Plate is an extremely nice professor, and I really liked his class. But it's not that easy to get an A at all, and the class is not curved. THe main problem is with his TA Diana Lee. Before I took this class a Comm Std senior told me that Diana was mean and becoz she didn't do well academically herself, she wanted to make everything as hard as possible and hated her students to score high. I didn't really believe that before I took this course. Now I really experienced it. SHE IS MEAN, and I think it's Prof Plate's biggest mistake in letting her be his TA

Good to know someone did something about the cheaters in that class because everyone in the class knew it was happening and that was fricken annoying. Diana was a fair TA in grading and was helpful for the most part--though a little slow in responding to emails. Both Plate and Diana are pretty easy to talk to once you get past the intimidation factor. In general, I would recommend Plate's courses. Pretty easy A. But if you're not planning on doing the reading, forget about it. You will end up crying about the unfairness after every quiz like half the students. The paper was only 3 pages long. Pretty easy topic, but the challenge is in the length or lack of.