures. There are 2 midterms and a final. The exams are all open note but very long and still require you to know how to do the problem. They are almost identical to the practice problems he puts online so make sure you look at those! I believe in our class a 75% was curved up to an A |
| mattryan Course: BCHM461 Grade Expected: December 9, 2010, 12:41 pm | This was undoubtedly THE MOST BORING AND POINTLESS CLASS I HAVE TAKEN AS A CELL BIOLOGY MAJOR! This guy does not give two shits about anything. When I look back and think about the beginning of the semester, I wish I had never showed up to class except for the few sessions he devoteD to problem solving. I regret waking up in the morning and attending lecture. NOBODY PARTICIPATED THROUGOUT THE ENTIRE SEMESTER!!! crazy right? BELIEVE ME I AM STILL IN SHOCK! You think students didnt care? No...he didn't care either! The class has 2 exams nearly impossible to finish but the questions are VERY similar to the practice questions (sometimes he just changes the numbers). IT IS OPEN NOTES!! so you dont have to memorize jack! All you have to do is focus on problems. BUT, if you do well on the final, he will give you a decent grade I guess (I will find out soon). Anyways, you won't learn jack in this class and as a Biochemistry major, please do yourself a favor and take it with someone else cause you might lose interest in Biochemistry and switch to something else. By the way, he's a short-tempered DUSH! |
| qwerty Course: BCHM461 Grade Expected: May 17, 2010, 9:58 am | OPEN NOTE EXAMS. midterms are optional. the final exam is the only grade that counts. though if you do well on the midterms and horribly on the final, he will consider your dedication to the class and give you a good grade. the exam questions for the midterms and final are very similar to the practice problems he assigns. make sure you know how to do the quick though, you can easily run out of time flipping through your notes. you have to work for your A, but its doable. don't take the open note exams for granted though, you still need to spend a substantial amount of time doing practice problems and memorizing. |
| Terp11 Course: BCHM461 Grade Expected: A+ April 29, 2010, 9:54 am | Dr. Tugarinov is a very sincere professor. He wants to teach you the material, and if you don't understand what he says the first time, he is happy to repeat it. His exams are straightforward, but very, very long. You have pace yourself in order to do well in them. The actual class itself is actually quite enjoyable, and made me add a Biochemistry major. The final is supposedly quite hard, but if you study enough you should be fine. |