BIOL 5180 Seminar in Cellular Dynamics

Name: Seminar in Cellular Dynamics
Rating: 3.76 (18 reviews)

This course fulfills advanced experience requirement. This course explores topics in dynamic cellular processes using the primary scientific literature.

Course overview

Department: Biology
School: MCAS
Credits: 2
Level: Both
Offered: Annually

Catalog details

Prerequisites: BIOL3040 or BIOL4350 or CHEM4461 or CHEM4462

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 3.76 / 5 · Very Good
18 responses
Instructor rating: 3.86 / 5 · Very Good
18 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
Most recent: Spring 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2025	Maitreyi Das	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.3	5.0	3.7	4.1	4.3	4–6 hrs/week	10 of 10
Spring 2024	Maitreyi Das	4.0	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	1–3 hrs/week	8 of 10

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Maitreyi Das
Spring 2027, Spring 2025, Spring 2024 · Official rating 3.86/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Maitreyi Das · Higgins Hall 552 TuTh 02:00PM-02:50PM · Offered