This course is not difficult in and of itself, but can be a lot of work around exams. All notes for the class are required to be handwritten, and she talks a little fast so you may need to go back and rewrite or type your notes in order to have the information needed for exams. For exams, you need to study for at least 4 hours to get a decent grade, and the exams are also fully written by hand. Discussions are mandatory, in addition to discussion questions every week. The instructor is very sweet and genuine. Textbook readings can be long sometimes, but aren't super necessary to doing well in the course; you honestly don't have to do them at all.

class is easy in that theres no homework. you're given the exam questions to sort of plan and prewrite its just memorizing that. discussion is whatever just participate once every other class or so. exam grading, especially the essay portion, is pretty annoying. graders tend to look for specific parts so even if you are right in mentioning something you may get points off for not mentioning others. highly suggest going to office hours to check your prewritten answers, CJ McCrary will give you what you need to say and you're set from there.

Prof Warren clearly cares about her subject and it's refreshing to see someone who is so immersed in religion. Her lectures are fairly interesting but keeping up with notetaking with how fast she speaks was sometimes hard. Would reccomend either takign this class with a friend/ making a class friend for incase you miss something in lecture. Discussion was lowkey annoying but my TA at least helped us understand the readings more. Exams test you on a studyguide where you're given all the possible questions, which was super helpful. just study/ understand the guides an you'll be fine. Overall, interesting class as someone who isn't into religion and taught by an adorable/great prof. An easy A in the end, but was stressed I might end with a B at some points in the sem. Don't take if you don't liek writing essays on exams.

Heather Warren is the absolute sweetest. Had her totally virtually but she was so cute and literally sang to us multiple times. Class is great, curriculum is decently interesting and she gives out review sheets for every exam with exactly what will be on it. Pretty sure discussion participation and exams are the only grades. Anyway, recommend with this teacher.

Take it for easy A or if you like religious studies. That's all. Warren is plug.

This is a high school level course in terms of difficulty. Attend lecture, take notes, and know the stuff on the study guide (she tells you exactly what will be on each exam) and you will get an A. If you get less than an A, you screwed up somehow. Besides difficulty, class is somewhat interesting if you are interested in the subject... don't buy course packet. highly recommend if you are looking for a moderately interesting grade booster

Amazing teacher. Attending class and discussion help prepare you for the exams. She gives the more questions than the exam before it so it is straight forward to prepare. Good class to take if you want to do well and learn.

I definitely recommend this class, especially if you are looking for an easy A. Professor Warren is great! She is very engaging and incredibly knowledgable - she even sings in class sometimes! I thought it was important to go to lecture because while it may seem useless in the moment, I found it helped me when it came time to study. The biggest perk of this class is she gives you a study guide before every test, even the final, with what could possibly be on the test. You go over it in discussion and all you have to do it fill it out and memorize it. I did that and got high A's on both of the tests during the semester. I think discussion is pretty useless... didn't really learn anything more than I did in lecture. Biggest tip... do not buy the course packet. You may think you will actually do the readings, but you won't, and she puts it on collab. Even without reading, it's pretty easy to act like you know what you are talking about in discussion. I actually enjoyed the content of this class and would 100% recommend it to anybody looking for an easy class to lighten up their schedule.

Great lecturer and easy easy tests- 3 exams with study guides (10 terms and 2 of them will be on the exam)

Warren is an excellent professor who is very knowledgable about the subject. Lectures can be a bit dry and the Powerpoints are next to useless since they only contain images. However, weekly discussion is really helpful for delving into topics and getting to better understand a reading or some important ID's. She gives you a study guide that will have everything that's on the test, so the exams really aren't that difficult. The hardest part are the essays, and just trying to say everything in a concise way. This was a very informative class that satisfied two requirements and I'd recommend this to anyone trying to knock out prereqs or looking to explore! (This had several student athletes in the class, take that however you will.)

EDIT: I'm adding this note because I don't think anyone else has mentioned it: You do NOT need to buy a textbook for this class! I never really read it. The readings are all online, although I found that having a hard copy helped. The printed out copyshop packages of readings from previous years seemed to work just fine for this semester.