This was a very enjoyable class. Professor Warren made lectures almost like a story rather than just dry information. She even played guitar and sang for us occasionally. Discussion sections were basically an overview of lecture, so make sure that you take good notes in lecture so that you can participate in section. She also sends out a study guide a few weeks before the tests (2 midterms and a final), which will be much easier if you complete them in small groups (this is, of course, allowed). Participation is also 25% of your grade, so like I said, make sure that you attend lectures and take good notes. The reading for the class is not excessive and is moderately interesting. My favorite reading assignments were some of the books that were assigned (one was a book of sermons by Martin Luther King, Jr). The grading was relatively fair, but you need to study and really connect your ideas in the short answer, identification, and essay portions (which is the entire test) to broader topics from the class in order to get a good grade. The first midterm was 10%, the second was 25%, the final was 40%, and participation was 25%. I got a low B on the first midterm and a B- on the second, but I still ended up with an A minus in the class because I participated a lot in discussion and studied hard (by this point, you should know the format and what to expect) for the final. Professor Warren also added one whole point to our final grades if we did the course evals on Collab. Pretty fair class, but you have to try--which isn't hard because it's relatively interesting material taught by an amiable and approachable professor.

Do your reading, go to class, and you will get an A. Put some thought into exams.. Professor Warren gives you all the questions in advance, therefore you need to put some time and thought into the "importance" of the question. Simply answering the question will only get you a B. If you are willing to study for each exam you will get an A. Don't take class thinking it is an easy A if you aren't willing to study at least a little.

Probably one of my favorite classes at UVa. Professor Warren is great - enthusiastic, plays live music in class, and she's really smart. A lot of reading for the class, most were interesting. She gives you the terms for the tests and finals, all you have to do is go over your class notes and you'll get an A.

Professor Warren is awesome! Material is manageable and easy to understand. Not an incredibly engaging course but definitely not going to kill your GPA. Norris is a fantastic TA.

Best teacher I have had at UVa, do your reading show up to class and you will be fine. I did take extensive notes and that really helped

Warren is AWESOME! She would sometimes bring her guitar and sing for us! I didn't do any of the readings, but went to lecture and took pretty good notes and ended up with an A. Super easy, and she gives you the test questions ahead of time, so studying is low stress.

Pretty easy class. Basically come to class everyday, write down everything she says (including what she says after class is over, since she tends to run over a lot), memorize everything on the study guide (which is basically the test) and you will get an A. I LOVED my TA and if you get a chance GET AARON GOLDMAN. He had study sessions before the test and as long as you came prepared, he really really helped. Take it if you're willing to do like 3 hrs work/month and you'll get an A

this class was actually harder than i expected, mainly because of the emphasis on rubric grading instead of grading on the individual's knowledge of the subject. pretty boring.

So-so class. I didn't learn as much as I thought I would about religious history, but I will say that there is very little work in this class. That being said, the hardest part about the class is not the easy assignments, but the stringent picky grading of essay questions. But this was all trumped by the class' structure and the minimal information you can learn in this class.

people like warren but i found the class pretty boring...structure is that of a middle school class -study guide with all the questions on the test. pure regurgiation will get you an a, but the strict grading rubric totally defeats the purpose of actually learning how to apply any of the information