SLAVC M40
Christianities East and West
Description: (Same as Religion M40.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of three major historical branches of Christianity--Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism, contrasting how history, dogma, culture, and community structures develop in those three traditions. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2024 - Not a walk in the park, this GE. It's certainly a fascinating class if you have an interest in Christianity from a historical and theological standpoint. You do have an edge in the class if you are familiar with the religion as some of the terminology and rituals you might already know. I won't lie though, the lectures were very dense. The lectures are not recorded and even though the prof releases his lecture slides, they are very bare and not helpful on their own. It is paramount to not only go to every lecture but to actually take notes and pay attention. It's in the detail for this class. The two books you need to buy for this class aren't necessarily needed for any of the exams. There was no midterm (a mock one for students to just do but ungraded and he went over the answers) but there are two papers and a final. The first paper is a research paper in which you go in-person or online to a Roman Catholic service, Protestant service, and Eastern Orthodox service then write about the similarities/differences in them. The second paper is a choose 1 of 2 prompts, which were either about the two books you could've bought/read or picking a controversial topic and discussing the POV's of each branch e.g. capital punishment. The final was hard. If you didn't study or attend lecture, you would be cooked. The professor can be a little soft-spoken sometimes so listen closely. Overall, an interesting course with a fine professor that is very dense and time-consuming.
Winter 2024 - Not a walk in the park, this GE. It's certainly a fascinating class if you have an interest in Christianity from a historical and theological standpoint. You do have an edge in the class if you are familiar with the religion as some of the terminology and rituals you might already know. I won't lie though, the lectures were very dense. The lectures are not recorded and even though the prof releases his lecture slides, they are very bare and not helpful on their own. It is paramount to not only go to every lecture but to actually take notes and pay attention. It's in the detail for this class. The two books you need to buy for this class aren't necessarily needed for any of the exams. There was no midterm (a mock one for students to just do but ungraded and he went over the answers) but there are two papers and a final. The first paper is a research paper in which you go in-person or online to a Roman Catholic service, Protestant service, and Eastern Orthodox service then write about the similarities/differences in them. The second paper is a choose 1 of 2 prompts, which were either about the two books you could've bought/read or picking a controversial topic and discussing the POV's of each branch e.g. capital punishment. The final was hard. If you didn't study or attend lecture, you would be cooked. The professor can be a little soft-spoken sometimes so listen closely. Overall, an interesting course with a fine professor that is very dense and time-consuming.
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