BME 2101

Good class. Straightforward. My only reservations about physiology is that 8AM is an awful time to being paying attention in class and for a visual learner, his lectures can take some time to get used to but audio lectures are posted on Collab. Overall though, Adams is a great professor, very willing to help his students. The discussion component of the class is not difficult. It's more annoying than anything but it's helpful to get used to group papers.

A great technical elective. It is challenging and I definitely recommend going to his office hours for the HW/get a study group but overall he is an amazing lecturer and the material is really interesting!

Prof. Adams is by far my favorite professor at UVA.

Professor Adams truly cares about his students and gives the best lectures I have ever been a part of during my time here. The class takes effort, but Adams will do anything to help you along the way. He is the best professor at UVa.

Milton is great! Interesting class with an awesome professor. I would definitely recommend this class. Three critiques which are very formulaic and four exams. Adams posts audio of all of the lectures, so I would recommend listening to these to cement the information in your mind and get your notes on point since their isnt a textbook.

Little bit intimidated taking this class a first year, but it was well worth it. The material in physiology i is so interesting and prof. adams makes the material understandable to a class that is definitely not familiar with the jargon of human body. The class consists of 3 midterms, 4 hw's, 3 critiques, and 1 cumulative final (watch out for it, it can be quite cumulative). Everything that he made you do, though, helped to really understand the course material. Even if you bomb a critique (like I did), you can still get an A. I highly recommend this class to anyone who has even a slight interest in physiology or biomedical engineering!

Adams is an awesome professor. Makes an effort to get to know you personally if you make one as well.

Great teacher. Clear and understandable. Material is dense and there's A LOT of reading and memorization.

That being said, if the body and how it works fascinates you, you DEFINITELY need to take this class

All the reviews will say this - Milton Adams is a great Professor. He's fair. He won't tell you if HW answers are correct at office hours, but you can try to ask him if there's anything wrong. The only downside is that lectures are easily missable since its 8 AM but if lectures aren't missed and very good notes are taken during class (it's basically all from the notes) then you should be fine. 2/3 of the tests are take home and the averages are high but the final average drops for some reason, even though the difficulty level is only slightly harder. The material was interesting though, I'd say to take it if you're interested in human physio

Like all the other reviews say, Adams is an extremely good professor and easily one of UVa's best. He's extremely good at what he does and there's never a question he can't answer. However, don't let the high average GPA in this class fool you. This class is not easy at all and you have to put in crazy hours outside of class to study. The tests are quite difficult and will push your knowledge of the material to the limits. You'll need to study every day for this class, but you'll learn a lot. I didn't do well honestly (got a C) but even if you don't do well you'll live. Also the format of this class is honestly not something I did well with. He records his lectures and provides a few slides (just scientific figures, no summary of info) sometimes. He also draws pictures on the board and figures that contain important information, so you have to come to class or get the notes from a good note taker if you missed it. Brush up on your note taking skills if you're going to take this class, because you'll need them. The homeworks, however, are not bad at all. I got As or B+es on all of them. The critiques are also fine if you land in a good group. The tests are just killer though. Overall, don't underestimate this class at all and be prepared to work your butt off. It's a very worthwhile class and you'll find that you learn a lot. Good luck.