professor is annoying but class is super easy

Honestly, she is amazing. She is so excited about teaching the material it makes you want to learn. She replies super quickly to emails and helps with literally everything. I had her proofread the first page of my midterm and she helped me so much. She's also very understanding and does not want her students to fail. If you have the chance to select a TA pick, Janice because she was truly amazing. The class consisted of a midterm, a selfie (worth 10%), and a final. Both midterm and final are given probably a little over 2 weeks in advance. And don't be afraid to go to office hours Professor Tutino will literally break anything down that you don't understand. Her accent is also really cute and makes it more fun to listen to lectures. Make sure you take a class with her because she will shape your writing for harder classes to come.

I took this as a GE credit, however, I found the rigor and material of the course to be one of the higher difficulty GEs I have taken. Prof. Tutino does have class slides, however there is minimal writing on them, so it is super important to attend every lecture. At the beginning of the course she does mention that she does not give out extensions carelessly, however, when there is an extenuating circumstance she was very considerate and was willing to offer an extension. Not only are the lecture sections important, I found that the TA sections were even more helpful as the TAs tend to go more into depth and clarify some tricky subjects mentioned briefly in lecture. This is also a class in which the "required readings" are definitely required for success, and especially the class textbook as a preparation for lectures. While this was not a exceptionally intriguing topic for me personally, Prof. Tutino does a great job of keeping her lectures engaging and interesting. I recommend this class, but if you are looking to take an low-effort GE, I would not enroll in this class.

I found this class super interesting, and the content was made even better with Professor Tutino. Not only did she exude high fashion, but she was evidently extremely passionate about the subject matter and that manifested in engaging lectures. She’s intelligent, witty and no nonsense. I could see however, someone who doesn’t care about history, being bothered by the workload and professor Tutino’s seriousness. She doesn’t cotyle and she doesn’t “baby” unlike other professors, so If that is what you are looking for, she is probably not the professor for you. However, I found her advice helpful and her support abundant.

In terms of discussion, they seemed wildly unhelpful. My TA was kind, but if you go to lecture and you read the textbook (or you have a basic understanding of the content) you will likely find the discussion unhelpful and time consuming as well.