LIFESCI 495
Preparation for College-Level Teaching in Life Sciences
Grades
Pass/no pass only, so there is no average to report.
Graded P/NP: 40 records over 9 terms.
In the A range
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no letter grades in the record to count
D, F or W
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no letter grades in the record to count
Taken pass/no pass
9%
100% of those passed
The registrar's own records: Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- P 40 of 459
- S 416 of 459
- I 3 of 459
Counts are out of 459 recorded outcomes. These are non-letter grades and do not have a GPA.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Summer Session C 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXIE, KATIE LEE INGRAHAM reviews ↗ | P/NP | 24 P/NP | 6 | - | - | not teaching it | |
| KENNISON, RACHEL LEE reviews ↗ | P/NP | 9 P/NP | 1 | - | - | not teaching it | |
| HA, BENJAMIN ANDREW reviews ↗ | P/NP | 7 P/NP | 2 | - | - | not teaching it | |
| PARKER, HARRISON reviews ↗ | P/NP | 9 P/NP | 1 | - | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
Grade records describe outcomes. For what a course is like to take, read student reviews written on dibs below or follow the separate external review link.
Workload and assignments
Work types reported in BruinWalk reviews of this course, across recorded instructors and terms. They may differ from this term's syllabus.
dibs has not read this course’s reviews, so it cannot say what kind of work it sets. That is dibs not having looked. It is not a course without papers or exams, and the reviews linked below are the answer until dibs catches up.
From the registrar's catalog
Seminar, two hours. Designed for graduate students who are teaching assistants in the Life Sciences Core Curriculum for the first time. To be taken concurrently in the term in which students teach or at most one quarter before they teach. Prepares students for college-level teaching in large enrollment undergraduate courses, and provides professional development to support students pursuing diverse careers in life sciences. Focus on inclusive, student-centered, and evidence-based teaching methodologies that include active learning, group work, formative assessment, backward course design, and reflective teaching practices that incorporate peer observations and constructive feedback. Students must repeat the course for credit if they do not teach within three quarters after first completion. S/U grading.
Sections in Summer Session C 2026
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