This class is so hard i swear to god. If you do not like reading 2 books a week and having to memorize obscure sculptures from every single powerpoint from each lecture which is monday wednesday Friday every single week in addition to discussion this class is not for you. I found this out the hard way and I do not understand how reviews are this positive. I mean he is an all right guy but this is the only class at UCLA I have ever failed and this is a GE. Do not think this class will be easy!!!!!!! I cannot stress this enough.

Great lecturer, all around awesome professor. The tests do require a lot of memorizing but not intense information just being able to recognize pictures and a few facts on them. I am selling all of the required reading books and also the course reader, if interested email me at Gisellemartinez@me.com

The only time I spent in this guy's office was when he disturbingly and wrongly accused me of cheating on his final exam. True story, I hope it dissuades some students from this 'great' teacher . Papadopoulos wrongly accused me of cheating on his final, because out of a class of 350 I was the most look-alike to the perpetrator, who had allegedly posted a notice on facebook asking for someone's answers during the final. So I recieved an 'IP' in the grade book and after two weeks, I finally emailed him and he invited me to his office. He proceeded to look me straight in the eyes and tell me I've cheated on his exam, and I've been caught. He pulled up printed pictures of my facebook profile and compared it to a blurry image of the cheater. So he had searched the facebook profile pictures of all 350 students and singled out the one that looked most similar, and with a smirk on his face he showed me the comparison and forced me to log on to my facebook to confirm that it was my profile picture. Later on I had the Dean of Students came to me and apologizing for his actions, but I never heard a word from this little guy. So a fair warning to all, don't look like someone else or a bigoted, discriminatory little guy might mistake you for a cheater.

Took classics 10. Awesome professor and super easy class! Selling all the books required for the class and course reader for 20 bucks. Text me 3109624479

The professor is extremely passionate about Greek culture and history. He has a storyteller voice and lectures a great time for explaining the main ideas. The number of books may seem a bit intimidating, but most are just excerpts of certain chapters. He is straightforward and really wants you to succeed. For our first midterm, he gave us the list of prompts for our short answer section and they were identical on the actual midterm. For the second midterm, he lists specific passages and readings you need to do, but if you have done them at least once, and know the date and author, they're not tricky! On the final, he gave us 5% free! (If you turn in a blank test, you still get 5%!) Many students may complain about the study images but its only about 50 you will need to go over per exam, hence not cumulative. Good luck! I definitely recommend it.

This class was honestly one of the hardest classes I've taken at UCLA. The professor is the head of the archaeology department, so all he cared about was pots. We had to memorize over 100 different pictures of random pots, their dates, who made them, what society they were made in, and what gods were depicted on them for the final. That was along with over 10 pages of vocab. This class is rote memorization and brought down my GPA.

This class sucked. You don't have to go to any of the lectures and you could get an A in the class as long as you do well on the midterms and finals and attend discussion. The lectures are all posted online but the midterms have basically NOTHING to do with what he talks about in lectures.

The midterms consists of memorizing "study images," which is just a slide with a picture on it and a crap load of information like the dates, where it was found etc. There are 172 study images in total and he only picks 10 to be on the midterms and 15 to be on the final...and they're barely mentioned at all in lecture.

The readings and the discussions were okay but this class is just pure, pointless, difficult memorization and if you're good at that and remembering excerpts from LONG readings then you're golden. I seriously regret taking this class, barely any people showed up to lecture and I would never recommend this class to anyone.

Concise, knowledgeable, energetic and engaging, knows how to teach and convey class material well.

Great professor, and pretty straight-forward class. Lots of reading, but not necessarily all required. Selling textbooks for a cheap price, email me at johnjpl110@gmail.com.

Took classics 10. Awesome professor and super easy class! Selling all the books required for the class and course reader. Text me 3109624479