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William Robin MUSC130H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/13/2021	Dr. Robin is a great professor. There were a lot of writing assignments, but all of the deadlines were very flexible. There were also a lot of ways to get extra credit throughout the semester.
William Robin MUSC130H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2020	prof. robin is an amazing professor. he cares for his students and his class is chill. musc 130 is a wonderful, straightforward class with minimal work outside of class.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130H Anonymous 01/25/2012	Warfield was an interesting lecturer, but the class material was nothing what I was expecting it to be. While we did get to listen to a few fun songs (1960's, Lady Gaga), we also listened to a lot of music that I personally was not a fan of (atonal pieces that last 10-15 minutes. Think nails on a chalkboard for that amount of time). While it was nice to not have to buy a textbook, the 45 min-1hr long listenings 2-3 times a week was a bit excessive and time consuming. The papers are graded according to a standard that is inconsistent. The exams are mostly regurgitating what he said in class in addition to adding a little something extra. Overall, this class wasn't hard, it just took a lot of time that I would rather have put to a different/more interesting class.
Patrick Warfield MUSC130H Anonymous 12/18/2011	No discernible difference between honors and regular section except there's only one honors discussion on Fridays. Lectures and assignments are all the same. Even the workload. (unfortunately) He calculates grades by letter grades on each assignment. Mildly complicated process... (A = 4.0, A-= 3.7, etc) And an overall point value of 3.6 or above is the cutoff for an A in this class. That being said, the workload was borderline excessive. This is supposed to be an introductory course for non-music majors with little to no background in music. Yeah, no. You might get a little lost during some lectures. PowerPoints are sparse, but he does talk about everything in detail, so TAKE DOWN DETAILED NOTES. They will really help on exams, etc. Around the last unit, he does more background history before delving into actual topic of interest. Write down some background history. 3 exams (60%), 4 papers (30%), and around 5 short 1 page reaction papers (this towards participation grade, 10%). He'll also make you go to at least two performances at CSPAC. Not bad, but can be inconveniently timed. Do not procrastinate on papers, make sure you go through and edit them. TA's are really helpful so ask them questions for clarification for papers or study guides for exams. As said before, TA's do grade everything, and some might be easier graders than others. Depends. Hit or miss really, but fight for those points. The +/- make a huge difference. To study for exams, go through all your notes, go to outside review sessions if they have any, make your own study guide and write everything out. Then set aside at least 3-4 hours. It's basically rote memorization and identifying songs. To get an A on the exam, not only do you have to list all the important details, but somehow go above and beyond it in a way. After 50 min of writing during the exam, your hands will cramp so badly. And you will always walk out feeling like you didn't write enough information . . . Overall. It's not a bad class. It was interesting. Knew nothing about music history, so what I learned were new revelations to me. It can be fun sometimes, and Warfield gives really animated lectures. He'll even break out into a waltz depending on the song he plays. If you pick this class, just be prepared to work hard for the grade. It's not an easy A. (In retrospect, I think I had put more work into this class than all my others such as my Bus Statistics, but I cared more about this class because it was interesting.)