Overall Dr. Fluitt was a great professor and made 5HA not only a manageable class but also an enjoyable one. I thought she was a very engaging lecturer and always made an effort to connect with students and get to know them. She also designed the class where the majority of students do get an A as long as you actively try on the assignments and participate in class. My only complaint with Dr. Fluitt is that she can be flaky with deadlines and assigning the actual assignments. Sometimes she would post assignments later than she originally said and was sometimes last minute with this. While this wasn't a massive deal it did make it more difficult for me to plan my schedule on when to do work for which classes. Dr. Fluitt also is not the best at responding to email or campuswire, so if you have a question I would save it for office hours/class or email one of the TAs. I will say, though, that while Dr. Fluitt is not always reliable when it comes to posting assignments or responding, she does give her students the same leniency she expects from them. In general she was very understanding for late assignments or accidentally missing deadlines. The problem sets she assigns, while sometimes a little confusing, were always still graded with leniency as well. Ultimately she was a great professor and I definitely recommend this class!

If you don't know anyone in the class, then it's gonna be really hard to think and bounce ideas off of people since some questions are really tricky. She talks a lot about how you shouldn't overthink questions but it completely disregards those who DO find it tricky and office hours where you can get help on problem sets are not really helpful. She will basically just tell you to refer back to deconstruction slides, but that's a given most of the time.

Professor Fluitt is awesome, she cares sooooo much about her students. She explains complex scientific jargon and data in a beautiful way, which allows for clear understanding at the end of each section. The class is in two halves, with a scientist speaker and experiment for each. The speaker introduces their work to the class, and then Amy Fluitt spends the rest of the classes just breaking down the material into comprehensible little chunks. At the end of each section, you feel like an expert and understand every part of the experiment, why they proceeded the way they did, what the results were. The assignments are formed around these two sections, with two assignments per section. A paper halfway through, and a more in depth paper at the end of the section. Both are very straightforward, you have plenty of time, and she even uploads a helpful companion video explaining each question what she's looking for. Participation matters. The only other assignments are very brief like thinking of questions for the speaker. She wants each and every student to succeed. If you attend lectures and give yourself time to do the 4 assignments, you should definitely get an A.

This class is pretty sick. For someone that does not have any background in biomedical research at all, this is a very nice way to get exposed to some of the work being done in the field.

Dr. Fluitt is a super cool and relatable prof, maybe due to the fact that she's on the younger side. This class is really great for anyone wanting to go into biomedical research minor or just learn about research in general.

The class is split into two talks. Each talk has two problem sets, and a reflection assignment. There's also participation points assigned if you participate in OH or campuswire. I found the problem sets pretty fun and not too difficult or tedious, but maybe that's just because I was interested in the course material. The problem sets do seem to be graded kind of harshly at times, so comparing with other people in the class is helpful. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be many extensions offered in this class, and each assignment is a significant part of the grade, so deadlines are SUPER important.

Some of the lectures might be a little slow if you're already involved in research, but it's still cool to see all of the techniques presented and get an understanding of the science behind them/how to interpret them if you come across them later.

She's super approachable in office hours as well, so if you are interested in the minor or just pursuing research, I HIGHLY recommend dropping by and getting to know the professor!

This is arguably the hardest class in this LS series. However, Dr. Fluitt makes her tests a lot easier than other professors do. She also includes a lot of "cushion points," such as participation points for clicker questions, for doing the Launchpad readings, and for going to discussion. Nevertheless, this class was still stressful for me because there was a lot of material and she had to go through the slides really fast to get through everything on time. So it was hard to follow and I had to go back and rewatch the lectures to understand everything. Her office hours are also very helpful, as she genuinely cares about her students' learning and she would give everyone an A if she could.

Dr. Fluitt is an engaging lecturer who really enjoys and understands LS3 material. I did not know what to expect from her class at first because apparently she was a new professor, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Launchpad is required for class because the weekly homework and readings are assigned through it. Sometimes the readings are long and full of detail, but overall the online assignments provide a nice buffer of points for your grade.
iClickers are also required for participation points. Dr. Fluitt makes good use of these by incorporating relevant questions in her lecture. I highly recommend giving your greatest effort in answering these questions because they are excellent practice for the exams.
Her exams are extremely fair and require paying close attention to lecture. Midterm II is arguably being the most difficult, so be sure to attend office hours and clear any misconceptions.
Overall, I enjoyed taking LS3 with Dr. Fluitt. She was extremely personable and friendly during lecture and office hours. She really cares about her students enjoying the class and doing a good job. Definitely not the scariest class in the LS series (that accolade would go to LS4).

Professor Fluiit is a nice lady, but I really did not like this class. The lectures were rushed and she talked way too fast to take in any information. Also, the slides and the organizations of the lectures were all over the place. Whenever we go onto a new section, she would just throw out terms that we are expected to know. Also, the tests were unfair. Midterm two was not supposed to cumulative, but she included things from the previous section. Also, the tests were extremely unclear and she always said she was not trying to trick us, but since the questions were so vague they were also tricky. Do not test us on things you did not even talk about. That just takes away from the point of this class. I'm surprised that she had a 3.5 rating on bruinwalk, shes hould have a 2.

LS3 has been rumored to be super difficult, but with Fluitt I think it was pretty manageable. That's not to say that the class is easy whatsoever but Fluitt knows her stuff really well and is good at communicating. Definitely a class that you can't zone out in for a second otherwise you'll miss a bunch, so it's good that it is BruinCasted. Would definitely recommend doing a Peer learning session because it helped me keep on top of the large volumes of material and actually understand what was happening.