Jim Ralph

If you want an easy, boring class this is for you. Did I learn much of anything? no. Did I have to do the readings? no. Theres four assignments for the whole course: a media presentation, a research probe, a group presentation and a final paper. This class is co taught and the dynamics between Spears and Ralph are very entertaining, they are nice guys who are very interested in Chicago unfortunately this class and the readings are incredibly dull. They also are very easy grader and give little to no feedback. If you need an easy class with little work this is a good one, but don't expect to learn much.

If you want an easy, boring class this is for you. Did I learn much of anything? no. Did I have to do the readings? no. Theres four assignments for the whole course: a media presentation, a research probe, a group presentation and a final paper. This class is co taught and the dynamics between Spears and Ralph are very entertaining, …Read more

People take this class because it is easy, and it is. But, it's obvious that that is what most people are doing because discussions are pretty quiet. Love both of the professors. Definitely not a stressful class.

The course had a lot of readings and supplemental material to review outside class but often you could avoid doing the readings. Presentations were fairly frequent and there was a short essay assignment and longer one but everything was graded easily.