Instructor

Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan

Semester

Autumn’ 20

Course Difficulty

The course is pretty easy, with basic biological terminologies and foundational IT topics in the syllabus. The prof. took this course first time so he collectively decided the syllabus with the class.
The whole class can be divided into 2 topics -
Biology - nomenclature, basic definitions, etc.
IT - Definitions of OS, hardware (mouse, keyboards), with some parts of data analytics (of survey data)

Time Commitment Required

Very less. All topics were pretty intuitive and exams could be given based on common knowledge

Grading Policy and Statistics

Had codetantra quizzes, midsem project presentation (based on any topic of choice), midsem and endsem exams
Out of 20 - 4 (AA), 11 (AB), 4 (BB), 1 (CC)

Attendance Policy

Chill attendance policy

Pre-requisites

None

Topics Covered in the Course

Nomenclature of biological terms
Basics of IT (OS, hardware, memory, computer infrastructure)
Little bit of Health Informatics, data analytics, health policy and medico-legal topics

Teaching Style

Online - Slides with annotation.
Prof Ganesh teaches very well, is enthusiastic about whatever he teaches. Pretty flexible with changing logistics if majority agrees

Tutorials/Assignments/Projects

Pretty easy, almost everybody got good grades with little effort

Feedback on Exams

Easy and based on common sense. Might be boring for people who hate to memorise some stuff

Motivation for taking this course

I was an IDDDP student and this is the core course if you want to do minor or IDDDP. But overall a chill course with easy syllabus and good grades. Might change drastically since this was the first time this course was offered.

Course Importance

Core for minor and IDDDP students

Review By: Anuj Agrawal