HIST 135A
Europe and World: Exploration and Conquest, 1400 to 1700
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. First phase of European expansion in Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Analysis of motives and methods of expansion, differing patterns of European settlement, including plantation economy, and development of new commercial networks, including Atlantic slave trade. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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history 136a. great professor, very nice..but grading is unfair. after 10 weeks of brit history i earned a b, i rec my first grade in her class the day of the final, after 10 weeks. two in class writing assignments w/o feedback, then she dings you on your one graded essay paper. How can a student improve their grade if they never receive a grade until the final exam, when she returned the paper. I was quite dissappointed.
history 136a. great professor, very nice..but grading is unfair. after 10 weeks of brit history i earned a b, i rec my first grade in her class the day of the final, after 10 weeks. two in class writing assignments w/o feedback, then she dings you on your one graded essay paper. How can a student improve their grade if they never receive a grade until the final exam, when she returned the paper. I was quite dissappointed.
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Fall 2016 - Ease depends on your background of the material and if you attend lecture. Prior to the course, If you have an idea of what went down from 1400-1700 across Europe, attend and pay attention to all lectures with notes, you can mostly skip the readings and you'll get an A. Still the reading's important to increase your historical knowledge in general. If you have no clue about this period, I'd read the main textbook, though I don't think the documents he provides are necessary. Exams were straight forward; in the midterm and final, the professor gave 4 essay questions and let you choose 2. The final was a take home version of the midterm, where we're given 48 hours to complete the exam and send it in email. Sanjay's lectures were straightforward, easy to follow, and interesting. He adds quips and jokes every once in a while which animate the lectures somewhat. It's basically an info dump though so it can get boring.
Fall 2016 - Ease depends on your background of the material and if you attend lecture. Prior to the course, If you have an idea of what went down from 1400-1700 across Europe, attend and pay attention to all lectures with notes, you can mostly skip the readings and you'll get an A. Still the reading's important to increase your historical knowledge in general. If you have no clue about this period, I'd read the main textbook, though I don't think the documents he provides are necessary. Exams were straight forward; in the midterm and final, the professor gave 4 essay questions and let you choose 2. The final was a take home version of the midterm, where we're given 48 hours to complete the exam and send it in email. Sanjay's lectures were straightforward, easy to follow, and interesting. He adds quips and jokes every once in a while which animate the lectures somewhat. It's basically an info dump though so it can get boring.
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