CLASSIC 42
Cinema and Ancient World
Description: Lecture/screenings, five hours; discussion, one hour. Use of popular culture and cinema to introduce students to ancient Greek and/or Roman culture; focus at discretion of instructor. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Most Helpful Review
While this class was extremely enjoyable, I feel I did not learn much. The section was more effective than the lectures in bringing student understanding to a higher level, and the TAs are the ones that do all the grading so be sure to get to know your TA. The lectures were interesting, but they were mainly a recap of the required readings, so basically you don't have to do the reading to pass or do well. There was a significant amount of work which became extremely time consuming, having a 2+ hour movie to watch and do a worksheet on each week, so only take this class if you have exorbitant amounts of free time or are willing to stay up all night.
While this class was extremely enjoyable, I feel I did not learn much. The section was more effective than the lectures in bringing student understanding to a higher level, and the TAs are the ones that do all the grading so be sure to get to know your TA. The lectures were interesting, but they were mainly a recap of the required readings, so basically you don't have to do the reading to pass or do well. There was a significant amount of work which became extremely time consuming, having a 2+ hour movie to watch and do a worksheet on each week, so only take this class if you have exorbitant amounts of free time or are willing to stay up all night.
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I had her for the watching movies class. Oh yea, sounded like cool. Nah! after the third four-hour movie that I was forced to watch, I mean, it gets boring. She is a narcissist that says "you only have to do 3 out of the 5 essays." Hmm okay. But what if you have a very strict TA like Brian or Alex, you may have to do the 5 of them. And the useless discussions are mandatory. So it's a lot of work between week 1 and week 7. The midterm is so unexpected, so you better study everything word by word. One last thing, her first day of class, may sound that she's all cool and stuff but it's too good to be true. I do admit she's a nice professor and comical but what counts at the end, how useful was the class, and what was your grade, not her attitude.
I had her for the watching movies class. Oh yea, sounded like cool. Nah! after the third four-hour movie that I was forced to watch, I mean, it gets boring. She is a narcissist that says "you only have to do 3 out of the 5 essays." Hmm okay. But what if you have a very strict TA like Brian or Alex, you may have to do the 5 of them. And the useless discussions are mandatory. So it's a lot of work between week 1 and week 7. The midterm is so unexpected, so you better study everything word by word. One last thing, her first day of class, may sound that she's all cool and stuff but it's too good to be true. I do admit she's a nice professor and comical but what counts at the end, how useful was the class, and what was your grade, not her attitude.
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