Easiest GE on campus. Just do the readings and brush up on them before the test. They're only 20 questions so if you screw up, you're kinda screwed, but the questions aren't tricky. I think I missed one total from the two tests. There's one essay but it was graded very nicely. I would recommend this to anyone. No work, easy A.

This class was a bunch of fun. First, Professor Patrick Wen offered two "paths" that we could take. The first was a ten question weekly quiz, and the second was just coming to class. Both paths had to do two essays, each worth 10% of the grade. I personally chose the second path because I enjoyed coming to class and discussing the material. Professor Wen gave you a 100% in the discussion if you were there and could answer his simple questions. He often called on us in alphabetical order so it was easy to predict who he would call on and so I could skip lecture that day. He also offered a free pass where you could email him that you didn't want to be called on and he would just skip you.

The first essay was due the end of Week 2 and the prompt was based on an in class trial we held for one of the characters in a story we read. If you were an attorney in the trial, he gave extra credit. The paper was only 3-5 pages long and again only worth 10% of the grade.
The second essay was due at the end of week 10 and could be about any of the materials we went over during the quarter. The essay was only 2 pages long.

Finally, what this class covered. All of the books/stories are easily found online, but if, like me, you want a paper version of the stories, only the course reader burned a hole in my pocket. We covered a pre-medieval tale, Hans Christian Anderson(the little mermaid, the ugly duckling, etc), some famous plays(A Doll House), three short novels, and a handful of movies. Most of what we covered was entertaining and easy to read/watch, with only a few weird/disturbing ones. His recorded lectures were long, but if you have a chore extension you can just speed them up.

This class did live up to the title of being the easiest GE at UCLA. Take it. You'll have. a lot of fun and read some really interesting things with the safety net of an almost guaranteed A.

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I didn't know what to expect from this class, but I surprising really enjoyed the actual content of the class, from reading stories to learning about how the time period ties into the analysis of the literature. I took this class online because of COVID, and he gave us 2 options, either to take the class asynchronously or synchronously. Both options had 2 papers, worth 10% of the total grade each, but the first option had a quiz each week, worth 80% of the total grade. Overall, the class was very enjoyable, would definitely take another class with Professor Wen!
Quizzes: extremely easy as long as you watch the lectures and skim over the stories (they were all plot based).
Papers: first one was 3 pages, second was 2 pages. They were graded pretty leniently too.

Super easy and you can find all the readings online.

asynchronous & very light workload. would definitely recommend prof wen! selling course reader + books for a negotiable price, email me at rockstar4657@hotmail.com for more info

This class is the best! Super easy and actually interesting class. Patrick presents all the information in a engaging way. He also gave everyone in the class an A because of what was going on in the world.

Take this class. Honestly this class because its is super interesting and easy. I took this class A-sesh and it was online and the grading scheme is 50% weekly quiz and 50% film response/ discussion post. He has pre-recorded lectures and a weekly quiz that is based on the lectures and the weekly readings. The quizzes were very easy if you read the books and watched the lectures-- he is not trying to trick you. Also there was a discussion post that you had to do each week based on the weekly film. I 100% recommend taking this class!

I am the student who has taken his class for the whole of last year. As someone who takes his class, they all probably know there might be required reading of 1 or 2 books every week. But this is no big deal as long as you read it. All the exam is just based on that you read or not. This class is definitely not hard to get A. However, I recommend taking a class with much fun and joy. You will find such love in Scandinavian culture while you are exploring the literature with Dr. Patrick's incredible lecture. It is such losing a chance if you just take the class for easy A because there are tones of other alternatives.

The class was easy, but not what I expected at all. Since there isn't homework, our grade was basically based off of our midterm and our final, but the midterm was entirely reading comprehension. It is pretty essential to do the readings in this class because the exams are pretty heavy on detail.

Very easy class. One paper and two in class quizzes. All you have to do is the readings and you're set for an A. Selling all the books, contact 2094014023.