For anyone who has taken this course, how was it in terms of workload/difficulty? Thanks!

I took it first semester and I would highly recommend it! All of your grade comes from tests: 3 bell ringers, a midterm and your final. For the bell ringers, you have to memorize different features on bones in the skeleton and be able to identify and answer question about them when presented with the bones. In order to do well you have to go into open lab hours, which are held every week, to handle the bones and prepare for those tests. The study skeletons are available for your use during that time for review. If you keep on top of that (I went every week), you should do fine in the course! As far as workload, I didn't find it too bad because there weren't any big projects and going to the lab hours was basically enough for me to study for the bell ringers. The midterm and the final don't have questions on the specimens, they are all on methods and theory. Dr Prowse, who taught the course this past year, likes written tests so she exclusively uses short answer, long answer and diagram questions on her tests. She marks for detail too, so you really have to know your stuff. The good thing about the midterm and final is that you won't have to identify features on the bones for these tests so that cuts down on the amount of material you have to go over. Hope that helps!