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Robert Fink
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Spring 2018 - Professor Fink is great. Take this class whether you love EDM or your just curious about it. It is really interesting and professor Fink does a great job explaining the material. Don't expect to focus entirely on todays EDM scene because the bulk of the class is about the very beginning of it in the US and the UK. Overall the class was easy in my opinion. Two assignments one in which you create your drum rhythm and the other is a short essay about your experience watching an edm set in person. A midterm and final with essay portions. Discussion is mandatory since its a part of your grade but all the TA's were pretty chill. overall a really interesting and fun class.
Spring 2018 - Professor Fink is great. Take this class whether you love EDM or your just curious about it. It is really interesting and professor Fink does a great job explaining the material. Don't expect to focus entirely on todays EDM scene because the bulk of the class is about the very beginning of it in the US and the UK. Overall the class was easy in my opinion. Two assignments one in which you create your drum rhythm and the other is a short essay about your experience watching an edm set in person. A midterm and final with essay portions. Discussion is mandatory since its a part of your grade but all the TA's were pretty chill. overall a really interesting and fun class.
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Fall 2015 - He was a very fun lecturer. He has a tendency to get really into his music and it might take up a lot of the class, but it's pretty fun to listen to edm. The first half is mainly the history and the second half is more about the music. The hardest part of the class is memorizing songs. You have to be able to listen to it and identify the song title, artist, and the year it was produced. Other than that, if you pay attention to class you will pretty much do well. He posts his lecture slides online and passes out an outline every time.
Fall 2015 - He was a very fun lecturer. He has a tendency to get really into his music and it might take up a lot of the class, but it's pretty fun to listen to edm. The first half is mainly the history and the second half is more about the music. The hardest part of the class is memorizing songs. You have to be able to listen to it and identify the song title, artist, and the year it was produced. Other than that, if you pay attention to class you will pretty much do well. He posts his lecture slides online and passes out an outline every time.
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Wow! All these reviews are way too positive for me! Whoever said he was pompous is right on the dot (lectures and office hours). No doubt he loves the subject matter, but he loves himself a lot more. I didn't learn anything relevant in Music 10. I attended every single lecture, stayed awake (pretty impressive), aced the midterm, aced the paper, and thought I did pretty well on the final. Ended up getting a C+ in the class. Tried inquiring what I may have done wrong but he gave me some sarcastic remark and that was that. No discussion. He did all the talking as well during office hours. Oh, and don't walk in late or fall asleep or he'll draw attention to you, as I've noticed w/ classmates. Music is my passion. I love the creativity; love the technicial aspect. Looking into it as a future career, in fact. I give this guy credit for being able to make me despise music for a whole 10 wks.
Wow! All these reviews are way too positive for me! Whoever said he was pompous is right on the dot (lectures and office hours). No doubt he loves the subject matter, but he loves himself a lot more. I didn't learn anything relevant in Music 10. I attended every single lecture, stayed awake (pretty impressive), aced the midterm, aced the paper, and thought I did pretty well on the final. Ended up getting a C+ in the class. Tried inquiring what I may have done wrong but he gave me some sarcastic remark and that was that. No discussion. He did all the talking as well during office hours. Oh, and don't walk in late or fall asleep or he'll draw attention to you, as I've noticed w/ classmates. Music is my passion. I love the creativity; love the technicial aspect. Looking into it as a future career, in fact. I give this guy credit for being able to make me despise music for a whole 10 wks.
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Fall 2024 - I didn't like this class very much. But I'm more of a STEM girl than a history or writing girl. There's a lot of reading, honestly more than I think is possible to realistically do. That being said, I don't think you need to do all of the reading to do well in the class. You learn really niche, interesting things but don't expect it to be easy.
Fall 2024 - I didn't like this class very much. But I'm more of a STEM girl than a history or writing girl. There's a lot of reading, honestly more than I think is possible to realistically do. That being said, I don't think you need to do all of the reading to do well in the class. You learn really niche, interesting things but don't expect it to be easy.
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Winter 2019 - I'm not going to try to convince anyone to take this class because if you're looking at BruinWalk for 60B then I'm guessing you've already taken 60A and you know that it's an interesting class and that Fink is a literal GOD. I will say that I'm selling the course reader for this quarter. I paid $60 for it and I'm willing to sell it for $40. It's only got a few notes throughout but its in great condition. If for some reason you didn't see my post for 60A, I also have pdf's of all the books you need for the year so if you realize that you need the writer's handbook or any of the others, I'll share it with you for free. If you're interested in the course reader or any of the books I have to offer, just shoot me an email at ************* and I'll be happy to help you out.
Winter 2019 - I'm not going to try to convince anyone to take this class because if you're looking at BruinWalk for 60B then I'm guessing you've already taken 60A and you know that it's an interesting class and that Fink is a literal GOD. I will say that I'm selling the course reader for this quarter. I paid $60 for it and I'm willing to sell it for $40. It's only got a few notes throughout but its in great condition. If for some reason you didn't see my post for 60A, I also have pdf's of all the books you need for the year so if you realize that you need the writer's handbook or any of the others, I'll share it with you for free. If you're interested in the course reader or any of the books I have to offer, just shoot me an email at ************* and I'll be happy to help you out.
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