AFAS UN1001

We were taught a great deal on the evolution of the effects of slavery.

Three 500 word essays ("quizzes") and a final made of four of the "essays" each 750 words. Totally manageable, even if you do the readings, they are short/ you can find good summaries

LOTS AND LOTS of reading-- very good! Two 8- 10 page papers, an oral presentation, and a final.

Fifteen minute presentation of ideas on the book of your choice to start discussion, nothing major. Two 5-7 page papers and a 12-15 page final on the topic of your choice and using the books of your choice. Her flexibility makes the class enjoyable and less stressful. She encourages you to think for yourself and enjoy your work. I highly recommmend her.

I have learned a lot about the history of African - Americans and culture. The readings were interesting and instructors were helpful

Do not listen to previous reviews. TAKE THIS CLASS AS YOUR GLOBAL CORE. Professor Fellezs was so approachable and such a nice guy. He reviews all the readings in class so do not bother reading them. He has one TA and himself, both grade generously and I would consider this class an easy A and definitely the only good option for a global core. Take this especially if you are a good writer. I wish there was another global core as great as this one, I genuinely enjoyed his lectures and the readings. Yes he is a bit monotone, but who cares, he does you a favor going over all the readings and everything is take home.

The reading list is really fantastic. However, I recommend just buying the books and reading them over the summer because Professor Winks adds nothing to them! At times I thought the class had very interesting discussions-- no thanks to Winks. He essentially doesn't teach, he relies on his students to teach the class for him through oral presentations.

Mr. Rooks was visiting from Harvard last semester when I took her class, but I enjoyed having her as a professor. There are no objecite tests, only writings and a short discussion on the book of your choice. The class leaves you room to go without reading some material that maybe you are not interested in. You mostly need to know the main concepts and how to analize your thoughts into an essay. As long as you can handle learning basic concepts, develop your thoughts, and write a decent essay, you will do well in the class.

The T.A. was instrumental in encouraging me to look at issues from a more creative and intellectual perspective.

There are two sides to every story. Marxism was discussed on numerous occasions as a plausible antithesis to humans paraded as capital in this country (among other New World countries), but it was never touted as the bonafide way in either Fellezs' lectures or Darlene's discussion section, nor was anyone's voice stifled from disagreeing with the benefits of socialism or communism or despotic/darwinian nature of capitalism. This reviewer created a complete mischaracterization and false dichotomy to fit his own aims, whatever they may be. I cannot speak for the TA Yannick's teaching style though it is widely accepted among our classmates who gossip(ed) like pornstars scromp that he educated from a narrow radical bent that many students found restrictive to say the least. Regardless, anyone who gripes about the reading load in a Global Core class at Columbia, a class which they chose on their own accord, having two weeks to review the syllabus before dropping, discredits himself/herself the moment he/she speaks. It's like a smoker complaining about his lung cancer while concurrently smoking a cigarette. WE came here to read. WE came here for a rigorous education. It's literally Columbia's badge of honor, our badge of honor; a badge that signifies that we attend a school that is proud to make us read more about the world than any other undergraduate school in the country; unfortun…