Professor
Chase Linsley
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Fall 2023 - This class was the bane of my existence. I would rather be in BE 100 than this class any day. Besides a handful of guest lecturers, this class was pretty much a waste of time and it has wayyyyy too much busy work for a two-unit class. I can see this class being semi-useful if you are a freshman. But if you are a sophomore or a transfer (junior) it is pretty much a waste of time. I am not someone who leaves everything for the last minute but this class was super annoying in that I always ended up leaving all the work last minute. The class has two long article summaries which u have to write in single space, 11pt font, and a final summary about what you learned, and a bunch of other busy work. My best advice is to try and get all the assignments as early as you can so that you can focus on your other classes that actually matter. The assignments are not hard, they are just extremely pointless and boring.
Fall 2023 - This class was the bane of my existence. I would rather be in BE 100 than this class any day. Besides a handful of guest lecturers, this class was pretty much a waste of time and it has wayyyyy too much busy work for a two-unit class. I can see this class being semi-useful if you are a freshman. But if you are a sophomore or a transfer (junior) it is pretty much a waste of time. I am not someone who leaves everything for the last minute but this class was super annoying in that I always ended up leaving all the work last minute. The class has two long article summaries which u have to write in single space, 11pt font, and a final summary about what you learned, and a bunch of other busy work. My best advice is to try and get all the assignments as early as you can so that you can focus on your other classes that actually matter. The assignments are not hard, they are just extremely pointless and boring.
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Spring 2023 - One third about materials science, one third about blood clotting, and one third about the immune system. One of those classes that's hard not necessarily because of the material, but because of the simply odd test questions. For better or worse, almost your entire grade is made of a few tests that each have a small number of questions, so the workload is manageable but your grade is very sensitive to each mistake. I think this class deserves credit for an especially bizarre grading policy that was implemented after people did badly on the first exam: if you score top 5 in the class for the second midterm or final, you get an A in the class automatically. That only helps the very best people in the class do even better. If you topscore on the second exam, you have no reason to touch the last third of the material, so you end up less educated than everyone else. Also the second exam was optionally online, so you could easily cheat your way into this policy. The median grade for the final was slightly below 60%, so this policy clearly did not do much to improve things. It's fine to reward people for doing well, but to see that most of the class is struggling and address that by boosting the top 10 people even higher is funny.
Spring 2023 - One third about materials science, one third about blood clotting, and one third about the immune system. One of those classes that's hard not necessarily because of the material, but because of the simply odd test questions. For better or worse, almost your entire grade is made of a few tests that each have a small number of questions, so the workload is manageable but your grade is very sensitive to each mistake. I think this class deserves credit for an especially bizarre grading policy that was implemented after people did badly on the first exam: if you score top 5 in the class for the second midterm or final, you get an A in the class automatically. That only helps the very best people in the class do even better. If you topscore on the second exam, you have no reason to touch the last third of the material, so you end up less educated than everyone else. Also the second exam was optionally online, so you could easily cheat your way into this policy. The median grade for the final was slightly below 60%, so this policy clearly did not do much to improve things. It's fine to reward people for doing well, but to see that most of the class is struggling and address that by boosting the top 10 people even higher is funny.
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Winter 2022 - I disagree with the last 2 reviews. I am pre-med and was excited for this class. While the content is interesting I think the slides are really bad and Linsley did not really seen knowledgable about the content. He improved when it came to the kidneys but the cardiac lectures were the worst. Many people just stopped going to class cause the lectures were so unhelpful. His written tests are fair though. Quizzes are a bit annoying and short on time.
Winter 2022 - I disagree with the last 2 reviews. I am pre-med and was excited for this class. While the content is interesting I think the slides are really bad and Linsley did not really seen knowledgable about the content. He improved when it came to the kidneys but the cardiac lectures were the worst. Many people just stopped going to class cause the lectures were so unhelpful. His written tests are fair though. Quizzes are a bit annoying and short on time.