COM LIT 4AW
Literature and Writing: Antiquity to Middle Ages
Description: Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 2AW. Study and discussion of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as "Iliad," "Odyssey," "Gilgamesh," Sappho, Greek tragedies, "Aeneid," Petronius, "Beowulf," or Marie de France. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
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Professor Gabriel was a pretty tough teacher, but he explains the text material pretty well in class. I took ComLit4AW with him and the class had around 20 people; so it was a good environment to discuss and ask questions. There are 4 essays for the class, each around 3-5 pages long. It's good that he doesn't make you write like 7-8 pages. For me, I spent a lot of time writing each essay, analyzing the text beforehand, close-reading the texts, marking the texts with post-its. As long as you analyze the text well enough and support your ideas with examples from the text, he'll give you a good grade. However, he doesn't do revisions, so the grade you get what you get. I got A-'s for all my papers. I guess there's always something wrong with a paper; but for all my papers, he always noted that I should proofread before turning it in. So maybe he takes off from the grade for grammar or spelling mistakes. My overall grade was an A- for this class. I wouldn't not suggest you to take his class, but I think writing II might be easier at a community college.
Professor Gabriel was a pretty tough teacher, but he explains the text material pretty well in class. I took ComLit4AW with him and the class had around 20 people; so it was a good environment to discuss and ask questions. There are 4 essays for the class, each around 3-5 pages long. It's good that he doesn't make you write like 7-8 pages. For me, I spent a lot of time writing each essay, analyzing the text beforehand, close-reading the texts, marking the texts with post-its. As long as you analyze the text well enough and support your ideas with examples from the text, he'll give you a good grade. However, he doesn't do revisions, so the grade you get what you get. I got A-'s for all my papers. I guess there's always something wrong with a paper; but for all my papers, he always noted that I should proofread before turning it in. So maybe he takes off from the grade for grammar or spelling mistakes. My overall grade was an A- for this class. I wouldn't not suggest you to take his class, but I think writing II might be easier at a community college.
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I actually never met Kristal; the class is taught entirely by the TA (I had McCullough, who was awesome). I signed up for this class last minute after dropping a class I learned that AP credit actually applied to...there was slim pickings for the remaining classes so I figured I would just get my Writing II out of the way. This class is definitely work but certainly doable. You aren't going to get away with slacking in any Writing II course. This one consisted of biweekly submissions to a forum based on the weekly readings, 3 papers, a midterm, and a final. I was kind of mad that I got an A+ on the final and midterm (combined 25% of the grade) and an A on the final paper (also 25%) and wound up with an A- in the class (I got a B+ on the first paper which was only 10% and A minuses on the second paper and participation). I felt like I deserved an A overall. Most of the readings were actually interesting; I only used Sparknotes once or twice out of time issues, not lack of interest. You only read bits of the books you are required to buy, like 2 sections of The Iliad, a few sections of the Bible, etc. I'm not religious and still found the class interested. In addition to this class I was taking a GE and an upper div while working 30+ hours a week and didn't feel like this class consumed the rest of my time. I would recommend it as long as you have a good TA.
I actually never met Kristal; the class is taught entirely by the TA (I had McCullough, who was awesome). I signed up for this class last minute after dropping a class I learned that AP credit actually applied to...there was slim pickings for the remaining classes so I figured I would just get my Writing II out of the way. This class is definitely work but certainly doable. You aren't going to get away with slacking in any Writing II course. This one consisted of biweekly submissions to a forum based on the weekly readings, 3 papers, a midterm, and a final. I was kind of mad that I got an A+ on the final and midterm (combined 25% of the grade) and an A on the final paper (also 25%) and wound up with an A- in the class (I got a B+ on the first paper which was only 10% and A minuses on the second paper and participation). I felt like I deserved an A overall. Most of the readings were actually interesting; I only used Sparknotes once or twice out of time issues, not lack of interest. You only read bits of the books you are required to buy, like 2 sections of The Iliad, a few sections of the Bible, etc. I'm not religious and still found the class interested. In addition to this class I was taking a GE and an upper div while working 30+ hours a week and didn't feel like this class consumed the rest of my time. I would recommend it as long as you have a good TA.
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