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PSCI10462 months ago

Fast-paced J term class based on learning the art of rhetoric. First half based on Plato and Aristotle's takes, then second half was on Cicero, Shakespeare, and general speeches. Read a ton of speeches in all. Had 3 major assignments (1 speech, 1 paper, 1 speech analysis) but they were loaded toward being due at the end of the course. Fram was extremely into it and very accommodating with deadlines, letting us provide input on when stuff was due/to give us general extensions. It was the first time this class was offered so it was a bit chaotic at times, with changing due dates and stuff, but as long as you pay attention you're good. Not sure what the super negative review is on about. This class is a cw: there will be lots of readings (you don't really have to do them all) and a good amount of writing. We didn't "read 5 books"; we had 5 books that we read parts of. Anyone who walked out of this class saying they didn't learn anything is either lying, amnesiac, or both. Take this class! Nothing better to study for J term than immerse yourself in speech writing and theory.

Fast-paced J term class based on learning the art of rhetoric. First half based on Plato and Aristotle's takes, then second half was on Cicero, Shakespeare, and general speeches. Read a ton of speeches in all. Had 3 major assignments (1 speech, 1 paper, 1 speech analysis) but they were loaded toward being due at the end of the course …Read more

Fast-PacedFair GradingNo Exams
10hrs / week Some difficulty Extremely high value Would take again
PSCI02042 months ago

Fram's class is very interesting but very difficult. You should expect to do a lot of readings, and the class will go through discussing it. He has no slides or material, so you have to listen to what he says and just write it down. Overall, I learned a lot in this course but it was not easy

Fast-PacedConstant ReadingTough Grading
6hrs / week Very difficulty Above average value Would not take again
CLAS10462 months ago

He packed too much into the course of J-term, assigned hundreds of pages of reading material the day before he wanted it read by, and assigned 3 long papers and did not explain what he wanted until 2 days before he wanted one of them. He said he would give in-class writing time, but instead, he talked through it because he planned too much for the course. We had 5 books we read with many articles on top of that. The last-minute assigning and the amount of work for this class made it terrible. I would not recommend it unless you are someone who enjoys classics and political science and is being relentlessly tortured with work.

He packed too much into the course of J-term, assigned hundreds of pages of reading material the day before he wanted it read by, and assigned 3 long papers and did not explain what he wanted until 2 days before he wanted one of them. He said he would give in-class writing time, but instead, he talked through it because he planned to …Read more

Fast-PacedConstant ReadingNo Exams
15hrs / week Very difficulty Extremely low value Would not take again
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