Professor
Sarah Morris
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Spring 2021 - This professor clearly has such a depth of knowledge in every topic she discusses, which is makes for really interesting lectures that bring in a lot of different topics both related to and seemingly not related to classics. That said, because of her years of experience, her lectures aren't the most organized in the world, though she does post slides after the lecture, which are helpful. I think she's really lenient, grading wise. Your grade is two 6-7 page essays (one on material culture, the other politics related, you choose the prompt most interesting to you as long as you do one of each) a take-home final, and an attendance and participation points boost. I'm pretty sure she doesn't give out anything lower than an A- on principle, because my first essay was pretty crap (and she told me haha) and she still gave me a 90%. That said, do actually try on the essays, because the more you get into them, the more rewarding they are. Also, I'd encourage you to participate in class, because it was really easy not to over zoom and I felt bad for just sitting in silence and having her try to fill the void. Good class, interesting professor. Don't freak out about all the readings in the ccle, most of them are optional.
Spring 2021 - This professor clearly has such a depth of knowledge in every topic she discusses, which is makes for really interesting lectures that bring in a lot of different topics both related to and seemingly not related to classics. That said, because of her years of experience, her lectures aren't the most organized in the world, though she does post slides after the lecture, which are helpful. I think she's really lenient, grading wise. Your grade is two 6-7 page essays (one on material culture, the other politics related, you choose the prompt most interesting to you as long as you do one of each) a take-home final, and an attendance and participation points boost. I'm pretty sure she doesn't give out anything lower than an A- on principle, because my first essay was pretty crap (and she told me haha) and she still gave me a 90%. That said, do actually try on the essays, because the more you get into them, the more rewarding they are. Also, I'd encourage you to participate in class, because it was really easy not to over zoom and I felt bad for just sitting in silence and having her try to fill the void. Good class, interesting professor. Don't freak out about all the readings in the ccle, most of them are optional.
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Spring 2019 - If you've taken Classics 10 and put in your work for the research paper this class is a piece of cake. The midterm and final are both based around memorizing terms from given study guides, and Dr. Morris grades both really leniently (especially if you go to her office hours). The mean for the final was a 97% and she took a day to grade them so I'm not sure if she even really read them completely, or just checked for effort. The research paper mean was also around a 90%. Dr. Morris gives good feedback but a lot of times just doesn't take off points for your mistakes, which is great. You might have to do a bit more work if you aren't familiar with basic information like Greek geography, but overall I can't see anyone doing too poorly in the class.
Spring 2019 - If you've taken Classics 10 and put in your work for the research paper this class is a piece of cake. The midterm and final are both based around memorizing terms from given study guides, and Dr. Morris grades both really leniently (especially if you go to her office hours). The mean for the final was a 97% and she took a day to grade them so I'm not sure if she even really read them completely, or just checked for effort. The research paper mean was also around a 90%. Dr. Morris gives good feedback but a lot of times just doesn't take off points for your mistakes, which is great. You might have to do a bit more work if you aren't familiar with basic information like Greek geography, but overall I can't see anyone doing too poorly in the class.
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