HLTH 205Introduction to Health Research

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• Professor: Judy Castaneda
  The course could be much better organized, and the overall learning experience has been frustrating. Lectures often feel unstructured, and the instructor does not always seem fully prepared for class. On one occasion, the microphone was dead, which affected the lecture experience. There is also very little guidance for exam preparation, with no clear study guide or sufficient review of what students should focus on.
  When students asked questions to clarify the exam material, the responses came across as dismissive and unhelpful. We were told that we needed to attend lectures and that we would fail the exam if we did not, rather than having our questions about the…

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• (I didn't have Samantha Meyers, but Judy Castaneda doesn't come up on the search) Taking this in fall 2026, with Judy Castaneda, who is by far the worst professor I've had so far in this school. From what I know, we are the newest class to have a midterm AND a final exam for this class. She is incredibly disorganized and explains nothing during class, but emphasizes that you WILL FAIL if you do not show up (you won't). She provides no review or practice for the midterm, nor even the layout. We had to go to her after class to ask her, and she just gave us a whole lot of nothing as well. She should not be teaching this class whatsoever. The midterm was stupid and provided nothing that looked…

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• This was one of the most disorganized and frustrating courses I have taken. Throughout most of the term, there were little to no assignments, and then almost everything was released during the final month. This created an overwhelming workload that felt completely unnecessary and poorly planned.
  The third and final assignment was worth 25 percent and required group work, which made the experience even worse. If you ended up with a weak group or an unhelpful TA, your grade suffered significantly and there was very little you could do about it. While the course itself was not conceptually difficult, especially for students who are strong writers, your final grade depended almost entirely on…

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• Your mark basically solely relies on how your TA grades. If you get a TA that takes off marks for simple things that have nothing to do with the course content, good luck! Assignments are only out of 15 so it adds up fast.

  Nov 2024 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

• This class is not organized, it is being run by 2 PHD students, the first half of the class with Jennifer was okay but the content just seems to overlap with HLTH107 and is common sense for most Health students. The quizzes were kind of challenging.
  The second half of the course was taught by Judy which was way worse, the quizzes were harder and the answers to the quiz questions weren't always relevant to the question. The prof taught the course as if students weren't currently taking 204 (Stats) class and clearly never communicated with the prof to see what content could be considered overlap.
  The course has readings and the 1st half of the class the readings weren't tested but the 2nd…

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