I enjoyed 110 more than 100. It was much less theoretical.

I will say that the S2020 distribution reported to Bruinwalk seems a little skewed, because many people opted to P/NP (thus people who took LG were very confident in their ability to get an A, typical BioE pre meds).

Same advice for BE100 applies. Prof. Kamei is very clear in office hours.

Dr. Kamei is my favorite professor in the BE department. He always makes himself available to help students. Yes, this class is hard. However, I felt that it was much less theoretical when compared to 100. Do all of the practice problems in every PSet. Do all of the extra problems that he gives you. Put in the time and effort (If you are able to do so) and you will do well in the class.

Dr. Kamei truly cares about making the degree we get a worthwhile one. I will always trust him to write a fair test and act in the best interest of the BE department.

In terms of the shift to online learning, I felt that Dr. Kamei handled it fairly well. Lectures are mandatory, PSets were still due regularly, and both midterms and the final were still held. In response to the protests occurring during finals week, Dr. Kamei did agree to make the final "no harm" after being asked to do so by students. Dr. Kamei is receptive to students and overall a pretty genuine dude.

I've never seen a prof with a bigger stick up his ass. When I asked for an extension on one assignment (during first spring covid quarter no less), he told me that bioengineering "wasn't for me" and I shouldn't drop out. He's been the single biggest obstacle to me getting a degree at this school.

...don't trust his bruinwalk reviews--he makes his lab minions write positive ones and attempts to get the bad ones taken down.

One of the worst classes in the major but not as difficult as 100 in my opinion, but that could just be from knowing how brutal Kamei's exams are and being able to better prepare for them. Exams are without a doubt the most difficult I've ever experienced at UCLA, and it's almost impossible to completely understand all of the content that you could be tested on, usually 100-200 page solution documents. This clearly shows in the test averages (all of which are Fs). Blames his unfair tests and scores on students. This class will make you feel the most stupid you've ever felt. 1/4 of class usually fails. Kamei is good as a lecturer but every other aspect of this class is intolerable. Can't believe the department still won't do anything about 100 and 110.

I am being 100% serious when I say that this class made me contemplate suicide. I spent two hours the day before the final researching various methods. I went to the staircase of my dorm building to try to figure out if I could feasibly throw myself down it in a way that'd kill me instantly instead of making me tumble down nine flights (it looked pretty impossible, so I didn't try). I went through the various prescription medication I had and looked into toxicology reports to try to determine if the amount I had left would be certainly lethal (also no, unfortunately I take my medicine as directed without skipping doses, so I did not have enough left). I want to die and/or drop out because of this class.

About a fourth of the class failed in 2024. I think I will join them in 2025. He definitely provides enough resources for practice (there's a ton of past tests, additional problems, etc.) but the problem is that it just takes me so long to do each question that there's no feasible way that I'll ever get through it all. If you're a good student, you'll probably do fine if you understand the questions and do sufficient practice. If you struggle and need additional support, you'll fall through the cracks.

This class moves so fast and asking a TA to explain a problem step by step along with logic for how we got there can take up the entire hour-long office hours session. When there are other people who understand the material better who have more relevant questions, it makes me feel terrible for taking that time away from them, so I've just stopped going. It's impossible to cover all the problems for each problem set in the time given even if nobody else comes to office hours.

Someone asked for a tutor to be provided by the department and when Dr. Kamei announced this to the class, he sounded kind of dismissive. He highly discouraged us from seeking out this additional resource. As a result, I never went to this tutor either, for fear that I would be judged, or that he'd find out somehow and attribute me failing to this.

The content just moves too fast. He skips over steps in lecture and I just feel too embarrassed to ask him to go back and explain to me like I'm five. He doesn't record videos which makes it difficult to go back and review since we only get the audio and there's a lot of writing on the board. It's very difficult for me because I feel like I learn best primarily by reviewing videos and being able to slow down/pause/immediately go back and relisten. This class makes me feel like I don't belong at UCLA or engineering. I want to die.

Horrible person, good lecturer. Sucks at grading and blames his students for low test scores even though each year the averages drop. OH is not helpful, full of kids asses trying to one up each other. He’s not funny. So much material and little time to understand it.

Professor Kamei is undoubtedly the best professor that I EVER had at UCLA. His class is hard but he also gives you everything you need to succeed and he truly wants the best for UCLA bioengineer students. There is ALOT of math and ODEs in this class but he teaches you everything you need to know. Similar to BE 100 the HWs are graded but you have the answer key. You are guaranteed an A if you actually do the HWs on time (and not copy the answer key), do all of the extra problem sets that he gives you and take the practice exams in a testing condition (timed and not looking at notes). If you do all of that you are basically guaranteed an A.

This quarter our class had an exceptionally low average. Mostly because people don't pay attention in lectures and just copy the HW answer keys.

He is also very very helpful in office hours and also makes funny jokes during class.

This class is undoubted one of the hardest in the major but professor Kamei is also actually amazing and the grade you get is very representative of the effort you put in.

Initially I didn't like this class as much as BE 100, but around halfway through the quarter I changed my mind. I think the material comes together much better than BE 100, because BE 100 is a lot of separate topics taught one after the other, and 110 feels more like we are gradually learning more pieces that eventually combine to a whole. Once I did enough practice problems, I actually gained a pretty good understanding of how to approach each type of problem. This class is very math heavy (LOTS of diffy q + laplace transforms later in the quarter), but Kamei teaches you the basics if you've forgotten.
Again, as with BE 100, go to office hours. Even if you don't have questions about the homework because you haven't looked at it yet, someone will have them. Just listening to other people's questions and seeing how they approach the problems, and writing down Kamei's advice, makes actually doing the problems sets so much easier.

I felt BE 110 was more straightforward then 100. Basically as long as you do and understand all the practice problems and problem sets he gives you, the tests are pretty much the same. He tends to pull from old problem sets/practice tests so definitely as least look over every problem/solution because things tend to reappear. His office hours are decently helpful, but more so if you have questions as the office hour problems just elaborate a little further than lecture.

Very challenging class. Problem sets are HARD, and the exams are difficult but doable if you do lots of practice problems. Lectures cover lots of material pretty quickly, so don't fall behind