Launchpad is the most annoying and boring thing ever. You use it for all the LS7 series, it's awful-- for that part, good luck. You can get by most of the time if you just read the highlighted/bold terms, but if it doesn't make sense then def read the chapter.

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Challenging class!

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LS1 Course Reader

It's the customized UCLA version of

Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Principles of Life

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Debra Pires is an amazing professor and person! She truly cares about all of her students and expresses this any chance she gets. From her lectures you can tell she is passionate about ecology and conservation. There are iClicker questions, 75% of questions each class must be answered in order to receive credit, this counts towards your grade but only 72/782 points towards the total grade. The exams cover relatively easy information, but questions are often phrased in confusing ways. It is important to become familiar with the questions she will ask, this can be done by reviewing PEQs, practice midterms/finals, and problem-solving session questions.
Overall, I loved this course! Even though I got a B (my study habits are really bad) most people got A's. I will forever think highly of Dr. Pires!

Professor Pires is an awesome professor. She has a very maternal essence, as she often reminds us how proud she is of us, provides lovely words of encouragement, and boosts our confidence as students. She is kind-hearted, open-minded, funny, and engaging. Professor Pires truly cares about her students. She is wonderful. She is epic. She is mom.

This was my first class here at UCLA and it kind of took me by surprise. The teaching style was way different than what I have been used to since the professors implemented the reverse classroom technique. There were many readings a week and also the pre class quizzes and assignments that cam with the readings. This class really had to be a priority for me so that I could do all the readings and assignments a week and still study for the 2 mid terms and exams that sneak up really quick. Overall, the class is pretty manageable if you have time management skills.
As for the exams, mostly all of the questions on the exams were not covered in class. Yes we had many different clicker questions, but they were not as complicated as the questions on the exams.

Pires is quite engaging during lectures and taught various concepts well. My biggest issue with the class was the exams and how difficult they were compared to the homework and content taught in lectures. The amount of workload in this class was also a little overwhelming, but for the most part bearable. These two issues do not really matter though in terms of which professor you take since they all have the same amount of workload and exams. The amount of extra credit they offer was very useful and what I felt helped my grade a lot! If you can, I recommend attending the problem-solving sessions offered by the TAs and LAs. Although it may be annoying to have to attend extra sessions, I would say they are very useful as you can get more one on one help! Overall, I would definitely take Pires again!

Lectures to me were boring and not helpful, however they were required to go since they used IClicker. There were lots of clicker questions during lecture. The textbook and outside resources were definitely helpful. To me, the tests were difficult, as you needed a strong understanding of all the concepts, rather than simple memorization. I hadn't taken AP Bio in high school, which I heard was helpful for a lot of students. There were many extra credit opportunities which definitely helped my grade a bit. Homework is time-consuming but not difficult. Exams were all online. Discussion sections and CLC sessions were also extremely beneficial, so I would attend those 100%.

This class was super hard coming from not having bio classes in Hs and learning everything first hand while for most people it was review. Pires was nice and has a good personality but cant explain reasoning at all in lectures after clicker questions. Going to other professors question answering sessions were wayy more useful than her lectures as a whole. This class has hella work for no reason too which didnt help with the application (which they test you on) in my opinion.