Professor
Victor Bascara
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Professor Bascara seems to be a very nice man but I had a difficult time relating his lectures to the materials that were covered. There are abundant readings (which was expected since the class was a 5 units course) and the professor expected us to understand the main points for each readings(many of them were pretty lengthy readings that took a lot of time). We had one additional book to read for the final. Overall, the class was not extremely hard though was not worth of all time consumed reading the course articles. The lecture was unclear and unrelated that I almost felt like I was self-studying the matter. The words professor used were unnecessarily difficult and sophisticated, which made the lecture even more confusing and unclear.
Professor Bascara seems to be a very nice man but I had a difficult time relating his lectures to the materials that were covered. There are abundant readings (which was expected since the class was a 5 units course) and the professor expected us to understand the main points for each readings(many of them were pretty lengthy readings that took a lot of time). We had one additional book to read for the final. Overall, the class was not extremely hard though was not worth of all time consumed reading the course articles. The lecture was unclear and unrelated that I almost felt like I was self-studying the matter. The words professor used were unnecessarily difficult and sophisticated, which made the lecture even more confusing and unclear.
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I have a lot of respect for Professor Bascara because I can tell his thoughts are very complex and interesting. However, his lectures are incredibly dry and boring and you'll probably end up falling asleep on a couple occasions. The good thing about this class is that there is no midterm. My TA was also another plus, since he made the discussions very interesting. I think its very important that you have to be interested in the course to succeed. For the final, you should be pretty familiar with your readings and be able to think on the spot for the essay. Overall, I really enjoyed this class because of its discussion when my TA elaborated further on Professor Bascara's complex ideas.
I have a lot of respect for Professor Bascara because I can tell his thoughts are very complex and interesting. However, his lectures are incredibly dry and boring and you'll probably end up falling asleep on a couple occasions. The good thing about this class is that there is no midterm. My TA was also another plus, since he made the discussions very interesting. I think its very important that you have to be interested in the course to succeed. For the final, you should be pretty familiar with your readings and be able to think on the spot for the essay. Overall, I really enjoyed this class because of its discussion when my TA elaborated further on Professor Bascara's complex ideas.
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Fall 2015 - This class was okay. His lectures are boring, and his readings were really long. His discussions were required. You had to write reading responses on the readings and lecture every week for discussion. You also had to do a group week facilitation for a week, which is basically talking about the readings for that week. His 2 essays were okay. They were graded easily by the TA. His midterm consisted of multiple choice on the readings. His final also had that but also essay questions. If you read the readings, you're fine. There's just a lot to read.
Fall 2015 - This class was okay. His lectures are boring, and his readings were really long. His discussions were required. You had to write reading responses on the readings and lecture every week for discussion. You also had to do a group week facilitation for a week, which is basically talking about the readings for that week. His 2 essays were okay. They were graded easily by the TA. His midterm consisted of multiple choice on the readings. His final also had that but also essay questions. If you read the readings, you're fine. There's just a lot to read.
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Fall 2018 - Selling NCRR Book! Pretty much new, $15, text 9259989038 Class was mostly just papers and a final project. Paper prompts were vague but you got graded on a draft and the final draft so usually it was easy to get an A. You do have to go to class and read the book to help you with your paper because you need evidence.
Fall 2018 - Selling NCRR Book! Pretty much new, $15, text 9259989038 Class was mostly just papers and a final project. Paper prompts were vague but you got graded on a draft and the final draft so usually it was easy to get an A. You do have to go to class and read the book to help you with your paper because you need evidence.
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