qszwdxefc Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I'm not in biophysics, but I am quite interested in the material and heard that this is one of the non-biophysics-student-friendly courses. Does anyone have experience with this course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ell Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I've taken all of the biophyics courses at Western, and this course definitely has the least amount of physics. The equations are basic (no calculus involved and no derivations) and the assignments are quite easy. Friends of mine who were non-biophysics students took it with me and we all got 90+ with a minimal amount of work. They also post all of the lecture slides online, and hold review sessions before the exams. Be careful though, a lot of the other 3rd year courses are essentially derivation, calculus, and matlab based. If you are considering taking another biophysics course, or this one doesn't fit in to your schedule, take a look at 3501. It also involves minimal/basic math only. Both courses have short answer exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Ahhh I miss calculus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62E Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I've taken all of the biophyics courses at Western, and this course definitely has the least amount of physics. The equations are basic (no calculus involved and no derivations) and the assignments are quite easy. Friends of mine who were non-biophysics students took it with me and we all got 90+ with a minimal amount of work. They also post all of the lecture slides online, and hold review sessions before the exams. Be careful though, a lot of the other 3rd year courses are essentially derivation, calculus, and matlab based. If you are considering taking another biophysics course, or this one doesn't fit in to your schedule, take a look at 3501. It also involves minimal/basic math only. Both courses have short answer exams. Would you recommend 3501F to someone that hasn't taken physics since 1st year? What do you do in the tutorials and are they every week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ell Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Yep! They reteach every concept, and its more of a conceptual course, not a mathematical/calculations based course. For example, when you learn about BP, Questions might ask you what would happen to BP if you were to go deep sea diving, if you went into space, if you were to constrict a vessel upstream or downstream of the measurement point etc. There actually aren't any tutorials, they're optional and we never had them. I think they are supposed to be time to get help with assignments and ask questions. Plus the prof is super awesome. He's young and interesting to listen to. Its more like he's having a conversation with you than lecturing at you. Also, he gives you the questions to the final before the final. He reads them out at a normal pace and you can write down whatever you can remember while he's reading them. He really cares more that you understand the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62E Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Yep! They reteach every concept, and its more of a conceptual course, not a mathematical/calculations based course. For example, when you learn about BP, Questions might ask you what would happen to BP if you were to go deep sea diving, if you went into space, if you were to constrict a vessel upstream or downstream of the measurement point etc. There actually aren't any tutorials, they're optional and we never had them. I think they are supposed to be time to get help with assignments and ask questions. Plus the prof is super awesome. He's young and interesting to listen to. Its more like he's having a conversation with you than lecturing at you. Also, he gives you the questions to the final before the final. He reads them out at a normal pace and you can write down whatever you can remember while he's reading them. He really cares more that you understand the stuff. Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost__in__space Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Medical biophysics is for all the cool kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hey exams are not MC for this course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ell Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Nope! In fact, no Medical Biophysics courses have M/C exams except for some 4th year courses. They may have 10M/C questions out of 100 marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatient Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Check your PM ell not sure if you got my msg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdincale Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 I took 3503G last year and it was a joke. The midterm was half m/c and the final was also 1/2 mc. Definitely take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Sweet thanks! What are the assignments like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcole92 Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 what kind of topics do these courses cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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