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the class I took was RM and it's safe to say that all the grades rely on the writing and assignments you hand in to the teacher. I did not have a quiz or anything like that, just a presentation, many reports and one research essay.
I took Nicola for RM and all of her notes, slides and directions are very well organized and straight forward. If you follow her guidelines and directions in class, you can easily get good grades in the class. the only time you will have work outside of the class is for a few projects and any work you did not finish in lab.