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Gary Yeritsian
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Fall 2023 - Meh. He is a good professor, but he goes quickly. I also am not a fan of pop-quizzes on the readings in class. I am also not a fan of him deciding to make the exams more difficult after we did well on the first one. This professor is HARD. You have to do the complicated readings, attend lecture, and study hard. The readings he assigns are insufferable. They are not fun to read, and extremely academically wordy. However, the class is curved, so that makes a big difference. It's an exam based class, so the entire grade is based off of three tests and the pop-quizes. You can't really miss a class because there could always be the chance of a pop-quiz. There was no extra-credit. This class is fine. You will survive, but it won't be a walk in the park. Not my favorite style class, but not the worst I've had. I am just so glad I am done with this course. I probably wouldn't choose this professor again.
Fall 2023 - Meh. He is a good professor, but he goes quickly. I also am not a fan of pop-quizzes on the readings in class. I am also not a fan of him deciding to make the exams more difficult after we did well on the first one. This professor is HARD. You have to do the complicated readings, attend lecture, and study hard. The readings he assigns are insufferable. They are not fun to read, and extremely academically wordy. However, the class is curved, so that makes a big difference. It's an exam based class, so the entire grade is based off of three tests and the pop-quizes. You can't really miss a class because there could always be the chance of a pop-quiz. There was no extra-credit. This class is fine. You will survive, but it won't be a walk in the park. Not my favorite style class, but not the worst I've had. I am just so glad I am done with this course. I probably wouldn't choose this professor again.
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Winter 2024 - By no means is this class going to be easy, no one should expect an easy A in any kind of theory class especially where the material can be super heavy and sometimes feel intangible. However, Professor Yeritsian is very fair and very helpful whenever students feel stuck or need clarification in certain areas of the material. This class, and all his classes, are made up of three modules (assessments) which makes the exams and studying for them less overwhelming because the content is not as heavy as a class that might be made up of just a midterm and a final. The readings are also essential to the classes and the exams, and I promise you if you take the time to do the readings that are an hour at most that they will make the lecture more cohesive and you will be successful on the exams and quizzes. I think that Professor Yeritsian's class structure has set me up for success in all my other classes as well, and that if you engage with him during the lecture and outside of class with him in office hours you will do just fine. He is always willing to go over concepts again whenever something is unclear or needs to be expanded upon which is great. If you took 101 with him then I would recommend taking 102 with him again because the class structure being the same is also extremely helpful.
Winter 2024 - By no means is this class going to be easy, no one should expect an easy A in any kind of theory class especially where the material can be super heavy and sometimes feel intangible. However, Professor Yeritsian is very fair and very helpful whenever students feel stuck or need clarification in certain areas of the material. This class, and all his classes, are made up of three modules (assessments) which makes the exams and studying for them less overwhelming because the content is not as heavy as a class that might be made up of just a midterm and a final. The readings are also essential to the classes and the exams, and I promise you if you take the time to do the readings that are an hour at most that they will make the lecture more cohesive and you will be successful on the exams and quizzes. I think that Professor Yeritsian's class structure has set me up for success in all my other classes as well, and that if you engage with him during the lecture and outside of class with him in office hours you will do just fine. He is always willing to go over concepts again whenever something is unclear or needs to be expanded upon which is great. If you took 101 with him then I would recommend taking 102 with him again because the class structure being the same is also extremely helpful.
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