I'm selling the course reader for $10. I also have last quarter's final and midterm that I will include for free (Langdon gives out the old tests). Contact me at *************

Hist 114A is a great class. It is challenging but you will learn a lot. Langdon's lecturing style is a bit overwhelming. He uses a lot of the key terms during his class, so if you don't know them you will get lost. Do all of the readings and you will do fine.

Midterm:
The midterm is an optional in class assignment of ID's, "historical paragraphs", and essays. It is optional.

Final:
The final consists of 40 ID's a few short essays, and two longer essays. The ID's were very difficult, but Langdon doesn't expect you to get them all. I got around 3 correct, but I did well enough on my essays that he gave me a B+ in the class.

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Selling the full reading package including the course reader (essential to the course), The Western Experience (also cited as Chambers), The Twelve Caesars, The Life of Charlemagne, and Classics Of Western Thought: The Ancient World. All for $50.

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Langdon is great, but the class was not my favorite. Definitely struggled with the nine-hundred and something IDs and storylines in the reader he provides. The exams were pretty difficult, IDs were short story descriptions, and the essay questions were also intense. If you don’t know your shit, and I mean, every single person, event, and their significance, it’s a wrap. I studied countless hours with my classmates and I just wasn’t able to grasp it all. Langdon’s advice was to study 15 IDs from each lecture and stick with storylines that you found interesting, but that just was not the case when taking his exams. I WAS interested in taking this course, but the lectures ended up being boring with lots of ranting, and probably another reason I was over it. Shit on top of shit. Office hours are a must. He’s really helpful, but does tend to rant a bit. Overall, just happy I was able to get through this class. Would I take another class with Doc? No. But, I would not mind discussing politics with him if I saw him roaming the halls. He is a character.

Professor Langdon is one of the best professors I have had so far. He is very engaging and ensures that all students fully understand the material.

The course reader is very important. It has everything that you could need for the midterm and finals.

Attendance is mandatory in this class if you would like to succeed. He does record his lectures but won't give them out without a valid excuse so you need to go to class to get the materials.

He doesn't use slides and usually just talks about the subject so I have found that recording it myself so I can refer back later is the best option because at first I had a hard time keeping up.

The only 2 assignments in the grade book are the midterm and final:
The midterm consists of 20ish "who am I?"/ID questions, 1 short historical paragraph, and 1 essay.
The final consists of 40ish "who am I?"/ID questions, 2 short historical paragraphs, and 2 essays.

If you study the course reader, go to lecture, and attend a few office hours, you will do fine in this class.

As always, Professor Langdon makes his class one of the most rewarding of history courses in UCLA's history department. He is a true expert in Roman history, and you'll be leaving knowing a whole lot more about Roman history than you did after taking AP World History in high school. For any history major, I strongly recommend you take this course with Professor Langdon, and for anyone who just likes Roman history in general, you will also find this class just as rewarding. Sure there's a lot of reading involved and the tests involve essays etc., but it's a college history course, that's what it's supposed to be all about. Again, just put the effort in and attend the lectures in person and you'll find this one of the most rewarding experiences at UCLA. I've taken Professor Langdon for his 116 series about the Byzantine Empire and will be taking him again for 114B for the continuation of Roman history.

If you are a history buff, then you will definitely love this course; however, if you're not a History major, STAY AWAY!!! Professor Langdon is a great professor, and his enthusiasm for the subject matter is projected in the lectures, but the workload is not easy. Professor is very clear, sometimes funny, and cares a lot about the success of his students. Unfortunately, his teaching methods are VERY old school. Get ready to read about 30+ pages a night on Byzantine history and fully invest all your time in passing this class. There is no homework besides the readings to keep up with lectures. On the bright side, he provides a binder's worth of detailed notes and timelines to provide context for lectures and historical timelines to keep track of for the exams. The class is basically graded solely on the exams. So, make sure to take detailed notes while listening to his lectures. The course has two exams: 1 optional midterm (I recommend taking it for extra pts) and the final. Both exams are extremely difficult and require you to memorize a good chunk of the reading to recall specific historical events and leaders. All the exams are written responses (IN-PERSON), there are about 3 questions for the short response, each with about 2-3 in-depth smaller elements (part a, b, c) within each. The final portion is a 1-2 page essay-long response. Passing this class is possible, but you're going to have to devote a lot of time and effort to understanding the lectures and key players & events to succeed on the exams. Personally, I wished Professor Langdon would've added more homework assignments and offered more opportunities for credit to lessen the pressure on students on the final exam. This class could've been more fun and engaging if he included more creative projects and presentations—anything besides reading straight from a textbook written in the 1960s.

I would not call it an easy class, AT ALL, but if you are up for a challenge and really wish to LEARN history, he is the way to go. He is the most friendly and genuinely concerned professor I have had; for one thing, he always asks your name and tries to remember it if you ever happen to talk to him or ask him questions before/after classes. His lectures are unbelievably overwhelming at first, but if you get a hang of it and do your reading before the class, you should be fine. There are tons of stuff to memorize and quite a few themes you have to keep in mind. He didn't give us any study guides but he held a review session which turned out to be very helpful. Important themes for midterm(optional) and finals are pretty obvious as he states them over and over again in class. But still, in order to get an A from this class you should study really really hard (that's for sure). For final, I recorded all his lectures from the beginning and re-listened to all of them- basically I started studying for this class 2 weeks before the final- and that's how I managed to get an A. I think lectures are way more important than the readings, because readings are just there to help you better understand the lecture, so I urge you not to skip any of his classes. Overall, it was a hard, time consuming class, but I enjoyed it a lot in the end.

Great professor, but yes, his lectures are full of information and if you cannot take notes fast you'll miss out on something. This is ancient history so bits of it are boring and other bits are extremely interesting. I recommend you read the material he assigns. It will help to retain the information he gives in lecture.