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Joseph Esdin

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Easiness 3.4 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.5 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.1 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Dec. 20, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

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.

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PHYSCI 5
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Dec. 22, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

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.

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LIFESCI 7C
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Dec. 27, 2020
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

Professor Esdin has hands down been my favorite professor of the LS7 series. I did not do as well as I had hoped in 7A and 7B, but I was able to do well in 7C because Esdin was such an engaging and interesting lecturer. The tests were difficult (as all 7 series tests are), but I found the material very interesting. 7C probably had the most launchpad out of all the other classes, but I found it to be way more helpful than for any other 7 series class. As long as you understand the cycles that Esdin goes over, you will do great in the class. Also, after each of the midterms, he offered an "exam wrapper" which is basically a mini quiz you can take to get upwards of 8 extra credit points added to your midterm score. This really helped me be less stressed about the grades I received. Overall, I highly recommend taking 7C with Esdin.

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PHYSCI 5
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Jan. 11, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

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.

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PHYSCI 5
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Feb. 2, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

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.

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PHYSCI 5
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Feb. 6, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

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.

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PHYSCI 5
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March 5, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: NR

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!

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 17, 2021
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: N/A

selling my course reader! It is very lightly used. email @************* if you're interested.

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LIFESCI 7C
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 24, 2021
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A

Esdin has definitely been my favorite professor of the LS7 series! I thought the content and the lectures were a lot more interesting than 7A and 7B, part of it was due to the fact that Professor Esdin is a really funny and engaging lecturer. The exams were still set up the same as the ones from 7A and 7B (multiple choice and true/false questions) but there were also exam wrappers that we could take at after each exam to get points back if you missed any. These were really helpful and helped boost my grade a decent amount, I wish other classes in the LS7 series had that option. Take the class with Esdin, you won't regret it!

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PHYSCI 5
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March 30, 2021
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: B+

Selling course reader for cheap price is negotiable. ********** don’t spend $100 online .
Never saw the professors face he only uploaded lectures of a PowerPoint & his voice. The quizzes were pretty easy just use your notes .
Project was easy START EARLY.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 20, 2020

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.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 22, 2020

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.

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LIFESCI 7C
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Dec. 27, 2020

Professor Esdin has hands down been my favorite professor of the LS7 series. I did not do as well as I had hoped in 7A and 7B, but I was able to do well in 7C because Esdin was such an engaging and interesting lecturer. The tests were difficult (as all 7 series tests are), but I found the material very interesting. 7C probably had the most launchpad out of all the other classes, but I found it to be way more helpful than for any other 7 series class. As long as you understand the cycles that Esdin goes over, you will do great in the class. Also, after each of the midterms, he offered an "exam wrapper" which is basically a mini quiz you can take to get upwards of 8 extra credit points added to your midterm score. This really helped me be less stressed about the grades I received. Overall, I highly recommend taking 7C with Esdin.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Jan. 11, 2021

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.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Feb. 2, 2021

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.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
Feb. 6, 2021

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.

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: NR
March 5, 2021

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!

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: N/A
March 17, 2021

selling my course reader! It is very lightly used. email @************* if you're interested.

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LIFESCI 7C
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A
March 24, 2021

Esdin has definitely been my favorite professor of the LS7 series! I thought the content and the lectures were a lot more interesting than 7A and 7B, part of it was due to the fact that Professor Esdin is a really funny and engaging lecturer. The exams were still set up the same as the ones from 7A and 7B (multiple choice and true/false questions) but there were also exam wrappers that we could take at after each exam to get points back if you missed any. These were really helpful and helped boost my grade a decent amount, I wish other classes in the LS7 series had that option. Take the class with Esdin, you won't regret it!

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PHYSCI 5
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: B+
March 30, 2021

Selling course reader for cheap price is negotiable. ********** don’t spend $100 online .
Never saw the professors face he only uploaded lectures of a PowerPoint & his voice. The quizzes were pretty easy just use your notes .
Project was easy START EARLY.

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