the worst out of the 7 series. period.

it's crazy how we probably won't even get a curve even with all the things going on in the spring 24 quarter.

lost all my respect for the "helpful" atmosphere that was created.

but i recommend esdin from the instructors. he's willing to listen and willing to help. it's just that the curve was probably out of his hands.

Not as easy people make it seem to be. It is a very sciency class and as a humanities major, it just did not click for me. Meeting 3 days a week at 9am felt absurd and too much for just a GE. Attendance is mandatory and verified with clicker questions (i most times just clicked a random button from home just to get my points). The quizzes are pretty hard, they're take home but have a very short time limit (1 minute per question ) which forces you to really know the information off the top of your head. Also this class made me feel so self conscious and made me want to develop an ED. Dr Esdin is a cool guy and a great professor but there are easier GE's out there.

Dr. Esdin is a great professor who is very understanding of his students learning. His lectures never felt rushed, and he said if we did not get to a certain topic that everything was going to be okay. His lectures were very engaging and clear. I was very passionate about learning about diet and exercise before entering the class and this class reached my high expectations. He was a great communicator about any changes happening in the class and he would often give reminders about when an assignment, project, or quiz was coming up.

I recommend him as a professor and this class. The only thing that may be stressful is the lifestyle project which is worth 100 points. It is only stressful if you wait until the last minute, but if you dedicate a little time to it each day, you will be good :) The quizzes were all online, except for one of them, and they were not bad, sometimes questions were worded weird but it was fine. This class was actually relatable and useful for everyday life, and I 100% recommend for a life science GE. (Plus it covers the lab requirement so it is a win win).

When I signed up for this class, people who had taken it in previous quarters told me it would be fun, insightful, and a light workload. THAT WAS NOT AT ALL THE CASE. The lectures were okay at best, but the slides lacked adequate text. The professor skimmed the surface about multiple topics at a quick pace, then expected us to learn in-depth on our own time without any guidance. Honestly, the course reader was much more understandable, yet his questions were so out of the blue and unrelated to anything he said, so it didn't matter much. This is such an unnecessarily difficult, boring, and tedious GE that I would NOT recommend it for anyone who wants to keep their GPA up.