Don’t recommend for a gen ed humanities credit, unless you’re passionate about philosophy and like it a lot, but even then idk. There are far better and easier classes to take, and there are also better professors for this class. Don’t recommend taking with Robitzsch. My TA wasn’t great either. Lectures are mandatory, and after 3 personal absences, it’s a -10 point deduction for your grade for each unexcused absence. The lectures are also kinda boring, as well as the smaller class discussions (ofc depends on your TA).

There was 1 discussion assignment due every week, 3 papers, 1 mid semester argument exam, and one final. The reading was very long, so definitely get ready to read, though it is possible to get by without reading everything and just skimming on important points, however the exams and the papers rely on reading (as well as the lectures) for sure. Papers were complex, and grading took a while plus the way they were graded was weird, it was pretty hard to get a perfect score. The mid semester final was where you basically analyzed 8-10 prompts in whether or not they were valid arguments plus outlining the arguments and other stuff. The final exam was 10 questions, you answer 8 of them, and these covered everything discussed in each lecture plus the reading so this is where taking notes was im...read more

He was clearly passionate about the subject and put effort into remembering the names of students (for the most part) but he would also ramble during the lectures and would give examples that don’t really make sense. Sometimes I was actually baffled by the content cuz I had zero clue what he was saying. Tough grader, took a while to grade, and just isn’t the best teacher.

Again, get ready to read, attend the classes, take notes, and apparently going to office hours can be helpful if you’re struggling so do that if you need. I don’t recommend overall, but if you like philosophy then by all means take the class- it might make you not like philosophy any more though, I was happy to be done with the class.

I like creative writing so I enjoyed this course (though I wish I could’ve written more stories). The lectures were once a week for three hours which was sometimes rough to sit through, but for the most part was okay. Even though there is a lot of writing, it is easy to get an A as long as you’re doing what the professor says and following the rubrics and such. I’m pretty sure just about everyone in the class ended with an A, and she provides good feedback.

At the beginning of the semester for about a month and a little longer we had to write these “reaction papers” for a provided short story that usually consisted of giving our thoughts on the writing, style, and whatever else. Not difficult. We also had these “in class discussion assignments” where we get a prompt and then write a short story response to it (I enjoyed these) and sometimes you collaborated with other students on these. You have to write a short story yourself, any genre or appropriate topic, between 2000-2500 words (she’s lenient if you’re a bit over) which I enjoyed. Also, every week we had to critique another student’s story by doing line edits and providing them with a critique letter, while also discussing the work in class together so get ready for some criticism (nothi...read more

Professor Kwadey was chill, funny, loved to talk, and made the class more enjoyable. Emphasis on the talking aspect, because a lot of the in person classes would be filled by talking about random stuff but it kept it humorous in a way. She also gave good and clear feedback on writing assignments, and was lenient on some things here and there. Also attendance was mandatory so don’t miss class.

Don’t do your writing last minute, especially your story that you write or the final portfolio. This class is likely one of the easier ones out of the other writing credit options, so I recommend (especially if you like creative writing)

I thought this was a good class, especially for those interested in learning about the history of American medicine through an intersectional lense, and I enjoyed it. I will say the online format makes it a little bit less engaging, but the lectures are good and you learn more through them if you attend.

There are 2 discussion assignments through perusall due every week, which do require you to read a lot but it’s possible to have great responses without needing to read every portion of the texts they use. Also, we had to do the “show and tell” assignments which were considered the module exams but it was writing assignments where you research a historical newspaper through the recourse the professor provides, as well as relevant lesson material, historical evidence, and lecture material (this is where going to the lectures becomes important, attendance isn’t mandatory but you won’t get a great grade on these assignments unless you go to the lectures and take notes on what is discussed) no final and no quizzes

The professor was good, I thought she was passionate and engaging and clearly cared about what she was teaching as well as her students. If you don’t go to the lectures for a while she will reach out to you just an fyi.

Can be kinda tedious at times, but it’s semi easy to get a good grade if you put the effort in and pay attention to the material. Would take again.

For context, I suck at math and don’t like it at all, so this course was hard for me personally. I felt like the lesson content didn’t entirely prepare you for the quizzes and exams, and the wording in those were bombastic.

All the online material was through Xronos, which is easy(ish) to do but it didn’t really help me, does count for a grade tho so you need to complete it. There were 4-5 quizzes and 1 exam due at the end of every module, plus the final exam which covered everything. Exams were all honorlocked

Not my kind of professor, mind you I only went to a couple lectures and did everything else online (attendance wasn’t mandatory) but he talked a lot and the examples were jumbled so I felt like I wasn’t gonna get much from his teaching. There weren’t too many options for Mac1114 tho so I can’t say much.

Lock in, if you can go to lectures and if they don’t help you’re going to have to teach yourself the content. You will most likely struggle tbh, but I ended with an 88 and got an A-