General
Lectures are present in each block, but their quality may vary as lecturers change. Whether you attend or watch lectures is a personal choice, but there are some exceptions to this.
Block 1
The lectures here vary in quality. I can speak from experience that the lectures are not a hard requirement. It’s always good to go, but biochem is biochem. There’s no secret Krebs cycle 2.0 that they’re going to tell you about in lecture that you can’t learn through other resources.
Block 2
This is the block where the largest number of people state they were unhappy with the lecture. Personally I can say that Costanzo and BnB covered more than enough for me and the people I study with to pass, but do what you will.
Block 3
In block 3, lectures are a soft requirement. To understand the block you really need to attend/watch and study the lectures. We highly recommend them, particularly the case wrapups which will be led by Dr. Schenker.
Block 4
Not all lectures are great, but it’s probably important to study the immunology lectures and the lectures given by Dr. Furrer (the block director). These are the most important ones.
Block 5
This is your first block with Dr. Frazier as a lecturer, so get excited. Her lectures are great. In general, the lectures are another soft requirement this block. Be sure to study them well.