Awesome teacher and course!

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very interesting class...guy is off the wall but will keep you awake...tons of EC

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He talks like JR the wrestling announcer and he is okay at teaching. Just remember this one thing, no matter what anyone tells you there are no make up quizzes... none. And you have to buy his syllabus

Nice guy. Lec can be boring at times. Discussions help. Quizzes every so often, but they really help when it comes time for the exams. Not a bad class. I would recommend it.

Very nice guy. Lecture can get boring but as long as you take notes and do decently on quizzes, you will easily pass. Guest lecturers are much worse than Kamen himself but the course material is generally interesting.

at times goes thru material too fast, interesting stuff, very old school follow the rules

usually entertaining. def dont buy the book.

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this class has lots of quizzes, however they are very easy if you prepare. disucssions are a joke. he trys to be funny, i enjoy class

he was a good teacher, very straight forward, everything that he put in his lectures were usually on the tests and quizzes. go to lectures and study your notes, you'll find this to be an easy class.

Gary is the man. He tries to be funny, which is funny in itself. His powerpoints tend to be all over the place, so you have to pay attention in class to really get it, but if you're an athlete, you'll find it interesting anyway.

Class is not that hard, all the notes are online but the are very general, you need to go to class to understand them....you do not need the book and there are no more quizzeshe changed it to take home assignements, Disscussion is very easy and if you do bad on the tests the disscussion points will boost your grade a lot.

He's a good teacher as long as you don't expect this class to be easy. Take lots of notes, studing before quizzes are a must! Go to discussions too, they may seem pointless but will boost your grade. Textbook not necessary, maybe 5% of all info not from notes.

This class was very easy, no need for the textbook, quiz almost every week that only has two lectures worth of notes on it. Some information gets boring but then he'll attempt to crack a joke. Lectures aren't mandatory but if u go u'll get an A

DONT BUY THE BOOK. you don't need it. I found the information interesting so lectures wern't bad. Go to class and discussions, it's a must. Kind of a lot of work but not hard stuff, just time consuming. Second exam much easier than the first. *Go to review sessions in discussion, help a ton for tests.

easy class imo, just go to class and pay attention, all test questions are on the slides, 95% of questions on slides, 5% from the book. final was pretty hard, pulled off a B though, do the extra credit for an easy letter grade boost, wish i did it though.

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A true "character", he's got some personality and once reenacted a soldier getting both arms blown off and still fighting which was funny/frightening at the same time. Take this class if you work out cause it makes the material really easy if you have actual experiences to relate to.

Attendance isn't mandatory, but there are quizzes every two weeks or so and everything comes out of his lectures, so it's in your best interest to go. Sometimes he can be confusing and he jumps around once in a while, but he knows what he's talking about and you'll learn a lot. He can be funny at times as well.

I enjoyed this class. Attend all the lectures because he only ends up posting about 4 lectures throughout the semester. The quizzes are based solely on your notes. Not multi-choice but not difficult either. The exams seemed a bit tricky like there could be more than one answer. I ended up w/ an A-. Go to ALL discussions!! A MUST.

Do not buy the boook!!! This class is very interesting and cool learning about exercise science and stuff. The test is all on the notes! You must go to class to get a good grade. Quizes are the hardest but make sure to study because they are short response quizes.

I didn't know anything about kinesiology, but I felt like I actually learned throughout the semester. GO TO DISCUSSION. Don't need to go to class. He reads literally directly from the slides. Quizzes require you to MEMORIZE your notes from the lectures, which are on the computer anyway. Exams require some intense studying.

he is soooo boring....the mic is always to low, no one listens, the info is common sense, there are quizzes every week and a discussion with TAs who think they are gods gift to earth. not a bad class just not great especially if you are not a j=kin major. tests are easy and there are quizzes all the time. no major paper, just little labs

I really enjoyed this class and felt like I learned alot. He's such a cute old man and is unintentionally funny sometimes. He knows his stuff though- just pay close attnetion to his lectures and you'll be okay. Quizzes require 1-2 hours of memorization. If you study hard for the quizzes then the tests are a piece of cake.

Gary, put perfectly, is unintentionally funny. His lectures are so-so... sometimes boring but other times real neat. He uses examples a lot to help you remember material. Still, you must study to get a good grade. The part I hated was that the exams and weekly quizzes are filled with nonimportant details, so it's annoying sometimes.

PS - DON'T BUY THE BOOK. He wrote it, you do not need it.

Doctor Kamen is probably one of the funnier profs on campus. his class is not terribly hard provided you do not get a red headed psycopath for your discussion TA. The class is all notes with a decent amount of work in disc. All in all its a good class

Hes a very intense professor who is unintentionally funny. His erratic hand gestures cause people to pay more attention then they would but hes very strict/severe. The Tas know this and will do everything they can to help you out. All in all if you go to every class, take good notes and are semi-intelligent then an A is very doable

pay attention in lecture and you will do fine. He explains everything very clearly. You do need to study for the exams and quizzes, but your studying will pay off.

Good dude.

Professor Kamen is greeat!

I love this guy! He makes coming to class enjoyable because he is so enthusiastic with his teachings. He keeps your attention. If you missed a lecture, he does not put the slides online, but the textbook (which he wrote!) pretty much covers every bit of material he goes over in class.

Must get notes from class. Fast paced class with many assignments, and one of the harder courses in KIN. Do not take if not a kin major. Take kin 110. Discussion is mandatory. To get an A you need to do very well on the tests and quizzes which is very tough. The scale is very tough as well. out of 620 points only 20 separates an A from a B.

Dr. Kamen is always excited about everything he's teaching. Attendance is optional at the lectures, except for 7 quizzes throughout the semester, two of which are dropped. Discussion section attendance is mandatory. The exams, however, are very challenging. Studying from the textbook AND lecture material is necessary for optimal performance

Kamen is a quirky man! He is fun to watch during lectures, which are pretty plain but the guy has a ton of material to cover in one semester. His style of teaching wasn't confusing, he was very clear, and would explain if you were lost. I'd recommend him for this class, he really knows what he's talking about.

you will only pass if you go to this class. if you take good notes and follow along his lectures, you will do fine. he gives quizzes (7) but he drops the lowest 2. discussions are mandatory. the class is good but you have to work and study. dont bother even buying the textbook. his lectures are interesting though. i don't regret taking it.

I am a KIN major so I loved Kin100 and found it really interesting. His lectures are very clear and there is no homework. He has in-class quizzes and drops the lowest 2 grades. He also has 2 exams and a final. I found the exams super easy and all I did was go through my notes (I had read the book weeks before). I recommend!!!

Fairly Diffcult for a 100 level course, Exams are multiple choice and questions stem from topics in lecture. Undergraduate TAs are awful, do not even understand the basic concepts of kinesiology that the course teaches and is shown as they grade your quizzes and discussion projects

Kamen is the man. Don't bother with the textbook, you will never use it. Just go to lectures, take notes, pay attention, and do all the discussion work. Other than that, there is no homework. Pretty awesome class. Wouldn't recommend it as a GenEd, but it's really cool if you're an athlete.

Gary is a little strange, but exams are multiple choice and not that difficult. As long as you go to class and take notes you'll do fine. The TAs are terrible though.

Really hard class especially for a 1st semester freshman. The work required is far above anything else for other classes and you need to know the material covered in class as well as the book. Exams were relatively straight forward however which was good.

I really liked Professor Kamen. He clearly had a passion for the subject and did a good job of communicating his knowledge. I took the course because I wanted to learn more about physical health; I took a lot out of the course and apply it to my everyday life. Professor Kamen reminds me a little bit of Boston's Santa Clause (in a good way).

Extremely interested in what he is teaching. His enthusiasm makes it easy to listen and stay engaged. Provides opportunity for extra credit and only counts 57 quizzes.

Kamen is so engaging during his lectures, but if you are not interested in the material, I would not recommend his class. A lot of tests and quizzes and discussion work. But, extra credit is offered very frequently.

Kamen's class was by far my favorite in the fall. The material he presents is really interesting. You do have to attend lecture to fully understand material though as anything on quizzes and exams will be said in lecture. You can make up for lost lectures by doing the reading though seeing that he wrote the course textbook. Otherwise, pretty easy A

I had the head TA as my TA and she was a tough grader. Even if I got the answer right, she would find some way to deduct points. The professor was always really interesting and had a passion for the topic he was teaching. This class isn't an "easy A" though. Go to class, do the assignments, study for the tests, and you'll be fine.