CLAS 2010

A good class to take, especially as a first year. Mikalson certainly knows his history, but lectures can be sometimes be a little dry. Weekly reading assignments with 1-2 page writing can be a little annoying, but don't take very long to finish. I have learned some very intersting things about the ancient Greeks, have read some very famous works, and have learned the Greek alphabet, all of which were enjoyable. Overall this is a good, but not great, class to take.

The class can be boring at times during lecture but sometimes the information was interesting.

Test Paper Test. entire class. very easy way to start off first year.

I'm a Classics Major so I'm kind of biased but I really enjoyed this class. You get a basic overview of Greek history/culture and the reading is not hard at all. For the most part you read the Iliad and a lot of tragedies and comedies. Take it! Midterm and final are both manageable if you study.

Mikalson's lectures are pretty boring, and all he does is just go through slideshows at a very slow pace. A good amount of reading for this class that isn't completely related to what you learn in lecture. There was also a 1-2 page paper due each week that wasn't ever hard, but just got annoying.

Mikalson is a great professor who knows his stuff well. Take his class if you're interested in Ancient Greece

Maybe an easy class for some, but the boredom factor wasn't worth it for me.

Mr. Mikalson is so enthusiastic about Greek civilization, especially religion. He thoroughly enjoys teaching his students everything he knows and knows the answer to almost every question. The midterm and final are not hard, but you must do the readings if not every week at least before the final. There are section papers each week but they aren't graded and really help the reading material stick (there are quotes on the exams.) Andrew Beer is an awesome TA who is also extremely enthusiastic. He guides discussions patiently and enjoys the class. Definitely a suggested course to fulfill a humanities requirement or even just for fun!

Final exam was poorly written and focused on terms that weren't emphasized during the semester rather than things like the readings, religion and philosophers. Discussion was helpful for readings. Don't take this class for an easy A, the professor leaves you in the dark. There are hundreds of terms and he puts 10 on the exam, so you're screwed if those were the ones you didn't happen to memorize. The tests do not reward you for overall knowledge of course material, its a crapshoot.

Boring class that is not worth all of the reading and tedious and annoying sections papers a day. If you're trying to get a humanities requirement in and you aren't interested in Greek Civ. then definitely don't take this class.