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I am sorry but that comment about one 19 year old's opinion was very rude. I work very hard and I thought that Melissa was hard to understand and agree with the comments above , also everyone who attends this university has the right to give their opinion and they have worked hard to get here so be careful in your comments.Rate My Professors ↗
Meh, definitely somewhere between "awesome" and "terrible". Speaks too quickly and asks oddly-phrased questions on quizzes and in homework, but documents everything very thoroughly in PowerPoints, which are posted online. The most frustrating thing about her was that she took over halfway through a very easy course and turned it into Orgo Lite.Rate My Professors ↗
Melissa is fantastic as a lecturer. Not everybody in the class is going to medical school, and knowing structures is important to those going on in the subject. Don't let one 19-year-old's opinion after feeling snubbed cause you to miss out on this instructor. If you do the work, you'll do well.Rate My Professors ↗
This class was awesome and interesting. Melissa makes you know structure of things that are not even on the MCAT. She doesn't know the answer to any questions that students ask in class and she was rude when I asked her a question.Rate My Professors ↗
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BMOLCHEM 699 is a special research problems course involving self-directed work and participation in ongoing research projects under faculty and graduate mentorship.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleBMOLCHEM 990 is an advanced biomolecular chemistry course focused on supervised research.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
GENETICS 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
GENETICS 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
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026GENETICS 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
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | BMOLCHEM 699 | Special Research Problems |
| Fall 2026 | BMOLCHEM 990 | Advanced Biomolecular Chemistry and Research |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 699 | Special Problems |
| Fall 2026 | GENETICS 990 | Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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