PLAP 3140

Freedman is a fantastic professor, very funny and knowledgeable. Assignments and quizzes aren't too hard, and no midterm.

you won't get in off the waitlist, don't bother

he was great, but the midterms were hard

loved it, quizzes can be a bit tricky but Freedman is really entertaining. Great course!!

A fair amount of reading in the class, write 2 papers and have 2 online quizzes and a final. you need to do most of the reading to understand what he's talking about because the quizzes are very specific to the readers and ideas but freedman is an entertaining teacher to say the least

This class is very interesting. Freddman gives really interesting lectures that the quizzes are almost completely based on. The quizzes are not too hard if you attend lecture. There are two papers that require some work but if you have a good TA are manageable. Discussion sections are mandatory, but is just the class debating on things covered in class so they are entertaining. A good 3000 level plap!

This class was so boring. I was really excited to take it, and there's so much emphasis on experimental research and content analysis, and there's so many readings that are incredibly boring I could barely keep up. You also have to know the authors and id them on the final and the quizzes, and they were all so boring I couldn't keep them straight.

Freedman is a charismatic lecturer and makes the classes enjoyable to attend. He attempts to make some of the material relevant which is appreciated but really needs to rethink his exams. The majority of the questions on the quizzes and the final required inane knowledge of which author covered which theory, instead of whether we actually knew what the theories meant. Stupid stupid stupid. Besides that, two reasonable manageable papers of 7 and 10 pages.

Freedman is a very entertaining lecturer. He is very energetic and knows how to capture the attention of an audience. That being said, the readings are completely boring. However, you can get away with just skipping to the conclusion of the articles (the main points are emphasized on the quizzes). Having to memorize the names of authors for the ids is pretty pointless if you ask me. Emily is a good TA, and very fair.

This class was very interesting and pretty easy. I recommend it. Freedman made it easy to listen to his lectures and was very engaging with the class. Emily was an awesome T.A.