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John Branstetter
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Fall 2025 - Professor Brandstetter is absolutely phenomenal!! He is a great lecturer and truly enjoys what he teaches. The class is relatively simple, weekly essays with no midterm or final, and he is alwasy open to doing extra office hours or talking after class. He also geniunely cares about his students, he is super flexible and always willing to work with you to be your best advocate.
Fall 2025 - Professor Brandstetter is absolutely phenomenal!! He is a great lecturer and truly enjoys what he teaches. The class is relatively simple, weekly essays with no midterm or final, and he is alwasy open to doing extra office hours or talking after class. He also geniunely cares about his students, he is super flexible and always willing to work with you to be your best advocate.
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Fall 2025 - I really enjoyed this class. I didn't think I would be interested in Marxism, but it was very interesting, and since there were no tests, I feel like I could better take in the content and interpret it instead of having to memorize things. Professor Branstetter is amazing and really knows what he is talking about. The lectures were definitely long at an hour and 50 minutes (and mine was at 8am). There were only 10 assignments, each a 500 word essay responding to the question of the week (and you worked with the same partner on all of them).They are all due finals week, although it is heavily encouraged to submit earlier, as you can edit and they will regrade it until you get the score you want. Even though there are little assignments, you read one chapter of Marx's Capital about every class period and the book is over 600 pages that you read throughout the quarter. Overall, it was a great class and I feel like I learned a lot about capitalism and the economy.
Fall 2025 - I really enjoyed this class. I didn't think I would be interested in Marxism, but it was very interesting, and since there were no tests, I feel like I could better take in the content and interpret it instead of having to memorize things. Professor Branstetter is amazing and really knows what he is talking about. The lectures were definitely long at an hour and 50 minutes (and mine was at 8am). There were only 10 assignments, each a 500 word essay responding to the question of the week (and you worked with the same partner on all of them).They are all due finals week, although it is heavily encouraged to submit earlier, as you can edit and they will regrade it until you get the score you want. Even though there are little assignments, you read one chapter of Marx's Capital about every class period and the book is over 600 pages that you read throughout the quarter. Overall, it was a great class and I feel like I learned a lot about capitalism and the economy.
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