Barlow is incredibly kind and understanding, and also asked really interesting questions during class discussions. She usually takes a feminist perspective, which was a first for me in a lit class, but it was really interesting. Class was not too difficult, but a steady stream of work-- daily readings and comments as well as 3-4 longer papers. Also, she specializes in old (1600s?) Spanish writing, so many of the readings are a little hard to understand.
SPAN 3300
Texts and InterpretationLast taught: Spring 2014
4.5 Rating
3.0 Difficulty
3.66 GPA
Instructor
4.5
Enjoyability
4.5
Difficulty
3.0
Recommend
4.5
Reading
3.5
Writing
3.0
Group Work
0.0
Other
0.0
Total Hours / Week
Hours 6.5
Grade Distribution
Average GPA 3.66
Students Measured 49
2 Reviews
5.00 Average
Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 8.0
4.00 Average
This class was hard because of the amount of reading we had to do. There is a narrative unit, a theater unit, a novel unit, and a poetry unit. Poetry was by far the most difficult- we didn't have an exam on it but our final paper had to be a poetry analysis. I would recommend this class to Spanish majors, but it's kind of hard if you are just looking for any random Spanish class. Barlow is a really good teacher and her classes really flew by- not boring at all!
Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 5.0