I took this class as it was offered as an online GE, and it was super chill. There were weekly quizzes, a midterm (which was an essay that you could write on whatever you want), and a final paper (which in our case was cancelled due to all of the COVID-19/protest concerns throughout the quarter). The quizzes are slightly annoying as they get quite detailed, but just try to skim the lectures and readings, and you should be fine.

Easy GE class with a fair amount of reading assignments. Selling course reader for 30 dollars text 3103080058

I enjoyed this class a lot. Professor Gorshein is passionate about Theater and it wears off on his students. Taking it online made this a very easy class and taking it with friends makes it easier and less stressful. Overall a very easy GE and highly recommend it.

Do the readings for the quizes, which makes up a good portion of your grade. Reading is not so heavy even for summer. I enjoyed most of the play script and readings. The prof is very passionate about what the materials, and he cares about the students. Overall easy and fun course to take. Text me at 858-371-4307 for course reader.

I agree with everyone saying this class is easy, but not as easy as I think it used to be. Definitely still would recommend Theater 10 as an easy GE, but make sure to do the readings because they are tested on in the quizzes. If you do the readings, you will get an A.

This class was a JOKE. Would highly recommend if you're looking for an easy A, tests were very basic and were based on a few of the readings. I just read the sparknotes of a few of the plays and that was sufficient. Good GE to take if you have a busy workload.

What is not required of this class:
1. The lecture videos- not tested on, not required for any of the weekly assignments
2. 80% the readings- wait till he comes out with the study guide and just do those readings. The final is all from them and the questions are super easy. Some discussion board posts will require you to reference a reading and the papers will ask for that too, but its super easy readings that you could literally just find one quote to use that is perfect.
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I only watched 10 minutes of the first lecture, that's it. You literally don't need to watch the lectures at all. The final exam is multiple choice or true or false, it took me all of 4 minutes to finish, I probably could've gotten a 90% even without the class. The questions are that easy (what is an actor?, true/false a play has this character in it). There's weekly discussion board posts that, in my case were graded super leniently, I would put like 2-3 really basic sentences down and get full credit (possibly graded on completion). All in all, this class is super easy and super low workload. The plays are cool and some of the readings are genuinely interesting. Don't worry about the super long historical and factual readings, you won't be tested on them. We tested on 3 plays (all very easy reads), vocab, and like 2 articles.

I'm a PhySci major, so this class was definitely out of my comfort zone. I ended up really enjoying a lot of it. The plays we watched and read were very entertaining. It was mostly modern. There is quite a bit of reading, and we posted on a discussion board twice a week. We also had two 3-4 page essays and the final exam was only 40 question, multiple choice and T/F. It took me all of nine minutes to finish. The discussion posts and the essays were graded by the TA. My TA was very lenient on grading. Overall, I enjoyed the class and would recommend it if you're looking to satisfy a GE. I definitely have a new appreciation for theater.
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it was okay i guess. but i hated the lectures tho. the professor is so...idk abstract? his lectures are so disorganized and it's really hard to find all the important points in his lectures

I took this class as a GE. The only thing I can say it changed in my understanding was: (1) a lot of people work to put on a play, (2) facts, from all ranges of theater are stuck in my head, ready to decay away. Professor Gorshein was very helpful via email; my TA, not so much. This is a reasonable class to take online over the summer, and I would recommend it if you want more time during the regular quarters.