Joseph Esdin
Department of Physiological Science
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Easiness 3.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.9 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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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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June 19, 2013

I took LS 2 with Arnold/Esdin in Winter Quarter.

Esdin: I LOVE ESDIN. BEST TEACHER EVER.
His lectures are very engaging and he explains things very well. To do well, I recopied all the notes into a separate notebook and went to his office hours. GO TO OFFICE HOURS. He often drops hints at test questions. If you hear "that's a good idea for a test question" WRITE IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

His tests are completely based on lecture and they are very fair.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TEACHER. He deserves like an 8 or something at least on BW.

Arnold: His lectures are pretty boring and he does not seem to teach the right material...All I learned was stuff about fish and lizard mating...
Fortunately, his multiple choice questions are pretty easy and his tests are also lecture based...
All in all, he was boring and his office hours were useless but he was not super difficult...

Grade Received in LS2: A

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April 12, 2013

It was a great class overall. great GE class to take selling the course reader. pratically new, justslightly used with a few markings. contact me *************

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March 26, 2013

Took Phy Sci 5 Winter 2013.

Not a walk in the park, but not too bad as a GE.

No essays and hw, but there are online quizzes, mt, final, and project.

3 online quizes which you take at home. Short, like 3 questions. Not too bad.

MT: multi choice, done on computers in the computer rooms. You gotta study.. some of it is common sense but don't be a retard and assume its gunna be handed to you.

final: same as MT. but a bit harder i think. Study the course reader.

project: TA helps you through it. It isnt that bad. Just record your diet/activity for a week, then analyze stuff about it. Again, the TA helps you through it during discussions.

Overall, its not a horrible GE, but it is memorizing. Of course the big idea is to basically eat more fiber and exercise more frequently, but theres also details youre tested on like enzymes and muscle types and all that. So... dont expect it to be ridiculously easy like some people might say.

Also... 8am when i took it. But lectures arent really that important. Just the coursereader.

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March 2, 2013

Not as easy as everyone says this is. You will need to study for the midterms and the final-the class average for our midterm was a 67 so beware. Don't go into this class thinking that you aren't going to have to work because you will. Overall, easy. 8 am lectures are rough though.

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Feb. 21, 2013

I would not recommend this class to anyone who does not have a strong science background. As a North Campus major, I struggled with the concepts and found the tests and quizzes unreasonable. I originally took this class off the great reviews Dr. Esdin has, but after almost a whole quarter with him I do not feel that he lived up to this reputation.

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Jan. 19, 2013

Dr. Esdin is a good lecturer, he explains things well and his slides help. He doesn't post them consistently though. He'll post slides from certain weeks but not others. If you're taking PhySci5, it's a lot of memorization and really important to know all the little details both in the lectures and reader, but if you do know them, it's pretty easy to do well on the midterm and final which are both multiple choice.

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Jan. 9, 2013

He seems like a great professor. Unfortunately, I am dropping because I enrolled in a class I need. I am selling the course reader.
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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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0 0 Please log in to provide feedback.
Quarter: N/A
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June 19, 2013

I took LS 2 with Arnold/Esdin in Winter Quarter.

Esdin: I LOVE ESDIN. BEST TEACHER EVER.
His lectures are very engaging and he explains things very well. To do well, I recopied all the notes into a separate notebook and went to his office hours. GO TO OFFICE HOURS. He often drops hints at test questions. If you hear "that's a good idea for a test question" WRITE IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

His tests are completely based on lecture and they are very fair.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TEACHER. He deserves like an 8 or something at least on BW.

Arnold: His lectures are pretty boring and he does not seem to teach the right material...All I learned was stuff about fish and lizard mating...
Fortunately, his multiple choice questions are pretty easy and his tests are also lecture based...
All in all, he was boring and his office hours were useless but he was not super difficult...

Grade Received in LS2: A

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April 12, 2013

It was a great class overall. great GE class to take selling the course reader. pratically new, justslightly used with a few markings. contact me *************

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March 26, 2013

Took Phy Sci 5 Winter 2013.

Not a walk in the park, but not too bad as a GE.

No essays and hw, but there are online quizzes, mt, final, and project.

3 online quizes which you take at home. Short, like 3 questions. Not too bad.

MT: multi choice, done on computers in the computer rooms. You gotta study.. some of it is common sense but don't be a retard and assume its gunna be handed to you.

final: same as MT. but a bit harder i think. Study the course reader.

project: TA helps you through it. It isnt that bad. Just record your diet/activity for a week, then analyze stuff about it. Again, the TA helps you through it during discussions.

Overall, its not a horrible GE, but it is memorizing. Of course the big idea is to basically eat more fiber and exercise more frequently, but theres also details youre tested on like enzymes and muscle types and all that. So... dont expect it to be ridiculously easy like some people might say.

Also... 8am when i took it. But lectures arent really that important. Just the coursereader.

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March 2, 2013

Not as easy as everyone says this is. You will need to study for the midterms and the final-the class average for our midterm was a 67 so beware. Don't go into this class thinking that you aren't going to have to work because you will. Overall, easy. 8 am lectures are rough though.

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Feb. 21, 2013

I would not recommend this class to anyone who does not have a strong science background. As a North Campus major, I struggled with the concepts and found the tests and quizzes unreasonable. I originally took this class off the great reviews Dr. Esdin has, but after almost a whole quarter with him I do not feel that he lived up to this reputation.

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Quarter: N/A
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Jan. 19, 2013

Dr. Esdin is a good lecturer, he explains things well and his slides help. He doesn't post them consistently though. He'll post slides from certain weeks but not others. If you're taking PhySci5, it's a lot of memorization and really important to know all the little details both in the lectures and reader, but if you do know them, it's pretty easy to do well on the midterm and final which are both multiple choice.

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Jan. 9, 2013

He seems like a great professor. Unfortunately, I am dropping because I enrolled in a class I need. I am selling the course reader.
*************

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4.3
Overall Rating
Based on 372 Users
Easiness 3.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.9 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.1 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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