Professor
Andrew Poulos
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Course breakdown: 1) 8 Quizzes (1 dropped) 2) 1 Midterm 3) 1 Final. Each category is 70 points. Quizzes are 10 points each, so the total added with the lowest score dropped will be out of 70. The class is not easy, but it's definitely not hard. Since it's psychobio, it obviously requires a ton of memorization. He goes over extremely basic fundamentals though, so there aren't too many details you have to burden yourself with. Lectures basically just run through the text book. If you attend them, you will easily ace quizzes and develop a solid grasp of what you need to know for the midterm/final. Reading over the actual textbook also helps anchor it in your mind. You'll also learn this in class: DON'T READ EVERYTHING LAST MINUTE. Your brain requires time and sleeeeppp to consolidate information. For those who believe that memorizing information for the first time right before exams would help the information stay "fresh" in the mind, you won't leave the class smiling. If anything, just read over notes once per day, it helped me more than I can imagine. One negative is that he weights every category the same. Your final is not worth any more than your midterm, or your added up quizzes. So if you bomb one, making up for it with the other two may be a little harder. My midterm costed me my grade. In positive light, however, if you do well on quizzes and midterms, your final is basically the SAME THING as your midterm (if not, easier). People easily completed the final exam within the first 40 minutes to the hour of our 3 hour assigned final time. Quizzes are the easiest, then final, then midterm. Raw grade: A-. Official Grade: A-. So, don't depend on the curve.
Course breakdown: 1) 8 Quizzes (1 dropped) 2) 1 Midterm 3) 1 Final. Each category is 70 points. Quizzes are 10 points each, so the total added with the lowest score dropped will be out of 70. The class is not easy, but it's definitely not hard. Since it's psychobio, it obviously requires a ton of memorization. He goes over extremely basic fundamentals though, so there aren't too many details you have to burden yourself with. Lectures basically just run through the text book. If you attend them, you will easily ace quizzes and develop a solid grasp of what you need to know for the midterm/final. Reading over the actual textbook also helps anchor it in your mind. You'll also learn this in class: DON'T READ EVERYTHING LAST MINUTE. Your brain requires time and sleeeeppp to consolidate information. For those who believe that memorizing information for the first time right before exams would help the information stay "fresh" in the mind, you won't leave the class smiling. If anything, just read over notes once per day, it helped me more than I can imagine. One negative is that he weights every category the same. Your final is not worth any more than your midterm, or your added up quizzes. So if you bomb one, making up for it with the other two may be a little harder. My midterm costed me my grade. In positive light, however, if you do well on quizzes and midterms, your final is basically the SAME THING as your midterm (if not, easier). People easily completed the final exam within the first 40 minutes to the hour of our 3 hour assigned final time. Quizzes are the easiest, then final, then midterm. Raw grade: A-. Official Grade: A-. So, don't depend on the curve.
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