I love this class, I love Professor H, I love classics, and if you ever need an easy GE and this is being offered with her, do yourself a favor and take it. There is a textbook for this class, but you can find it online. I don't think it's that necessary overall to get though. Initially, for the first four weeks, I always did all the assigned textbook readings but then it was taking up a lot of time and I realized I didn't really need it at all. There is a quiz assigned every week, and your lowest two quiz grades are dropped. It's open book and open note and you get more than enough time to complete all of it. The quizzes are incredibly easy; a lot of the time it'll just be content questions from lecture (so you should watch all the lectures). They're not trying to trick you, either; oftentimes, it'll really just be the most obvious answer. I think for the first couple quizzes, there were some questions that drew from the textbook, so having a pdf would be handy to ctrl+F. However, the majority of the quizzes are entirely from the lectures, so you don't even need to look at the textbook to get the questions right. Most of the time, I didn't even double-check my answers, I just answered from memory and submitted the whole thing in a minute. They're that easy. There are four writing assignments for this class, graded leniently, and we also got a deadline extension for two of them. Our last assignment (the writing final) became optional. You could take it if you wanted to improve your grade in the class, but otherwise, if you were happy with where it stood, your grade at the moment would just become your final grade. I loved how low-stress this class was and every lecture was always super interesting. It was tough waking up for a 9am, but it takes a couple hours for the podcasted lectures to be posted, and I liked it enough that I didn't want to have to wait until mid-afternoon to watch the recordings. One thing to note is that the slides themselves aren't posted, so if you don't attend lecture, you will have to watch through the entire recording to see what is written on each slide. Also, discussions are mandatory for attendance but for us, participation was just writing a short paragraph answering a discussion prompt of our choice. There were a lot of options, and some of them were really interesting, like comparing Sappho to Chappell Roan. My TA also made us do a Kahoot for fun at the start of each section and I really liked that.

A super interesting class that is also super easy. This is the dream when it comes to GEs. If you take this class and do the work you’ll get an A or A+ guaranteed, and you’ll probably enjoy it a lot too.

This was one of my favorite classics courses! Prof. H was super engaging in the lectures and had a great grading structure. No one assignment was worth too much, so she gave us a great chance of getting a high grade.

» Participation in Discussion: 20%
» Paper 1: 15% Epic & Lyric [~500-750 words]
» Paper 2: 15% Text & Object [~500-750 words]
» Paper 3: 15% Day in the Life [~500-750 words]
» Weekly Lecture and Reading Quizzes: 15%
» Take-home Final Essay: 20%

Note that we didn't have a final essay due to the TA strike. All of the assignments were manageable and she was a lenient grader. I would take her class again and any others she offers in the department!

Professor H was definitely a great professor to have in my first quarter at UCLA. All of her lectures were very clear, and it was evident that she was passionate about the material she was lecturing on, making the lectures more interesting. The workload is very manageable, with three short essays as well as weekly open-note, 5 question quizzes. She always seemed open to answering questions, and I wish I would have gone to office hours more to ask more about classics. When we went on zoom during the TA strike, she showed her adorable cat, which was definitely a highlight as well. Overall, great professor, and I highly recommend both this class and Professor H!

LOVED THIS CLASS. Prof H clearly knows what she's talking about and is super interested in the topic. I had her as my TA for my discussion for this class as well, and she was super helpful and engaging. Definitely recommend for a fun and easy GE.

Loveeeeed this class! It was podcasted so I literally only went in-person week 1 and never went back, but I watched all of the lectures. Prof H. was such a queen and is so passionate about this course material. It was very interesting to see the dynamics and complexity of Ancient Greece. The textbook was not necessary for the weekly quizzes if you take good notes on the lecture slides. Our other assignments were, like, writing about art or "day in the life of an Ancient Greek" and they were very easy. The TA strike did probably make this class a little bit easier because Prof H. was so accommodating. Take this as an easy, interesting GE.

Prof H is the best at teaching this class! This was the first GE class I took coming to UCLA. I was interested in history in general but Prof H really made me become more interested in Greek history! The class is pretty easy. There are readings that she assigns and quizzes that go with them. But as long as you follow along with the readings and her lectures (which are recorded as well), it is pretty easy to get an A or A+. There are about 3-4 essays in total in this class. There was a TA strike during the quarter that I took this class, so I didn't have to write 1 paper. But those papers are pretty straightforward. Discussions are pretty fun. I truly enjoyed having discussion with Lena. They are really great at teaching and are also very funny. Overall, this is a really easy and interesting class so I'd definitely recommend it!

- Participation: 20%
» Paper 1: 15% [~500-750 words]
» Paper 2: 15% [~500-750 words]
» Paper 3: 15% [~500-750 words]
» Weekly Lecture and Reading Quizzes: 15%
» Take-home Final Essay: 20%

Overall this class was super easy with a really light workload. The lectures are recorded and readings are not often required to do well on the quizzes and papers. I really recommend this class as an easy GE which doesn't require a lot of work.

If you are the slightest bit interested in Classics, please do yourself a major favor and take Classics 10 with Prof. Haselswerdt! She's such a queen and made the class super engaging & welcoming. The coursework consisted of three papers (the third one was combined with our final because of the UAW strike), and each had considerable leeway for students to decide what to write on, as well as weekly online 5-question quizzes that were easy to complete if you paid attention during lecture & read the textbook. I will say that there is a bit of heavy reading, but nothing you wouldn't be able to manage as a GE. The content is very interesting and Haselswerdt is quite passionate about it--go to her office hours and talk to her, too!

I cannot sing the praises of Professor Haselswerdt enough as I absolutely adored this class. She is an extremely engaging lecturer and manages to make the most boring parts of the class interesting. Considering the lectures are mostly her walking aroumd the stage and lecturing for the entire time, she held my attention the entire time, and I was always surprised that the fifty minutes were up. The class is a survey of antiquity, so there is not a lot of boring material, and the most tedious thing is just reading the textbook, which I actually really liked. There are about 40-60 textbook pages, and then a reading for discussion. Discussion does not make or break the class, so if your TA isn't the best, your grade shouldn't be affected too much. The grading was very lenient, and the quizzes were open note. I highly recommend going to office hours to just chat because I had so many interesting conversations, and you'll never run out of things to ask about because the Ancient Greeks had some interesting practices.

The only think I would be wary of is that this course does discuss sexual assault, slavery, pedophilia, ritual sacrifice, racism, xenophobia, and sexism, so just keep that in mind. I think Professor Haselswerdt handles these topics very well, and I would definitely take this course again if I had to do it all again.