Professor
Bryan Wuest
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2023 - This course kindled my interest in film history and preservation, and it is hands down the best course I've taken at UCLA thus far. Professor Wuest is not only astoundingly good at lecturing, but he knows how to engage his students with the course materials and film selections in meaningful and relevant ways. You can tell he cares deeply about the topics he teaches, and his love for film borders on infectious—whether or not you're familiar with film as a medium, you'll learn to genuinely appreciate and love it through this class. Attendance isn't mandatory and he posts all his slides on BruinLearn, but I'm always inclined to go because of how insightful his additional elaboration is during lectures. In other words, the more information you jot down by attending his lectures, the easier your papers will be to handle! The papers themselves are pretty straightforward in regards to their prompts and rubrics, as this is a GE class at the end of the day, but what you learn in the professor's lectures will better prepare you for writing them. This class is great for anyone who wants to expose themselves to a humanities course that's fairly easy and interesting!
Winter 2023 - This course kindled my interest in film history and preservation, and it is hands down the best course I've taken at UCLA thus far. Professor Wuest is not only astoundingly good at lecturing, but he knows how to engage his students with the course materials and film selections in meaningful and relevant ways. You can tell he cares deeply about the topics he teaches, and his love for film borders on infectious—whether or not you're familiar with film as a medium, you'll learn to genuinely appreciate and love it through this class. Attendance isn't mandatory and he posts all his slides on BruinLearn, but I'm always inclined to go because of how insightful his additional elaboration is during lectures. In other words, the more information you jot down by attending his lectures, the easier your papers will be to handle! The papers themselves are pretty straightforward in regards to their prompts and rubrics, as this is a GE class at the end of the day, but what you learn in the professor's lectures will better prepare you for writing them. This class is great for anyone who wants to expose themselves to a humanities course that's fairly easy and interesting!
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Summer 2023 - I took this class over c-sesh and loved it. Course load was super light. There's two papers but your first paper is more or less just brainstorming for your second. Besides that you have participation and discussion posts to boost your grade as well. The readings, while occasionally a little long, were all super interesting. I never had trouble getting through any of them. Professor Wuest was a great lecturer and did a great job facilitating discussions during class. I'd highly recommend taking this class if you can. Definitely one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA!
Summer 2023 - I took this class over c-sesh and loved it. Course load was super light. There's two papers but your first paper is more or less just brainstorming for your second. Besides that you have participation and discussion posts to boost your grade as well. The readings, while occasionally a little long, were all super interesting. I never had trouble getting through any of them. Professor Wuest was a great lecturer and did a great job facilitating discussions during class. I'd highly recommend taking this class if you can. Definitely one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA!