It was my first year of UCLA, I very enjoyed this class. I had no idea about Scandinavian literature and had no interested. However, Professor Wen made this class interesting and fun! (I got A!) I sell my course leader, reading materials, paper and mid-term paper. $25
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Selling:

summer 14 course reader $35
The Dwarf-5
Naive.Super-5
Anecdotes of Destiny-5
Shadow and other tales-5

Everything for 50. The course reader itself is 44 at the course reader store just fyi...

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I sell Scan 50 Course Reader (Almost new) and textbook bundle (Very Good Condition).

These were used for summer 2013 Patrick Wen Class!

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I loved this class and prof wen, he was super chill. This is definitely an easy ge. I am selling the materials for $50 and they are in great condition. If you were to purchase everything new it would be over $100! Text me at **********

This class was a bunch of fun. First, Professor Patrick Wen offered two "paths" that we could take. The first was a ten question weekly quiz, and the second was just coming to class. Both paths had to do two essays, each worth 10% of the grade. I personally chose the second path because I enjoyed coming to class and discussing the material. Professor Wen gave you a 100% in the discussion if you were there and could answer his simple questions. He often called on us in alphabetical order so it was easy to predict who he would call on and so I could skip lecture that day. He also offered a free pass where you could email him that you didn't want to be called on and he would just skip you.

The first essay was due the end of Week 2 and the prompt was based on an in class trial we held for one of the characters in a story we read. If you were an attorney in the trial, he gave extra credit. The paper was only 3-5 pages long and again only worth 10% of the grade.
The second essay was due at the end of week 10 and could be about any of the materials we went over during the quarter. The essay was only 2 pages long.

Finally, what this class covered. All of the books/stories are easily found online, but if, like me, you want a paper version of the stories, only the course reader burned a hole in my pocket. We covered a pre-medieval tale, Hans Christian Anderson(the little mermaid, the ugly duckling, etc), some famous plays(A Doll House), three short novels, and a handful of movies. Most of what we covered was entertaining and easy to read/watch, with only a few weird/disturbing ones. His recorded lectures were long, but if you have a chore extension you can just speed them up.

This class did live up to the title of being the easiest GE at UCLA. Take it. You'll have. a lot of fun and read some really interesting things with the safety net of an almost guaranteed A.

I'm selling the course reader for $25
I'm also selling Naive Super, Hunger, The Shadow and other Tales, The Dwarf, and Anecdotes of Destiny (includes Babette's Feast) for $25
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asynchronous & very light workload. would definitely recommend prof wen! selling course reader + books for a negotiable price, email me at ************* for more info

selling its course reader and some required reading. Contact me at *************

selling brand new The Shadow, Anecdotes, and The course reader with extremely desirable price. email: *************

Selling course reader (accidentally spilled water on the back but none of the actual text was affected)! Email *************

I absolutely loved taking this class my first quarter at UCLA. Prof Wen is super nice and helpful, and a great lecturer too. Class breakdown involves 10% class participation (he calls on random people to discuss readings for the week every lecture), 10% on the final essay (or mock trial participation), and 40% for each of the two midterms, the second of which will serve as basically the final. I'd recommend doing the mock trial if possible- it'll give you full points for that 10% if you just do your job. Be warned that different roles will have different workloads- the legal counsel teams have to write their own arguments, but they also get 2% extra credit if you win the jury verdict.

The exams were actually harder than I expected given the reviews for this class. Be warned the first one, based just on readings, requires you to know really fine details about what happens. I actually read the readings every week rather and I still had trouble with a few questions on the exam. He hosts office hours after the first exam where you can go in and review your test: definitely worth it, there was a scantron mistake on mine and I gained back 5% of my grade. He also offered 5% extra credit to the class for those who scored below 75% on the midterm and/or the essay: if you're worried about your grade then but you're above the cutoff, you can email and ask. Second midterm was based more on novels and films so the questions were more general and easier.

All in all, this was one of my favorite classes this quarter. Lectures were engaging and the readings (for the most part) were super fun and short. I couldn't recommend this class more!

There was a lot of speculation about the class not being as easy now with the changed grading system and while that is somewhat true, I still thought it was a very manageable GE compared to most of the others. The only way to miss participation points (10% of grade) is by not being present when your name is called to answer questions, most people seemed to get around 95% on the paper (10% of grade), and both the midterms (40% each) were pretty easy, but as they are only 20 questions long, each question ends up heavily impacting your overall grade. The readings are pretty straightforward and he posts his slides which he draws directly from for midterm questions.
SELLING MATERIALS (all like new condition with no writing inside):
Course reader: $30
5 books (The Shadow & Other Tales + Hunger + Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard + Naive Super + The Dwarf): $30
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