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Professor Yin's lectures are disorganized and it is pretty difficult to follow him during lecture, especially he tends to not finish his sentences. His exam questions also pick on specific things that are briefly mentioned in lecture even though he says to just focus on the main ideas.Rate My Professors ↗
He's an amazing scientist, but not that great a lecturer. Hard to follow his ideas, very disconnected. His slides aren't helpful either, organizing the material for yourself is the only way to do well on his exams. His exams are the hardest in the course, the questions are very vague and are not always conceptual.Rate My Professors ↗
He was all over the place when teaching and takes forever to get to the point. He says to focus on general topics, but then when the exam came he asked for specific examples. He also asked for things not covered in class. I overheard other people talking about how they only did well on the first exam because of material from other classes.Rate My Professors ↗
He's a brilliant scientist and is willing to talk to you about any academic problems you have. He's not the best lecturer and will takes awhile for him to get a point across. He also writes most of the exams and they are pretty tough. He tells you to know the main idea, but the exam questions expect more detail.Rate My Professors ↗
Seems like a chill guy and a good researcher, but this class just left me scratching my head. Three exams, each out of 170 points. The questions are: "Talk about transcription factors" (2 sentences max) (15 points) ... and then I assume he just looks for keywords. I guess just pick a concept and hope it's what he's looking for? It was frustrating.Rate My Professors ↗
Jerry means well, but the class was not at all what I wanted. They taught the details and expected us to use only concepts on the exam. Not very straightforward and didn't really touch a whole lot on Human Genetics for being a Human Genetics classRate My Professors ↗
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GENETICS 299 is an independent study course involving research work in Genetics under faculty guidance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2024 · limited sampleGENETICS 681 is an individual study course for majors completing theses for Honors degrees as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Individual study for genetics majors completing theses for Honors degrees as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleGENETICS 699 is a special problems course allowing students to conduct individual advanced work in a specific area of Genetics under faculty guidance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Frontiers in Genetics Research discusses contemporary issues in genetic, developmental, cell, and molecular biology with visiting speakers.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.84 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.67 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleA research-level analysis of current forefronts in genetic, developmental, cell, and molecular biology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleGENETICS 990 is a research course where students conduct independent laboratory research under faculty supervision to prepare a graduate thesis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 299 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 699 | Special Problems |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 707 | Frontiers in Genetics Research |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 708 | Methods and Logic in Genetic Analysis |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 990 | Research |
| Fall 2026 | NTP 990 | Research and Thesis |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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