First Year Seminar: Legacy of the Mediterranean I · First Year Seminar @Barnard
Minor assignments: close reading assignments that tend to be about a page long Major grades: 2 papers (a lot of rough drafts to keep you on top of the work so you don't push it to the last minute) and one final 8-10 page research paper. Fair amount of reading but not unmanageable
Very fair. If you keep up with reading and provide thought provoking questions to the class, the assignments will be a breeze.
3 papers, ungraded rough drafts. Pretty standard amount of reading for an English class
Manageable amount of reading. A few essays plus their revisions will seem like more work than they are. The final research paper on the topic of my choosing (15 pages) was the most interesting and enjoyable assingment.
You read To the Lighthouse, Frankenstein, Paradise Lost, Heart of Darkness and others (can't remember) and a couple of papers. Very manageable and enjoyable readings of books you should read sometime in your life anyways.
Prof. Weinstock is one of the nicest professors I've had so far. She is always so enthusiastic about the material and about in class discussions. I remember when we went to the Cloisters, and maybe only five people from my class were able to make it, but she was still so excited about it. I loved how she would go on and on about all the artifacts and displays and then stop and be self-conscious about being too talkative. It was the cutest thing ever and just shows how much she loves what she's doing. Although the course did nothing to improve my writing as Prof. Weinstock, like the other reviewer said, left all the work to the Writing Fellows, I did learn a lot about literature nonetheless. And I really enjoyed the Seminar experience mainly because Prof. Weinstock is such an open-minded and non-condescending instructor, unlike my current FY-English professor... It's too bad I really don't like English, or else I might take another course with her.
3 papers (5-10 pages), readings for every class, sometimes reading responses (200 words). Near the end of the semester reading was essentially optional.
Not difficult----three 5 page papers and rewrites
Two 4-6 page papers, one 8-10 page research paper and reading is moderate, very managable.
reading. manageable. If you're ever really swamped with work and cannot make a deadline for a paper, just let her know. She's really understandable.