First-Year English · BC
Biweekly discussion posts and 2 papers per semester
20-40 pages of pretty light reading, discussed in class the next day. Essays are pretty basic first draft not grades, second one is. no exams!
About 1 book per week, one to two essays per month
She doesn't believe in grade inflation although she graduated from Brown. In fact, she believes in extreme deflation. Sad!
This class is easy if that is what you are looking for. She assigns the absolute minimum number of assignments for LitHum. However, her seminars are more lectures. In multiple classes, only 1 or 2 students got the opportunity to speak. If you aren't planning on reading the books, this could work out great for you, but if you are, the class can get a bit dry.
Not a big fan. I was a relatively good student in the class and tried to speak and voice my opinion as much as possible (she clearly stated the more we speak in class the better our grade will be the). The class is in fact in a harkens discussion group atmosphere. However when we do speak she cuts us off or belittles what we have to say...it's actually quite upsetting . On another note i actively participated and consistently got A's on all papers..yet my grade was not a reflection of the grades i had received back... Don't take this class..it's upsetting how she doesn't fairly grades and she definitely picks favorites
Shelly Fredman is a great professor. She's willing to change her syllabus to the student's needs and she's always willing to help you after class. About one essay per month, maybe two at most not a lot at all. She is very friendly, open minded, discusses her daughter who is a first year in college just like all of us in First Year English.
Eh, okay professor. Should provide a better introduction to the texts we read and moderate discussions better. Also: is he gay? Kind of mysterious. The discussions were poorly moderated and monopolized by those who just wanted to pontificate. I wonder if there's a pedagogical intent in not getting our papers back to us on time; I think maybe he likes to play mind games with us. Overall decent though. Enjoyed it more than I didn't. Learned a lot. Have a good appreciation for greek history now. Took in Fall.
2 short paper and 1 research paper (all submitted twice), weekly readings usually not too long
Professor Schneider is a nice guy and a pretty chill teacher. Honestly the class is pretty easy. He tends to dominate the discussion which can be annoying, but at 8:40 in the morning everyone is basically asleep anyway. If people make an effort to speak up then he will sit back and let the discussion happen for the most part. He focuses the class a lot on writing and gives good comments. He focuses heavily on writing style and clarity, and much less on content. Overall not a bad FYE teacher and definitely seems easier than other FYE teachers. I would't say try to get him, but if you do get him don't worry.