Professor: Clark Course format: Lecture w/section	Number of respondents: 55 Total Enrollment: 67
Class Composition: Froshs: 17 Sophs: 27 Jrs: 11 Srs: 10 Concs: 18 Non-Concs: 23 Don't Know: 12

Instructor Average: 1.88 Course Average: 1.88

If you are curious about issues related to public health and the framework of the U.S. public health system, "Introduction to Public Health" might just be the course you need. It deals with issues like problems associated with health policy, quality monitoring and many others that inform you as well as make you think critically about the health care system. You need not worry about prerequisites because this course requires none.

The respondents were quite pleased with Professor Clark and his lectures. A majority of them found her to be very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. She was clear, organized and always open to questions, both related and unrelated to class. Many of them appreciated her efforts to put lecture notes on the web, which excused them from copying frantically from the slides shown in class. Although some of them found her discouraging at times, they had no complain whatsoever about her lectures. Given the big size of the class, some students felt that she was unable to take their learning needs effectively into account. However, others said that she tried to be as helpful as possible.

All the respondents found the required textbooks very useful and interesting. Some thought that the course packet was not really interesting and that online articles were too long. Students were required to take two exams, one of which was a take-home paper. There were lots of homework assignments including a twelve-page intervention project which required extensive research on the topic. And then, of course, there was a final exam; the students definitely had a lot of work to do.

Class members spent an average of five hours every week on the course. The projects, of course, required more time and effort. Many of students were not prepared to handle so much work. If you want to enroll in this class, the first thing you need to do is probably prepare yourself for a very busy time. But, as the respondents say, the effort is worth your time because all work is very relevant to the topics studied and the topics themselves are very interesting.

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