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Professor Armanios is very passionate about the concepts that are a part of the course content. However, sometimes it can be a little hard to follow as her teaching style is very fast-paced and technical. I would recommend using her office hours regularly to go over the information from the class further as the readings can be very dense along with the loads of information from the lectures. While this course may be a little more difficult than other entry level history classes, I believe Professor Armanios wants everyone to succeed and makes it very easy to put in the effort to do so.
Professor Armanios is very passionate about the concepts that are a part of the course content. However, sometimes it can be a little hard to follow as her teaching style is very fast-paced and technical. I would recommend using her office hours regularly to go over the information from the class further as the readings can be very d …Read more
I took this course in first-year seminar format. Professor Barrow is one of the kindest and most genuine professors I've met so far. He really cares about his students and is excellent at understanding how different people function then modifying his behavior around them to best provide support. The variety of sources we used in the course - novels, films, short stories, songs, paintings, photographs - provided me with a solid understanding of World War II and opened my eyes to perspectives that I hadn't thought of before. Your grade is based on three essays, two presentations, and participation. The essays are required to be written with different media as sources (i.e. one novel, one film, one of your choosing); one presentation is with a group and one is solo. Overall, I highly recommend any course with Professor Barrow.
I took this course in first-year seminar format. Professor Barrow is one of the kindest and most genuine professors I've met so far. He really cares about his students and is excellent at understanding how different people function then modifying his behavior around them to best provide support. The variety of sources we used in the …Read more
I just took the class because I needed a fourth class and it helped with distribution requirements. There was a lot of reading, sometimes a couple hundred pages just between the Monday and Wednesday class. I did find the content to be really enjoyable and loved the format of the class. My only major issue is that he was harsh on grading despite not really providing any feedback on how I could do better during the course despite me asking. I even had several classmates ask me if I was a History major because they were impressed with what I had to say so I’m just surprised he was so harsh when it came to grading. While it was incredibly enjoyable, I wouldn’t say it was worth all the time it took just to get a subpar grade.
I just took the class because I needed a fourth class and it helped with distribution requirements. There was a lot of reading, sometimes a couple hundred pages just between the Monday and Wednesday class. I did find the content to be really enjoyable and loved the format of the class. My only major issue is that he was harsh on grad …Read more