This has to have been the single dullest class I've ever taken. What made it worse is that Professor Burke should be an English teacher. Her focus was far more on your writing than content - and worse, she wanted regurgitation of material, not thoughtful analysis or critique. Though I narrowly squeaked by with an "A" it was the most difficult "A" at UCLA (and I graduated summa cum laude - so I had plenty of A's!) To her credit, Professor Burke was very helpful outside of office hours in providing feedback about why she graded certain ways - though she's a bit prickly if you hint that you're concerned about your GPA and not the material. I went into this class with very high hopes, and left with no desire to ever learn more on this subject again.