Joseph Esdin
Department of Physiological Science
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Dec. 18, 2013

Esdin is a really really great professor. Physci 5 is a fun GE and an interesting course. The class starts out with the digestive system, then goes on to the digestion of proteins, carbs and lipids, then to diabetes, cancer, a healthy heart and exercise. It taught me a lot about what things are happening to my body according to what I eat. My grandfather has diabetes type 2 so it was very informative knowing what caused the disease and what he can do and what he should eat so the disease does not worsen.

The class has lectures every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They are 50 minute lectures. Then, you also have discussion which meets every other week.

TIPS:
1. Attend lectures, especially the friday ones. Esdin is a great professor because he explains concepts in detail and makes analogies to everyday things so all his students can understand. On fridays, he gives out questions that will be on the midterm or the final.
2. Do not procrastinate on the project. For me personally, the project really really helped boost my grade. It's easy. Just do a little a day and you'll be finished before you know it.
3. Go to the lecture before your second quiz! At the end of that friday lecture, instead of giving out a quiz or final question, he tells you to write down your name and ID number and you'll get a perfect on the quiz. The other people that didn't attend lecture will have to take it.

Point breakdown:
-2 quizzes that are 12 pts each
-dicussion attendance 20 pts
-a project that is 100 pts
-midterm that is 150 pts
-final that is 150 pts
=total of 444 pts.

The project is very easy, but it is tedious and takes a while to do. The first part consists of listing all the foods you've eaten for 7 days and all your activities for 7 days and entering it into iprofile. The second part consists of you performing different types of exercises to determine your fitness level. You then take the information you gathered from those two parts and write out what the information you have tells you and how you can change your lifestyle so you can avoid lifestyle diseases. I split up the work and did the project in the span of a week, just doing half a page a day. My discussion portion came out to be six pages.

To be honest, this class was a bit of a struggle for me. I have not taken a course similar to this at all during high school and the closest is bio, which I took freshman year of hs, so I basically came into this class with little to almost no knowledge about the body and diseases while a lot of other people had taken anatomy in hs. I am also a north campus major and this was just a GE that I picked out because it sounded interesting and had pretty good reviews. I failed the midterm with a 87.8/150 (yep), got perfect on attendance and the quizzes and the project and got a 125.5/150 on the final. The midterm and final is curved, so I ended the class with a B+. I studied really hard the last week before my final.

I am selling the course reader along with the iprofile. Text to ********** if you are interested. I can also give you my project so you can use it as a guide.

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Dec. 13, 2013

Professor Esdin is smart, clear, and just sweet. This class is easy, the perfect thing for my first quarter at UCLA. Going to lecture is helpful, you know what he puts emphasis on for the tests and he clarifies what can be sometimes confusing science jargon in the course reader. Get started on the project as soon as it is assigned, go to lecture, read the course reader (with a highlighter! so helpful), and you will be fine. Plus, you actually learn information relevant to your daily life! And Esdin tells funny stories in class, especially the diabetes one :) Take it and find out!

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Sept. 26, 2013

Sorry, my post is below and my email is *************

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Sept. 26, 2013

This class was super interesting but it does take a lot of memorization and work. I've heard that it's harder than it was before when my friends took it but I still got an A- so its all good.

Email me if you're interested in buying my course reader for this class. It's in LIKE NEW condition. Absolutely no markings, tears, or notes in the course reader. Spring 2013 edition, the brand new one he just introduced last quarter (bright pink cover). Would also be willing to include my project for the class (worth 1/4 of the grade), called the Lifestyle Assessment Report. That report takes a long time, it really helps to have an example and I got a 98 on it. I also have saved screenshots of the online quizzes that I'd include in the purchase. Save yourself the walk to Westwood (the only place that sells it, not sold in UCLA bookstore)

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Sept. 6, 2013

Great class! Selling course reader for phisci 5 for $40 and the iprofile program for $20. Email me at ************* if interested!

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Aug. 26, 2013

Awesome professor! Lectures were intriguing and organized. Attended every lecture and it was well worth it.

Grading consisted of:
Midterm 150 points
2 Quizzes 24 points
Lifestyle Assessment Report (due at the end of the course) 100 points
Final 150 points

The midterm and final were held at the Young Hall computer labs and only consisted of 38 multiple choice questions. You should definitely attend Friday lectures since he gives out answers to questions that will appear on the midterm and final exam.

Also, I am selling the Physiological Science 5-Lifestyle and Diseases Course Reader (Spring 2013 edition) for $35. It is like new with absolutely no markings or tears. Text ********** if interested.

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Aug. 6, 2013

kinda easy ge class.

one project which should be submitted by the end of the course and two midterms (I guess).

Midterms are quite straightforward if you attend lectures and read course reader.

you take midterms at computer lab; mutiple choices and you just click the answers.

Much more attractive than what you expect from the title 'Diet and Exercise'

Also, i sell course reader (Good condition) and study guide (almost new); these are at $15; just text or call on **********

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Aug. 6, 2013

Esdin is a great guy, totally passionate about diet and exercise for PhySci5. It's an early ass class but full of athletes so easy A.

Selling the course reader for Phy Sci 5, Spring 2013 edtion. Email me at ************* if you're interested. It's like new and has absolutely no marks on it. Save yourself the walk to the course reader store in westwood cause it's not sold in Ackerman.

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June 25, 2013

nice professor, focus on material and the lecture is not such important.
sell PHYSCI 5 course reader for $30 only.(original price 50) text **********

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June 20, 2013

Course Taken: LS2

This class was great! Professor Esdin is such a great lecturer. I really recommend taking his LS2 class. It definitely is not a walk in the park as the tests require great understanding and application of the course material, but definitely doable. I recommend going to his office hours; he really cares for all of his students.

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Dec. 18, 2013

Esdin is a really really great professor. Physci 5 is a fun GE and an interesting course. The class starts out with the digestive system, then goes on to the digestion of proteins, carbs and lipids, then to diabetes, cancer, a healthy heart and exercise. It taught me a lot about what things are happening to my body according to what I eat. My grandfather has diabetes type 2 so it was very informative knowing what caused the disease and what he can do and what he should eat so the disease does not worsen.

The class has lectures every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They are 50 minute lectures. Then, you also have discussion which meets every other week.

TIPS:
1. Attend lectures, especially the friday ones. Esdin is a great professor because he explains concepts in detail and makes analogies to everyday things so all his students can understand. On fridays, he gives out questions that will be on the midterm or the final.
2. Do not procrastinate on the project. For me personally, the project really really helped boost my grade. It's easy. Just do a little a day and you'll be finished before you know it.
3. Go to the lecture before your second quiz! At the end of that friday lecture, instead of giving out a quiz or final question, he tells you to write down your name and ID number and you'll get a perfect on the quiz. The other people that didn't attend lecture will have to take it.

Point breakdown:
-2 quizzes that are 12 pts each
-dicussion attendance 20 pts
-a project that is 100 pts
-midterm that is 150 pts
-final that is 150 pts
=total of 444 pts.

The project is very easy, but it is tedious and takes a while to do. The first part consists of listing all the foods you've eaten for 7 days and all your activities for 7 days and entering it into iprofile. The second part consists of you performing different types of exercises to determine your fitness level. You then take the information you gathered from those two parts and write out what the information you have tells you and how you can change your lifestyle so you can avoid lifestyle diseases. I split up the work and did the project in the span of a week, just doing half a page a day. My discussion portion came out to be six pages.

To be honest, this class was a bit of a struggle for me. I have not taken a course similar to this at all during high school and the closest is bio, which I took freshman year of hs, so I basically came into this class with little to almost no knowledge about the body and diseases while a lot of other people had taken anatomy in hs. I am also a north campus major and this was just a GE that I picked out because it sounded interesting and had pretty good reviews. I failed the midterm with a 87.8/150 (yep), got perfect on attendance and the quizzes and the project and got a 125.5/150 on the final. The midterm and final is curved, so I ended the class with a B+. I studied really hard the last week before my final.

I am selling the course reader along with the iprofile. Text to ********** if you are interested. I can also give you my project so you can use it as a guide.

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Dec. 13, 2013

Professor Esdin is smart, clear, and just sweet. This class is easy, the perfect thing for my first quarter at UCLA. Going to lecture is helpful, you know what he puts emphasis on for the tests and he clarifies what can be sometimes confusing science jargon in the course reader. Get started on the project as soon as it is assigned, go to lecture, read the course reader (with a highlighter! so helpful), and you will be fine. Plus, you actually learn information relevant to your daily life! And Esdin tells funny stories in class, especially the diabetes one :) Take it and find out!

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Sept. 26, 2013

Sorry, my post is below and my email is *************

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Sept. 26, 2013

This class was super interesting but it does take a lot of memorization and work. I've heard that it's harder than it was before when my friends took it but I still got an A- so its all good.

Email me if you're interested in buying my course reader for this class. It's in LIKE NEW condition. Absolutely no markings, tears, or notes in the course reader. Spring 2013 edition, the brand new one he just introduced last quarter (bright pink cover). Would also be willing to include my project for the class (worth 1/4 of the grade), called the Lifestyle Assessment Report. That report takes a long time, it really helps to have an example and I got a 98 on it. I also have saved screenshots of the online quizzes that I'd include in the purchase. Save yourself the walk to Westwood (the only place that sells it, not sold in UCLA bookstore)

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Sept. 6, 2013

Great class! Selling course reader for phisci 5 for $40 and the iprofile program for $20. Email me at ************* if interested!

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Aug. 26, 2013

Awesome professor! Lectures were intriguing and organized. Attended every lecture and it was well worth it.

Grading consisted of:
Midterm 150 points
2 Quizzes 24 points
Lifestyle Assessment Report (due at the end of the course) 100 points
Final 150 points

The midterm and final were held at the Young Hall computer labs and only consisted of 38 multiple choice questions. You should definitely attend Friday lectures since he gives out answers to questions that will appear on the midterm and final exam.

Also, I am selling the Physiological Science 5-Lifestyle and Diseases Course Reader (Spring 2013 edition) for $35. It is like new with absolutely no markings or tears. Text ********** if interested.

Helpful?

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Quarter: N/A
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Aug. 6, 2013

kinda easy ge class.

one project which should be submitted by the end of the course and two midterms (I guess).

Midterms are quite straightforward if you attend lectures and read course reader.

you take midterms at computer lab; mutiple choices and you just click the answers.

Much more attractive than what you expect from the title 'Diet and Exercise'

Also, i sell course reader (Good condition) and study guide (almost new); these are at $15; just text or call on **********

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Aug. 6, 2013

Esdin is a great guy, totally passionate about diet and exercise for PhySci5. It's an early ass class but full of athletes so easy A.

Selling the course reader for Phy Sci 5, Spring 2013 edtion. Email me at ************* if you're interested. It's like new and has absolutely no marks on it. Save yourself the walk to the course reader store in westwood cause it's not sold in Ackerman.

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June 25, 2013

nice professor, focus on material and the lecture is not such important.
sell PHYSCI 5 course reader for $30 only.(original price 50) text **********

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June 20, 2013

Course Taken: LS2

This class was great! Professor Esdin is such a great lecturer. I really recommend taking his LS2 class. It definitely is not a walk in the park as the tests require great understanding and application of the course material, but definitely doable. I recommend going to his office hours; he really cares for all of his students.

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