BIOL 121L: MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
University of California, Riverside
3 Units, Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 121 with a grade of C- or better or MCBL 121 with a grade of C- or better. Laboratory exercises in diagnostic bacteriology, basic virology, and epidemiology. Includes fundamental quantitative and diagnostic microbiological procedures, basic mechanisms of microbial genetic exchange, and a project examining bacterial epidemiology. Cross-listed with MCBL 121L. Credit is awarded for one of the following MCBL 121L, BIOL 121L, or MCBL 131L.
Average GPA: 3.62
Grade distribution records: 968 students across 24 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 115 | 11.9% |
| A | 412 | 42.6% |
| A- | 131 | 13.5% |
| B+ | 100 | 10.3% |
| B | 152 | 15.7% |
| B- | 20 | 2.1% |
| C+ | 16 | 1.7% |
| C | 16 | 1.7% |
| D | 1 | 0.1% |
| F | 4 | 0.4% |
| S | 1 | 0.1% |
Based on 968 student grade records across 24 terms and 10 professors.
Instructors
- Michael Coffey 195 students, Average GPA 3.94
- Rong Hai 79 students, Average GPA 3.53
- Ansel Hsiao 78 students, Average GPA 3.60
- Emma Gachomo 74 students, Average GPA 3.29
- Katherine Borkovich 62 students, Average GPA 3.45
- James Borneman 33 students, Average GPA 3.63
- Juliet Morrison 30 students, Average GPA 3.92
- Jason Rothman 26 students, Average GPA 3.78
- Sydney Glassman 23 students, Average GPA 2.93
- Hailing Jin 18 students, Average GPA 3.39