Professor
Jocelyn Ho
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Most Helpful Review
Winter 2021 - Took this as a random GE because I saw it was an easy class. And trust me, it was. Class was a hybrid of asynchronous and synchronous occasionally for live webinars. She will ask you to buy a program called MITA and DO NOT buy it. It's essentially a dictionary of music terms behind a paywall. I genuinely cannot recall anytime being required to use it, it's going to be a waste of your money. Lecture were mainly recorded videos that were boring. At times she'd go over time and honestly 80% of the videos are just her describing classical music. Out of an hour worth of lecture, you would be fine just skipping around and watching 15 minutes worth. Every now and then the class would require you to be live. I do wish Professor was more prepared since the class would wait 30 minutes for her to properly set up, making everyone late. Live lectures invited guest speakers and we'd basically all watch a recorded video together. Assignments were weekly summaries of the lectures. No exams or midterms but there are 2 group projects where you write about music. So be prepared to work with others, however the final is the exact same thing but is solo work. Honestly don't be afraid if you have no music background, I didn't know anything and you just have to finesse your writing for the projects. Professor wasn't too accommodating for extensions or timezones so beware. However the TAs were very nice.
Winter 2021 - Took this as a random GE because I saw it was an easy class. And trust me, it was. Class was a hybrid of asynchronous and synchronous occasionally for live webinars. She will ask you to buy a program called MITA and DO NOT buy it. It's essentially a dictionary of music terms behind a paywall. I genuinely cannot recall anytime being required to use it, it's going to be a waste of your money. Lecture were mainly recorded videos that were boring. At times she'd go over time and honestly 80% of the videos are just her describing classical music. Out of an hour worth of lecture, you would be fine just skipping around and watching 15 minutes worth. Every now and then the class would require you to be live. I do wish Professor was more prepared since the class would wait 30 minutes for her to properly set up, making everyone late. Live lectures invited guest speakers and we'd basically all watch a recorded video together. Assignments were weekly summaries of the lectures. No exams or midterms but there are 2 group projects where you write about music. So be prepared to work with others, however the final is the exact same thing but is solo work. Honestly don't be afraid if you have no music background, I didn't know anything and you just have to finesse your writing for the projects. Professor wasn't too accommodating for extensions or timezones so beware. However the TAs were very nice.
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