ANTHRO 151
Ethnography of Everyday Speech
Description: Lecture, three hours; fieldwork. Requisite: course 4. Designed for juniors/seniors. Course has two interrelated objectives: (1) to introduce students to ethnography of communication--description and analysis of situated communicative behavior--and sociocultural knowledge that it reflects and (2) to train students to recognize, describe, and analyze relevant linguistic, proxemic, and kinesic aspects of face-to-face interaction. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Proffessor deGerdes is boring, plain and simple. she assigns a phenominal amount of reading, which would be more rewarding if she were better at teaching it. otherwise, its just a phenominal amount of reading. She knows how to make interesting things not interesting. Don't take her classes.
Proffessor deGerdes is boring, plain and simple. she assigns a phenominal amount of reading, which would be more rewarding if she were better at teaching it. otherwise, its just a phenominal amount of reading. She knows how to make interesting things not interesting. Don't take her classes.
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Professor Goodwin is by far my favorite professor at UCLA, and her class is an eye-opening experience. The class itself is a quarter long project that allows you to apply the concepts learned in class to a field site analyzing how language is used in everyday interaction. This class makes you apply the knowledge to the real world rather than just memorizing facts for an exam, which is how college should be. Goodwin is there every step of the way to help you and encourage you to do your best. Her lectures were very interesting, and her fieldwork is fascinating and expansive. She is so sweet and a caring professor, I highly recommend any anthropology major to take a class with her at least once, she is the best thing to happen to your college experience.
Professor Goodwin is by far my favorite professor at UCLA, and her class is an eye-opening experience. The class itself is a quarter long project that allows you to apply the concepts learned in class to a field site analyzing how language is used in everyday interaction. This class makes you apply the knowledge to the real world rather than just memorizing facts for an exam, which is how college should be. Goodwin is there every step of the way to help you and encourage you to do your best. Her lectures were very interesting, and her fieldwork is fascinating and expansive. She is so sweet and a caring professor, I highly recommend any anthropology major to take a class with her at least once, she is the best thing to happen to your college experience.
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Fall 2019 - Engaging professor and interesting material, no required textbook and she gives all the readings as pdfs for free online. This class is heavily dependent on a group project component. Pick your group carefully as 70% of your grade depends on your group work. Prof. is young and has a lot of passion but isn't necessarily approachable and is quick to criticize if you disagree with her or misunderstand lecture material. Office hours are super early in the morning too which sucks for students who don't like waking up so early (class was at 9am, OH from 8-9). I would probably not take a class with her again because the lecture material became really repetitive and boring in the second half. Good news is there was no midterm or final exam, just one theory quiz around week 7.
Fall 2019 - Engaging professor and interesting material, no required textbook and she gives all the readings as pdfs for free online. This class is heavily dependent on a group project component. Pick your group carefully as 70% of your grade depends on your group work. Prof. is young and has a lot of passion but isn't necessarily approachable and is quick to criticize if you disagree with her or misunderstand lecture material. Office hours are super early in the morning too which sucks for students who don't like waking up so early (class was at 9am, OH from 8-9). I would probably not take a class with her again because the lecture material became really repetitive and boring in the second half. Good news is there was no midterm or final exam, just one theory quiz around week 7.
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