BIOL 2020

I don't doubt that Kopeny is a really smart guy, but man he cannot keep a class engaged. I had him at 9am and only about 30 people out of 200 came to class. I second that you do not need to attend the lectures to do well, but also DO NOT leave all of the readings until the night before. Read them through maybe 2 times, and look over the powerpoints, and the tests should be easy. The tests and material are overall easier than Kittleson's. But I personally loved Kittleson and found his class more fun, so I did better there. Overall, not a bad class.

The 6 tests for this class (including the non-cumulative final) were total cake if you did the readings. As everyone else has said, lecture is not at all necessary. Use the powerpoints as a guide for what you actually have to read in the textbook, and you should be set. It's very much a read and regurgitate the material sort of class; that being said, don't leave the readings for the last 2 nights before the exam unless you have AP credit or enjoy all-nighters.
I would recommend this class to anyone who enjoys anatomy & physiology, as that is the bulk of this course's content. I would say this is by far the easiest pre-med course.

This class is fairly easy as long as you follow the readings and lecture slides. You don't really need to attend class, but I found that the way that Professor Kopeny explained some things in lecture was helpful to me. I thought the way that the exams were broken up was going to be annoying, but it really helped to divide the material in manageable ways. Prof. Kopeny was also very fair with curving the exams (I think he did around an 86 average every time) and he said he changed some of the weighting to favor the exam we did best on. I like Biology so I was a fan of the material itself, but all in all I would say this is a good class even for people that aren't bent towards the sciences.

This class was so much easier than Kittleson's although Kittleson is definitely more fun than Mark. All in all, this class is pretty easy as long as you read the material with concentration. I did go to lecture but in the end, I could have saved some time by not going as he literally reads of the slides. Also don't procrastinate until 2 nights before the exam, start earlier and you should be set for an A/A-.