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3rd Year Summer Review

BIOL 336 - Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology  class average = 75 The course material doesn't deviate much from what you learned in BIOL 121. Having studied Genetics, I was hoping to gain more knowledge on population genetics but contrary to my expectations, this course was barely quantitative. There are some topics that I found interesting, but like BIOL 121, the concepts are still broad and doesn't really have defined answers . However, I would recommend taking this course in the summer because they don't make you write what's called the "Short Opinion Papers" - which they make you do in the winter sessions(this means less work!). Textbook is required as you have pre reading quizzes. Midterm and final wasn't easy as they mark with scrutiny and look for key words(like Ecology Exams), but they were doable and the marks you get from tutorials + clickers + prereading quizzes compensate for the loss. Work load was manageable - I was working part-time,