LOVE this class. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in the health field. It's an easy class in terms of the work required out of you. There are 2 (or 3?) tests + a final, and 3 or 4 short essays (2-3 pages and really easy) throughout the semester. Professor Edwards is really nice and a good lecturer. The material can get a little dry at times but a lot of it is fascinating and VERY applicable to your daily life. Honestly, this class inspired me to get serious about exercising again. It's not entirely necessary to go to class because he doesn't take attendance and posts the slides online, but I would recommend going. His slides can be vague and are often of charts/graphs of data that he explains in class. Going to class also just helps keep you organized & on track with the course as a whole. I know a few people who rarely went to lecture, and while they were able to roughly pull it together before exams, it was much more stressful and confusing for them. So, just go to class. You'll be better off in the long run. Overall, highly recommend this class if you're looking for a relatively easy health-oriented class that's applicable to your life.

I thought this course was fine. The lectures can be a little dry, and Professor Edwards can be rather confusing at times while trying to explain concepts, but it's relatively easy information. The tests are all multiple choice but are not super easy, so definitely prepare for those. I didn't go to lecture very often and still manage to get As on the reflections and tests. An easy A in my opinion.

Edwards is great and super nice. Really cares about his students. Good class, but its not as easy as people say. I took this class this semester because I have a really hard course load for my engineering major and wanted a class that didn't require a lot of me... I drastically underestimated my ability to do well without doing much. Going to class is a MUST, and lectures are pretty boring, which is not a great combination. Despite this, if you go to class and pay attention for the 75 minutes 2 times a week, you will get an A. Don't do what I did and underestimate the amount of work you need to put into this class. Its an easy class, but you can't skate through. Getting a C on the first exam was a real wake up call, and now I'm forced to work hard for the rest of the semester to save my grade.

This was the easiest class I have ever taken at UVA. No lie. I never went to class because he posts the slides and this information is pretty self explanatory if you are interested in health at all/have any prior exposure to health topics. 4 Reflections throughout the semester are worth 10 points each and could be completed within an hour or two. If you're looking for an easy A TAKE THIS!!!!!

Professor Edwards is such a nice man, 10/10 recommend any class taken with him, but I will say his class lectures are pretty boring. Most people do not come to class because he posts the lecture slides online for the tests. However, some things on the study guide for the test can only be answered by what was said by him in class. His slides aren't very detailed. Tests are multiple choice and true/false online collab. You don't need the textbook for this class. You have 4 reflections due, these are pretty spread out and really easily to do.

Professor Edwards is a great guy. This class is not particularly difficult. However, it is not as easy as everyone makes it seem. You have to work to get the A, but it is definitely doable. The first exam was a lot harder than the next two so definitely do well on the first one or you may have to study really hard for the midterm and final.

This course is absolutely fantastic. Professor Edwards explicitly talks about how he wants this to be a class that anyone from any discipline can take. There is barely any homework. You have 5-6 quizzes throughout the summer on assigned readings, but that is the only time you have to complete these readings. We also had 4 reflections to write, and if you followed the rubric, you got 100. He is SO generous and makes this class so manageable. Additionally, he thought the average on our midterm was low (80%), so he gave us the option to add 10% back to our midterm score if we did well on the review material on the final. You learn a lot in lecture that is applicable to your daily life and interesting. If you are looking for an easy class that is not that much work but v interesting, then please take this!!!

Laid-back and enjoyable course about basic health issues of today's society. As a pre-med student, it got a bit dull sometimes since I've been exposed to a lot of this information in previous courses, but it was nice way to give me some much-needed, low-stress credits this semester. Professor Edwards is very enthusiastic and approachable guy.

For those in the course, I have one piece of advice. Most of the work in the course is pretty relaxed, so you might not take the midterm too seriously (like I did), and although it wasn't disastrous, it's certainly making studying for the final more intense. Don't get cocky, and study well for that midterm. It'll make life easier for you.

This class was good but deceivingly difficult. The class consisted of a midterm (25%), individual reflections (20%), quizzes (20%), peer evaluations (5%) and the final (30%). While most of the assignments were easy, the exams were VERY specific and tricky it required more than a just understanding the concepts and required that you knew tiny bits of information that were largely irrelevant and hard to remember as the exams covered so much content. This class can be a good grade booster if you keep up with the work but don't expect an easy A.

Edwards is an awesome professor! The class was very low-stress and the assignments were fairly straightforward. I enjoyed the material and he focused on topics that we actually care about. Definitely recommend!!