ENGL 90
Shakespeare
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement. Not open for credit to English majors or students with credit for course 150A or 150B. Survey of Shakespeare's plays, including comedies, tragedies, and histories, selected to represent Shakespeare's breadth, artistic progress, and total dramatic achievement. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Summer 2019 - I took ENGL 90 in the summer with Professor Allen & TA Mark Gallagher. As an online course, we had to watch 2-3 video lectures each week about a late-Shakespearean play, plus 1-2 film adaptations of each play. We covered King Lear, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, and The Tempest. There were written one-page essays during Weeks 2-5 on the play being studied. We also had to post on the discussion boards about the play studied each week, and attend weekly discussion section via Zoom which lasted for about an hour each. There is a cumulative final in the end, which can be taken in person or online via ProctorU. Grades are calculated as follows: 30% - Participation in Live Sections and Written Responses on Discussion Board 10% - Essay 1 (one page) on King Lear 10% - Essay 2 (one page) on Measure for Measure 10% - Essay 3 (one page) on Antony and Cleopatra 10% - Essay 4 (one page) on The Tempest 30% - Final Exam (cumulative) Participation via discussion board posts and speaking during live sections are graded based on completion. The TA will go over what each student posted on the discussion board and ask for the student to add to his/her paragraphs. The one-page analysis essays were easy to do, but the TA heavily emphasized following through with deep analysis over surface statements. I got an average of 88.5% on all four essays. The final exam was difficult. It had 35 short sentence responses, 2 short paragraph summaries, and 2 long essay questions synthesizing the written play and the film adaptations. The short sentence responses ask for very minor details that I overlooked while studying the plays. The summaries were easy to do. The long essay questions were a little bit more challenging since you had to remember the film adaptations as well. I ended up with a 72% on the final, but I had chosen to take this class P/NP, and got a P on my transcript. Overall, this class has a heavy but doable workload, as long as you are not taking any other classes during the summer session. The written assignments were easy to do and the course is very well-organized. The final might be challenging if you did not study enough or did not watch all of the lecture videos/film adaptations. Mark was a very intelligent TA who pushed us to analyse the text deeper, and the live sections were always engaging.
Summer 2019 - I took ENGL 90 in the summer with Professor Allen & TA Mark Gallagher. As an online course, we had to watch 2-3 video lectures each week about a late-Shakespearean play, plus 1-2 film adaptations of each play. We covered King Lear, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, and The Tempest. There were written one-page essays during Weeks 2-5 on the play being studied. We also had to post on the discussion boards about the play studied each week, and attend weekly discussion section via Zoom which lasted for about an hour each. There is a cumulative final in the end, which can be taken in person or online via ProctorU. Grades are calculated as follows: 30% - Participation in Live Sections and Written Responses on Discussion Board 10% - Essay 1 (one page) on King Lear 10% - Essay 2 (one page) on Measure for Measure 10% - Essay 3 (one page) on Antony and Cleopatra 10% - Essay 4 (one page) on The Tempest 30% - Final Exam (cumulative) Participation via discussion board posts and speaking during live sections are graded based on completion. The TA will go over what each student posted on the discussion board and ask for the student to add to his/her paragraphs. The one-page analysis essays were easy to do, but the TA heavily emphasized following through with deep analysis over surface statements. I got an average of 88.5% on all four essays. The final exam was difficult. It had 35 short sentence responses, 2 short paragraph summaries, and 2 long essay questions synthesizing the written play and the film adaptations. The short sentence responses ask for very minor details that I overlooked while studying the plays. The summaries were easy to do. The long essay questions were a little bit more challenging since you had to remember the film adaptations as well. I ended up with a 72% on the final, but I had chosen to take this class P/NP, and got a P on my transcript. Overall, this class has a heavy but doable workload, as long as you are not taking any other classes during the summer session. The written assignments were easy to do and the course is very well-organized. The final might be challenging if you did not study enough or did not watch all of the lecture videos/film adaptations. Mark was a very intelligent TA who pushed us to analyse the text deeper, and the live sections were always engaging.
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Fall 2023 - Shocked by the reviews. I had an awful experience in this course. Prepare for weekly quizzes, lots of work, lack of communication and a lack of organization. I felt good taking this class based off of the reviews, however after completing this course I’m utterly shocked by these reviews.
Fall 2023 - Shocked by the reviews. I had an awful experience in this course. Prepare for weekly quizzes, lots of work, lack of communication and a lack of organization. I felt good taking this class based off of the reviews, however after completing this course I’m utterly shocked by these reviews.
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Prof Little is such an engaging and passionate teacher. Really enjoyed having him as a professor; he makes a boring class about Shakespeare actually entertaining. ******SELLING****** The Complete Works of Shakespeare I bought it brand new, and there are zero markings/highlighting inside. Good as new. Email me if interested! *************
Prof Little is such an engaging and passionate teacher. Really enjoyed having him as a professor; he makes a boring class about Shakespeare actually entertaining. ******SELLING****** The Complete Works of Shakespeare I bought it brand new, and there are zero markings/highlighting inside. Good as new. Email me if interested! *************
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