Andrew Swafford

Andrew works really hard to make the class exciting and is open to feedback and changing the course to fit needs/interests. I learned a lot of raw material and theory that will no doubt be valuable as I continue to learn and discuss biology. I liked that we centered applying theory to our interests. The oral exams were a cool component that I found valuable and educational in and of themselves.

Andrew works really hard to make the class exciting and is open to feedback and changing the course to fit needs/interests. I learned a lot of raw material and theory that will no doubt be valuable as I continue to learn and discuss biology. I liked that we centered applying theory to our interests. The oral exams were a cool compone …Read more

The material in this course was very interesting, and the professor lectured in a way that made it understandable. No exams but a big project at the end that you do with a partner. Problem sets every week or so, but they weren't too bad.

This course was very interesting as the proposal to have our lab be conducted like a graduate style lab introduced a new and unique atmosphere where searching and confirming protocols to ensure experiments would work provided a fresh learning experience. Also the window of mastery allows for students to prove their mastery of a topic by allowing resubmissions.