Doctor Esdin is very knowledgeable on the subject. He posts his lectures on time for us to watch at any time during that day. He also has participation quizzes for each lecture to make sure we are understanding the concepts which are very helpful when it comes to exams. His exam and quizzes can be a bit tricky with the wording but you just have to pay very close attention to all details presented in the lecture. I learned a lot from this course and it is due to Doctor Esdin's way of explaining concepts which made it very easy to follow along. Overall a great professor!

this class was alright just a regular health science vibe. easy project and quizzes, I found it really helpful to read the course reader! if you want to buy my course reader for CHEAP text me: ********** its the same one each quarter

Definitely recommend taking this class! It was super interesting and Edsin is a great speaker. I took this class virtually and everything was asynchronous- 3 lectures a week for 50 minutes each then a short 2-3 question quiz after to make sure that you watched the lecture. The only work in this class besides the lectures is a lifestyle project where you assess your activity and nutrition for a week. This class was low-stress, easy, interesting, and not a lot of work. The midterm and final were both 20-25 multiple choice questions and were pretty easy. It would have been much more interesting in-person but I still learned a lot.

Dr. Esdin is a great guy, he cares a lot about his students and what he teaches and is great at explaining things well during lecture and being engaging.

Professor Edin was a great teacher. He taught his lectures with clarity and was always there to help and answer questions for the students. If you need easy Science GE, this is the class. Especially for north campus majors.

Maybe it is because I am not used to the structure of south campus classes or I am just not attentive, but I did not think that this class was as easy as a lot of people made it seem. Although it wasn't extremely difficult, I found that a lot of stuff on the quizzes and tests weren't explicitly stated on his powerpoints so you literally had to take notes on everything he said. That said, I found the class to be relatively interesting and I learned a lot about cardiovascular diseases and Esdin himself was pretty funny in his lecture videos. The entire class is currently asynchronous and I would recommend it.

Professor Esdin genuinely cares about his students. This class is awesome. His passion for health bleeds over into his teaching and truly inspires the class to adopt a healthier lifestyle. The quarter long lifestyle project is a lot of work, however, it is fairly interesting and manageable as long as you stay on top of it. The quizzes and exams are occasionally tricky/subjective. That is why it is important to study hard so that you do not second guess yourself. Overall, this course is AMAZING and I would recommend everyone take it.

lolll i took this class cos the reviews all said it was super easy but tbh i feel like it got low key harder with covid. the material wasn't too hard bc the prof is a great guy and he really knows his stuff so he lectured well, but the quizzes really got me. the wording was super detailed and asked us more about like tiny details that i felt were super hard and cost me a lot of points. i was super scared for my grade in this class from the beginning of the quarter bc i didn't know how the quizzes were before we took them, and after i took one and i flopped i really started studying a ton more than i thought this class would require given how the reviews talked about how easy it was. it's def doable if you study and put in the work, i guess i was just taken aback bc it seemed much more challenging than the super positive reviews had talked about it when they took it pre-covid.

prof is super amazing tho, nothing on him lol. he's very kind and you can tell he genuinely cares about like health and stuff which is why he teaches this class. if u need help or idk have questions about the class i'd be glad to talk about it, email at ************* :))

I took PhySci 5 with Esdin Fall Quarter 2020. This is an extremely practical and useful course and I recommend everyone take it. Professor Esdin does a good job explaining the content and connecting it to practical steps to improve lifestyle choices. Some of the lectures aren't super organized, but if you are ever unsure the Course Reader covers all the content in greater detail so definitely study that. Grading was very fair, a large portion of the grade is a lifestyle assessment project that is very straightforward to score full points on, and there are points for easy quizzes and discussion participation. Great class!

This is a decent class and I'm glad to have gotten my lab requirement out of the way with it. Lectures kind of feel boring/repetitive at times so I often watch them at a faster speed. We have a participation quiz for each lecture which is just a bunch of free points and should be easy if you watched the lecture. The good thing about the participation quizzes too is that they keep you from procrastinating/delaying lectures. The lifestyle project is pretty big but completely do-able, just start early! If you start a week early you should be fine, but keep up with all of the stuff we do in lab. Lab is long but I'd so much rather be in that lab than like a chemistry or physics one. The lecture/lab quizzes are poorly worded so make sure you have good notes.