SPAN 170
Topics in Media, Interdisciplinary, and Transhistorical Studies
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 25 or 27, 119. Interrelation between print, visual, and live arts, and way they exist in mass media, new technologies, and different platforms. Possible topics include visual cultures in Latin America, Latin American and Spanish cinema, musical cultures and literature, live arts and performance in popular culture, three-dimensional modeling of material culture, and architecture of medieval Iberia. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2022 - Dra. Bergero is a super kind and supportive professor, even if you had no clue what was going on in the texts she appreciated all comments. She literally forgot to assign a midterm and ultimately just weighed our presentations and other assignments more, which was a seriously cool move. The course (which was about the history of Argentina) dragged sometimes with the more verbose texts about feminism and multiculturalism, but the course material got really interesting at the end and I was kinda sad we didn't discuss the contemporary topics more. Final essay was 6-8 pages about any topic from the course, and she gave us feedback on our outlines which I think really helped everyone for the final drafts. Regardless of what she's teaching, if you want a Spanish prof who values your contributions and makes you a better speaker and writer, Dra. Bergero is a good option.
Winter 2022 - Dra. Bergero is a super kind and supportive professor, even if you had no clue what was going on in the texts she appreciated all comments. She literally forgot to assign a midterm and ultimately just weighed our presentations and other assignments more, which was a seriously cool move. The course (which was about the history of Argentina) dragged sometimes with the more verbose texts about feminism and multiculturalism, but the course material got really interesting at the end and I was kinda sad we didn't discuss the contemporary topics more. Final essay was 6-8 pages about any topic from the course, and she gave us feedback on our outlines which I think really helped everyone for the final drafts. Regardless of what she's teaching, if you want a Spanish prof who values your contributions and makes you a better speaker and writer, Dra. Bergero is a good option.
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Fall 2017 - I loved taking this class with Professor Cohen. He is a great professor and encourages all of his students to participate. by fostering a friendly and collaborative classroom environment. Before taking this class I was not very interested in film and was intimidated by the subject material, but I really enjoyed this class. A warning: his midterm was surprisingly difficult and he was really disappointed in our scores. That's because the wording of his questions are confusing and some were opinion based. He expected us to remember small details that he had mentioned in class early on in the quarter. My advice is to: 1) Do all the readings and know them well because he gave us direct quotes and asked us to identify the authors, even though we did not really go over them in class. 2) Take really good notes during class and review them well before the test 3) Listen really carefully to what he says will be on the test because he will give you some answers the lectures before the exam Don't worry too much though, Cohen is really helpful and as long as you watch all the films and pay attention in class you'll be fine.
Fall 2017 - I loved taking this class with Professor Cohen. He is a great professor and encourages all of his students to participate. by fostering a friendly and collaborative classroom environment. Before taking this class I was not very interested in film and was intimidated by the subject material, but I really enjoyed this class. A warning: his midterm was surprisingly difficult and he was really disappointed in our scores. That's because the wording of his questions are confusing and some were opinion based. He expected us to remember small details that he had mentioned in class early on in the quarter. My advice is to: 1) Do all the readings and know them well because he gave us direct quotes and asked us to identify the authors, even though we did not really go over them in class. 2) Take really good notes during class and review them well before the test 3) Listen really carefully to what he says will be on the test because he will give you some answers the lectures before the exam Don't worry too much though, Cohen is really helpful and as long as you watch all the films and pay attention in class you'll be fine.
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Spring 2017 - Professor De la Torre is a very unorganized Lecturer. Her class produces no meaningful discussion. Even though it was pretty easy to get an A in the class because she is a easy grader her instructions for the essays are extremely vague and you're left doing a lot of guess work. Overall she is a nice lady but I would not take a class with her again. Definitely do not recommend.
Spring 2017 - Professor De la Torre is a very unorganized Lecturer. Her class produces no meaningful discussion. Even though it was pretty easy to get an A in the class because she is a easy grader her instructions for the essays are extremely vague and you're left doing a lot of guess work. Overall she is a nice lady but I would not take a class with her again. Definitely do not recommend.
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Summer 2024 - Professor Falce-Robinson is a very welcoming and approachable professor. She is very understanding of individual student situations and does her absolute best to make the classroom a comfortable environment for participation. The pace and workload of the class were very manageable and reasonable to keep up with. Overall, I felt her class was a very valuable experience and I hope to take more Spanish classes with her in the future. It is very important to her that students participate in class and keep up with the assigned readings, but this isn't difficult to do since the workload is very manageable.
Summer 2024 - Professor Falce-Robinson is a very welcoming and approachable professor. She is very understanding of individual student situations and does her absolute best to make the classroom a comfortable environment for participation. The pace and workload of the class were very manageable and reasonable to keep up with. Overall, I felt her class was a very valuable experience and I hope to take more Spanish classes with her in the future. It is very important to her that students participate in class and keep up with the assigned readings, but this isn't difficult to do since the workload is very manageable.
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