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BIOL 3240 Introduction to Immunology
Last taught: Spring 2025

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59 ratings
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Spring 2010
5.0
Average

Great class. Professor is enthusiastic and you can tell he enjoys teaching. Material can be difficult and the tests make sure you know your stuff. Very interesting, worthwhile class. Highly recommend.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Spring 2010
4.3
Average

This class is fun and Professor Kittlesen makes it even better. You will learn quite alot and will also be amazed if you really understand it. Kittlesen is nice, funny, goofy but really knows his stuff. You need to know everything inside out AND also be creative to do well on his exams.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 5.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Spring 2010
4.3
Average

Fantastic, nice guy. He explains things pretty well and is very receptive to questions if you don't understand. The material's really interesting, definitely more geared towards cellular/molecular people, and there's lots of human bio involved. Tests are pretty hard (short-answer and MC) but fair.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Spring 2010
3.7
Average

good class. requires a lot of time commitment. keep up with reading he goes slow at first and then picks up the pace later in the semester. need to know material from lecture AND book

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Spring 2010
3.0
Average

Kittlesen is a great teacher but his tests are hard...make sure to study the book and your notes.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 2.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Spring 2010
3.7
Average

The material itself is very interesting, and the professor is wonderful! but it's a lot of reading and studying. the course is very time-consuming and tests are hard. but take it if you are really interested in the subject.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 5.0
Hours/Week 5.0
Spring 2010
4.0
Average

difficult tests

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 5.0
Hours/Week 5.0
Spring 2010
4.0
Average

great class! learned a lot. Test could be challenging but it's not impossible to get an A. Just need to work hard, read everything, take good notes in class. If you can't take good notes, listen to recording later

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Spring 2011
4.3
Average

I really enjoyed this class. It is difficult material and Kittlesen expects that you know it. My best advice is to know the experiments that he goes over in class like the back of your hand. For them, you will need to know the basic material from the book and lecture, but that material can easily be found in the book. He loves to test on the experiments! I found that it is more about the application of the concepts than the concepts themselves, which is what actually made the class interesting and enjoyable.

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 6.0
Spring 2011
4.7
Average

At the start of the semester, I thought this course would be impossible because of some of the reviews that I've read, but it's actually doable. It's a hard class, yeah, but if you make an effort then you shouldn't have too much trouble. Go to the lectures and read the book. What's great about this course is that you don't need to memorize every last minute detail. Kittlesen instead stresses that you understand general concepts and expects you to apply your knowledge on the tests [short answer and MC], which is why they can be challenging. He seems to pull more from the lectures than the book because of all the various experiments. You don't have to take notes word for word but it helps, just in case; it's even better if you can record lectures. Overall this was an enjoyable and rewarding class, at least if you put some effort into it. I'd definitely recommend Immuno, especially since Kittlesen's a great prof. who lectures with clarity and throws in a few jokes every now and then.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 2.0