Professor
Jesse Tandler
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2025 - Extremely easy GPA booster ONLY IF you come to class and participate. Attendance and participation are worth 45% of your grade, so you need to show up. However, if you want an easy workload, no tests, and zero note-taking, this is for you. 4 mini papers (2-3 pages) that are pretty much reflections of how the class is changing your views or challenging you. Worth 25%. The group project is super chill. Pick any topic related to the class and conduct a discussion with your group for 20 minutes. Worth 20%. Class quiz every day based on assigned materials from the previous class (ranges from articles, podcasts, and movies). Worth 10%. Final thoughts: Extremely easy if you show up, talk at least once each lecture, and finish your assignments on time, you should get an A.
Fall 2025 - Extremely easy GPA booster ONLY IF you come to class and participate. Attendance and participation are worth 45% of your grade, so you need to show up. However, if you want an easy workload, no tests, and zero note-taking, this is for you. 4 mini papers (2-3 pages) that are pretty much reflections of how the class is changing your views or challenging you. Worth 25%. The group project is super chill. Pick any topic related to the class and conduct a discussion with your group for 20 minutes. Worth 20%. Class quiz every day based on assigned materials from the previous class (ranges from articles, podcasts, and movies). Worth 10%. Final thoughts: Extremely easy if you show up, talk at least once each lecture, and finish your assignments on time, you should get an A.
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2025 - I loved this class!! As someone who has always been interested in ethical consumerism, I enjoyed this class very much! Professor Tandler is very kind, understanding, approachable, and does a great job in carrying out engaging lectures. This class is largely based on attendance and participation, so you HAVE to participate. The class structure mirrors a seminar-based class where Professor Tandler has slides based on our readings, provides us a little information, and opens up the floor for questions/presents the class with questions. Everyone participates and it is a very welcoming space where you can share your thoughts without being judged. Prior to every class, we would have readings which would be about 10-20 pages long or podcasts/videos to listen/watch. In class, we would be quizzed on the readings so I recommend taking notes since Professor Tandler allowed us to use our notes. His goal behind quizzing us is to ensure that we do the readings, which he introduced in Fall 2025 and are relatively simple (sometimes a little confusing/hard to comprehend, but don't worry because they will be reviewed in class). The quizzes are usually four questions and straightforward. A few questions on some of the quizzes were very exact, but at the end of the quarter, Professor Tandler asked us for our opinions because my quarter was the first time he implemented quizzes. He was very open to our concerns and the quizzes were on a pass/no pass basis where as long as you get 2/4, the TAs will add up your overall quiz points at the end of the quarter and give you a 100. This could differ though next quarter/whenever this class is offered again, so be sure to ask about this. We also had five assignments which were 2-3 page long papers. The papers mirror reflections and as long as you pay attention in lecture/understand the material, you should be alright. There is no midterm or final, but we did have a group presentation (which is kind of like a final) which was super fun. You are allowed to choose a topic with your group and then simply do research on it, present your slides to the class, and guide a discussion. Overall, this class is very manageable and I enjoyed it a lot!!
Fall 2025 - I loved this class!! As someone who has always been interested in ethical consumerism, I enjoyed this class very much! Professor Tandler is very kind, understanding, approachable, and does a great job in carrying out engaging lectures. This class is largely based on attendance and participation, so you HAVE to participate. The class structure mirrors a seminar-based class where Professor Tandler has slides based on our readings, provides us a little information, and opens up the floor for questions/presents the class with questions. Everyone participates and it is a very welcoming space where you can share your thoughts without being judged. Prior to every class, we would have readings which would be about 10-20 pages long or podcasts/videos to listen/watch. In class, we would be quizzed on the readings so I recommend taking notes since Professor Tandler allowed us to use our notes. His goal behind quizzing us is to ensure that we do the readings, which he introduced in Fall 2025 and are relatively simple (sometimes a little confusing/hard to comprehend, but don't worry because they will be reviewed in class). The quizzes are usually four questions and straightforward. A few questions on some of the quizzes were very exact, but at the end of the quarter, Professor Tandler asked us for our opinions because my quarter was the first time he implemented quizzes. He was very open to our concerns and the quizzes were on a pass/no pass basis where as long as you get 2/4, the TAs will add up your overall quiz points at the end of the quarter and give you a 100. This could differ though next quarter/whenever this class is offered again, so be sure to ask about this. We also had five assignments which were 2-3 page long papers. The papers mirror reflections and as long as you pay attention in lecture/understand the material, you should be alright. There is no midterm or final, but we did have a group presentation (which is kind of like a final) which was super fun. You are allowed to choose a topic with your group and then simply do research on it, present your slides to the class, and guide a discussion. Overall, this class is very manageable and I enjoyed it a lot!!
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