Mark Williams

Mark was a great professor, but the readings are dense and your knowledge of the readings are crucial to your success in the class. He also loves to go over the designated class time, so don't schedule his class with another one right after it. It's very difficult to get better than an A- on any of his papers, but he is overall pretty fair with the grading. As a course requirement for my major, there could have definitely been worse classes than this to take. Fun class and good experience overall.

Mark was a great professor, but the readings are dense and your knowledge of the readings are crucial to your success in the class. He also loves to go over the designated class time, so don't schedule his class with another one right after it. It's very difficult to get better than an A- on any of his papers, but he is overall prett …Read more

Ridiculous amount of reading but its certainly readable. Three response papers required that are "ungraded" (you get a grade in reality). Got a "check plus" on all the response papers. Take home final and midterm that you have a week to write. One person got an A on the midterm (he tells you). Got an A- in the class and was super pressed because I dont think anyone got an A.

This class was very interesting, and it is clear the Professor Williams is extremely knowledgable and passionate about the subject matter. There is a large amount of reading every week, and the grading is based mostly on papers. Overall, the content is engaging.