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Kathleen Komar
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If you're a pre-med like me and care about you're GPA, do not take this professor for Writing II. I worked my ass off this quarter, but I just got a B. I was thinking I was in the A- to A range though. The grading is collective work between the professor and TA's, so I doubt there would be an easy/lenient TA. Otherwise, if you don't mind getting a B, go ahead and take her because the workload is normal and she is nice as well as the TA's. But damn... I'm pissed
If you're a pre-med like me and care about you're GPA, do not take this professor for Writing II. I worked my ass off this quarter, but I just got a B. I was thinking I was in the A- to A range though. The grading is collective work between the professor and TA's, so I doubt there would be an easy/lenient TA. Otherwise, if you don't mind getting a B, go ahead and take her because the workload is normal and she is nice as well as the TA's. But damn... I'm pissed
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Fall 2022 - It has been a year, and I finally realized I never reviewed this class. In a way, I think I can better contextualize my thoughts now that I have taken many more classes at UCLA. As far as a literature seminar, it's very self-explanatory. We sat in a circle and discussed for 50 minutes once a week. The Kafka stories were interesting, and we even got to write our own as the final assignment. If I'm being honest, I did not love this class very much. It is highly dependent on the enthusiasm of the students because of the seminar nature, but Professor Komar was not very good at facilitating discussion. She just lacked the ability to guide students toward their own answers by asking thought provoking questions. I brought up a point with another student and she kind of shut us down. I'm not sure if she was uncomfortable with the subject matter or just didn't have anything to add, but it rubbed me the wrong way. If you really like Kafka, I don't see why you necessarily shouldn't take this class, but I was a little disappointed with the approach to the readings and discussion.
Fall 2022 - It has been a year, and I finally realized I never reviewed this class. In a way, I think I can better contextualize my thoughts now that I have taken many more classes at UCLA. As far as a literature seminar, it's very self-explanatory. We sat in a circle and discussed for 50 minutes once a week. The Kafka stories were interesting, and we even got to write our own as the final assignment. If I'm being honest, I did not love this class very much. It is highly dependent on the enthusiasm of the students because of the seminar nature, but Professor Komar was not very good at facilitating discussion. She just lacked the ability to guide students toward their own answers by asking thought provoking questions. I brought up a point with another student and she kind of shut us down. I'm not sure if she was uncomfortable with the subject matter or just didn't have anything to add, but it rubbed me the wrong way. If you really like Kafka, I don't see why you necessarily shouldn't take this class, but I was a little disappointed with the approach to the readings and discussion.
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I had Prof Komar for German 50B and she is very good. I didn't much like what we read, and lots of reading, but she was a very good lecturer on the readings. Her tests were totally fair with no surprises. If you paid attention and went to class all the readings make sense. I recommend her to anyone!
I had Prof Komar for German 50B and she is very good. I didn't much like what we read, and lots of reading, but she was a very good lecturer on the readings. Her tests were totally fair with no surprises. If you paid attention and went to class all the readings make sense. I recommend her to anyone!
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Spring 2023 - I took this class as a freshman (in the classroom full of upperclassman and graduate students) for my comparative literature minor. The grading consists of attendance, one midterm paper, and one final paper. It's not a hard class and professor Komar makes the materials accessable
Spring 2023 - I took this class as a freshman (in the classroom full of upperclassman and graduate students) for my comparative literature minor. The grading consists of attendance, one midterm paper, and one final paper. It's not a hard class and professor Komar makes the materials accessable
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