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RICHARD AMASINO

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Raw average: 3.64/5 from 14 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Amasino is passionate but not super good at lectures like the other 3 professors. He doesn't try as hard as other professors to engage with the class, and this might be also due to a more difficult Catabolism unit. The class is exam heavy with 4 exams but they are noncumulative and easy as long as you draw out pathways and do the practice exams.
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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
The degree of boredom I experienced during this section defied the limits of possibility. Slides were dense and badly written- at least 20 lines of text per slide that I condensed into 6 words. 30% of material is untested and "FYI", giving much-needed time during lecture for you to go back and figure out what happened in the previous slides.
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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Personally, I found his lectures pretty hard to follow. There was a lot of information and I felt like his lectures jumped from one topic to another with no order. There was also a lot of information on the lectures slides that you didn't need to know which made it pretty difficult to study for the exams since there was just so much information.
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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Amasino's lectures were always very interesting. Outside of class he was also very friendly and showed he cared about the students.
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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Amasino's lecture slides were very dense and had lots of material to take in but he does his best to break them down. The slides are also old but he does make clear what you need to know.
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BIOCHEM 501
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Had a lot of material in his lectures, but a lot of it was just "historical context." Kind of a boring guy to listen to, but his exam was just like the practice exams. I wouldn't mind taking a class from him again, but I wouldn't jump at the opportunity to either.
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Classes with RICHARD AMASINO

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Spring 2026BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2026BIOCHEM 301Survey of Biochemistry
Spring 2026BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2025BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2025BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2025BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2025BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2025BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2025BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Fall 2024BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2024BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2024BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2024BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2024BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2024BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2023BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2023BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2023BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2023BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2023BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2023BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2022BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2022BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2022BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2022BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Fall 2022BIOCHEM/GENETICS 631Plant Genetics and Development
Spring 2022BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2022BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2022BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2021BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2021BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2021BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2021GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2020BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2020BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2020BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2020BIOCHEM/BOTANY/GENETICS 840Regulatory Mechanisms in Plant Development
Fall 2020GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2020BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2020BIOCHEM 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Spring 2020BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2020GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2019BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2019BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2019BIOCHEM 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Fall 2019BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2019GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2019BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2019BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2019BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2019GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2018BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Fall 2018BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2018BIOCHEM 399Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Fall 2018BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2018BIOCHEM/BOTANY/GENETICS 840Regulatory Mechanisms in Plant Development
Fall 2018GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2018BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2018BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2018BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2017BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2017BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2017BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2017BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2017BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Spring 2017GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2016BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2016BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2016BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Fall 2016BIOCHEM/BOTANY/GENETICS 840Regulatory Mechanisms in Plant Development
Fall 2016GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2016BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2016BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2016BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2016GENETICS 299Independent Study
Spring 2016GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2015BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2015BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2015GENETICS 299Independent Study
Fall 2015GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2015BIOCHEM 100Biochemistry First-year Seminar
Spring 2015BIOCHEM 104Molecules to Life and the Nature of Science
Spring 2015BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2015BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Spring 2015BIOCHEM 990Research
Spring 2015GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2014BIOCHEM 100Biochemistry First-year Seminar
Fall 2014BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2014BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Fall 2014BIOCHEM 990Research
Fall 2014BIOCHEM/BOTANY/GENETICS 840Regulatory Mechanisms in Plant Development
Fall 2014GENETICS 990Research
Spring 2014BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Spring 2014BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Spring 2014BIOCHEM 699Special Problems
Spring 2014BIOCHEM 990Research
Spring 2014GENETICS 990Research
Fall 2013BIOCHEM 299Independent Study
Fall 2013BIOCHEM 501Introduction to Biochemistry
Fall 2013BIOCHEM 699Special Problems

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