Cellular Biology
BIOCORE 383 explores the cellular and molecular basis of life, focusing on cell structure, energy flow, and genetic regulation.
Summary
Historical reviews of Erik Dent: Multiple reviewers describe the course as self-directed, requiring significant outside work and independent study to succeed due to insufficient in-class explanations.
Grade history
↗letter grades
All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors
Prerequisites
Course mapBIOCORE 381
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Erik Dent: Erik Dent receives polarized reviews; some praise his humor and teaching, while others criticize his lack of clear explanations and rapid lecture pace. Students report that his slides are sparse, requiring significant independent study to succeed in the course.
ERIK DENT is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SHELBY O'CONNOR is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.
Meeting source records
No records available.
Student experience
the class
Reviews for historical instructors Erik Dent and Shelby O'Connor are polarized. Dent is praised for humor but criticized for unclear explanations, while O'Connor is noted for engaging lectures and professionalism.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.34 GPA, 50.6% A/AB (n=83 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.29 GPA, 52.9% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 55.2% A/AB (n=58 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Erik Dent: Multiple reviewers describe the course as self-directed, requiring significant outside work and independent study to succeed due to insufficient in-class explanations.
Historical reviews of Erik Dent, Shelby O'Connor: Experiences vary: Dent's humor is either appreciated or seen as distracting, while O'Connor provided engaging lectures and smooth online adaptation.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels
GPA
Higher than % of other courses in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
letter grades
More recorded grades than % of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: letter grades.
About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
Sources & history
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.
Selected offering source records
No offering records for the selected term.
Raw records
[]
Student reviews
Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.
Read original reviews
Grade history
Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesModel outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
{
"model": "nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4",
"model_revision": "1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5",
"task_version": "14",
"output_id": "16b71cebf3494e2b77b5ca5fc8cbb7f730ce2cc3a97d7ab4cc27f33382363083",
"requirements_status": "valid",
"dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
"observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}