Professor
Richard Lesure
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Spring 2025 - I took this for an easy GE but it was not that easy. Lesure is really passionate about archaeology and definitely cares about his students, but the lectures tended to feel a bit disorganized and could get boring. My TA was also really boring which didn’t help. I put in way more work than I expected to for an A- in the class, but assignments are fair and often curved a bit. I’d recommend this if you’re interested in archaeology but if not you can probably find an easier GE.
Spring 2025 - I took this for an easy GE but it was not that easy. Lesure is really passionate about archaeology and definitely cares about his students, but the lectures tended to feel a bit disorganized and could get boring. My TA was also really boring which didn’t help. I put in way more work than I expected to for an A- in the class, but assignments are fair and often curved a bit. I’d recommend this if you’re interested in archaeology but if not you can probably find an easier GE.
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Winter 2025 - Professor Lesure is an amazing professor and I would 100% take him again. Our grading is based on attendance (he takes attendance often but always takes attendance on discussion days), two papers which are our midterm and final paper which are each worth 35% and total 70% of our grade and they are five pages long and he allows you to choose one question out of two or three to answer in your paper, a quiz online which is literally based off of how he wants your citations to look, and 5 reading responses to the readings we have assigned and you just do a short answer and choose two questions to respond to out of about 12 questions which are each worth 3% but the top four contribute 12% towards your grade. If you do the work and take notes during lecture especially discussion days, no doubt you will get an A. I would take him every quarter if I could!
Winter 2025 - Professor Lesure is an amazing professor and I would 100% take him again. Our grading is based on attendance (he takes attendance often but always takes attendance on discussion days), two papers which are our midterm and final paper which are each worth 35% and total 70% of our grade and they are five pages long and he allows you to choose one question out of two or three to answer in your paper, a quiz online which is literally based off of how he wants your citations to look, and 5 reading responses to the readings we have assigned and you just do a short answer and choose two questions to respond to out of about 12 questions which are each worth 3% but the top four contribute 12% towards your grade. If you do the work and take notes during lecture especially discussion days, no doubt you will get an A. I would take him every quarter if I could!
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if you are not an antro major it can get somewhat boring (Some Archaeology). grading is based on participation and three out of four (5 pg) papers. papers are all based on articles from your reader. the class only requires one reader and the readings are not too long. Athough his lectures help you to understand the readings, you cannot depend on the lectures for your papers. overall the class is interesting and not too dificult. if you are looking for a class with out too much stress, this is the class for you. oh yea, i almost forgot, he also stresses on plagiarism, he sometimes dedicates an entire session to it.
if you are not an antro major it can get somewhat boring (Some Archaeology). grading is based on participation and three out of four (5 pg) papers. papers are all based on articles from your reader. the class only requires one reader and the readings are not too long. Athough his lectures help you to understand the readings, you cannot depend on the lectures for your papers. overall the class is interesting and not too dificult. if you are looking for a class with out too much stress, this is the class for you. oh yea, i almost forgot, he also stresses on plagiarism, he sometimes dedicates an entire session to it.
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I have to disagree with the reviewers here. I had a great seminar style (15 people max) class with him and was constantly impressed by his knowledge. He has a great sense of humor and keeps things interesting. Although, not an all-time fav, dont be scared away from a great professor.
I have to disagree with the reviewers here. I had a great seminar style (15 people max) class with him and was constantly impressed by his knowledge. He has a great sense of humor and keeps things interesting. Although, not an all-time fav, dont be scared away from a great professor.
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