ENGL M104A
Early African American Literature
Description: (Same as African American Studies M104A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Introductory survey of African American literature from 18th century through World War I, including oral and written forms (folktales, spirituals, sermons; fiction, poetry, essays), by authors such as Phillis Wheatley, Frances Harper, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Charles Chesnutt, Booker T. Washington, and Pauline Hopkins. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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She was amazing.People found her intimidating because she was extremely organized, prepared, intelligent and well put but I liked her. She is calm and soft spoken.Her lectures never went on tangents or got lost; she always made her point, had evidence to back up her arguments and referred to page numbers multiple times. Her office hours were great: you could sit and go over anything and she would repeat and explain until you understood. Her midterm was wonderful! The study sheet was EXACTLY like the test. By studying off of it, I was 100% prepared! There are no papers in this class!!! YAY! The midterm and final, plus attendance, make up your grade but the material, lectures, and study guides help you through them. I recommend her because she really cares about her students. When she got stuck in Ireland, she posted videocam lectures. She had movies for us to watch and articles/essays to read. Very, very pleasant person!
She was amazing.People found her intimidating because she was extremely organized, prepared, intelligent and well put but I liked her. She is calm and soft spoken.Her lectures never went on tangents or got lost; she always made her point, had evidence to back up her arguments and referred to page numbers multiple times. Her office hours were great: you could sit and go over anything and she would repeat and explain until you understood. Her midterm was wonderful! The study sheet was EXACTLY like the test. By studying off of it, I was 100% prepared! There are no papers in this class!!! YAY! The midterm and final, plus attendance, make up your grade but the material, lectures, and study guides help you through them. I recommend her because she really cares about her students. When she got stuck in Ireland, she posted videocam lectures. She had movies for us to watch and articles/essays to read. Very, very pleasant person!
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Course Assignments: 5-6, 5 page Journal Entries due throughout the 10 week course. 1 Poetry presentation. No Midterm. No Final Exam. No additional papers to be completed. Professor Mullen tends to lean more toward a discussion based class versus lecture based. The course texts were incredibly interesting and very relevant to African American social justice, identity, and civil rights issues today. The books were to be read throughout the 10 weeks and then students would come to class, listen to the professor lecture for about half an hour, and then the rest of class would be a discussion on whichever questions students may have regarding the texts or the professor would throw some questions out. The class is somewhat writing intensive in that it requires you to submit journal entries and the professor sometimes asks the class to write and reflect in class. However, it is an absolutely wonderful and very easy class. I definitely recommend!
Course Assignments: 5-6, 5 page Journal Entries due throughout the 10 week course. 1 Poetry presentation. No Midterm. No Final Exam. No additional papers to be completed. Professor Mullen tends to lean more toward a discussion based class versus lecture based. The course texts were incredibly interesting and very relevant to African American social justice, identity, and civil rights issues today. The books were to be read throughout the 10 weeks and then students would come to class, listen to the professor lecture for about half an hour, and then the rest of class would be a discussion on whichever questions students may have regarding the texts or the professor would throw some questions out. The class is somewhat writing intensive in that it requires you to submit journal entries and the professor sometimes asks the class to write and reflect in class. However, it is an absolutely wonderful and very easy class. I definitely recommend!
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Fall 2022 - Fall - 2022 Incredible professor. His lectures are full to the brim with information. The assigned texts are engaging, and the professor always has a lot to add to them in the lecture. I think anyone who takes M104A with this professor will not be disappointed. Workload: I found the weekly readings to be easy to get through because they were so interesting, both the midterm and final were short essays (based on the readings). Then there were weekly discussion posts for the discussion section. Attendance: Attendance was not mandatory. He did not record attendance, but did record his lectures so you wouldn't miss anything! Same thing for the discussion, the TA did not record attendance but did not record the discussion. I definitely recommend going to discussion though because it goes above and beyond what we learn in lecture. Textbook: You absolutely need the textbook for this class. Most, if not all the readings are from the textbook. There also does not seem to be an online pdf of it, so order the physical copy online ASAP!
Fall 2022 - Fall - 2022 Incredible professor. His lectures are full to the brim with information. The assigned texts are engaging, and the professor always has a lot to add to them in the lecture. I think anyone who takes M104A with this professor will not be disappointed. Workload: I found the weekly readings to be easy to get through because they were so interesting, both the midterm and final were short essays (based on the readings). Then there were weekly discussion posts for the discussion section. Attendance: Attendance was not mandatory. He did not record attendance, but did record his lectures so you wouldn't miss anything! Same thing for the discussion, the TA did not record attendance but did not record the discussion. I definitely recommend going to discussion though because it goes above and beyond what we learn in lecture. Textbook: You absolutely need the textbook for this class. Most, if not all the readings are from the textbook. There also does not seem to be an online pdf of it, so order the physical copy online ASAP!
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