SUNY Potsdam

Fall 2020 Course Evalua ons

Course: 93563_BIOL403.001_sirsatsk_FALL20: HUMAN ANATOMY&PHYSIOLOGY 1-LEC - Sirsat - Fall 2020

Instructor: Sarah Sirsat *
Response Rate: 34/41 (82.93 %)

Question 6 5 4 3 2 1

Reason for taking the course (complete all n 29 5 1 0 0 1

that apply): % 85.29% 14.71% 2.94% 0.00% 0.00% 2.94%

Scale: 6 = Major-required, 5 = Major-elective, 4 = Minor-required, 3 = Minor-elective, 2 = General Education Requirement, 1 = Free Elective

Question 6 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

n 0 1 13 20 0 0 3.44 0.56 3.00
Class Year:
% 0.00% 2.94% 38.24% 58.82% 0.00% 0.00%

Scale: 6 = Freshman, 5 = Sophomore, 4 = Junior, 3 = Senior, 2 = Graduate, 1 = Other

Question Expected grade: n %

13 4.0 3 8.82%
12 3.7 6 17.65%
11 3.3 5 14.71%
10 3.0 8 23.53%
9 2.7 4 11.76%
8 2.3 1 2.94%
7 2.0 7 20.59%
6 1.7 0 0.00%
5 1.3 0 0.00%
4 1.0 0 0.00%
3 0.0 0 0.00%
2 S 0 0.00%
1 U 0 0.00%
Mean 9.97
Std 1.96
Median 10.00

Question 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

n 27 5 2 0 0 4.74 0.57 5.00
I attended class:
% 79.41% 14.71% 5.88% 0.00% 0.00%

Scale: 5 = Always, 4 = Frequently, 3 = Moderately, 2 = Occasionally, 1 = Rarely

Question 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

How many hours outside of class did you n 11 7 13 3 0 3.76 1.02 4.00
devote to this course on average per week? % 32.35% 20.59% 38.24% 8.82% 0.00%

Scale: 5 = 9+, 4 = 6-8, 3 = 4-5, 2 = 2-3, 1 = 0-1

Question 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

Rate the level of your participation in this n 7 15 8 2 2 3.68 1.07 4.00

course. % 20.59% 44.12% 23.53% 5.88% 5.88%

Scale: 5 = Very active, 4 = Active, 3 = Moderate, 2 = Minimal, 1 = Not active

Question 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

What overall rating would you give yourself n 6 23 5 0 0 4.03 0.58 4.00
as a student in this course? % 17.65% 67.65% 14.71% 0.00% 0.00%

Scale: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Good, 3 = Adequate, 2 = Poor, 1 = Very Poor

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SUNY Potsdam
Fall 2020 Course Evalua ons

Course: 93563_BIOL403.001_sirsatsk_FALL20: HUMAN ANATOMY&PHYSIOLOGY 1-LEC - Sirsat - Fall 2020

Instructor: Sarah Sirsat *
Response Rate: 34/41 (82.93 %)

Question 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mean Std Median

Sarah Sirsat demonstrates competence in n 21 11 2 0 0 0 4.56 0.61 5.00

the subject area. % 61.76% 32.35% 5.88% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
n 12 10 6 2 4 0 3.71 1.34 4.00
Sarah Sirsat's teaching is effective.
% 35.29% 29.41% 17.65% 5.88% 11.76% 0.00%

Sarah Sirsat is concerned with students' n 7 9 12 4 2 0 3.44 1.13 3.00

progress in the course. % 20.59% 26.47% 35.29% 11.76% 5.88% 0.00%

Sarah Sirsat is available to students outside n 10 10 9 3 2 0 3.68 1.17 4.00

of class % 29.41% 29.41% 26.47% 8.82% 5.88% 0.00%

Examinations relate well to the stated n 17 14 1 2 0 0 4.35 0.81 4.50

course objectives. % 50.00% 41.18% 2.94% 5.88% 0.00% 0.00%

The work required in this course relates n 17 13 4 0 0 0 4.38 0.70 4.50

well to the stated course objectives. % 50.00% 38.24% 11.76% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Sarah Sirsat evaluates student n 13 13 4 3 1 0 4.00 1.07 4.00

performance fairly. % 38.24% 38.24% 11.76% 8.82% 2.94% 0.00%
n 16 10 2 2 4 0 3.94 1.37 4.00
I learned a great deal in this course.
% 47.06% 29.41% 5.88% 5.88% 11.76% 0.00%

Scale: 5 = Strongly Agree, 4 = Agree, 3 = Neutral, 2 = Disagree, 1 = Strongly Disagree, 0 = Does not apply

Question 5 4 3 2 1 Mean Std Median

n 14 11 4 4 1 3.97 1.14 4.00
Overall rating of Sarah Sirsat:
% 41.18% 32.35% 11.76% 11.76% 2.94%

Scale: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Good, 3 = Adequate, 2 = Poor, 1 = Very Poor

THE COURSE:  Please comment on course content, requirement or any other aspect of the course.

• Honestly the content for this kind of teaching setting it too much to not give out handouts with it. When you first started you gave out two diagrams. I was a student who utilized those. Once you
stopped giving diagrams, I stopped retaining a lot of the information. When you go over all of that material so quickly its a lot to take in, those diagrams really helped me succeed when it came to
studying for your quizzes and exams. Even if you provided them for no extra credit, I think students could really benefit from that if this course were to continue to be taught online again.
• This course moves super quickly. I do wish at times the pace was slowed down a touch.
• good class
• Course content was fine and understandable for anatomy and phys
• its a lot to understand in one semester but it was manageable if you do the work
• Very information loaded course, an overwhelming amount of information to take in within one semster worth of time. The exams were also very very picky.
• Very stressful class but it was expected, and thing that really impacted how I studied was seeing load of information and just getting stressed out at the sight of it. However, it can't be help so we
just have to push through it.
• Very hearty course but interesting topics!
• This course is extremely intense you have to study a lot .It is a lot of remembering . I wish the the exams was broken down in two parts I don't have a enough time to write down everything when
working on the computer .
• N/A
• A lot of information, not enough time to really know what it all means.
• There is so much content in this course that it is hard to keep up. I get that it is about the human body so there is a lot to cover but it makes it difficult to really remember the material.
• The amount of information of the slides for lessons was rather intimidating. Exams were extremely difficult even with the huge amount of studying I was doing. I would study for hours a day for at
least a week prior to the exam and I would still get a mediocre grade on the exam.
• The Moodle exams and quizzes frequently had wrong answers in the key so I was always worried I put the wrong answer but then would be corrected to the correct answer. This made it hard to
keep track of the correct information for myself throughout the semester. Grades were also not given back in a timely manner so I did not know where I stood in this class which made it hard to be a
successful student as I was unable to learn from my mistakes.
• Everything required of the students was fair.
• same thing as from the lab evaluation, i had taken A&P before. and the lecture is where i really struggle. Lab is much easier for me because i like the anatomy side of the course. the lecture is
harder to visualize because you cant imagine your self have frozen shoulder, or giving birth, or see chemical pathway in your body. but the material is manageable if you break it down .i studied the
best i could but im not much of an exam taker, so i struggled with the exams here. the material relates well with lab so a lot of the time you study for lab you get lecture with it. i wish i could have
studied more for the lecture part of the class, but again i cant change the past so whatever happens, happens.
• study well
• This course was difficult due to the nature of the content, but the course load and requirements were just enough to keep me on track and improve to do well on exams and also feel like I carried
something away from this course. I especially liked the weekly quizzes because it was an opportunity to bring up my grade in the course and forced me to study my notes on a regular basis.

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SUNY Potsdam
Fall 2020 Course Evalua ons

Course: 93563_BIOL403.001_sirsatsk_FALL20: HUMAN ANATOMY&PHYSIOLOGY 1-LEC - Sirsat - Fall 2020

Instructor: Sarah Sirsat *
Response Rate: 34/41 (82.93 %)

THE INSTRUCTOR:  Please comment on the strengths and weaknesses of Sarah Sirsat.  Would you take another course from this instructor?

• I have to say that Dr. Sirsat was an amazing professor. Being a student with anxiety, she made sure that I was comfortable in any situation I came to her about. She was willing to work with me to
make sure It was fair for all students but I was still able to succeed. I applaud her for that and appreciate it more than most would ever think. Too often professors do not let themselves feel remorse
towards students and work with them, Professor Sirsat was phenomenal at showing she really cared.
• I did say Dr. Sirsat's teaching is not effective, but it's not effective for me personally. Dr. Sirsat made every effort to help me make her teaching method work, it just wasn't possible. I am taking A&P
II in the spring and while I'm concerned, I know she's got my back through it.
• She is a good instructor
• I would take another course with this professor if it wasn’t online. It is hard to communicate with her without being in person as she doesn’t always get back to emails and she is often unorganized.
She’s a good person, just everyone struggled with online.
• very knowledgeable on topics discussed , try to slow down a bit when teaching lectures
• I'm very upset about the way this course went this semester. I'm not sure if this is how Sirsat runs all her courses or if it was just COVID but she was not very available during important times, never
on time for class or lab, always changing the lab time for one excuse or another. The entire course she was behind on grading and we weren't able to get an accurate understanding of where we
stood in the course due to this. Her exams were very nit-picky and overwhelming. Overall very upset and would not reccomend her as a professor.
• Sirsat is a good professor but I think she has to start treating students as if we are human and not just students. I felt like a robot most of the time, and I burnt out quite quickly this semester.
• Good lecturer but isn't great about getting grades in.
• Sarah Sirsat should be more caring and compassionate with her students during a time like this .She easy to talk to but at the same time she gives of the impression like she doesnt care if you are
going through something its either you do it or you don't .
• N/A
• Moves too quickly, I learned nothing and I tried my best in this class.
• Professor Sirsat goes way to fast with the course material. She is never really prepared with her materials such as lab and lecture slides/ presentations. She knows the material well but she just
doesn't explain things clearly. It is hard to do well in this course with her exams. You can study hours every day for a week like I have been doing, and even then the exam questions are too specific
and confusing. Her exams are impossible to do well on, including the fact that most of the points are from short answers and are unfairly hard. With that being said, there are multiple exams that
have not been graded yet. I have no realistic clue because of this what my expected grade is. I feel that I'm not entirely learning this material. This is a combination of virtual learning and her teaching
methods.
• I think Dr. Sirsat is an amazing professor. She really knows what she's talking about and she's always available to anyone if they need help or if they need to ask questions. I really enjoyed talking
class with her this semester and I definitely would take another course from this instructor.
• I appreciated the effort to still feature dissections for topics in this course however they did not translate well over zoom calls. I wish the grading would have been more timely and organized as I feel
as though it stopped me from being as successful in this class as I tried to be.
• . I wish that she was more understanding about missing a quiz because of the time we are in right now. Overall, great teacher though and always had a great attitude in class. I would take another
class from this instructor
• My only complaint about this course was that if we missed a quiz we were not allowed to make it up for half points. I know it is the students responsibility to remember but this semester was difficult
for a lot of reasons and it would have been appreciated if we could at least get half points if we were late. For me specifically I would work on Fridays which is when the quizzes were posted and after
classes I would have to go to work until midnight and did not have time to do quizzes on Friday if they were not posted before I had to leave for work.
• with lecture Dr. Sirsat has still the only problem i had lab. her teaching is great. the way she lays out the course it very planned. but her zoom calls were very choppy and cut in and out. like before i
dont blame her as internet can be wonky sometimes. it was just a bummer sometimes. i would and am taking another course with her next semester.
• easier way of grading
• Sirsat is a good lecturer always concerned with our progress in the course. She is very informative and tries to incorporate fun mnemonics when possible to help us remember anatomy and keep
us interested in the material, and is always fast with responding to emails about questions I had. The only weakness I noticed was the lag in getting grades in, though I understand this process takes
longer in an online format. I would take another course with this instructor.

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