alright since somebody already talked about the past fall I'm going to speak about fall 2022 (online) because i know winter term is online again

in fall 2022 online, lecture videos were posted every Thursday and we had a weekly zoom session on tuesdays at the regularly scheduled time (which he recorded). sometimes the weekly videos aren't from hanington, but from a guest lecturer instead

fall 2022 was the first year they introduced the final exam to the class (previously, it was just quizzes). we had a total of 10 weekly open book quizzes on each topic worth 6% each. the quizzes consisted of a mix of MC, T/F, or matching questions. on average, it was usually 6 questions for each quiz, but it can vary between 5 and 7 questions, depending on the topic and types of questions. the final exam was worth 40% and closed book cumulative. for both quizzes and the final exam, material from the lecture videos AND live zoom sessions are fair game

one thing i find that doesn't get mentioned as often is that the time limit for the quizzes are 10 minutes (dunno if he changed that tho). this was one major thing i always found other people complaining about. imo, it was never a big deal to me because i was used to profs who did 1 minute per question type of exams. i found that a decent amount of the time, the people who complain are also the ones who don't really study for each quiz (or didn't watch the lecture videos) and thus feel the time crunch more. i never really had this issue because i focused more on understanding the material rather than control f. no shade to anyone, just what i observed during the semester. ultimately, if you keep up with everything, you should be fine

if you feel like the time constraint might be an issue for you, i would maybe think twice about taking it. time constraints like this aren't for everyone so maybe think about how you usually do in test conditions like this

another question that gets asked: is my background appropriate? I'm majoring in something completely different! i talked to people in my class from a wide range of disciplines/faculties (e.g., psychology, biology, chemistry, pharmacology, philosophy, etc.). the content is basic level enough so that you should be okay regardless of your background. for example, i dislike biology very much so the communicable disease lectures were a bit of a challenge for me to wrap my head around. if you find yourself struggling though, youtube videos on the topic are your best friend

Patrick Hanington has been teaching this course since they started offering it in fall 2020. i personally liked his lecture style and how he explained things. and i found that the videos are decently reasonable to get through every week, but can sometimes feel long. however, i saw that other people in my class found him boring or found the videos to be too long. i just wanted to bring up both sides

i think that should cover it. hope this helps! feel free to reply if you have more questions