Mark Spritzer
Class was very exam heavy and relied on a lot of memorization. You're given a sheet with the notes from the lecture and expected to memorize everything on there for the exams. The good thing was nothing unexpected was on the exams.
Professor Spritzer expects a lot from his students, but if you’re good at memorizing facts and small details, you’ll be fine in his courses. His exams were almost completely memory based; if you memorized his PowerPoints, you did well on the exam. I found lab to be more difficult and more time consuming than lecture, so be prepared for it feeling like 2 separate courses.
I really liked this course because it was so interesting to learn about physiology in a more in-depth context. I've taken Mark's courses in the past, so I know how his teaching style is and how is exams and structured. His exams are very specific and require to draw on specific examples from the textbook -- so read the textbook! However, he's very fair in grading and allows for exam corrections to improve your test score. My only negative criticism for the course is how heavy the neuroscience material was and the way Mark had the assumption that we all already had a foundation in the things he was talking. As a biology, I wasn't familiar with things that action potentials or neurotransmitters. He would use terminology that wasn't necessarily inclusive to everyone, so I felt like I had to study more and familiarize myself more with the material than what my neuroscience major peers were doing. This course is definitely targeted toward neuroscience majors, but if you're willing to put in the extra work or already have a foundation in these kinds of topics, then I would recommend!
I really liked this course because it was so interesting to learn about physiology in a more in-depth context. I've taken Mark's courses in the past, so I know how his teaching style is and how is exams and structured. His exams are very specific and require to draw on specific examples from the textbook -- so read the textbook! Howe …Read more