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Catherine Spirito BIOE461 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/07/2023	Best professor EVER. Hands down. Took a 400-level BIOE foundational elective and turned it into an engaging, learn-something-new-everyday kind of class. It started to feel less like a class and more like a workshop, constantly keeping you awake but in a good way -- Dr. Spirito truly cares about her students and puts in more than enough effort to help us keep up with the course content. The overall structure of the class is fairly simple -- you should not have any issues with homework or quizzes, and it primarily revolves around this massive project that we all present at the end of the semester. You'll have mini-assignments regarding this project from the beginning of the semester all the way up to your presentation, so there's no way you can really "fall behind". However, I'd say that the kicker is really getting together with your teammates and making the project as cohesive as possible. This is something that gets emphasized during the middle of the semester, where everyone's got 2-3 midterms a week, so I'd highly recommend communicating with your teammates as early as you can. The only downside I have to say is that there's a lot of groupwork during class. Like. A lot. A lot of collaborative thinking and stuff like that. I don't mind working with others, but when you're facing the brunt of the semester, sometimes all you want to do is just clock in and clock out of a lecture due to a lack of energy. However, do not let that deter you from this class, as the groupwork is super easy and simple, and both the class and Dr. Spirito are overall fun!
Edward Eisenstein BIOE461 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/16/2022	He's a nice professor, but his lectures are unbelievably boring. The assignments are far and few between, but lack any concrete instruction. A large part of the grade is based on a group project, where he does not give any guidance. Any questions we asked him were immediately shot down with the same response "Our idea was too high level" without specification into why. The TAs were no help either, as they did not know how to do most of the assignments. A class that was meant to be an easy A and interesting discourse turned out to be more work than expected. This class is designed to be online. I received nothing from the lectures and had to learn most of the information outside of class.
Edward Eisenstein BIOE461 Expecting an A blue_footed_booby 05/15/2021	Online teaching definitely threw a big wrench in the amount of value I gained from this course, but I still learned a lot about things my other bioe classes barely mention! Dr. Eisenstein is a super nice and understanding professor who clearly only wants the best for students. This class may be overloaded with information, but even if you only learn a fourth of it, you will still find it rewarding and eye-opening.