<p>thank you, i´ve been selecting the classes i want to take this next fall, and so far i have ma17, en3, and principles of economics, but i am not sure about the fourth class so i will apreciate your feedback on any of the following:
-culture and health an 0023—smith
-growing up ethnic and multicultaral an25----anderson
-the biologay and evolution of languag cg32—lieberman
-biotechnoly in medicine bi17—lyastig, hawrot
-darwinian medicine bi19----tatar
-volcanos, windows into the deep earth ge16 saat
-intro to public policy ps 10 chelt
-elementary psychology—py1 wooten
-animal minds…py19 colwill
-intro to science studies sc49
these are the ones i am interested in, thank you for the help!</p>
<p>and i have checked the critical review, but i want further advise...:)</p>
<p>I haven't taken any of those, but I've heard great things about Cheit (PS10).</p>
<p>what about neuro1? its supposed to be a great intro science course</p>
<p>i took the biotech course last fall as a cap course. while you do learn some interesting stuff, there are parts of it that are a little... dry... (the pharmacology part that hawrot lectures). one thing i liked about this course is that prof. lysaght (i got confused when you wrote lyastig. unless lysaght isn't teaching it) makes an effort to get to know who everyone is in the class. he'll take a picture of everyone in the class, and get it printed on a poster with names in his office so that he can learn them all.</p>
<p>the tests are kind of tedious though, and they really test mostly your memorization skills (like, what percentage of doctor's visits ends with a prescription - 75%). there are also 3 presentations and weekly discussion sections on assigned books (most of which were really interesting). the tests might seem like they're graded kinda harshly, but there's a reaallly nice curve at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>it's not an easy class. there's a lot of reading (most of which i didn't do, unless it was for section), but lysaght is a pretty good lecturer. if you're interested in the technology side of medicine (different procedures, devices, and such) it should be interesting.</p>
<p>considering the other courses you're taking though, i don't know if this would be a good choice since i'm thinking math and engin will be pretty time consuming, and that's already a lot of science-type stuff.</p>
<p>i don't know if what i've said is any different from the critical review, but hopefully it was helpful.</p>
<p>oh, i've also heard great stuff about geo 16 with alberto saal. my boyfriend took that FYS and loved it. He also got pretty close with that professor, and he and three other freshmen went on a research cruise with him and some grad students during second semester from the galapagos to san diego, which is pretty sweet.</p>
<p>ohh thank you very much for your suggestions, i also think biotech might be tough and time comsuming considering the other classes am taking,...so my question is: which of the those classes do you think (or anyone else) might be a good sort of "elective" that i may enjoy, but will not take too much time away from the other classes am taking..thankk you!</p>
<p>Ah, I just noticed Culture and Health... I've heard not-so-good things about that class from close friends who took it last year... then again... if you do find it interesting, it's not supposed to be too hard.</p>
<p>By the way, this is what shopping period is for -- shop a number of these classes and you might get a better sense of which ones will be a good fit for you and your schedule.</p>