AMST 2660

This class is soooo interesting. Hedstrom is super passionate about the subjects, and he is also quite funny. The class overall is pretty easy, and discussion sections help A LOT. I had Amy Wren as my TA and she was amazing. Her discussions were so productive, and she was super approachable. Overall, I would 100% recommend this class!

I LOVED this class. I took it because I heard it was easy (it lowkey wasn't even that easy) and then honestly enjoyed the content and lectures. Hedstrom is really funny and teaches in a very engaging way so it's easy to follow and just soak up all the information. My TA Ame Wren was outstanding and she had a strict no electronics rule which made me be attentive and active in discussion. We had to do a weekly journal entry on the readings which forced me to do them, and they turned out to be interesting every time. Overall, really enjoyable class and can definitely get an A but you'll have to put the work in to study the exam content because the exams are hefty with vocab.

Genuinely this has been one of if not the most interesting course I have taken overall at UVA. I took this course to cover the Historical perspectives gen ed, but I ended up really liking it! Professor Hedstrom is very nice, and a very engaging lecturer. The class consists of 2 small papers (2 pages, 5 pages double spaced), weekly reading journals, a midterm, and a final. The readings each week are interesting and you don't have to read all of it, just enough to add some evidence to your short reading journal. My TA, Nicholas Shrum was also great! Overall this course sparked some really interesting conversations between my friends and I in the class. The midterm and final were both very doable, and mainly essay based (with a choice for what prompt to respond to!) Can't recommend this class enough!!

I took this to fulfill a discipline for the College and while it was interesting to learn about the content, I felt like it was a lot more work than I was expecting. There are easier electives out there. The readings are long but you don't necessarily need to read every single page to get the main ideas. Discussion is required and really depends on your TA. I had Maria and she was really nice- she was willing to read over my papers if I sent it to her one week before the deadline. The midterm and final are both written using a blue book and was kind of difficult because there is a lot of information to memorize to effectively use them for your essays. #tCFS25

Highly recommend this class! The content is super interesting the Prof Hedstrom is very passionate about the subject and an all around nice and cool person. What I found most helpful was that he posted a study guide before the exams that had every single potential vocab word on it. If it wasn't on the list, it wouldn't show up on the exam. Obviously, you have to study all the vocab words and it was a pretty long list but it was reassuring to know that if you memorized all these terms, you'd basically be guaranteed an A. #tCFS25