Molecular Ecology
This course covers the basic principles of molecular ecology, including population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, and genome evolution.
Summary
Historical reviews of Sean Schoville: The course features a very hard exam with written answers, and the instructor admitted to making the exam too difficult.
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Prerequisites
Course mapGENETICS 466, 467,BIOCORE 383, or graduate student standing
- GENETICS 466
- GENETICS 467
- BIOCORE 383
- graduate student standing
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- Any of
- GENETICS 466
- GENETICS 467
- BIOCORE 383
- graduate student standing
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Sean Schoville: Sean Schoville is described as nice but his course is difficult and graded subjectively. Reviewers report inequitable grading where undergraduates received lower grades than expected despite promises of a curve.
SEAN SCHOVILLE is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. 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
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Sean Schoville: Sean Schoville's course is described as very difficult with subjective grading, leading to a recommendation for undergraduates to avoid it due to perceived inequity.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.86 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.80 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Sean Schoville: The course features a very hard exam with written answers, and the instructor admitted to making the exam too difficult.
Historical reviews of Sean Schoville: Students reported that grading was not equitable, with lower grades than average and a failure to curve for undergraduates despite promises.
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Model & dataset provenance
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"task_version": "14",
"output_id": "e18008457414393517846ce443aeeabf9b7c94fb9bdb23495ec474499241aa33",
"requirements_status": "valid",
"dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
"observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}