Professor: Lysaght Course format: Lecture w/section Number of respondents: 11 Total Enrollment: 25 Class Composition: Froshs: 0 Sophs: 4 Jrs: 9 Srs: 12 Concs: 4 Non-Concs: 7 Don't Know: 0

Instructor Average: 1.35 Course Average: 1.74

"Organ Replacement" discusses the methods of organ replacement, as well as the current biomedical technology required to perform such techniques. It approaches the subject from both a biological and an engineering-based perspective. Bio 20, Bio 17, or Bio 80 are the stated prerequisites for this course, although any knowledge of physiology and biology is helpful.

Professor Michael Lysaght"s lecture style was organized and easy to follow. Most respondents were happy that he distributed his lecture notes to the class, and praised his clear overheads.

For this course, reviewers worked an average of six hours per week outside of class. There was an intense amount of reading, and some felt that the heavily engineering-oriented sections did not correlate well with the rest of the course material. There were weekly problem sets, two tests, and a web project. The reading material consisted primarily of journal articles.

Students were motivated by both the professor and the material, which can be easily applied to real-life situations. They were glad that they had taken the course, even though the workload was heavy, because they learned a lot from it. Everyone found the topic very interesting, which helped motivate them to do the required reading for class.

Do the theories and techniques behind organ replacement interest you? If so, take this course. It's well organized and presented, and you'll learn more than you would expect.

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