easy GE class. All we had us one midterm paper and one final paper and then discussion section once a week that was mandatory. I rarely went to class and did well in the class. If you want an easy history GE this is a good one. Teacher is super passionate too.

I took this class in the fall when it was asynchronous. I would definitely NOT recommend taking this class if you need an easy A. The class is easy in that it takes almost no work to complete. You literally just have to write 3 papers. The 3 papers count for your entire grade though, and it definitely didn't seem like the professor and TA were on the same page about what the paper was supposed to be about.

The instructions for the papers were just one or two questions that you had to base an entire 4-8 page paper on. My TA definitely had no idea what was going on in the class or how to grade the papers. There was no rubric, and she didn't know what the heck she was talking about in discussion. I got an 86% on my first paper (which was 25% of the overall grade) and I asked the TA what I did wrong, and she cited things that she told me to do, such as putting "/" between quotations. I emailed the professor and he said there was nothing he could do about the grade and that he and the TAs thoroughly talked over how to grade the papers.

It definitely didn't seem like it because the TA was telling us to write a different prompt than was given by the professor.

Overall, the workload is easy. Just read whatever you want to write your paper on, and write 3 papers over the quarter. But be warned, the grading is whack, so you better get a good TA.

This class is naturally asynchronous, as all lectures take the form of prerecorded podcasts. Your entire grade consists of three essays—4 pages on an ancient artifact, 4 pages on an ancient primary source document, and an 8 page synthesis on ancient religion—with no homework, projects, exams, or anything else. The weekly workload consisted of two hour-long lecture podcasts, about four supplementary documents, one chapter of the textbook, and one discussion section. Conceivably all one has to do to get an A is read all the supplementary documents relevant to your essay topics and listen to the one lecture podcast associated with it—you can honestly get by without listening to most lectures and completely ignoring the textbook, though I wouldn't recommend doing this as it creates bad habits.

The workload as described above is very, very light, and if you're an able writer with any remote interest in ancient history or religion in general, this is the GE for you. I've heard that some TA's for this course are rather harsh and nit-picky graders though; I had Cristi Whiskey as my TA and I thought she was very fair and accommodating, I would definitely recommend her.

This class was not bad but my TA definitely made it more difficult than necessary. Basically, your grade depends on two papers and a final paper. So, there's not a lot of room for messing up even tho you might be on top of readings and participate a lot in class. I did learn a lot in this class but I wish I was graded easier on the papers.

I took this class during Covid-19 and it was relatively easy. Professor Green is awesome and the content is super interesting. This class is conducted asynchronously and there isn't weekly graded homework. The only thing thats iffy is the grading, which is based entirely on 3 essays. They are interesting to write and as long as you just read that section then you should be fine. Its great if you want a class where you simply do all the work on your own time.

Great professor. All lectures were audio recordings (podcast-like). Supporting slides and lectures together were informative and taught me a lot about the course. The course material itself is quite interesting and relates the history of many places. You begin to realize the global roots of many cultures and the surprising influences of other cultures on yours. Overall, a fun and exciting class.

There were 3 papers in total (25% + 25% + 50%) and were not that difficult. You had to analyze some ancient object or script. TAs are amazing and discussions were fun so participate if you can! Shoutout to Madeline Grimm for being a great TA.