I don't think some of these reviews are being fair. Yeah, all the material is pre-recorded videos, but this is an online course... so you get what you sign up for. Thrower is a really nice guy who was super accessible in office hours. The exams were pretty hard though. A lot of the MC felt like "gotcha" questions.

online lectures are almost 2 hours per lecture when they're supposed to be 50 mins, confusing explanations. tests are a memorization game where he asks the last idea of a bullet point on his 167th slide or something like that. lectures are just him reading off his screen. wouldn't recommend and didnt learn much, just memorized a lot of stuff lol.

Don't understand people giving a prof bad reviews because the class is hard. Yes, you have to memorize everything from the lectures for the exams--Thrower was very clear about that and the tests were not unreasonable if you actually went in with that expectation imo.

This class was extremely tough. You basically have to have EVERY single part of each lecture slide memorized even the tiniest of details. The tests were fair but had details on them that you wouldn't even think to study. Don't take this class if you can't get through extremely dense lecture videos that have a lot of pauses and are convoluted.

Just an overwhelming class with so much content thrown at you. didn't enjoy paying for SmartBook access and it not being useful for my studying at all. Prepare for big point FRQs on concepts from lecture slides that you felt you could lowkey gloss over (you can't). Experienced grading errors too so check your work vs the keys & get your points lol!

He's in retirement mode. Everything he offers is online, and sections aren't mandatory. I can't do STEM classes online, especially bio, so I didn't expect the class to be completely online for the spring. If you struggle with online classes like these, I wish you good luck.

This guy covers so much content it's ridiculous. And since lectures are videos, he has no respect for time and goes over way more info than professors would normally in class. Additionally, the material is not organized as well as it should be for a course so dense. The test questions are fair, but difficult due to the amount of content.

Lectures are dense, but with the free textbook and engaging study sessions, you can grasp the concepts. Using ChatGPT and unstuckstudy for practice questions really helped me prepare. Exams are challenging, but the curve makes it manageable. Overall, a worthwhile class.

Took this over summer with pre recorded lecture vids and in person exams. Accessible in OH but it was mostly managed by the TAs. Sections were pretty useless for anything but knowing a couple exam qs. He's a sweet guy but I def would not have been able to get an A- if I took this during the year because it's rlly lecture heavy. P good curve though

This was an async class where you could go the whole course without actually talking to Thrower. He would explain things in OH but the main interaction was his TAs. His tests were horrendous and it's a test heavy class. Very in depth multiple choice that made it look like you hadn't even studied. Truly tough, I don't know how people succeeded.

nice guy but you watch his lecture videos and gives the most bare minimum explanation for every concept that he teaches. his online videos were extremely hard to follow and requires 3x the amount of time and effort to understand what he is trying to say. on top of his convoluted teaching, exams were extremely vague and ambiguous.

Nice guy but not very good at explaining things. Goes into a lot of depth and random tangents. Would be a lot better with less yapping and more focus on the important stuff. Also doesn't point at what he's talking about in the slides and slides are loaded with information so have fun pausing all his videos to figure out what he's talking about.

He is for sure in the retirement mindset. The class was a mess. There were regrades on all quizzes and tests, all of our lectures were over 2 years old and thus did not align with our homework, and on weeks where we had midterms he would "give us a break" from lecture but assigned twice as many the following week.

I can tell he is very knowledgable, but he really isn't made for teaching online. You know its bad when he holds a whiteboard up to his camera. His tests questions felt very vague and open ended. He was available for office hours but it took him forever when answering questions. Sections depend on the TA but don't miss that unique info in them.

Professor is probably on retirement mode and you can tell. Isn't even at SB just has lectures made probably during COVID and still uses them instead of actually teaching. Videos are also really hard to go through, constantly smacking his lips and pausing so flow of info is always scattered. Not a bad class or person at all, just mildly irritating.

Dr. Thrower is seriously so sweet. I don't know why he has some bad reviews, but he is actually a professor with compassion and wants his students to succeed. Physio is a hard subject, but if you really put in the work, it's not hard to get a good grade in this course. Both exams were curved pretty generously.

Very decent prof and easy to get a good grade. If you study the lectures, make a ton of flashcards throughout the course, and do the study guides/look at past finals on coursehero you will get an A; 20% curve on the midterm and fat curve for the final. He's teaching it online now (in-person tests tho); obvious choice when Low is the other prof

RUN

Hes a really nice guy, that is apparent by the way he talks to students and accomodates the class. Hes very bad at technology, his lectures are super dense and his cadence is a little boring. He also says "uh" every sentence and smacks his lips which is a pet peeve, it really makes it hard for me to listen to him since I noticed it. average prof

Dr. Thrower is a good professor and always tries to help everyone in the class. The lectures are very long and dense. The course is graded on problem sets, midterms and a final. It was a bit difficult to understand the material at times, not sure if it was the way the professor taught it, or whether it was just the material itself.

Long and dense lectures. 90% of grade is 2 midterms and final so make to do well on each one otherwise its hard to recover grade. He curves exams but everyone did so well that it basically meant nothing. Exams are open notes but questions require you to apply your knowledge so simply memorizing won't help. Nice professor but exams are unforgiving.

Lectures are long and detailed but useful. Doing the reader problems and going through the old exams that he provides is the best way to understand the course concepts. If you keep up with lectures and do the practice problems, you'll do well in the class. Exams are hard but the curve is helpful.

Boring lectures, a lot of work, weekly quizzes, weekly readings, two midterms... no curve at the end but the avg of exams are at 70s....

Actually an ASYNC course, not SYNC. Lectures quite long and tedious to go through at 1x speed, so go at 1.75-2x lol. Gave good explanations and real-life applications of course material. Weekly quizzes, 2 midterms and a cumulative final. Do Reader problems, practice exams, and study the special section topics to succeed. Overall, a great professor!