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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2022 |
This was one of the best classes I’ve taken so far! Professor Goh is super nice and extremely knowledgeable in her field, so it’s very easy to talk to her and ask her to clarify any topic that we go over in class. She puts all of the readings on ELMS, so you don’t need to worry about buying textbooks. She assigns readings every week, but they tend not to be super long, and you don’t really need to read them. As long as you understand the general gist of the mythology, you’re set. Lectures could be long at times, but she does her best to tell the myths like stories, and she often lets the class out pretty early. Throughout the course there were 3 midterms which each focused on only that unit of study. They had 50 MC questions and 2 free responses, but you could chose which 2 to answer out of 3 questions, which really helped me out. There were five homework’s assigned, but she drops the four lowest, so theoretically you only have to do one all semester, plus they are only supposed to be 2 pages long. I took this class out of my interest in Greek and Roman myths, and I am not disappointed! I would recommend this class to anyone with an interest in mythology, or anyone who wants an easy gen ed!! |
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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2022 |
TLDR: nice professor, can't keep the class' attention, lots of reading, graded things are few and far between First off, she is very nice. She does what she can to help you in the class, always has a positive attitude, clearly loves the material, and while I didn't reach out to her much, she was helpful when I did. Grades are split into 4 sections: 3 midterms, and homework. The lowest 4 homework grades get dropped, but she only ended up assigning 5, so I only had to do 1. Midterms are online and open note. This format unfortunately isn't good if you want to actually learn anything; I procrastinated prep for one of the midterms until 2 days before the test, did well, and have forgotten most of it by now. Having sat in the back, I could see what a lot of people were *actually* doing on their computers, and it was very rarely taking notes. She just stands there and talks at us, which I guess is her job, but she does NOTHING to get us to actually pay attention each class. If you're a little more diligent than me, you don't even have to go to class, you can just self study everything. All material covered is posted on canvas (4/5 in terms of her knowledge of how to use canvas btw), and she posts the slides anyways... which she doesn't bring to class finished. Pretty much every class, she's had to make a correction somewhere. Slides are also extremely bland, though readable. In terms of reading, there will be a lot, and most of it is the original poetry (translated of course, but still poetry). If that's not your thing, save yourself and do what I did: don't read any of it. Instead, use whatever other resources you have. Youtube, litcharts, sparknotes, you name it. This is mythology, there are resources on this everywhere. I haven't read a single line of poetry for this class (besides excerpts we read in class) and I've been doing fine. Youtube is going to be a lot more helpful earlier in the course, but don't just watch a single video and call it a day. Every video has a slightly different version of the myth, so watch a bunch and use their common ground, then correct anything you got wrong in class. I took this during freshman connection, though I don't think that affected much. This is an okay way to get a humanities gened, especially if you like Greek & Roman mythology. |
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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 04/14/2022 |
Professor Goh is so sweet and really cares about her students! She is also very passionate and knowledgeable about the subject! However, I bought a lot of books that I didn't end up needing and it was a very "reading heavy" course for a gen ed- and I took it during Freshman Connection. I recommend the professor, so if you need to take this class she's a great option. However, if you can take another class ot fulfill the requirement, I think that would be wise |
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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2021 |
I took this class to fulfill a GenEd humanity credit and ended up really enjoying the course. As the other reviews have mentioned Professor Goh is a great instructor who genuinely cares about the success of her students. The topics were always interesting and she kept the coursework both organized and straightforward. In order to do well in this class just make sure to keep up with the readings and weekly short essay assignments. |
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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2021 |
Professor Goh is a wonderful professor. She clearly cares about her students. Her class is both intellectually challenging and enjoyable, which is always a great combination. I've been interested in myths for a while and I learned a ton of new things I didn't know before in her class. Don't think this is a class you can blow off, though. There's a lot of reading and exams are weighted heavily and are fairly challenging. READ, go to lecture, and participate, and you will do fine in her class. |
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Madeleine Goh
Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2021 |
I have no complaints about her class. I enjoyed the content, but the lectures were kind of dull. She was very nice, although it did take a long time to get any assignments graded. |
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Madeleine Goh
Anonymous 09/13/2021 |
nice takes a year to grade your work never posts lectures runs through slides in class |
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Madeleine Goh
CLAS170 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2019 |
Prof Goh was amazing! She knows what she's talking about and has passion for what she teaches. Her lectures can be long but she makes them interesting by talking about myths. She responds quickly to emails and is super nice. There's three required textbooks but I only opened one, if you go to class you don't need to read. Easy A just pay attention! |