Professor Vesna is an interesting person and professor, but her lectures are not always super engaging (in part this might have been because the class was all online/Zoom and a full 3 hour seminar that sometimes ran over was more than I could take some days, but also because there was a real lack of structure and material). I am not sure exactly what I really learned, but the class was sort of nice in that discussions were very open ended and mostly people talked about COVID-19 which was interesting enough. The class is basically a guaranteed A if you do the work BUT the weekly blogs, long papers, and presentations do add up in terms of time especially when it's just not that engaging of material (but most blogs you have a lot of freedom, so you can pick what you find interesting). It may be an easy A in some ways but not sure it's really a class worth taking, although it might be one of the only Honors offerings if you need one. One thing that was difficult was that Professor Vesna was SUPER unclear about what she wanted on assignments and the website is sort of a giant mess- being in a groupme/knowing other people in the class was essential as no one ever knew what was due, when, etc.

Professor Vesna is awesome! I really enjoyed this class. She is somewhat unorganized at times but aren't we all? Her lectures are very engaging and are refreshing after taking so many science-heavy classes. The Professor even goes out of her way to bring special guests/introduce you to new avenues of biotech and art. The class was mostly touring different art exhibitions and events but also blogging and writing. The writing isn't too bad and Professor Vesna is very helpful. 10/10 would recommend.