RELH 2090

Nemec is awesome. Great lecturer and mainly just talks about whatever the heck he wants to. The syllabus says two essays but he only makes you write one of them and it has to be 3-5 pages so pretty easy. Also, there's a lot of reading assigned but you really only need to read the Mahabharata and Flood's book, the rest of the reading he covers well enough for the two midterms. His midterms are easy too if you create a study guide from the template he gives you online! I definitely recommend and am a huge fan of Hinduism now.

Extremely easy class. I never did the readings and got a 100. I'm not joking. As long as you go to lecture and discussion you will be golden. There were two exams and one paper. My TA basically outline the paper for you in section. Nemec is one of the best professors at UVA.

Namec is an awesome professor. The lectures are lively and Namec is very funny. I don't do any of the homework and don't own any of the books but still have a 100. Would definitely recommend!!!

This is a great course for someone who is interested in religion, but does not want too difficult of a class. Nemec is a fun professor and this class is not too difficult if you study for the tests.

This class is definitely not difficult as compared to other religious studies courses and is a good intro class to take, but Professor Nemec doesn't use powerpoints or slides so he basically talks at you forever every day. He often trails off too so it's difficult to pay attention to, but the midterm and finals are pretty easy.

At the beginning of the semester I did the readings and then realized it was a waste of time because Nemec, who is a cool dude btw, really talks about whatever he wants in class but in the discussions you might benefit from doing some reading. The TA's are chill and mostly just go over what was in the readings. There is a midterm, an essay, and a final. Nemec gives study guides for the midterm and the final so even if you never go to class and don't do any readings you can pretty much google everything to fill it out. The midterm essay was pretty straight forward but you might have to read some of the books to get direct quotes. Basically the only crucial work is right before the midterm, writing the essay, and the final. If you want an easy class that you can learn some things about Hinduism with other people take this! aka take this with friends it's pretty fun

Stupid class to be blunt. Going to class is useless because professor gets off topic so much and talks about whatever he wants to talk about. I never did the readings and went to class maybe about 5 times in total during the semester, but did fine on midterm and the essay. He gives you a study guide for both final and the midterm and all you have to do is fill it out and memorize everything on it the day before the exam. My TA was absolutely useless, but I heard Sam was great so try to get him if you can. Take this class if you want a class that requires almost no work. You probably won't learn anything though and might benefit from taking another class that's somewhat useful.

Take this class with Nemec! It is one of the easiest classes I've taken and you learn a nice amount too. I used to do the readings in the beginning, but slowly stopped doing them because he talked about what he felt was important in class. I had Meghan as my TA and she was good because she would fill in any gaps that Professor Nemec missed in lecture. Nemec also has review sessions before the final and midterm which are very useful. Go to them! He answers any and every question and even hints at questions he will put on the test. There is one paper in this class you have to write but my TA helped me formulate my idea so it wasn't too hard to write. Pretty much everyone who puts in basic effort gets an A. Another great thing is that Nemec is truly passionate about India and Hinduism and has nice stories from when he was there. He is pretty funny and you can tell he's very chill and not there to trick you. Oh and if you can't get into the class, get a course action because he is open to signing those. Take this class!

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This course has a lot of reading so be prepared for that! If you keep up with the readings and attend the lectures then you'll be fine. I will say that there were only three grades: the midterm, final, and essay, so make sure you prepare well for those assignments.