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Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Professor Wasdin is a wonderful professor! She is very kind and funny, and as a person is understanding of personal matters. I would say that this class would be a great choice for a GenEd if you enjoy reading. If not though, I'd be careful. The classwork itself isn't too difficult, but the lack of homework can somewhat lead to a false sense of security, because skipping the readings/not reviewing them makes the 3 quizzes almost impossible, as the questions are hyper specific and span weeks of material. Overall, the class can be an easy A if you stay on top of the readings. I looked at summaries towards the end and was able to still do well, but it would've been easier if I had just done the readings when they were assigned. That being said, if your schedule is already full, be wary, as the load of material is heavy.
Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Professor Wasdin is an amazing professor! She is very nice and funny, and usually very understanding of personal matters. For the class itself, I would say if you like to read, go for it! It has lots of interesting things, but I found that the volume of readings to be a little difficult to manage at times. Also, the quizzes are very specific about things from the texts, and you'll be quizzed on a lot of material at once, so studying is very important. Again, if you like to read I would definitely recommend the class, but only if you really like reading. Wasdin herself though always made the lectures interesting, and she really knows her stuff!
Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Dr. Wasdin is a great lecturer, but this class is definitely not an easy gen-ed (unless you are used to heavy reading/writing). There are a lot of assigned readings that you SHOULD do, since there are reading quizzes (additionally, the Greek novels are super niche and you won't find any reliable online summaries on them). Discussions are mandatory with graded responses, and the essays are very time-consuming. The course content is really interesting, and I'm glad I took the class, but beware of the load it will add.
Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/09/2024	DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS if you need a gen-ed. They are definitely sweet people, but the class is structured more for people interested in classics. The course had so many readings, and for most (if not all) of the required texts and books, summaries did not help. The essays they assigned only had one prompt that wasn't so classically based, and they were very time-consuming. Oftentimes, the language in the texts was hard to understand, and even if you tried to look it up, it wouldn't be anything helpful. The discussion was a waste of my time as we would have to answer questions based directly from the readings and the TA would yap pretty much the whole time.
Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2024	DO NOT TAKE if you want a simple gen-ed. The professor and TAs themselves are sweet. But the course had so much reading and you can't google summaries for such readings since the quizzes test you in detail about the reading. You also have to write essays with heavy readings which can be time-consuming. The readings are also very niche with complicated classical literature English so it is hard to find explanations and summaries online (in case you want to save time and find a way around the readings).
Katherine Wasdin CLAS274 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/22/2024	From the perspective of a junior in need of gen ed credits, this class was exactly what I was hoping for. I'd say its an easy gen ed since theres no official homework and your grade is primarily made up of discussion section responses which in my experience have always been given 100's. There are 3 "quizzes" throughout the semester but they are basically just exams in terms of their impact on your grade. They consist of easy multiple choice questions and a written response which is pretty much rhetorical analysis, and its not terribly hard nor is it graded too harshly. I think this class is kind of what you make of it- it can be a lot of work if you do all the readings as suggested and you may get a lot out of the class if you do them but you could also just do what I did and read the summaries which will still allow you to succeed in the class while minimizing the work load. The only sources of true work in the class are the two essays you have to write but you get plenty of time to do them and once again the grading is fairly lenient. Professor Wasdin runs the class very fairly as I have described and creates an environment that reminds me a lot of AP Lit in high school, so if you're into that experience she's a terrific professor. Honestly, you could get away with going to the lectures as long as you familiarize yourself with the material prior to discussion and the quizzes. Overall, I'd say this class is excellent as a gen ed although you should probably take the easiest ones (like CCJS100 or the entrepreneurship type classes) first and then take this as needed to fill your remaining credits.

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2024

Professor Wasdin is a wonderful professor! She is very kind and funny, and as a person is understanding of personal matters. I would say that this class would be a great choice for a GenEd if you enjoy reading. If not though, I'd be careful. The classwork itself isn't too difficult, but the lack of homework can somewhat lead to a false sense of security, because skipping the readings/not reviewing them makes the 3 quizzes almost impossible, as the questions are hyper specific and span weeks of material. Overall, the class can be an easy A if you stay on top of the readings. I looked at summaries towards the end and was able to still do well, but it would've been easier if I had just done the readings when they were assigned. That being said, if your schedule is already full, be wary, as the load of material is heavy.

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2024

Professor Wasdin is an amazing professor! She is very nice and funny, and usually very understanding of personal matters. For the class itself, I would say if you like to read, go for it! It has lots of interesting things, but I found that the volume of readings to be a little difficult to manage at times. Also, the quizzes are very specific about things from the texts, and you'll be quizzed on a lot of material at once, so studying is very important. Again, if you like to read I would definitely recommend the class, but only if you really like reading. Wasdin herself though always made the lectures interesting, and she really knows her stuff!

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2024

Dr. Wasdin is a great lecturer, but this class is definitely not an easy gen-ed (unless you are used to heavy reading/writing). There are a lot of assigned readings that you SHOULD do, since there are reading quizzes (additionally, the Greek novels are super niche and you won't find any reliable online summaries on them). Discussions are mandatory with graded responses, and the essays are very time-consuming. The course content is really interesting, and I'm glad I took the class, but beware of the load it will add.

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/09/2024

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS if you need a gen-ed. They are definitely sweet people, but the class is structured more for people interested in classics. The course had so many readings, and for most (if not all) of the required texts and books, summaries did not help. The essays they assigned only had one prompt that wasn't so classically based, and they were very time-consuming. Oftentimes, the language in the texts was hard to understand, and even if you tried to look it up, it wouldn't be anything helpful. The discussion was a waste of my time as we would have to answer questions based directly from the readings and the TA would yap pretty much the whole time.

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/07/2024

DO NOT TAKE if you want a simple gen-ed. The professor and TAs themselves are sweet. But the course had so much reading and you can't google summaries for such readings since the quizzes test you in detail about the reading. You also have to write essays with heavy readings which can be time-consuming. The readings are also very niche with complicated classical literature English so it is hard to find explanations and summaries online (in case you want to save time and find a way around the readings).

Katherine Wasdin
CLAS274

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
11/22/2024

From the perspective of a junior in need of gen ed credits, this class was exactly what I was hoping for. I'd say its an easy gen ed since theres no official homework and your grade is primarily made up of discussion section responses which in my experience have always been given 100's. There are 3 "quizzes" throughout the semester but they are basically just exams in terms of their impact on your grade. They consist of easy multiple choice questions and a written response which is pretty much rhetorical analysis, and its not terribly hard nor is it graded too harshly. I think this class is kind of what you make of it- it can be a lot of work if you do all the readings as suggested and you may get a lot out of the class if you do them but you could also just do what I did and read the summaries which will still allow you to succeed in the class while minimizing the work load. The only sources of true work in the class are the two essays you have to write but you get plenty of time to do them and once again the grading is fairly lenient. Professor Wasdin runs the class very fairly as I have described and creates an environment that reminds me a lot of AP Lit in high school, so if you're into that experience she's a terrific professor. Honestly, you could get away with going to the lectures as long as you familiarize yourself with the material prior to discussion and the quizzes. Overall, I'd say this class is excellent as a gen ed although you should probably take the easiest ones (like CCJS100 or the entrepreneurship type classes) first and then take this as needed to fill your remaining credits.

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