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Professor Irwin may not be the most thrilling lecturer, but that's largely due to the complicated subject of the US health care system. He's an incredibly nice guy and super approachable. He knows a lot about CH because he's had significant experience in the field. I wouldn't necessarily take this class if you're not a CH major (I think CH 1 is better for the general student), but it's a good class.

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Dala Petterson is the most laid back professor you will have! His criteria on grading are, "As long as you entertain me, you get an A". He is very willing to help upon request, and also gives you specifics on what he wants you to include in your essay, making it even easier to get a great grade. His classes however are extremely boring, though he has a very (very) dry sense of humor. I would encourage everyone to try and take English 1 with Professor Petterson.

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Review:
Professor Richards is a pretty bad professor. I would not say he's the worst, but his lectures are impossible to stay awake for and often go so far off topic that they are impossible to follow. His powerpoints are really complicated, and so are the problem sets. The test seems easy but is then graded really harshly. I would not recommend taking this class at all. Get EC5 done first semester.

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Just remember when you take a course with Leupp, you're in for an interesting ride. He's very passionate about his classes, but it doesn't always shine through during class.

Utilize his office hours; it helps immensely when writing your research paper.

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Assignments were very straightforward. One midterm, one final and one research paper (10-12 pages). Not a harsh grader and very fair

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Professor Debold definitely clearly explained all the material for the class. He made his powerpoints informative and interesting, but you definitely had to go to class to get a lot of the important information that was only addressed in the actual lecture. His tests were very fair and representative of the material, and he held helpful review sessions before each one. The issues with this class is that the people really determine the environment much more than he does, and if no one wants to ask questions and are generally quiet, then the class can be a little dull.

Workload:
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Review:
Prof Frumosu is the best teacher I have had at Tufts. Aside from being clear and very intelligent, he cares if the students actually understand what is going on. He made an otherwise difficult class relatively easy. He keeps the lectures interesting and has a dry sense of humor that can cause a whole class to laugh ridiculously. Sadly, I could not get him for dif eq. Alas.

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Prof. Lane is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the subject matter, but don't let that fool you, the class is horribly boring. Unless you are seriously passionate about french film i would stay far far away. The class is held in the depths of Olin where the sun doesn't shine and I had a horrible time trying to stay awake. The class is fairly large and everyone has to do one presentation a semester which takes up large chunks of the class, and as you might expect, these presentations aren't exactly thrilling.

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Manageable, but does not make up for how bad and obnoxious the professor is.

Review:
Professor Stolow is perhaps the most caring and conscientious educator I have encountered in my 9 years aa GRADUATE STUDENT AT tUFTS. hIS SUPERB TUTELAGE ENABLED ME TO COME CLOSE TO PASSING MY ORALS 4 TIMES AND TO COME REASONABLY CLOSE TWO OTHER TIMES. i RESPECT AND ADMIRE THE CONSISTENCY WITH WHICH HE HAS OFFERED ADIVCE AND TUTORING THAT HAS ENABLED ME TO COME SO CLOSE. i HAVE RELIED ENTIRELY ON HIS EXPERTISE AND UNIQUE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE COMPLEX concepts WITH ALMOST CLEAR EXPLANATION AND SOMETIMES ADEQUATE INFORMAION FOR ME TO EXCEL , MORE OR LESS. i THOUGHT THE SESSIONS IN WHICH mR. mACgREGOR PLAYTED A LEADING ROLE WERE ESPECIALLY ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING. PROFESSOR STOLOW IS ESPECIALL ADEPT AT DRAWING COLORFUL DIAGRAMS OF COMPLEX COMPOUNDS AND CONVEYING THEM IN THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXT. i pERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE WILL BE IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION'S FUTURE AND THEREFORE i INTEND TO TAKE HIS CLASS AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL i COME CLOSE TO MASTERING THE MATERIAL.

Workload:
i ENJOYED pROFESSOR STOLOW' PROBLET SETS SO MUCH THAT i WOULD HAVE CHOCEN TO DO THEM MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN IF I HAD NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO SO, BECAUSE i FAILED SO MISERABLY. i ESPECIALLY LIKED THE DOT TO DOT AND THE WORD SEARCH. THE READING LOAD WAS REASONABLE THOUGH I THINK REQUIRING MORE THAN ONE DOCTOR SEUSS PER WEEK IS A BIT MUCH.

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She is really nice, but not very proactive as a teacher. She tends not to call on particular people but look around and expect students to offer answers, receiving awkward silence when they don't and not quite knowing how to engage them. But I generally liked her and would like to have her again. She is accommodating to students who arrive late to class and it helps that she is a native Italian.

Workload:
Assignments were not overwhelming and very straightforward. We went over the material that we had been assigned in class; if anything the class was taught too much from the book.

Review:
Professor McConnell can be a monotonous lecturer, and it wasn't out of the ordinary for many people to fall asleep during class. However, if you do stay awake during class he gives you necessary information to understand the material you have to read. The movies for the film section as a whole are awesome to watch. He provides a great range of movies in terms of time span, ranging all the way from Psycho, to Memento. He's definitely willing to help if you are willing to go into office hours and ask questions. But, if your looking for an upbeat, wildly interesting professor, he's not for you.

Workload:
There's one or two readings assigned a week, very very do-able amount of work. 4 essays over the semester, each 5-7 pages. A pretty average amount of work I would say.

Review:
I got a bad vibe from her in the beginning of the semester, but it is obvious that she knows a lot about art and she can be helpful in giving tips on improving a painting. Her grading, however, doesn't seem to have any basis, and it is hard to tell how you are getting along in class, as least from her standpoint.

Workload:
There weren't really outside of class assignments, except one presentation we each had to do on a particular artist. In class we started out with some basic assignments - painting bottles and an apple - and then dove right into figure painting for most of the semester. I've never painted with oils before, but I felt like the class really helped me develop some skill.

Review:
The course material is very interesting and up to date, but if your not interested in reproductive technologies this class is not for you. The professor's tend to be pretty helpful, although essay grades aren't super easy to understand. She definitely involves the students in class, there are many debates throughout the semester. The professor wasn't incredibly available because she doesn't actually work at tufts.

Workload:
The workload is absolutely absurd for an experimental college. 70-100 pages of legal reading a week. Very hard to complete in the time span allotted just because of how dry it can be. 3 essays over the course of the semester.

Review:
I am not an engineering student, and I did not realize what I was getting myself into when I signed up for this class, but Professor Noonan encouraged me to come and see him for help and always made himself available. He is very knowledgeable, and was very excited about the material and concerned about the progress of his students. I definitely would not have gotten through this course with a less enthusiatic teacher.

Workload:
We were assigned several chapters to read over a period of a few weeks, which wasn't too bad, but the book didn't correlate very well to what we discussed in class.

Review:
Dora Older is the best professor I have had at Tufts. She cares so much about her students and is a great professor. If you go into office hours she is incredibly helpful, and is very insistent on helping her students learn. She is incredibly fair in her grading, and is very flexible about late assignments and personal conflicts. She brought candy for the class almost every day. The class is very conversation driven, so speaking skills are definitely improved. I would take spanish with her for the rest of my spanish career... unfortunately she stops at Spanish 3.

Workload:
The workload is incredibly do-able. Keep up on the workbook and you should be completely fine. Tests are fair, and accurate to the material you should be learning from the books and the lectures.

Review:
Professor Norman was a great lecturer - he knows a lot about Economics and always made his powerpoints interesting and engaging. I would definitely recommend taking this course with him!

Workload:
There were four problem sets throughout the course. The book is pretty straightforward if you follow along in it, but he also posts all of the slides on blackboard, and owards the end of the course he actually cautions against following the book in lieu of what he teaches in class.

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I liked Professor Joseph a lot. He was very nice and always prepared for class; he often showed interesting videos or discussed something current relevant to what we were learning. I felt like I got a lot out of the class, and would definitely want to take another class with him if I was to take something in the Peace and Justice Studies department again.

Workload:
We had a few 8 page essays throughout the course that made up our grade, which he graded very fairly, along with the final, for which he offered the option of writing two 6 page papers. There is a lot of outside reading as well, which some students deem unnecessary and don't do, but personally I think if you take this class you should get all you can out of it.

Review:
McConnell seems to know a lot about the material, but is not entirely tolerant of alternate views, much less than I expected a philosophy professor to be. His class can be very engaging - it's almost entirely discussion based.

Workload:
We had about three papers to write. McConnell was lenient about assigning them, but very slow to grade them and get them back to us.

Review:
Professor Mastraccio is a great teacher and is very enthusiastic about her work. She is very inviting to new ideas and class discussion. However, I worked very hard on papers and submitted many drafts of essays to ensure that I was successful in the class and I found it hard to achieve the grade that I wanted. Her grading isn't that bad but I warn pre-med who are looking for the "A" that it might be difficult to obtain.

Workload:
Workload isn't bad at all. 5 papers in total. 1 research paper and blackboard assignments on class readings and discussions. Grades mostly based off of essays.

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Professor Probst is wonderful, truly wonderful. His class was so interesting and I didn't even know I would find it interesting! I went to every class without question simply because going was such a delight. He is sweet, interested in his student's progress, takes their comments and points of view to heart and is always available to discuss anything. He is a warm, kind man and wonderful professor. Take this class!

Workload:
N/A

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Professor Penvenne knows how to teach.

Workload:
Moderate load of weekly readings for class discussions plus individual projects.

Review:
Professor Gallagher was one of the best teachers I have ever had at Tufts! His clear Powerpoint presentations coupled with occasional iClicker multiple choice questions he addressed to the class really made electricity and magnetism interesting and clarified many of the difficult concepts. He changed the format of the course, especially with respect to labs and recitations. We no longer had to write lab reports; all the data analysis was done in the lab section itself (a huge plus!), and rather than reviewing homework problems, the recitation consisted of additional practice problems (it was also mandatory!). Personally, I found that the additional problems helped, but attending the section was, for the most part, a waste of time. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the course itself, no doubt due to Gallagher's enthusiasm and teaching style.

Workload:
There were 12 weekly problem sets, each of which consisted of 10 online problems and 2 written problems. You could always count on one of the written problems to require some difficult calculus, but he would usually go over it in class anyway. There are 2 midterms, each consisting of 10 multiple choice questions and 2 long problems, and a final containing 20 multiple choice questions and 5 problems. At first glance, 5 points per multiple choice question (all or nothing) seemed a little unfair, but if you pay attention in class (study his powerpoint lectures) and know how to approach the practice multiple choice questions, you will do fine. I found the midterms to be a little on the easy side (especially considering the material and the difficulty of the homework); the final was a little harder, only because some of the questions tested multiple concepts (for example, one of the questions involved displaying simple harmonic motion for a system exposed to an electric field), but it was not that difficult. There was never a question that went above and beyond what we had seen before. As long as you do all the work, it should not be that difficult to do well in the class.

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Most of the reviews and talk you will hear from people will tell you to steer well away from Professor Dewald's class, and I can see why. First off, he is the definition of "old-school"; since he does not bother with computers, his lectures are all written on the chalkboard. Sometimes, he has the annoying habit of filling all the boards with notes before class, forcing you to copy like crazy while he skitters through the material. And skitters he does; Dewald is definitely not a clear lecturer and does not do the best job explaining basic concepts, and while you do not have to take AP chemistry beforehand, it really helps to have some background just to keep on track with him. That being said, his notes are comprehensive and well-written, so it's not a total loss if you do not understand him during lecture. Much of your learning however will come from the problem sets. The key to doing well in Dewald's class is to know how to approach the problems on your problem sets and the previous years' problem sets (which he has on Blackboard) as well as old exams. Many times, they are tedious and somewhat difficult, but the end result will pay off once you do well on the exams. The TA is an excellent resource for help on any of the problem sets; I frequently emailed him for help, and he responded, sometimes within minutes. Definitely take advantage of that. Also, while I myself never did it, I heard that Dewald is very approachable and helpful outside of lecture. Ultimately, how well you do in the class depends on the effort you put in, which is exactly what Dewald's "old-school" philosophy is.
Outside of the course, Dewald is actually a really friendly person and has a wonderful tendency of jumping off track to talk about his years in the military, ending with a tirade about the corruption of West Point cadets and the government. His anecdotes are always humorous and really sometimes make the 8:05 AM class that much more bearable. The lab portion of the course is easy; labs usually took 1- 1 ½ hours, and the write-ups were straightforward, if not tedious, and were graded easily. I wish the easy grading would have translated over to the problem sets, but homework is not worth that much. Finally, once a week, we have a guest lecturer from the Chemistry department come to talk about his/her research; some are genuinely interesting and inspiring, while others come across as boring due to the fact that much of the material goes over our heads. Still, it does give you an idea of what a Chemistry career might entail.
Overall, the course is challenging, mainly due to the difficulty of the problems and Dewald's inability to explain the concepts clearly. However, these issues can be remedied by seeking help with the TA and Dewald outside of class and working on old problem sets and exams. While Dewald was not the ideal lecturer, he still made some of the lectures fun and gave me a quote that will define my standard of excellence: "Close enough for Tufts" He is also really lax about due dates for problem sets as well as grading; you can usually get some points back for a problem if you go to Dewald and demonstrate that you know how to approach the problem. I guess he's been teaching so many years that he does not really care that much anymore...

Ultimately, if you enjoy Chemistry enough to devote a lot of time outside of class, I would say go for it. The problems definitely are challenging enough to teach you valuable problem-solving skills, and the seminars can give you possible undergraduate research opportunities. As long as you know what to expect from the class beforehand, you should not have too much of a problem with it.

Workload:
-11 Problem Sets, most of which were due every week. They start out simple (1-2 hours) but gradually get more and more difficult and lengthy (I spent 5-6 hours on the last problem set!). Try to start in advance so you don’t kill yourself the night before.
-10 labs and 8 lab write-ups, which can take anywhere from an hour to three hours. Overall, the reports serve just as an exercise in tedium.
-3 exams, which have the pleasure of starting at 7:00 AM… These consist of six multi-part problems and one long conceptual part (consisting of questions from his lecture). Generally, the exams are not very difficult as long as you have looked at all the problem sets and old exams and know how to approach each problem.
-1 final. He changed the format to 40 multiple choice questions and 5 multi-part problems. Some of the multiple choice questions were really specific and tested nitpicky points in the notes. Read and re-read the notes if you want to ace this section. If you get an A in the final, you get an A in the class, regardless.

Review:
Pr. Urban seems to know everything about everything in the playwriting world. He's smart, funny, and isn't afraid to critique you. His critiques are never mean spirited or excessive-rather, they're always focused on making the play better. This was a great class.

Workload:
There's very little work. Over the whole semester, one writes four two-page essays (assigned two at a time), two one-minute plays, a two-minute play, and a ten-minute play. For reading, he assigns a handful of ten-minute plays to read over the course of the year. None of the work takes very much time at all.

Review:
This was a wonderful intro level class. Coming into the class I really knew nothing about community health, and now, after taking this class I am seriously considering majoring in it. Professor Balbach teaches in an incredibly clear manner, making sure everyone in the 200 person class understands what she is saying before moving on to the next slide or topic. She manages to be really funny and engaging despite the size of the class. She is always willing to chat after class or during her office hours. While the material is not terribly hard, many of the assignment are graded toughly.

Workload:
The material is pretty straightforward. There was never that much reading-- some nights it was only half an hour of reading, and others up to an hour, but rarely more than that. Pay close attention to the readings though, she takes a lot of her nit-picky exam questions from them.

Review:
This was a wonderful intro level class. Coming into the class I really knew nothing about community health, and now, after taking this class I am seriously considering majoring in it. Professor Balbach teaches in an incredibly clear manner, making sure everyone in the 200 person class understands what she is saying before moving on to the next slide or topic. She manages to be really funny and engaging despite the size of the class. She is always willing to chat after class or during her office hours. While the material is not terribly hard, many of the assignment are graded toughly.

Workload:
The material is pretty straightforward. There was never that much reading-- some nights it was only half an hour of reading, and others up to an hour, but rarely more than that. Pay close attention to the readings though, she takes a lot of her nit-picky exam questions from them.

Review:
Professor Norman is hilarious! He is a great teacher. He takes the time to make sure everyone in the huge 300 person class understands each slide. He keeps tabs on everyone's understanding of the material by using the Clickers to have the class answer multiple choice questions during lecture. He is very clear in lecture and helpful when you ask questions. He promptly responds to any questions via e-mail if you are confused about the material.

Workload:
There was not too much work. You really don't have to do the textbook reading-- just know the slides and problems sets and you will be fine. There were four problem sets and three exams, all non-cumulative.

Review:
This class started off a bit slowly with rather dry readings about China and the Ottoman Empire, but by the end of the semester the material became really interesting and relevant. Professor McCabe is a very sweet, helpful woman, though her lectures can be rather scattered. The class met twice a week, one day we would watch movies (when the projector functioned, which was pretty rarely) and the other day would half be spent listening to Professor McCabe lecture and the other half listening to students present summaries of the readings.

Workload:
There was about 200 pages of reading a week, but most of it can be skimmed. There are two generously graded take-home exams and one in-class presentation.

Review:
Viola Thomas is a very sweet, helpful woman. I did not learn much of anything new in her class, but it was a good chance to practice my French and read a few good books. Professor Thomas is always willing to meet with students outside of class. There is not much structure to the class so she is generally willing to let students discuss random topics freely during class.

Workload:
There are daily assignments, but never anything too tough. There are about five written papers, but she grants students a re-write of each of them. There are three non-cumulative exams.

Review:
This course is difficult, but after it's over you really feel like you've learned a lot. Professor Art is definitely passionate about what he teaches. He packs a lot of information into his lectures, but they're extremely organized and easy to follow. Every once in a while, he pulls up an interesting website to ease the dryness of lecture material. In general, he's a very interesting guy to listen to.

He really encourages class participation and there were a few heated debates over the course of the semester. He does have office hours, but I didn't get the feeling that he was particularly available for help. His TA Irina (who is amazing and extremely helpful) was more of the go-to person. He gives you everything you need to do well in the course, but didn't seem overly concerned about whether people were doing well or not.

That said, if you do all the reading, go to lecture and recitation (not mandatory, but do it), and study hard, you can definitely do well.

Workload:
There is a TON of (very dense) reading and almost all of it is necessary to do well in the course. Quizzes and exams are all essays based on the reading. There are 3 quizzes, a midterm, and a final. After the first quiz, they really just keep rolling. You have to put in serious studying to get a good grade. There's also one ten page paper.

Review:
Professor Penvenne is very passionate about her subject, and expects everyone else to be passionate about it too. She's very straightforward; you know right from the beginning everything that's expected of you. Her lectures are are kind of difficult to follow. There is so much information to absorb and she keeps switching from transparency to transparency, which makes it easy to get lost. Lectures are extremely important, though. Basically 50% of each test is lecture-based.

Overall, she's not too harsh of a grader. She clearly wants everyone to do well and she's very available for help. You can always email her if you have a question before a test and she does review sessions before each exam.

Workload:
There are 5 "antes," short essays about the books you read and 3 exams that are all the same format and worth the same amount (no huge final). The antes aren't too hard once you know what she's looking for, but it takes one or two tries to figure that out. Even then,they take some thought. There is a TON of reading; it's practically impossible to do all of it. But you can get away with not reading it all. The tests aren't hard if you prepare for them, but they take an enormous amount of preparation and you need to have taken good notes all semester long. Each exam has is half identifications, where you explain who or what, give dates, and explain the significance of a term or name. There are 12 terms on the exam (out of about 200 possibilities)and you answer 5. The other half is an essay, which you can prepare beforehand (a big help, but still not totally easy). I'd say the workload is a bit above average but not too bad.

Review:
Professor Oppenheim is a friendly, helpful, and effective Spanish teacher. She's very straightforward and follows the syllabus to the letter, so you always know what you're in for. She's very clear and tries to make sure everyone understands. She also does some funny activities to help liven class up once in a while. She's a pretty lenient grader. As long as you do the homework and put in a little bit of effort studying for the exams, you'll do well.

Workload:
Not bad at all. There were 4 short compositions, 5 exams, an oral exam, and a skit. None of them were too difficult. She gives you a review sheet for each exam.

Review:
Professor Norman is amazing--definitely the best professor I've had at Tufts so far. He is so, so nice. He a great teacher; the material could have been confusing but he taught it so clearly and thoroughly that it wasn't hard to understand at all. His lectures are clear and he will go over things again if someone doesn't understand. He also makes jokes throughout class to keep everyone entertained. You don't need to read the textbook, just know what he teaches in class.

Workload:
Fairly light. There are 4 problem sets, which aren't too long, 2 midterms and a final. The problem sets and exams are straightforward and the TAs are really helpful.

Review:
Great professor and great class. Your writing will improve a lot. Many of the assigned writing pieces are fun and interesting.

Workload:
Typical workload for Tufts. 5-page paper due every other week and revisions to those papers due after. Weekly short readings.

Review:
I agree with the other reviewer. She grades extremely hard and subjectively on writing assignments. And she speaks a surprising amount of English in a course geared for learning SPANISH. My conversational skills did NOT improve at all. I felt that she was unenthusiastic about the course material and about the students. I guess my grammar improved a bit, but not much. She is usually not available after class and a few times she brought her children to class. She tried to ask the class what she could do to improve, but I don't think that she changed anything in her teaching/grading style.
I love Spanish, but her class made learning un-enjoyable.

Workload:
Lots of reading---she followed the syllabus, or at least tried to. There usually wasn't enough time to finish anything in class.

Review:
She's fine- kind of high strung, but you get used to how fast she speaks really quickly and it helps with your listening skills anyways. I think she's loosened up a bit since the other reviews were posted. I learned a lot of grammar really well, and I think my speaking improved, too.

Workload:
a lot of work, but it's really interesting stuff that you'll be able to talk to people about if you want to seem impressive.

Review:
This is the first real electrical engineering class. You get a lot of good practice with circuits and various types (RC/RL, high/low pass filters, etc). Over the course of the semester, not a whole lot of material is covered. Really the same principles just get applied to different types of circuits. Here you start to see the application of differential equations, but you never have to rely on it. The labs usually last at least an hour, and the TAs are okay at helping. For engineers that have to take ES 3, DEFINITELY take it with Lasser. He is by far the best for this class.

Workload:
ES 3 usually has problems due once every week, but Lasser breaks it up into just a couple problems every class (which is much better). Sometimes the homework takes 2 minutes, other times an hour. If he doesn't go over the homework material in class, you are not responsible for the homework, but it's unclear when this actually happens. MATLAB assignments due about every other week or so. He does a good introduction at the beginning of the semester on this, but it's never really taught in depth (they should teach this in ES 2 instead of MathCAD). Labs due every other week which definitely take a while. Speaker project due at the end of the semester accompanied with a writeup certainly requires advance planning. It's not difficult, just takes a lot of work. Lasser gives 3 term exams, none of which are technically cumulative but you utilize previous material. The exams are really easy if you keep up with all the work as it is assigned. Overall, this class has quite a bit of work, but it is completely manageable if you break it up.

Review:
Classes were extremely helpful and Edgers is a pretty good professor. Usually he would answer any questions about the homework, even going over most of the problem before it was turned in. Next was a PowerPoint presentation that he usually breezed through in order to get to practice problems. The PPTs are good for general principles but it's great to go over in problems during class that can help with the homework. Going over things in the book is also helpful, especially the practice problems in there (they tend to be the same that he uses in class). If you have the choice of getting Mastering Engineering, do NOT get it. It was nice to have the eBook and do the homework online, but that's all there was. It's definitely not worth the extra money.

Workload:
A couple problems due every class. Sometimes they take just half an hour, sometimes they take 2 hours. Some of it depends on the material being covered. Labs and quizzes about every week or so, very straightforward and can really help your grade. 2 term exams and 1 final. The term exams were pretty easy, but the final was a real challenge.

Review:
Do NOT take this class if you are looking for an easy arts credit. The professor is good but the course material is absolute bullshit. For an introductory class there is way too much work: midterm, final, 3 response papers, 2 other "soundscape" papers, a concert report, and a final research paper. Lots of reading also. Biggest regret of my academic career.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Class met twice a week for 75 minutes each. This made it very difficult to get through lectures on VERY dense material, which was often. Some classes consisted of just learning how to prove various theorems. Professor Boghosian does his best to make it interesting and applicable. Very accessible through office hours, which would help with the homework. This class is actually beneficial for COMP 15 (Data Structures) so consider taking it close to that.

Workload:
Homework due about once a week. Very important that you start ahead of time to ask questions in class. Some assignments were particularly lengthy and extremely challenging. Only certain problems from each homework are graded for points, and there's not way of telling which ones. Exams are a piece of cake compared to homeworks. 1 midterm and 1 final.

Review:
This seminar was very discussion-based with lots of reading. Material was very interested and Professor Manz encouraged a very comprehensive and lively class discussion. I learned about Western legal tradition as well as the development of Islamic law and the different stages of Islamic history.

Workload:
Reading response papers were assigned every week, but they only had to be 1-2 pages per question. There is a 25-30 page research paper which is challenging, but Professor Manz asks for drafts before the final due date which helps to smooth out the paper writing process and give each student some feedback on the direction of their paper.

Review:
Mark was incredibly friendly and helpful during poetry workshops, though of course that varies depending on your outlook on poetry. The class meets once a week and the assignments basically consisted of reading ~10 poems, reading a short essay/article, writing comments on your classmates' poems, and writing your own poem each week. Overall I really enjoyed the course and it's a pretty easy arts credit if that's what you're looking for.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
The lectures were just Powerpoints with information taken right out of the book, graphs and everything. The material was not well presented. I found that the "class discussions" were too hypothetical given that it's a science course, and didn't add much to my knowledge of the subject. There were two problem sets, one midterm, an oral presentation, a literature report, and a take home final (which averaged over ten pages of solid writing). Everyone did pretty badly on the midterm.

The course was taught by Colin Orians and Erik Dopman, both of whom were nice and very easy to reach. The course is fairly new and they seemed genuinely interested in improving it.

Workload:
One chapter covered each lecture.

Review:
A really great class! Very Interesting material that you wouldn't necessarily learn about in other areas. The Professor is extremely enthusiastic - especially when she delves into her field of study, anti-tobacco research - and is always amenable to talk to students. The class started with theories on public health and later dealt with tobacco laws/smoking's societal effects, the growing rates of obesity, and then the uncertainty of environmental health. Definitely take this class with Professor Balbach while at Tufts.

Workload:
Not a whole lot of reading. There was no textbook but readings were posted on Blackboard weekly. We had to read three books: The Tipping Point, Mountains beyond Mountains, and excepts of When Smoke Ran Like Water. Manageable amount of work.

Review:
A passionate teacher and interesting readings. Professor Roy is quite a character; she would often tell the class random anecdotes or come in a few minutes late to grab a cup of coffee. Overall, she was always concerned with student progress and made sure that every student had the opportunity to speak his/her mind on the novel or topic of discussion. We ended up reading 12 books ranging from a graphic novel to obscure Middle Eastern literature. I loved the material and Professor Roy always gave us some historical background on the novels to add context.

Workload:
Completely manageable. We read 1 book/week that would range from 150-350 pages. Two 5-page papers and one midterm. No Final!!

Review:
Interesting material! We covered topics ranging from Interest Groups to Civil Rights to Campaign Finance. The presentations were always very informative and, for me, contained everything I wanted to know/didn't understand in American Politics. Also, the readings were always worthwhile and enjoyable. The "Lanahan" reader was especially interesting - I will be keeping it after the class!

The Professor is excellent. She is very open/welcome to have students talk to her in office hours or after class. She does a great job responding to students and often send out current news articles relating to the material in class.

Workload:
Manageable. There was midterm and a final, a 10-page research paper, and a 5 page paper, and class participation. There was a lot of reading from week to week, but a lot of the reading is extraneous.

Review:
Dore is amazing! I'm so glad I took photo with her. She's very caring and definitely becomes involved with her students as individuals. Her apparent absent-mindedness provides amusement, but when it comes down to it she provides really valid feedback.

Workload:
6 hours a week of class time, and you'll definitely need to spend time in the darkroom outside of class. A few small assignments at the beginning, one presentation on a photographer, and a final portfolio/project that you'll work on during the second half of the semester.

Review:
Stolow is the worst professor I have ever had. An unnecessarily harsh grader, an awful lecturer, and I always left class feeling like I un-learned what I had read the night before. I could not recommend more strongly that no one take this class with Stolow.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Professor Hasselblatt is a great professor. He has a vast and clear knowledge of differential equations. At times, he can speak somewhat softly so it might be hard to hear, but I was always able to hear him in a class of 40+.

Course material is not too bad, certainly much easier than Calculus II. The 3 midterm exams break up the material well so that it is easy to focus only on specific material.

Workload:
Homework due every class from the book, standard for any math class. Some assignments can be particularly long, but nothing that isn't manageable. Plus the homework earns you an extra 4 points on your grade at the end of the semester.

Review:
Pollina is very concerned with student's progress and does not lack enthusiasm for the course, but his intolerance of alternative views and lack of individual student encouragement made this course extremely difficult. If you do not have a background or point of reference for this material, it is inevitable that Pollina will make it difficult for you in class as you are banned from using secondary and tertiary resources. I would not enroll in another class with this professor.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Rosemary Taylor is perhaps the worst professor at Tufts. She has no concern for her student's progress and often suggests you drop her class if you are slightly confused. She seems enthusiastic about the course material but not the course itself. She seems disinterested when she is lecturing (for 75 minutes straight) and rarely asks questions of the class. She is disengaging throughout the entire class period. She often cancels her office hours and I would never take another class with her.

Workload:
I didn't receive a single grade for her class because they only thing that we had was the midterm exam. It took the entire semester to get the midterms back to us. It was after the final by the time she returned our midterms/1 grade.

Review:
I freaking love this Prof.. His classes are small; he loves what he teaches; he's very approachable as a human being; he cares about his students; he actually reads your papers, types up insightful comments on them and will even sit down and have an in depth discussion with you one on one. I've taken classes with robots and zombies before, and this guy is 100% H. s. sapien. Even if you hate reading 12 million page novels, you should give this class and any other that he teaches a whirl - it's worth the human experience alone. I enjoyed just popping in now and again for a chat with the dude - and I'm a complete loon - and I don't mean that I'm a bird either. Sometimes he can be a bit dry in the class room setting - although you have to admit it must be difficult to stand and lecture for two hours at a whack on material you've been teaching since Pushkin was sent into exile in southern Russia. So what, he more than makes up for it during office hours and unscheduled visits that turn into coffee or lunch, and eventually you figure out that this guy is probably one of the best damned professors at Tufts. I give him an A plus - great guy.

Workload:
Heavy reading - but the books are masterpieces - buck it up and realize that you're there to learn, and hopefully enjoy the reading too. Normally three papers a semester; 6-10 pages in length.

Review:
He is the most amazing Professor in the French department. Great sense of humor, wonderful interactions with students and extremely helpful when it comes to development of his students. Makes himself available outside of class and is overall a wonderful human being. I will take the opportunity to take any class I can with him.

Workload:
The workload is reasonable. Assigments are understandable, the reading is great and if you don't understand it he will go out of his way to make sure that you do.

Review:
I took this class and put up with having Spanish early on Fridays because I read rave reviews about Professor Older. Unfortunately, I would not recommend taking spanish with her. She is not concerned with her students progress and gets very frustrated when you don't understand something. She comes off as rude and inconsiderate when answering simple questions. If you are going to take Spanish 3 I would recommend taking it with another teacher who is more understanding towards their students.

Workload:
three tests, multiple quizzes, 3 compositions, diarios, final skit and workbook exercises. Workload isn't terrible but definitely more quizzes than in other spanish classes.

Review:
Pretty great teacher all around, although I've never really heard of a "bad" teacher in the Chinese department--personally I think it's pretty straightforward, the grammar sections in the book typically cover what's on the tests. Definitely encourages participation and is good at explaining things, and definitely is enthusiastic about the class. Also has a unique sense of humor. This, combined with the hilarious dialogue videos keeps the class interesting. I would definitely take another class with him, but I don't think he teaches in the upper levels.

Workload:
There is A LOT of work for this class. It's a two credit class that meets every day, and meets for a double block on Tuesdays. Mostly busy work and memorization, but it can take hours, especially if you have had no prior experience with Chinese. By the time second semester started (it's a full year intensive program), the majority of the non-Asian students had dropped out of the program. Definitely don't take this class if you have other classes with lots of work i.e. Chem 1, Bio 13, etc. I would say there's an average of 3 hours of work every day, and it can take a lot of time to prepare for the tests. However, as time goes on you get better at pinpointing what you actually need to study. You learn a lot of new vocab words every week but it's too time-consuming to memorize them all--it's a better idea to memorize the examples in the grammar section--those sentences are most likely to be on the tests.

Review:
Taliaferro may be a little arrogant and condescending, but he is a great lecturer in my opinion. Very clear at explaining things and is generally a pretty interesting lecturer.I don't think he really cares about the students' progress, but then again its a 200-person class so it's hard to really gauge. I never went to office hours, and you probably never will, as the TA's are pretty helpful and can answer most of your questions. That being said, I've heard he gets annoyed with freshmen going to office hours and such, so if you do decide to go, be prepared and don't ask stupid questions. He's definitely a realist, but isn't that biased towards it, and gives a pretty neutral explanation of the other two theories. However, if you try to debate him in class he will most definitely shut you down. A lot of people don't like him because he's pompous and arrogant, but I think it's understandable considering he IS on the Council of Foreign Relations.

Workload:
There is a lot of reading assigned for the class, and it's pretty dense, but over the course of time you start to realize that you don't actually need to do the reading. All of his powerpoints are posted on Blackboard, and they're all you need to do the exams, both of which are take-home. That being said, the exams can be pretty painstaking, and you do have to put a lot of thought into what you want to write. He assigned the exams on Fridays and generally it took the whole weekend to finish them. There is also a research paper, and it tends to be pretty painstaking as well, I think my paper turned out to be 20 pages or so. But generally speaking, although there is more work for this class than other polisci classes, it's not as hard as everybody says it is. As long as you put in the time and effort, you can get a B or B+, although A's are pretty rare. But, this is college and people, especially freshmen, need to accept the fact that they're not going to get A's in all of their class anymore like they did in high school.

Review:
Pretty great professor all around, energetic and enthusiastic about the class. Pretty concerned with progress of the students, and encourages them to go to office hours although most people never really need to. I definitely felt like I learned a lot in her class, and would probably take another class with her if I were a math or engineering major. The only downside is that she talks kind of fast and writes on the board kind of fast as well so it's easy to get lost/stop paying attention since you're furiously writing down notes. However, if you take the time to look back at your notes you can generally get the gist of what's going on.

Workload:
Pretty standard amount of work for a math class, an assignment due every class that usually varies from half an hour to 2 or so hours to finish. Homework is optional, but if you do them all you get two points on your semester average. You pretty much have to do them to keep up in the class, although if you miss one or two it's not that big of a deal. Assignments can be pretty hard though, and I found that I couldn't finish a lot of them without looking at the solutions manual. Luckily, the library has like 5 of them in their reserves so if you don't want to buy them from the bookstore, you don't have to.

Review:
Generally a pretty good all-around teacher, although in my opinion Chinese grammar isn't that structured and not that hard to explain. I've never really heard of a bad teacher in the Chinese department, and even then the book does a good job of explaining the grammar. She's a new teacher, pretty young (I'd say about 24 or 25), and seems to be enthusiastic about teaching. My class was only 7 people so class participation is unavoidable, but I tended to zone out a lot because I just find Chinese grammar boring and something that I can teach myself from the book. That being said, she didn't yell at me or anything for not paying attention, which is better than the other teacher (Li Laoshi), although the other one is more experienced. That being said, Professor Ye sits in on the other classes and generally models her class after Li Laoshi's, so I definitely feel like I get the same out of the class as I would from Li Laoshi's. Only downside to this course is that she speaks in Mandarin for basically the whole class, unless you specifically ask her a question in English(which isn't frowned upon like in Li Laoshi's class). However, all the Chinese 21/22 teachers speak in all Mandarin at this level, but I think being in Ye Laoshi's class is a little more relaxing.

Workload:
Workload isn't too bad, but I took the Intensive Chinese course last year(2 credit class) so it's no surprise that the workload felt lighter. Generally it takes a week (3 class sessions) to go through each chapter, and there's 4 tests throughout the whole semester (the last test substitutes for the final). There is one homework assignment for each chapter, which takes up about one page in the workbook and then you have to write some small paragraphs for the composition. There is also a dictation quiz for each chapter, and this can take a while to prepare for (I'd say 2 hours or so are sufficient). The tests, however, can be pretty hard, but you just have to pinpoint where you need to study because it's difficult to memorize all of the vocab words one by one. It's better to just memorize the example sentences in the grammar section, since that'll help you with the translating English to Chinese section. there are also 3 oral presentations throughout the course, which aren't really that hard (although I have had previous experience with Chinese at home). I suggest doing the presentations with a partner (dialogue-style) so that you can play off each other's words. You should also do the homework with a partner too, since it'll make it easier and you're supposed to go over the dialogue for half an hour each chapter with a partner anyways. Overall though, Chinese 21 isn't that difficult, just a lot of busy-work and memorization, although if you really want to improve your speaking you'll have to do more preparation and volunteer to participate more in class.

Review:
The professor is a pretty straight to the point professor, it's hard to get a sense of her personality since she rarely ventures off topic. Her enthusiasm is so-so, but it's a relatively large class (25 or so students) so it's hard to gauge. I don't think she's as great at explaining things as everybody makes her out to be, but that's because she has kind of an accent and I get kind of bored and zone out anyways. Generally speaking though, I found the material somewhat dry, and other people have said the same thing with other teachers as well, but I prefer macro to micro anyways.

Workload:
She didn't really assign readings, if you want to do them on your own it's up to you, but the problem sets and tests are generally straight from the lecture notes. It's kind of unfortunate that she only gives 6 problem sets and 2 exams (each of which only comprise 3 short-answer questions), because it's easy to fall behind and difficult to pinpoint what you need to study since the tests only focus on a few sections. I wish I took Luallen instead, I hear he's not that great at explaining things but he teaches more from the book and gives assigned homework every week (including both qualitative, short-answer questions and problem sets) so that you really get to learn the material. With Menegotto she only really focuses on the math and sometimes I forget what I'm actually looking at qualitatively. A big problem is that the tests are only 3 short-answer questions, so that if you make small mistakes they can often count for 10+ point deductions, so it's kind of risky compared to Luallen's tests where he gives you easy multiple choice questions that count as a buffer of like 60 points or so and then two short-answers that only count for 20 points each. Basically, it's easier to get lower grades in Menegotto's class, so you really have to keep up in the class on your own time. If you want a more structured class where you can teach yourself stuff from the book, take Luallen's class.

Review:
Pretty good teacher all around, enthusiastic about the course and for students' progress. Also encourages class participation which is rare for lecture-type classes. She's pretty available, although one of her office hours was at ten in the morning so that can be a little inconvenient. However she can be a little soft-spoken at times and hard to hear, or maybe it just seemed like that since the class was in a large room and I sat in the back of the class. Anyways, solid teacher all around and I would definitely take another class with her if I were a polisci or IR major, but I'm not.

Workload:
Decent amount of reading assigned. It's mostly dense policy analysis readings that can be a little dry, but she also assigns anecdotal stories which offer a first-person perspective of the history, which is pretty interesting. However, you don't really have to do the reading since they're basically a more in-depth coverage of her lecture notes. She does a pretty good job at pinpointing the important stuff. There are also a couple of movies that she assigns you to watch, some are interesting, others are not so interesting. You can find most of them online just by googling the titles, and I preferred doing that than going to the library to watch them since I tended to doze off. There's one midterm and one final, both of which are take-home and not too difficult (the midterm is limited to a maximum of 6 pages). She also gives you like a week to do them so that makes things a lot easier. There's a post-Mao era research paper to do, which is kind of a pain since you have to position it as a research puzzle like in Intro to IR and you have to go to the Harvard libraries to do research since Tisch/Ginn doesn't offer that much in terms of post-Mao resources. It's a step by step process though so it's not too overwhelming. Also, she's not too difficult of a grader, so as long as you do your research and back up your arguments, you should be set.

Review:
Although she runs the course, a lot of different teachers come in and lecture about a specific topic. The clarity of the lecture depends on the teacher giving it. Overall, it's an interesting class to take if you're interested in art history. It gives a good overview. The TAs are helpful in recitation to tell you what you need to take out of the lectures.

Workload:
There is a fair amount of reading but it is definitely manageable. You don't need to do the reading if you pay attention in class. two 4-pagers that describe a work of art each. 2 trips to the MFA to see these works of art. one midterm and one final.

Review:
Although the material is interesting, she presents it in a boring manner. It is hard to stay focused in class. However, if you manage to pay attention, the homework and exam questions are pretty straightforward.

Workload:
There are homework questions every week and aren't generally very difficult. There are 2 midterms and a final. There is also a final project that is 8-10 pages long at the end of the semester.

Review:
Downing's lectures are a bit rambly, and he has a nasty habit of giving enigmatic homework assignments without explaining what he's looking for. That being said, he is an incredibly nice guy who truly wants all of his students to succeed.

If you want to direct at Tufts, you really have no choice but to take Directing. While Downing's class isn't going to make you fall in love with directing or have some grand realization about art, it gets the job done.

Workload:
The class is very front-loaded. The first half of the semester you will work your ass off with large papers due almost every class as you perform a deep analysis of your chosen play. After the halfway mark things lessen up as you get into the nitty-gritty of blocking scenes instead of doing research and textual analysis.

Review:
Ayesha Jalal is a good professor, she definitely knows what she's talking about. I agree with the part about her being convoluted, but doing the readings really helps, especially from the main book-and that's all you need to get through the midterm as well. If you're interested in the topic, it's definitely a good course to take

Workload:
She assigns a lot of reading, but like I said, read the main book (don't worry too much about the blackboard links etc.!) - there's a literary review and a take home final-compared to tufts courses the workload is normal

Review:
Leupp is an amazing professor who definitely knows his history of Japan; unfortunately he can be a bit scatterbrained. Lectures tend to be very interesting, although slightly unorganized (but its not a problem if you type your notes; you can put them in the correct order after the fact).

Leupp also is there for you during your research paper. Obviously researching a topic on Japanese history that may have happened 800 years ago is a daunting task (especially since most sources remain untranslated). If you stop by during office hours he'll guide you the best places to research.

Workload:
- 1 In-Class Midterm (mostly multiple choice and an essay)

- 1 Take home final

- 1 10-15 page research paper on a topic of your choice

Review:
smartest most caring prof ive had at tufts

Workload:
pretty demanding but fun

Review:
Anne Gardulski was not only my Intro to Oceanography teacher, but she was also my freshman adviser. She is an extremely nice, caring, intelligent woman. Prof Gardulski left five minutes each class to inform her students about Tufts and transitioning to college. Once, a student mentioned going on a whale watch. She ended up organizing the whole field trip and, a month later, we all were on a boat together as a class. She is enthusiastic, a phenomenal lecturer, a great teacher, and she is there for you every step of the way. I would definitely take another class with Professor Anne Gardulski.

Workload:
The reading for Intro to Oceanography is not too bad. Professor Gardulski is a better teacher than the book, so sometimes you don't even need to read it. There are a few worksheets to bolster your great that, though not easy, aren't too bad. Moreover, she helps you every step of the way.

Review:
Honestly a ridiculous teacher. His ego flies high during lectures. He is an intelligent man, but doesn't seem to think anyone in lecture could ever prove his opinions wrong. Arrogant, he doesn't actually take students' opinions seriously (or so it seems). Lectures are important but half of his ramblings are irrelevant and don't follow a coherent structure. He is liked because he tries to learn people's names and cracks a few jokes. That is all. If this really is the right semester for you to take PS0061 and he's teaching it, do it. But if you can, avoid him.

Workload:
A lot of reading, but you really dont have to read everything to get by. Midterm and Final are based on regurgitating buzzwords. No true intellectual challenge in this class, only a set of skills which (i've been promised) will be useful in the coming years.

Review:
I cannot recommend this class enough! I took Intro to American Modernism during the spring '09 semester. Prof. Takayoshi made each class a pleasure to attend. I would rank this course in my top four classes that I have taken at Tufts in terms of enjoyability and amount learned. Prof. Takayoshi brought a multi-dimensional style to each class which included: music, video, and some of the most enjoyable and informative lectures I have attended in my years here (I am graduating May 2010). Prof. Takayoshi was always available outside of class and provided in-depth instruction, both written and oral, on what he expected from students. His grading was extremely fair. I would take this course again if I could without hesitation. I would rate the course an A+ and Prof. Takayoshi an A+. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Workload:
Workload was typical. Assignments were straightforward and EXPLAINED IN-DEPTH.

Review:
I cannot recommend this class enough! I took Intro to American Modernism during the spring '09 semester. Prof. Takayoshi made each class a pleasure to attend. I would rank this course in my top four classes that I have taken at Tufts in terms of enjoyability and amount learned. Prof. Takayoshi brought a multi-dimensional style to each class which included: music, video, and some of the most enjoyable and informative lectures I have attended in my years here (I am graduating May 2010). Prof. Takayoshi was always available outside of class and provided in-depth instruction, both written and oral, on what he expected from students. His grading was extremely fair. I would take this course again if I could without hesitation. I would rate the course an A+ and Prof. Takayoshi an A+. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Workload:
Workload was typical. Assignments were straightforward and EXPLAINED IN-DEPTH.

Review:
This was my first economics class and I really enjoyed it. Eventhough its a huge lecture and a lot of material he tries to explain everything as best he can. He definitely likes the class he's teaching. If you're going to be an econ or IR major then you almost always have to take this course, try to take it with this Mr. Norman. He's not that accessible for office hours and isn't that intimate.

Workload:
2 problem sets. 2 midterms. 1 final. its a lot of material for someone who hasn't taken an econ course before, but if you're familiar with the material it shouldn't be too bad.

Review:
Amazing teacher. Best spanish teacher I've had. She is very cute and comes up with all kinds of ways to remember and learn spanish.

Workload:
Same as all the spanish classes at Tufts, three test, turn in workbooks, compositions, final. Not bad.

Review:
Good and interesting discussions. I like what she has to say. Because of the relatively complicated and controvertial material, she constanly cites that we "may or may not be convinced." It's not that she does not tolerate alternate viewpoints, but rather that she can make a compelling counter-argument. We don't take classes from Professors just because we agree with them. Occasionally it's good to be challenged. Overall it's a good class. Susan could be a bit better but she seems on top of her game.

Workload:
Workload is relatively light. Reading intensity varies by week but no more than 3 or so hours per week of readings. The midterm was light (only a few short 1/2 page answers and one 3 pager). I had trouble keeping UNDER the limit. Not bad at all.

Review:
Good and interesting discussions. I like what she has to say. Because of the relatively complicated and controvertial material, she constanly cites that we "may or may not be convinced." It's not that she does not tolerate alternate viewpoints, but rather that she can make a compelling counter-argument. We don't take classes from Professors just because we agree with them. Occasionally it's good to be challenged. Overall it's a good class. Susan could be a bit better but she seems on top of her game.

Workload:
Workload is relatively light. Reading intensity varies by week but no more than 3 or so hours per week of readings. The midterm was light (only a few short 1/2 page answers and one 3 pager). I had trouble keeping UNDER the limit. Not bad at all.

Review:
Not bad. She does hold some pretty strong opinions. Any opinions contrary are not taken in offense. Rather she can just make a very compelling argument against them. She wants to make sure everybody is keeping up and encourages class participation. I learned a lot about the topic from her so I'd recommend it but only if you're okay getting your opinions about gender completely blown out of the water.

Workload:
Not bad at all. Readings are no more than 2 or so hours a week. Midterm was light at best. Final is yet to be seen.

Review:
Not bad. She does hold some pretty strong opinions. Any opinions contrary are not taken in offense. Rather she can just make a very compelling argument against them. She wants to make sure everybody is keeping up and encourages class participation. I learned a lot about the topic from her so I'd recommend it but only if you're okay getting your opinions about gender completely blown out of the water.

Workload:
Not bad at all. Readings are no more than 2 or so hours a week. Midterm was light at best. Final is yet to be seen.

Review:
Not bad. She does hold some pretty strong opinions. Any opinions contrary are not taken in offense. Rather she can just make a very compelling argument against them. She wants to make sure everybody is keeping up and encourages class participation. I learned a lot about the topic from her so I'd recommend it but only if you're okay getting your opinions about gender completely blown out of the water.

Workload:
Not too bad. No more than 2 hours of reading per week, usually less. Midterm was light at best. Final is yet to be seen.

Review:
Not bad. She does hold some pretty strong opinions. Any opinions contrary are not taken in offense. Rather she can just make a very compelling argument against them. She wants to make sure everybody is keeping up and encourages class participation. I learned a lot about the topic from her so I'd recommend it but only if you're okay getting your opinions about gender completely blown out of the water.

Workload:
Not too bad. No more than 2 hours of reading per week, usually less. Midterm was light at best. Final is yet to be seen.

Review:
This class is perfect if you need to fulfill an arts requirement, it is very similar to an english class. We read a play or two a week about 20 pages or so each play, not bad at all compared to intense english classes. Professor Cless is very light-hearted and it is a breeze to sit through. Definitely recommended.

Workload:
A play or two a week about 20 pages each play, sometimes watch the production of the play instead of reading it. Have to go to 3 plays over the course of the semester that are assigned.

Review:
Interesting class, Professor Wolfe is funny & very entertaining. Not too intense, if you are not interested in child development and need a social science class this one isn't bad. Only 2 tests over the semester and 1 take home final essay. Pretty interesting.

Workload:
A lot of reading, 2 chapters a week (70 pages) but given worksheets so some stuff can be skipped over since it isn't important and won't be on the test. TA's very nice, required section every week for 50 minutes to go over the chapters.

Review:
Although it was Professor B's first year teacher (graduate student at UMASS Amherst) I did not that she did a good job explaining everything to the students. Every class we came in and no one understood what was going on and she did not do a good job fixing that. I've heard that all philosophy classes are like this but if you can, get a different teacher!

Workload:
1 or 2 assignments of reading, usually about 10 pages each, (3) short 2 page papers & (2) 4 page papers over the course of the semester.

Review:
Easiest class, Professor is amazing, always laughing, about a chapter every week and a half with vocab quizzes and a test at the end on the chapter. Tests are extremely easy and easy points are given out. Definitely take this class!! I loved it!

Workload:
About a chapter every week and a half with a short vocab quiz a week and a test every other week on the chapter that was worked on. EASY !!!

Review:
Great professor, probably my favorite this semester actually. Detailed, reasonable, relevant material covered in class and good for re-enforcing content learned through home work. Only thing is he moved at a rather quick pace as there was a lot of material to cover so even elementary french I moved rather quick, which was fine for students who had had some intro to French but a little difficult for those who were true beginners.

Workload:
Really depends on how hard you want to work. Meticulous attention to homework, teachings, and videos makes tests easy. Fairly frequent quizzes and tests.

Review:
Ellmore's great. He is very knowledgeable about his topic and doesn't dumb down the material to a degree that it is painful but also is clear and easy to understand. His lectures are entertaining and informative and gave me a reason to wake up for a 9:30.

Workload:
There are no outside readings. If you attend class and review your notes before the exams you've nothing to worry about. The exam questions are straight forward and all information is covered in lecture.

Review:
She's extremely sweet it's true but during her class my Spanish skills actually diminished. If possible, I would get to know her but avoid her class. She is very disorganized and know Spanish intuitively as she Peruvian (and hence has an adorable accent), but can't explain it effectively.

Workload:
There is some assigned but no credibility for completion.

Review:
Wow, this guy is so crazy it's impressive that he even remembers to make it to class. Incredibly unclear and completely out-of-it. Not once has he answered a student's question - he doesn't just give confusing answers - he will say something completely unrelated. Even he is not enthusiastic about the material. He'll often begin to teach us something and give up minutes later because he finds it boring. Complete lack of focus and gets very emotional if the class does not seem to be understanding or if there are several absent students.

As far as the coursework goes, it seems to be a complete review of previous Russian classes.

Workload:
This class has a fairly easy workload. Very varied based on Sloan's mood. Some compositions which he grades rather harshly.

Review:
Professor Starks is one of the best professors I have had at Tufts. His view of teaching is very progressive, and his grading is fair (though firm). His passion for both his own research and everything going on in the vast field of Animal Behavior is palpable from the very first class, and builds though out the course. I am by no means a "morning person", yet I found myself waking up earlier than I had to in order to make sure that I didn't miss a second of this class. Students don't just memorize information in this class; they actually learn what animal behavior is all about. Dr. Starks is an energetic, funny, and brilliant, and that's a trifecta that is uncommon in professors.

Workload:
The workload was manageable. You must read the book, and you must come to class, and you must read the assigned readings, because all are important and all will be on the tests without fail. However, the assignments are completely do-able, unlike in some classes where you are expected to read two chapters in one night.

Review:
This class is probably one of my favorite classes at Tufts so far, mainly because Wang Laoshi is incredibly helpful, understanding, and hilarious despite him not realizing how funny he can be. Because you have this class 6 times a week (twice on tuesday), the class gets to know each other very well. Every week you read dialogues, memorize a passage to recite in front of the teacher, memorize countless characters, and watch videos of chinese students, a Canadian student, and an American student speaking chinese in order to comment on the story (and at times, laugh at the awkward acting). I didn't realize how demanding the course would be when I signed up, but I am truly glad I did! If you put in the time, it is so worth the effort.

Workload:
Be prepared to realize that most of the homework you are doing is Chinese. Since it is 2 years in one year, they are not kidding when they say intensive. Weekly tests, homework packets, and hanzi online quizes. Go to conversation night at the Chinese house for extra credit (very helpful). It is possible to get a good grade, just always be prepared and do the work. If you are entirely new to the Chinese language and have no experience to the writing of Asian characters and listening to the language, this course may be very difficult for you.

Review:
This class is probably one of my favorite classes at Tufts so far, mainly because Wang Laoshi is incredibly helpful, understanding, and hilarious despite him not realizing how funny he can be. Because you have this class 6 times a week (twice on tuesday), the class gets to know each other very well. Every week you read dialogues, memorize a passage to recite in front of the teacher, memorize countless characters, and watch videos of chinese students, a Canadian student, and an American student speaking chinese in order to comment on the story (and at times, laugh at the awkward acting). I didn't realize how demanding the course would be when I signed up, but I am truly glad I did! If you put in the time, it is so worth the effort.

Workload:
Be prepared to realize that most of the homework you are doing is Chinese. Since it is 2 years in one year, they are not kidding when they say intensive. Weekly tests, homework packets, and hanzi online quizes. Go to conversation night at the Chinese house for extra credit (very helpful). It is possible to get a good grade, just always be prepared and do the work. If you are entirely new to the Chinese language and have no experience to the writing of Asian characters and listening to the language, this course may be very difficult for you.

Review:
Prof. Halpern was my favorite professor at Tufts and ELS 107 my most useful course. He gave me killer recommendations for jobs and introduced me to a number of jobs. I learned SO much in the class - but it was a lot of work. Made great friends in the class and also gained a lot of confidence. 100% worth your time. Plus, Halpern is young and cute, so that doesn't hurt.

Workload:
Lots of work but I liked almost all the assignments.

Review:
Professor Sliwa's class was an extremely unpleasant experience for me.

It was hard to understand his Polish accent.He got really excited over demonstrating gravity but that didn't help me learn. The class was taught at a pace appropriate for kids who already had background in physics, which I didn't. He did not have the bookstore stock the solutions manual to our textbook. His posted solutions to problem sets were messy and too hard to follow. He didn't cover as many chapters as he meant to so we had to cram 2-3 chapters just for the final, on top of cumulative review study. He did not help students access any of the online material that was available for the textbook. He was half an hour later for hour final which was at 8 or 9 a.m., I don't remember, and the exam still had mistakes.

These bad factors far outweigh the positive factors that he is a great physicist.

Not all professionals should teach.

Workload:
Way too much work

Review:
I can understand why some of the previous reviewers are so offended. The material she teaches and presents challenge many notions we take for granted and could easily frustrate people unwilling to entertain controversial thought. But because Aymer doesn't lavish praise onto students who try to appear intelligent does not mean she does not "respect intelligence", whatever that accusation is supposed to mean. She is very friendly, approachable, and takes the time to clarify anything a student might not understand. She's incredibly well informed about sociological phenomenon across the globe and has a formidable well of historical knowledge from which she often draws.

The only thing that went against my grain was the pace of the class, boy does she take her sweet time when lecturing. It's true her classes are fairly unstructured. She does present a loose agenda at the start of class, but she mostly lets the students determine the course of the conversation.

Workload:
She assigns a sizable amount of readings every week, but it's never more than about 100 pages.

Review:
Cool prof. Knows his stuff and does a good job of linking the book and class to real world issues. This was great. Not just reading the book and studying unrealistic models, but how to apply it to the real world. Glad I took this section. I think it will help me in the real world, and in other courses.

Workload:
Problem Sets. Midterm. Final. One page paper.

Review:
Professor Simpson is by far the best Spanish professor I've had at Tufts and in my life. He's great with relating to students and takes individualized learning and improvement very seriously. He grades (in part) based on personal progress. His teaching philosophy involves a lot of group work so be prepared to do projects outside of class.

Workload:
The workload is normal for a language class. There's a lot of reading each week, but it's not too bad.

Review:
I loved Professor Garant. She was very approachable and always accommodating. She definitely cared about every person's success and was there any time you needed to meet with her. She made math class as interesting as possible.

Workload:
Math 12 is a tough class. The work load is just like any other math class. We had an assignment every class period, three exams and a final.

Review:
Amazing course: who ever thought we'd be reading Plato in just one year? The pop quizzes aren't as scary as people said if you keep up with the work. She explains grammer stuff really well. I took 4 years of Latin in high school and some of it never made sense until I took Greek because Mahoney cleared it up.

Workload:
Tons of work but worth it. Really, you have to do the work every night, but you get credit just for turning something in so it's fair.

Review:
The worst professor at Tufts

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Patrick is awesome! I was a little worried about being in a class with the advanced drawing class as well, but he was helpful and attentive to all students and never made you feel poorly about your work, no matter what your level. He always has something good to say about what you are doing, and he really cares about his students. We learned to work with all kinds of mediums and he encouraged us to try new things. We made trips to both the MFA and the Sackler museum during class time, which was enjoyable. He met with each student halfway through to look at all of their work and see where they needed help. As you get into the semester, Patrick lets you decide what you would like to work on. Many students left and went to various places on campus to do landscapes, or some students took a break from the live model to do a still life. It is a flexible class. He even gave us a couple days off here and there when he thought we were tired and needed a break! I would love to take another class with Patrick in the future!

Workload:
The final project is a series of three drawings or one really large drawing that you present to the class at the end of the semester (Patrick brought all kinds of food and made it a party). It is a lot of work, but he gives you plenty of time and gave extensions to about half the class so they could have enough time to finish. You also have to keep a sketchbook of outside drawings that you work on throughout the semester. Two three hour classes a week is quite a lot, but you get plenty of breaks, and often he would let us leave early. It should be noted that you will need a lot of materials if you dont own any art supplies, which can get a little pricey. However, most of the art stores in the area do give you a 25% discount if you show your student ID. I improved tremendously with the help of Patrick, and I highly recommend this class to anyone who loves to draw!

Review:
Professor Lynch was reasonably clear while lecturing - however, I found myself having to voice record her lectures and listen to them again to achieve the best scores on her tests. She really, really enjoys the small details - if you take this class I recommend memorizing every word that she says and reading the textbook accordingly (i.e. only the portions she has mentioned, everything else is useless)

Workload:
The workload isn't awful, but to get every exam question I would usually start studying 4-5 days in advance. The final exam was cumulative, so watch out!

Review:
Boy, did I make the mistake of not reading the reviews before enrolling in this "course". Enough Said.

Workload:
Confusing as hell and she makes mistakes...which does result into ridiculous situations.

Would rate a 0 but this site won't allow me.

Review:
I feel lucky to have had Prof. Leavell for English 2, especially after the fiasco I experienced in English 1. Though she can be a bit eccentric, she is extremely concerned with her students' progress and makes herself readily available outside of class to offer advice about essays, etc. She wields a firm grasp of the English language and was open to different writing styles. I spent many hours outside of class with her attempting to improve my writing and I am pleased to report that I succeeded. Be warned, The Supernatural is the primary focus of this course, which can be interesting and engaging at times but also boring and dull.

Workload:
Reading Assignments: There is a reading assignment for every class, ranging from 20 pages to nearly 200 pages! She also assigns blackboard questions pertaining to the reading for each class. Unfortunately these assignments can get a bit wearisome. I know that some of my classmates did not keep up with the readings, and their grades suffered accordingly.

Essays: 3 papers of 5+ pages plus one rewrite, plus one 7-8 page research paper. It's a good amount of work, but I would say it is rewarding.

Review:
I think she has beent he one writing those reviews. She is a mess; she is the worst professor I have ever had. Ask her why has she gotten fired from every single job she has had? she is very disorganized, always lost our papers, do not know how tor un a lecture, is always late for class, do not prepare her classes, she is just HORRIBLE. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Given that David Krumme is retired now, and that I was his student about 20 years ago, this is more of an accolade and a "thank you" than a review.

Professor Krumme was one of the best professors I've ever had -- he cared about his subject matter, his students, and managed to create a learning environment that was both fun and intense. He balanced theory & practice, and teamwork with competition.

David helped to prepare me for a fufilling career in computer science. I will always be grateful to him for that.

Workload:
Lots of work, but it was always interesting.

Review:
Overall a good very good prof. He makes you work hard, but really goes to a lot of effort to connect the theory from class to the real world, basically how to apply econ to thinking about the world. So A for content.

In terms of style, he seems a little distant, but is a nice guy if you talk to him. He really cares that people learn economics and how to apply it.

All this good -- what's the downer? Only one. The class is a lot of work. I think it's worth it. There's probably easier sections, but I think learned more than my friends in other sections.

Workload:
On the high side -- weekly problem sets. Two short written assignments. Midterm. Final.

Review:
Professor Garman is an excellent professor. He is very in tune to students' understanding, and will explain concepts as many times as necessary without making students feel silly or guilty for being behind. He makes sure that we are up to speed through weekly assignments and quizzes, which is very necessary for this course. Professor Garman is one of the best Econ professors I've had, and he's a really nice guy. I'd recommend taking any course with him.

Workload:
Assignments are out of the book, which is pretty straightforward. Garman is very aware of the way the book teaches the course, and he has chosen it very carefully. One problem set per week keeps you on top of the material. Standard 2 midterms and a final, and one final econometrics paper, which he helps you to plan out.

Review:
His lectures were clear and not very exciting but not to boring either. The tests were difficult although he was fair enough to grade on a curve on the first exam because not many did well. There are three exams and you can drop one. You are basically on your own for studying for the exams. It is necessary to skim the readings to get a better understanding for the exam but not a must.

Workload:
One chapter/reading per class. There is no textbook so all readings are online. They are not too bad, not too boring, a lot of bio. The readings are manageable.

Review:
Taking class with Linda Bamber was one of the most challenging and rewarding of my experience at Tufts so far. Linda isn't afraid to tell you when she perceives your analysis to be incorrect and always moves conversation in the right direction. She pushes her students to think critically and her comments on the response papers are very helpful to improve your learning. Although her class isn't the easiest, it's one that you leave feeling accomplished.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Although General Literature 2 should have been an exciting topic, it became a drag to come to class. Instead of teaching, Prof. Hofkosh mostly speculates and then asks for student's opinions. The class is student-taught since the whole period is mostly spent by students raising their hands to guess what the text means. Although she never offers insight on her analysis of the text, each examine is based on her opinions. Although the course material was great, the class was poorly taught by Prof. Hofkosh

Workload:
Response posts, two tests including an exam, and a lengthy paper

Review:
This is a great class. Prof. Gidney is really interested in his students and really looks for your progress as a writer. The class is structured so that you watch a movie once a week and then discuss it in relation to a topic. There are often also guest speakers. It has a lot of reading but Prof. Gidney really grades based on participation and effort.

Workload:
A fair amount of reading and the movie showings are on fridays but they are really interesting movies and Chip makes it worth it. Have to write 4 out of the 5 possible essays and give one presentation on a movie. Lots of work but Prof. Gidney is not a particularly harsh grader.

Review:
Professor Starks is a great lecturer and his slides were really comprehensive. I loved his teaching style and the fact that he involved students in class. Great class, especially considering it was at some ungodly hour of the morning.

Workload:
The reading was interesting but not entirely necessary to do. He did not often have questions from the reading on the exam and most of the time the reading just clarified his lectures. The tests were hard but they were also curved and he gives students a chance to develop some of the questions. A great class.

Review:
Professor Gallagher is a really great teacher who really cares about his students understanding of the material. He also gives you every opportunity to do well in this class. A good portion of your grade is homework(25%) so as long as you go to recitation, you should get all those points. The exams test your understanding of the material, not how well you can spit back the answer to a homework problem. Prof Gallagher is really easy to reach and is always willing to help you understand concepts youre having trouble with. The resources are there, you just have to put in the work.

Workload:
Just weekly problem sets that take a few hours, and bi-weekly lab reports. Two midterms and a final. There were also in-class quizes that were 3% of your grade (kinda annoying if you like sleeping late haha).

Review:
Professor Trimmer definitely made this class interesting, but I found that he was not always clear in his explanations of important brain processes. He would often rush through them, and reading the book didn't always help because the chapters were so dense. When I went to his office hours, though, he was always really willing to break things down for me, and he almost always explained things better than he did in class. Tests were fair - mostly short answers and essays. If you didn't have the right answer, he would always give partial credit. Overall, an enjoyable class (especially after taking Genetics).

Workload:
Keeping up with the reading was always a good idea, but it was not enjoyable because each chapter was really detailed and dense. There really wasn't any homework in the class, which only came to be a problem right before exams. He would post a few practice problems a few days before, but it would have been beneficial to have some to work on throughout the month leading up to the test for better practice.

Review:
This was one of the best courses I took at Tufts. Professor Ndounou is not only very knowledgeable about the subject but her teaching style engages students in the topic, linking historical aspects of the course to the current state of the country and the African American experience today.

Workload:
There is a lot to read and the tests seem easier than they really are. However, if you participate it is not difficult to do well in the course.

Review:
Hmm how does one sum up Professor Inouye?

PROS:
-Clearly loves the topic, which IS fascinating
-Wrote a book on it (which follows lectures closely, even the anecdotes are the same)
-Tells amusing stories to help you understand the material
-Uses effective powerpoints
-Is willing to arrange appointments outside office hours
-Throws a cherry-blossom-viewing party for the class at the end of the spring semester

CONS:
-Forces the participation out of you (he will even provoke you - as in you individually, not the whole class)
-Isn't very clear about his expectations
-Uses stereotypes and isn't very tactful
-Assigns a 2-page letter every week, which is just busy work. In fact, it's such busy work, even he fell behind on grading them (which had no effect on the strict deadlines for us). And he fell so behind that we stopped writing them.
-Comments on letters weren't very helpful. Sometimes I wasn't sure he was really reading them.
-Asks for way too much personal information about you so you should be willing to share a lot and get used to the fact that he may bring up this information in class
-Requires that he know you personally; only that's all on you, because he doesn't make much of an effort himself
-Plays favorites. Seems to like some people more, and give others a harder time. I don't know why, but it was noticeable.

OVERALL:
I guess he's pretty nice, and it's great that he wants to get to know students; but his teaching style is definitely an acquired taste. He's got his quirks and you have to get used to them. I spent a great deal of time reminding myself that the material was interesting and that was what mattered -- it was one of those classes. I don't think I'd take another class with him.

ALSO: This is NOT an anime class. Do not take this class if you have an aversion to philosophy that you are not willing to grapple with.

Workload:
YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN CLASS. Weekly readings weren't so bad. 2-page letters (written to your future self assuming you could be dead - yes, that is the prompt) every week based on lecture, readings, how you feel about the material. Final 10-page paper on a piece of Japanese literature/movie. And it might sound easy, but I was surprised at how much effort I had to put into this class since he deliberately deflates grades (ask him). It definitely took a lot of time away from classes I was actually taking for my major. If you have the option of pass/failing, that might be a good idea because this course is NOT an easy A (or A-, or B+...).

Review:
Professor Cebe was one of the nicest professors I have ever had at Tufts! Her concern for the students was so great that, for example, whenever she made mistakes in her lecture, she would always write little notes to herself and then send the class an email with the corrections. Since the class met twice a week, there was a lot of material to cover every session, and her lectures, although fast, were thorough. She would explain the basic concepts and then work out sample problems, an aid not only for the problem sets but for the final. Overall a very fun-loving professor!

Workload:
There were 13 problem sets, with each problem set due once a week and consisting of 10 questions. Depending on the difficulty, you could finish it within 2-4 hours. I never went to recitation, but I worked on the problems with a friend. Labs met every other week and consisted of a write-up, but the TAs graded extremely easy (I never saw anyone get below an A). Finally, there are two midterms consisting of four problems of multiple parts and a final with eight questions. The first midterm was straightforward, covering concepts like projectile motion, and forces. The second midterm though was a lot harder, namely because of the lack of time and the length of each question. However, the final surprisingly was relatively basic and not at all difficult. One thing that helped me with this professor was the sample problems she went over during lecture; typically, at least one or problems on the midterms were almost identical to these. I think she tried to give advantage to those people that attended lecture! Overall, the class was not that difficult as long as you keep up every week with lecture and understand the problem sets.

Review:
Prof Gallagher is an amazing professor. I've never had a teacher that was so concerned with my progress in a science seminar course the way Prof. Gallagher was extremely helpful. During his office hours not only would he offer snacks he also came up with better ways for me to study. He took the time to figure out my study style and adapted his assistance to accompany it. He also hosted a "cram session" 15 minutes before the final for last minute questions. He's an amazing professor!

Workload:
Weekly homework and Bi weekly labs. No practical :)

Review:
Prof. Bailey is an excellent lecturer - when he shows up. I showed up to every class; he didn't. His making an appearance in class was never guaranteed. When he did come, he was usually 10-15 mins late (although, to give him credit, he got better as the semester went on). He is funny but also a little condescending. Don't ask dumb questions, especially about the syllabus.

Workload:
The class is divided into 3 sections. The first 2 sections are insanely easy - I did all of the assigned reading for the 2nd section in one night. But the third section is insane - you pretty much read the entire book. The material is interesting, but it's a lot to cover, and it's infuriating when you realize that all your studying (my friends and I took detailed notes of every chapter, lecture, and made study guides) doesn't help for the final. Some of the multiple choice questions were totally irrelevant to the course and I think I did well only because I took AP Biology and remembered how catalysts work, etc. The professor (or his TAs) messed up while making the tests twice in a row; both times, one half of the class (he makes 2 versions of every test) was missing a page.
The tests are 10 multiple choice questions, a short open response (often a diagram), and an essay. Tests are scaled.
You can do well in the course, but a lot of it depends on luck.

Review:
Prof. Manso is an excellent teacher and an all-around great guy. He is encouraging without being a pushover and made Spanish genuinely enjoyable (I reluctantly signed up to fulfill a requirement). IF YOU CAN TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM, DO IT!

Workload:
Workload is the same as all the other Spanish 21 classes. You get out what you put in. It's a consistent level of work, but nothing unreasonable.

Review:
Lectures were very helpful but could also drag on for a little bit. There were two 75-minute classes (3 50-minute would have been better). She puts plenty on the blackboard, most of it is examples with lots of math. Modest class participation, and she is extremely eager to help students and make sure you understand everything. One of the nicest professors I have had so far.

Workload:
2 problem sets due every week were manageable. Each one has a practice set with solutions that can help solve the real ones. Reading the chapters is not mandatory as there are no reading quizzes, but doing the reading definitely helps a lot. 2 midterms and a final, all 3 were very difficult but curved.

Review:
He's too busy to care about classes, or grading papers. 100% subjective grading, can't remember what topics he has already covered in class, basically just rehashes papers read outside of class. Maybe if you hang around with politicians all day, you become one. Class not worth taking if you want to familiarize yourself with the energy industry- just get a copy of the syllabus and the readings he covers.

Workload:
Not much outside of a few papers, straightforward.

Review:
This is the 2nd introductory engineering science class that all first year and transfer engineering students take. It involves more computer science-like logic, as there is programming involved. First you start with MathCAD (like AutoCAD but with numbers instead of objects) and then move to Microsoft Excel, eventually incorporating VBA. The lectures are unbelievably boring, but are almost necessary at the beginning to understand how to start things. You learn more by actually doing the homework and labs, and the class would function better as 2 labs alone rather than 2 lectures and 1 lab. The TAs are helpful, and tend to know more than Minardi does. Frequently during lectures he would try to demonstrate something only to have it crash on him. Go to the lectures and half-pay attention. Absorb the basics of what he is saying and put it into practice at the labs. A necessary class for engineers with a sub-par professor.

Workload:
DO NOT BUY THE TEXT BOOKS! The reading from the text books does not help and there are only a couple problems assigned from them. For these assignments, find a friend with the book, or split the cost with 5 friends. Obviously buy the lab manual as that has 99% of the assignments. Labs and homework weekly are not too much. The final project is also manageable if you start early. Once the final is over and you just have the project, there is no need to attend lectures.

Review:
Loring Tu is the best of the Math13 professors by far. Registration for his section fills up first so try to get it. Lectures are informative and useful. Definitely take notes as he pretty much writes them on the board for you. He is very enthusiastic and gets people to participate every so often. I tell all my friends taking Calc III to have him.

Workload:
Standard workload for a math course at Tufts. Homework set due every day (they are useful and helpful, DO THEM). 2 midterms and 1 final. Midterms were standard difficulty but the final was a little more difficult. Best part of Calc III is that there is little to no knowledge of Calc II required!

Review:
Great professor. Be prepared, he is not another one of these left swing Keynesian monetary economists spewing back money multipliers and the like. He works at a hedge fund in Boston so he is the real deal in terms of industry experience (not having his head in the sand like so many profs these days) and presents a very clear and compelling set of ideas. Great class.

Workload:
Not bad at all, 4 problem sets, midterm and final. Class participation is a plus

Review:
Professor Abdullah is by far the worst professor I have had at Tufts University. I am a senior majoring in economics, and I have never encountered a professor who is so unconcerned with student progress and who is so oblivious to what goes on in his own class. He grades problems really late (sometimes not at all) and just regurgitates the book. He is often confused about the syllabus and is never really clear about material for the exam. Given the choice, I would not have taken this class (or any other) with Professor Abdullah again.

Workload:
Workload was reasonable. 3-4 problem sets, 3 exams (including the final) and an optional extra-credit.

Review:
Professor Winn stood in the front of the class gave a mumbled "lecture" for half the class, put on some shitty video, and then left. The man is an asshole to talk to, and a horrible professor. Yes, he may be a scholar, but hes a deusche

Workload:
INSANE amounts of reading, dont try and buy all the books you'll go bankrupt, and he makes you buy his book too... Long ass midterm and final take homes. At least theyre take home!

Review:
Vickie Sullivan is by far one of the best, and most brilliant, professors at Tufts. This was a small seminar class, so discussion was encouraged, but Sullivan would always guide the discussion in case people's points were a bit off-track.

This is one of the few courses at Tufts (in political science/IR) where you are given the freedom to think deeply and broadly about issues instead of merely regurgitating the views of a professor or an author.

Workload:
We read two texts: Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws and the Persian Letters. Spirit of the Laws can get dense, so it's important to read carefully and pay attention to what Sullivan says in class, but the Persian Letters was an easy read.

Sullivan is definitely not an easy grader (in the past four years, she said she's given only 1 A for an advanced level class), but if you work hard and understand the material (and if you thoroughly enjoy political theory or any class that compels you to think outside the box!), you should definitely take this.

Review:
Professor is knowledgeable, but not tolerant of approaches to IR that fall outside of the realist framework of thought. After taking many advanced political science/IR courses, this course was a complete waste of time, as many of the lectures were focused on providing background information, and summarizing the professor's viewpoints as well as the viewpoints of the readings (since I did the readings, the lectures were not that enlightening).

Taliaferro can be funny (bitingly sarcastic) at times, but I was thoroughly bored by the way the material was approached.

Workload:
Workload: one research paper (~20-25 pages), typical amount of reading; final = writing a policy memo.

Review:
Professor Spolaore's a pretty cool guy who obviously loves his subject and teaching. It was definitely a privilege to have him as an int'l econ professor because this is his field and he's pretty well-known in it. His expertise aside, it was nice to find out that he can teach, does care about his students and still makes time for them, despite the crazy schedule he must have as the Econ Dept. chair.

This being a huge lecture class, it is mostly him lecturing, though he'll take any questions. Sometimes, if enough people ask about something in the news that's related, he'll take the time to have a discussion. (This however, did put the class a bit behind schedule at times). In addition to what's in the textbook, he'll come up with his own, usually much funnier and more memorable example problems; and those are pretty helpful if you need extra help absorbing the material. I never went to his office hours, but you can email him all your questions, and he gets back to you promptly. That said, most of the stuff is really handled by his TA's (sections, grading, problem set help, etc.), since it's such a big class. But this was definitely one of the more interesting economics classes I've taken (and good prep if you're taking the related 100-level courses later) and I only wish Prof. Spolaore would teach more classes.

Workload:
One midterm, one final, problem sets scattered throughout. The semester I took EC60, our schedule got a little messed up and we were running behind; so sometimes things got hectic and it seemed like there was a lot of work. But it was manageable. The exams are pretty straightforward and if you do the psets and look at the book and lecture examples, you'll be fine. I'm not so sure about the multiple choice sections though because sometimes the questions were ambiguous and a lot of people hated that they were worth so much. But Spolaore's exams are still hardly as brutal as other economics exams I've taken so no real complaints here.

Review:
Professor Kutsoati was all right, though hardly one of the best econ profs I've had at Tufts. I'd read mostly positive reviews of him before I took the class, but my experience wasn't so great. Sometimes it seemed like he was a bit frustrated and couldn't really function without his powerpoints when the projector died, which happened a lot. He's a pretty mellow guy, but often that translated into a seeming lack of enthusiasm, which invariably made lecture boring. He is willing to help you with the material and problem sets during office hours though. As for EC150, it's a good class with important material for anyone hoping to go into finance; but you might want to try for a different professor if you seek a more lively and enthusiastic approach to the subject.

Workload:
Couple of problem sets, I think two midterms, and one final. Found a lot of grading mistakes on my problem sets (I think it may have been a TA grading them though), but it was nice that he was willing to add points back. The exams were okay, you do get choices as to which tricky questions you want to answer (they're all tricky). It was annoying however, that well into the final, he decided to make one of the questions mandatory, on top of all the corrections that had to be applied.

Review:
I honestly struggled in this class, mainly because banking and finance aren't my fortes in economics. But I don't regret taking EC151 with McHugh at all. He's a really cool guy. He's ridiculously enthusiastic about economics (though not so much macro...) and I guess because his day job is in finance, he is very, very up-to-date with all the latest figures, Fed announcements, etc.

The course is a bit disorganized in terms of a continuous plan of study for the semester (there's just a really BROAD outline that he'll partly stick to); but I guess it makes sense for his approach, which is heavily based on what is current in the world. He's got a lot of his own views about this subject, but always encourages you to voice your opinions, especially if you think he's being -in his words - a "chump." It can be confusing at times though, when you're learning some of this stuff for the first time and already there's no right or wrong model/theory/example, there's only what you think and can argue. So if you're looking for a more solid, straightforward lesson on Monetary Econ... you might want to wait for a different prof.

In terms of material, you don't need to take EC150 before this, but I personally think that it probably would have helped me. My friends who took EC150 then EC151 also said that that order helped them. It's all very interesting material, but McHugh tends to throw in some of the stuff you might focus more on in EC150. So if you don't already know a bit about financial economics, stocks, bonds, that stuff, you might struggle.

But McHugh is very understanding and willing to help. You can talk to him during office hours, he gives you his phone number, answers his emails, etc. I did poorly on the first exam because the questions weren't what I was expecting; but I talked to him and he was willing to cut a deal (leave out my midterm and make my final count twice). I didn't take that deal, but it was nice to know it was available, and I think he really is receptive to your hard work and effort. If he knows you're trying, that will help.

Workload:
Problem sets, midterm, final. Problem sets are graded, but he's super lenient. Exam questions are based greatly on the real-world examples he talks about in class, so make sure you listen in lecture and keep up with the news. Also, if there are graphs in problem sets, know those. Reading the book will help in terms of understanding concepts, especially if this is your first course in this area of economics; but be warned: McHugh doesn't always agree with the textbook's authors.

Review:
I had Professor Leupp for his survey courses on Japanese history and he wasn't so bad then. Maybe it was the more controversial nature of this subject, but I can't say I was entirely happy with how this class went. Let's get this straight, if you need to talk to him about your paper during office hours or even -if you need them- weekend meetings, he's great about that. If you agree with his political views, fantastic. Or, if you don't agree with him but like being shot down in class, what are you waiting for? Take this class!

If you want something better, or to feel valued as a history student, look elsewhere. He is just challenging you, but really, if other professors can do that civilly...

Study this stuff on your own, you might get more out of that. It's just such a shame because this is a fascinating topic. I still have a lot of respect for this man because he does know so much and I enjoyed his Japanese history courses. But sometimes it's hard to tolerate him when he's tearing you and your classmates apart.

Workload:
There is a lot of reading, which you might want to do if you intend/dare to speak up in class discussions, but you don't have to. 2 research papers - shorter one for the midterm, long one for the final. He's a pretty easy grader, just don't give him anything to shred.

Review:
Professor Abdullah is passionate about what he teaches and it was interesting that he encouraged us to discuss current events in class. However, he is extremely disorganized as a professor and is not good at teaching. I would highly recommend you never ever ever take a class with this professor.

Workload:
3 problem sets, 3 exams

Review:
This course is completely unlike the course description. It is one of the mostlife-changing courses at Tufts. The class can seem very intimidating at first, but stick with it and you will be rewarded. Prof. Clytus is an amazing thinker and very encouraging of his students. Come prepared to class every day and participate. Prof. Clytus gives back whatever you can put in. Amazing, amazing teacher and man.

Workload:
About half a novel per class (usually no more than 100 pages) and a class majority choice of 2 or 4 papers. Attend class and do the readings and it is never overwhelming

Review:
This class was by great lengths the worst I've ever taken. Prof. Starks is so concerned with being a "cool dude" that the interest he takes in transmitting knowledge is minimal. Whenever students asked questions, he'd either:
1. re-direct the question to the class and we'd be stuck with a poor explanation (read:guess) from a student.
2.he'd congratulate the student on having a good question and never answer it.
I learned more about his brother George than I did about animal behavior.
He also spends most of the time trying to get the TAs to show us how gazelles stot or what a waggle dance looks like instead of teaching us the significance of these behaviors.
Whenever he did actually pretend to give a lecture, he'd give us extremely superficial and speedy explanations and then expected students to somehow gain complete understanding of the concepts for the exam.
His topics are extremely unorganized and while all the topics in the book lead into one another, Starks' approach left us with material that was neither cohesive or coherent.

Cliffsnotes:
-Terrible teacher
-Don't take this class unless you want to learn about his brother and watch the TAs do "funny" things.

Workload:
The textbook is fascinating. Alcock's presentation of the material is extremely clear, cohesive, and lucid as opposed to Starks'. Unfortunately, you do not have to read it.
Tips:
-Memorize every slide on the powerpoint presentations.
-Don't try to make sense of them because it's impossible.

Review:
This guy is a compete @^*^%$&*!
He doesn't care about student's progress. Class involvement was strictly discouraged. No matter what intelligent question you may have, he will never give you a chance to ask. Even if you keep your hand up for half an hour, he will pretend he can't see you. Also, he is a VERY unfair grader!!

George Ellmore is the WORST professor I came across at Tufts.


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Workload:
Three exams, two midterms and a final.
You may never find justice if you disagree with his grading cause he doesn't assign any reading material - it's all about what he says in his - more than often - not relevant lectures. So, if he ever asks in an exam about x or y, even if you know he never talked in class about those things, you will have to guess the answer. Well, if you are OK with these things, go on with it - take the class.

My suggestion? STAY AWAY!


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Review:
He is amazing. Take this class. You will not regret it. Changed my life.

Workload:
2 papers. Produce quality work and you will get a good grade. Show up for every class and participate.

Review:
I wish I would have taken the AP English test to place out of the class, but my writing greatly improved with Bennett's class. She was very concerned with student's progress, was very enthusiastic for the course, and encouraged class involvement. She gave very constructive, extensive comments on papers. She is very positive and upbeat.

Workload:
There were 5 papers ranging from 5-7 pages. There is not much reading.

Review:
I really enjoyed this class! Professor Cruz is funny, original and passionate about Latin American Politics. (She is from Nicaragua) There was not much class involvement as the class is around 40 people.

Workload:
Around 30-40 pages for every class. We only had a regular block time two times a week. A 10 page midterm paper (40%) and a 10 page final (60%)

Review:
Sra. Smith is very kind and enthusiastic for the class. She speaks clearly and encourages class participation. She is an easy grader on tests. She offers extra credit periodically. I enjoyed the topics covered.

Workload:
The workload is very manageable. The novel is a bit challenging, but class discussions help.

Review:
I needed a class and this fit my schedule, I would not have taken it otherwise. For being an elective credit, it took a lot of time. We read a ~200 pg. book every week. There was a movie to watch every Sunday. It's a small class, around 12 students. She makes everyone feel comfortable to share insights and comments. I feel like I now have a greater understanding on the road and buddy narrative. The course in comprehensive and varies in "road stories." I went to her office hours and she is very nice, concerned with progress and overall well-being.

Workload:
A book a week, 2 response papers (2 pgs.) an in class midterm and a literary analysis final (5-6 pages)

Review:
I took Calculus AB in high school but didn't do too well so I decided to take Math 5 in the hopes of better grasping the concepts before I moved on. Unfortunately, Prof. Espanol was not a great option. She is inarticulate and does not conduct even a small class of 25 well. I learned absolutely nothing from attending class, which was always lagging behind schedule thanks to her inability to go over assignments efficiently. She has difficulty explaining even the simplest mathematic concepts and her inexperience really wears on you as the semester progresses.

Workload:
Assignments from the textbook daily...nothing too difficult if you read the explanations from the textbook. However, the few problems I did run into I definitely could NOT rely on the professor to explain them...she had a hard time doing the math herself.

Review:
This was Prof. Estevan's first semester teaching at Tufts - and it showed. She is rather difficult to understand and the lectures are extremely boring. Although I am a tentative economics major, this was an absolutely horrid introduction to the subject. I just hope the courses and the professors improve dramatically as I progress.

Workload:
6 problem sets over the course of the semester plus 3 exams including the final. Exams were very difficult and the professor was unreceptive to appeals...which made the class even more frustrating.

Review:
Prof. Tano is the best professor I've had so far at Tufts. She teaches with enthusiasm, strongly encourages and promotes class participation, and makes herself readily accessible outside of class. She stays loyal to the class syllabus and is very efficient in her instruction. She was also very accepting of my less-than-average grasp of spanish (I placed out of spanish I so I hadn't taken a spanish course in a year) and helped me greatly improve and get ready for more advanced spanish courses.

Workload:
Workbook and exams - nothing too difficult

Review:
Prof. Folta was an average professor. Her lectures are a little dry, but her inclusion of the iClicker in class keeps you involved and attentive. She also brought in several guest lecturers (mostly from the graduate school) to teach class, which helped to mix things up and kept things interesting.

Workload:
4 exams including the final plus one major project - the diet record. The class is NOT easy, which was my impression upon registering for the class. However, if you study efficiently, you'll do fine.

Review:
The class was more math based than I expected or would have liked but I still really enjoyed it. The professor is really nice and engaging in class. He makes a effort to encourage participation and I liked how he reviewed what we did last class at the beginning of the next. He's also pretty accessible and cares a lot about his students.

Workload:
Not too much work, the question sets are difficult (you absolutely must form a study group and do it together) but he grades them pretty easy. The midterm and final were quite difficult and there was very little time to complete them but he puts a big curve on them... almost everyone gets Bs. The group research paper/presentation is a good way to raise your grade.

Review:
Professor Karlins was a very good professor. He knew what he was talking about and is highly knowledgeable about the most obscurest of topics. He was a little on the odd/eccentric side, but that was what made the course more interesting. It was not a conventional english course, I'm sure. He liked having discussions and hearing the students' opinions on various topics and was very open. He was very encouraging of our writing. Professor Karlins would have a time and day set up where you could meet with him about your first draft and he'd discuss with you what needed to be clarified, emphasized, and gave suggestions for a more focused topic. It was a pretty straightforward class and I enjoyed exploring the different types of writing styles that he gave as a sort of guideline for our essays. However, if you are looking for a more technical approach to writing and need to work on grammar, sentence structure and things of that nature, Professor Karlins does not do this directly and touches it lightly in grading your essays and talking to you about your drafts.
Overall, though, I would definitely take another course with Professor Karlins.

Workload:
He gave miscellaneous works to read, which were primarily excerpts from various books. There was about one essay every two weeks. One week to write a draft for peer editing and then the weekend or the next week for the final draft. It was a decent and reasonable amount of work. We read Abel's Island and we watched Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.
Professor Karlins seems to have a particular liking to essays that explore unconventional and unique topics though.
He also teaches a film course so he was much more technical when it came to writing about Do the Right Thing.

Review:
Professor Taieb is a wonderful and absolutely sweet person. Personally, I have not needed any extra help from her, but I have heard of other students receiving extra help from her outside of class when they were struggling with the material. She is also very reasonable when it comes to deadlines with compositions and homework assignments. If you needed an extension and gave a legitimate reason as to why you would like one, she is more than likely to give you one. There is also extra credit available if you watch the french films on the weekend.
There were many grammatical rules and sentence structure taught in the class, but they were conveyed in a very understandable and clear way.
I liked her so much first semester, I am taking Fr 22 with her as well.

Workload:
There are four exams focused on grammar topics covered up until the exam, along with a mini composition on the film or reading you had. There are around four compositions as well; the first draft of which she makes corrections and depending on how much you improved, she raises the final grade of the composition by a third or half a letter grade.
We watch a few french films, which is really great for more cultural exposure, I think, especially because I haven't watched any myself outside of class despite the fafct that I would like to. The class is not very expensive material-wise either--one of the cheaper courses here I think, except Barson...
The assignments and exams were VERY straightforward. Her grading is very reasonable and fair. She looks at both content and structure. She encourages class participation by calling on you, but it's not a put-on-the-spot sort of way. In addition, despite the fact that she is French, she speaks at a very normal pace so that everyone can understand her.

Review:
The class is very straightforward and not too demanding, though it is more about movements than specific women. The readings are manageable and interesting. Professor Drachman is knowledgeable and very enthusiastic. She is also very good about ending on time.

Workload:
Two tests, one paper, and an easy ongoing assignment. Grading is fair (but you get one grade at the end of the assignment and you don't really know where it came from). If you do the work, it is an easy class.

Review:
Richards is one of the best in the department. I find it hard to believe that so many reviewers found him hard to reach outside of class. He is my adviser, and I have never had a problem. He has a dry, but very good sense of humor. Always an exciting lecturer, and he knows the material better than probably anyone in the department.

Workload:
Workload is never too heavy with Richards. Tests are somewhat challenging, but fair.

Review:
Professor Stolow is a very friendly professor who does his best to explain things. Unfortunately he goes into a lot of needless depth, especially for a lab lecture. He talks about the lab handout and theory (that you will have already learned to death in organic chemistry itself) for an amazing hour and fifteen minutes. As a comparison, Dr. Iacabucci went through the lab in about 15 minutes when she explained it. Very long and dull class.

Workload:
Quizzes were as difficult as they could get for a lab course. The questions would sometimes be very specific (like knowing compounds and structures of things used in the lab) and there will always be some sort of mechanism question and obscure multiple choice question. He assigns reading, but it is not very necessary, a quick glance is more than enough.

Review:
literally the worst professor I have ever had. I am surprised this is the first review about her. She is an awful teacher, has no idea what she is talking about, does not really care to teach the students much, has NO self-confidence. This class is a waste of money. all of her power points from class are the ones that the author of the text book put up on his website. I feel like I am actually dumber in every way after taking a class with her. AVOID THIS TEACHER AT ALL COSTS.

Workload:
reasonable. the class should be an easy a but its not, because she is too unintelligent to teach the material properly.

Review:
I would definitely take another class with him. He makes the course easy to follow and likes the students. He is very approachable and detail oriented. He owns the course, unique professor...

Workload:
Three problem sets, one midterm, one final. He grades everything himself and writes tons of comments. His problems tend to be tough yet fair.

Review:
Professor Tano was an amazing teacher. She can spend most of the classes just talking with her students, which really enforces the speaking aspect of learning a new language, and is a great way for students to learn the language. She is very patient and willing to work at a good pace for her students. Always available for extra help, and really likes to be involved with her students' learning.

Workload:
same workload for all classes in this level.

Review:
Bad news. She is nasty, dismissive of undergrads, and is unkind to her TA.

Workload:
Usual.

Review:
Paul Waldau should not be allowed to teach, let alone collect accolades from prestigious academic institutions. He has a focus on animals because he cannot relate to other human beings. Someone should ask him why he is unable to create successful relationships with women. He has been married and divorced three times, no children, with a history of physical abuse. This is not the person you want preaching from the pulpit on the subject of ethics! He is pathologically narcissist and is manipulative enough to make you believe he is truly humble. That facade could not be farther from the truth.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
I had this class on BU in 2008 and I was impressed. He is one of the few professors around who actually having real business experience. He was running a company, he was a partner in a VC firm and he was teaching. He did say how difficult is to get VP financed and this is a fact, no need to discredit him for it. He talked about 6-7 other financing - if you were to create your own company. I think that was a real lesson and a non-book-case one, which worth the investment (unlike 80% of the other MBA classes).

Workload:
Not bad, but real work had to be done: interview and consult real enterprenours in Boston. Get to help them in their finances. Real stuff (to me at least).

Review:
While he is certainly enthusiastic, if you are actually interested in Monetary Economics do it on your own. he is way too cynical about his subject. It is one thing to be skeptical. It is another thing entirely to be dismissive and he is. When discussing current events he prefers to critique the op-ed pages as trite and populist as if they were worth our time. He never bothers to actually discuss the policy action and data that is referred to in any substantive manner. He clearly does not realize that this is an upper division economics course. He spends time going over algebra and basic economic facts from EC5 rather than actually teaching something that would be difficult to learn on your own.

In short if you are looking for an easy and trite overview of monetary economics this class is for you. If you are looking for something more serious, you will quickly become FED up.

Workload:
Probably the easiest course you could take in the economics department. he is not serious about the subject and so it never requires and rigorous thought about it.

Review:
While he is certainly enthusiastic, if you are actually interested in Monetary Economics do it on your own. he is way too cynical about his subject. It is one thing to be skeptical. It is another thing entirely to be dismissive and he is. The difference is that his criticism of the subject is not thoughtful. It primarily consists of him asking the question rhetorically, "where's the model?" over and over again. And he never bothers to try to find one. When discussing current events he prefers to critique the op-ed pages as trite and populist as if they were worth our time. He never bothers to actually discuss the policy action and data that is referred to in any substantive manner. He clearly does not realize that this is an upper division economics course. He spends time going over algebra and basic economic facts from EC5 rather than actually teaching something that would be difficult to learn on your own.

In short if you are looking for an easy and trite overview of monetary economics this class is for you. If you are looking for something more serious, you will quickly become FED up.

Workload:
This is probably the easiest course you could take. He is trite and superficial in his treatment of the subject, even his criticisms so you will never have to think rigorously about anything.

Review:
He's an awkward lecturer, but is very knowledgeable on the subject. The class may not be what you expect; It's more about the Islamic intellectual response to modernity that it is about violent responses to modernity. Since the material is complex, and Mr. Garden often has trouble simplifying it, you have to read the material beforehand.

Workload:
Usually about 30-40 pages of reading per class, usually biographies of Islamic modernists, so it's not too hard to understand. (2) Midterms (really easy of you do the reading), and (1) 10-12 Final Paper for which you can choose the topic. Very manageable workload overall.

Review:
Very difficult course. Do the reading, see your lab T.A. to clarify any points. Go to the lectures, they highlight the areas you should concentrate on. The reading will clarify the lectures, because the lectures are fast-paced, especially by the third section. Go to review sessions. talk to the professor if you have any problems: showing your face lets them know who you are = better chance of them sympathizing when grade you. Expect a 73-78 class average per test (your grade will be determined by the grading curve). Feldberg makes sure the class is a challenge, Mitch McVey (the genetic lecturer) is a much more amiable lecturer, and the third lecturer is very quick (but the material she covers is straight-forward).

Workload:
Heavy amount of reading, Lab write-ups are difficult to get perfect. 3 midterms, 1 final.

Review:
Best class. Klatt knows the exercises are absurd and the material can be boring. He makes up for it with his solid sense of humor. He's the perfect teacher is you don't like the extra fluff of beginner language classes (skits, etc.). He'll teach you what you need to know. Fills in extra time by talking about culture. Will entertain your questions. Will be sarcastic. In short, Klatt's a baller.

Workload:
Workbook exercises collected at end of a unit (answers in the back of the book) for which you either get a check or not (depending on whether you do the work or not). Four tests, each covering 2-3 chapters of material. Final exam is straightforward; There are several practice tests that are sufficient preparation.

Review:
McNinch is not a good lecturer. If you've never taken Calculus before, you better not take this class. If you have, you better bring a magazine to class. His lecturing style is awkward and he spends too much time on theory, and not enough on practice. He laughs at jokes that are clearly only make sense to him and, I'm guessing, Trekkies.
That being said, he's very willing to help students, and will answer your questions (though he'll make mistakes in the process.) In short, very easy to like him, very difficult to understand him.

Workload:
Problem set collected each class (usually about 10-15 problems; not a lot). 2 midterms, and one final. Make sure to read the chapters, and do the homework, it's the only way you'll understand the material.

Review:
First ever religion course. Prof. Oleary made the subject come alive. Going to be a Religion major!

Workload:
Mid-term, research paper and reflection papers.

Review:
Professor Mufti's class was one of the best I'd ever taken. He definitely does not know favoritism in his treatment or grading of students. The manner in which he conducts discussions was very thought provoking and encourages students to perform at their best. Highly recommended.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Professor Garman is an excellent professor, and the best you could as for for a class like Econometrics. He is very thorough and concerned with students' progress. He will always review something again, even if it is basic, to make sure that everyone is on the right page, and he won't make you feel bad about being behind or not understanding. He is very in demand but he always makes himself available if you need help, and for reviews before tests. Tests are fair. He is also an extremely nice person, and funny too!

Workload:
There is a homework and a 5 minute quiz every week, which do not take long but ensure that you keep up, very important in this course. There is one chapter assigned per week, but if the class is not getting it he won't move on until it does. There's a big (15-25 pg) paper at the end, but he helps you start thinking about it early and reduces homework so you have time and can space it out.

Review:
Professor O'Leary's Intro to Religion course was great!
Over 30 plus students in the class & he knew all their names.
He is very helpfull in guides for writing the research paper, very open to meeting students outside of class.

Workload:
Take home mid term, weekly reflection papers and a major research paper. NO FINAL!

Review:
By far the reason she's at Tufts. If you are going to take a course concerning American literature of the 1950s through 1970s, it must be this one. She knew what she was talking about, knows the authors (personally as well as intellectually), and carries on a wonderfully interesting lecture. All the books were amazing and her antecedents about the authors and Beat culture were especially interesting. If you are at all interested in Kerouac/Ginsberg/Burroughs/et cetera, you should take this class. She is quite the character, but coupled with her expertise concerning these books and authors, I found it endearing. A great class.

Workload:
Lots of reading, but all of it books worth reading. About three short papers, but nothing overwhelming at all.

Review:
One of the worst classes at Tufts mainly because the teacher is awful. Not only does she berate and make fun of students but her explanations are unclear. Even when students would ask for further explanation of a concept she often said, "Isn't that self explanatory?". One on one she was just as harsh and rude and couldn't find alternative methods of teaching logic if you didn't understand her way of doing it. The TA's were helpful (some more than others) if they were paying attention. Overall it was an experience that no one should endure unless it is required to graduate.

Workload:
There was a problem set due about every week and a half. Three tests and a final. You will make life a lot easier, if you attend every class, those who missed even a few always were lost when they returned.

Review:
Professor Ennis was nice and enthusiastic about the material he taught, but utterly ineffectual at actually teaching it. The subject matter was very promising, but Ennis never dug below the surface, so that if you read the assignments, you rarely learned anything new from the lectures. He habitually brought up quite interesting questions about the nature of some aspect of American society, and then instead of actually analyzing or delving into this question, he would simply say "so that would be interesting to look into." He also had the annoying penchant of showing charts of survey data and simply reading the numbers aloud to the class instead of explaining the sociological trends they represented.
Overall, I feel he did not teach me much about either sociology or American society. Perhaps he would be better in a more advanced class.

Workload:
Moderate workload. About 3-4 readings for each class, each reading around 10-25 pages. 5 short online response posts, a midterm exam, a 15 page research paper, and a final exam. Not a difficult grader. The tests were sometimes nit picky about the covered material.

Review:
Prof Bushnell did a great job teaching this course. The material was really interesting, and though she tended to repeat herself at times, she was generally really thorough and clear in her explanations. She was definitely accessible outside of class, and made time for review sessions before each of the exams.

Workload:
The book is really great for going over material discussed in class, but honestly, all that's required to do well in the class is to attend and take good notes. It's good to read what's covered in class, but often the entire amount of assigned reading covered topics we weren't tested on, so don't waste time doing all of it. The tests were all pretty easy (multiple choice and essay questions). The presentation was also not very difficult to pull together. Overall, a pretty fair, easy workload.

Review:
Cynthia was a great teacher. She was very nice, informal and approachable. Classes were mostly always discussion, always in Spanish. She was very good at leading class discussions, making sure everyone was talking and everyone understood what she was saying. She always offered extra help after class or in office hours if you didn't understand something. The downside of the class was that because it was all discussion, you had to learn the grammar and vocab on your own.

Workload:
Workload was average for a Spanish class. Boring workbook exercises (though she didn't care too much about these). We read 1 short novel. She assigned a few compositions, and lets you turn in a 1st draft which she corrects and gives back to you to fix- she then averages the grades to the 2 drafts. Exams. Final exam was hard.

Review:
Remick is by far the worst professor I've had at Tufts! She's boring and doesn't know what she's talking about most of the time (kids in class either correct her wrong answers or ask her something that she doesn't know the answer to). She's constantly changing office hours because of her kids. Her comments on papers are the most unhelpful of any professor I've had. Her assignments are difficult and she gives little time between them. She also is slow to grade papers which hurts her students since each paper is based off the last. I'd rather bang my head against the wall then take another class with Remick - no joke!

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Rana is, as the previous reviewer noted, a very helpful and rewarding teacher to study with. I would recommend her to any student who actually wants to learn and use Arabic in their lifetime. If you just sort of want to take a language to fulfill a requirement or don't want to spend 2 or 3 hours doing regular homework, then you should not take Rana's class.

The tests and quizzes are definitely reasonable after you pick up the pace of the course and what is expected of you. The hardest thing at the beginning is mastering all the letters when each day in class you are given 2 or 3 new ones. You need to be pretty flexible, as later in the year you will be listening to videos in class and having to repeat back what is being said (Happened like 3 times). There were some people who had a rough time in the class (some days), but I think it was just that we might have 2 quizzes in one week, and studying to really know the material took awhile. Another hard thing to get use to but that sort of disappeared later (at least on quizzes) was dictation. Otherwise, everything was from the book, and if you studied it the exam should be easy.

Rana also goes out of her way to have office hours, email, and the whole nine yards to help you. So if you like to get extra help she is for you.

Excellent teacher if you like to really immerse yourself.

Workload:
At first you have just Alif-Ba, and you do a few exercises (listening, writing, vocab). At about midterm you hand in the book, it should be an easy, easy 5% of your grade. In Al-Kitab you then get your standard, write 10 vocab words from the DVD with sentences, and like an exercise from page 2. Another easy like 10% of your grade. Quizzes and tests could be never raking to study for if you waited until the last second, but you basically need to know all the vocab that she tells you to know. She tells you whats on it, so know it.

We had a ton of quizzes, a midterm exam, a final, and one tiny project on your families. Same as every other Arabic 1 class.

Review:
Professor Karlins really cares about each student's progress in the course. He met with each student individually outside of class to discuss every paper before the final draft was due. Discussions tended to be a little scattered, but extremely interesting nonetheless. If you want your writing to improve and have interesting reading assignments coupled with an interactive class atmosphere, I recommend taking a class with Karlins.

Workload:
4 papers (3-5 pages, 12% each)
1 research paper (5-7 pages, 18%)
Small group projects and participation account for the rest of your grade.
We were given a lot of freedom on each paper. If you like structured directions, this would be a great way to expand your writing style.

Review:
An overall good professor who keeps the class running according to the syllabus and emphasizes grammar and writing ability. Although she is very nice, Conchita does not strive to get to know any of her students personally (beyond their names). It is very hard to get an A in her class, and the material is often dull.

Workload:
A considerable amount of work required for the 4 Compositions and studying is essential in order to succeed on the exams. The readings are average.

Review:
Horrible teacher who ruined economics for me. I found his lectures to be profoundly boring and repetitive. He was not engaging or clear. I switched my major so I would not have to take another class with this teacher. If you love economics and do not want it to be ruined by this awful teacher, try to get in the other section by all costs.

Workload:
You read the book and hopefully understand... time for class depends on how long it takes to teach yourself economics

Review:
After working with Professor Cantor for 2 years I am grateful to know such a Off-Handed,Sarcastic, Mundane, Dreary,and sincerely loving Indivdual! Your Presence Missed!

Alex R.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
Man, I don't know how to contain myself on this Judith Haber review. She is EVIL - I must say this over and over again. When I had her some years ago I had several arguments with her after class because she refused to see any alternative point of view on any literature she taught.
I have never met a professor more unresponsive to alternate student opinion as Judith Haber. At one point in my academic career I had Haber engage me in a yelling match outside of class because I stood up for a single alternate interpretation of a reading in class. I must say in many years of alternate education and drug use I have never had a professor be so opposed to an alternate points of view and simultaneously be so whacked out of logic that I thought I was super toasted on weed and her celebrated time in a whacked out Berkeley, California. I have never met a person before or hence who has no grasp of reality, has no tolerance of alternate views and can't even grasp the depths of her own teaching of material (e.g. "Astrophil and Stella", Shakesperrean sonnets, et al) beyond the literal meanings of the words. Her lack of creativity and understanding... and inablility to change her whack, psuedo, non-gendered hairstyle... are very frustrating but know that a teacher who is insecure in her own understadings of literature is insecure in understandings of her self and despite the A's and B's you can con yourself into getting, they will in no way enhance your intellect or ability to grasp the true beauty of literature. Judith Haber is a women who missed the 60 and the 80s and is a relic trying to disco her way into mediocrity for the rest of her life. A sad play and a reason to stay the hell away from anything she academically influences.

Workload:
It's minor. Some sonnets and other passages every week. Don't be intimidated by a little Beowulf to start the semester. Just watch the movie, dont' talk in class and write down everything she says. She doesn't want to hear a peep except her own bland and literal interpretations of time she never sasw in the first place. Soo boring, unimaginative and anti-intellectual. It's like being in class with George Bush/Dick Cheney.

Review:
Man, I don't know how to contain myself on this Judith Haber review. She is EVIL - I must say this over and over again. When I had her some years ago I had several arguments with her after class because she refused to see any alternative point of view on any literature she taught.
I have never met a professor more unresponsive to alternate student opinion as Judith Haber. At one point in my academic career I had Haber engage me in a yelling match outside of class because I stood up for a single alternate interpretation of a reading in class. I must say in many years of alternate education and drug use I have never had a professor be so opposed to an alternate points of view and simultaneously be so whacked out of logic that I thought I was super toasted on weed and her celebrated time in a whacked out Berkeley, California. I have never met a person before or hence who has no grasp of reality, has no tolerance of alternate views and can't even grasp the depths of her own teaching of material (e.g. "Astrophil and Stella", Shakesperrean sonnets, et al) beyond the literal meanings of the words. Her lack of creativity and understanding... and inablility to change her whack, psuedo, non-gendered hairstyle... are very frustrating but know that a teacher who is insecure in her own understadings of literature is insecure in understandings of her self and despite the A's and B's you can con yourself into getting, they will in no way enhance your intellect or ability to grasp the true beauty of literature. Judith Haber is a women who missed the 60 and the 80s and is a relic trying to disco her way into mediocrity for the rest of her life. A sad play and a reason to stay the hell away from anything she academically influences.

Workload:
It's minor. Some sonnets and other passages every week. Don't be intimidated by a little Beowulf to start the semester. Just watch the movie, dont' talk in class and write down everything she says. She doesn't want to hear a peep except her own bland and literal interpretations of time she never sasw in the first place. Soo boring, unimaginative and anti-intellectual. It's like being in class with George Bush/Dick Cheney.

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Man, I don't know how to contain myself on this Judith Haber review. She is EVIL - I must say this over and over again. When I had her some years ago I had several arguments with her after class because she refused to see any alternative point of view on any literature she taught.
I have never met a professor more unresponsive to alternate student opinion as Judith Haber. At one point in my academic career I had Haber engage me in a yelling match outside of class because I stood up for a single alternate interpretation of a reading in class. I must say in many years of alternate education and drug use I have never had a professor be so opposed to an alternate points of view and simultaneously be so whacked out of logic that I thought I was super toasted on weed and her celebrated time in a whacked out Berkeley, California. I have never met a person before or hence who has no grasp of reality, has no tolerance of alternate views and can't even grasp the depths of her own teaching of material (e.g. "Astrophil and Stella", Shakesperrean sonnets, et al) beyond the literal meanings of the words. Her lack of creativity and understanding... and inablility to change her whack, psuedo, non-gendered hairstyle... are very frustrating but know that a teacher who is insecure in her own understadings of literature is insecure in understandings of her self and despite the A's and B's you can con yourself into getting, they will in no way enhance your intellect or ability to grasp the true beauty of literature. Judith Haber is a women who missed the 60 and the 80s and is a relic trying to disco her way into mediocrity for the rest of her life. A sad play and a reason to stay the hell away from anything she academically influences.

Workload:
It's minor. Some sonnets and other passages every week. Don't be intimidated by a little Beowulf to start the semester. Just watch the movie, dont' talk in class and write down everything she says. She doesn't want to hear a peep except her own bland and literal interpretations of time she never sasw in the first place. Soo boring, unimaginative and anti-intellectual. It's like being in class with George Bush/Dick Cheney.

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I can honestly say that Feng Laoshi is the best foreign language teacher I have ever had in my life. I looked forward to every single class with her, and I know that the rest of my classmates did as well. She is so concerned about her students' progress and makes herself available outside of class. She always makes jokes in the class and keeps the enthusiasm high. Feng Laoshi makes sure that each student is working to the highest of his or her potential. Overall I just love her. She's the best.

One thing I'll say is that she's a tough grader. Chinese 1 is no walk in the park. I don't think she gave out any A's, even to the kids who legitimately did get those grades. Still, Chinese really isn't about the grade; it's about the experience

Workload:
Expect a fair amount of work--I'd say you'll have to put approximately two hours into each homework assignment if you really want to retain the information. The assignments are straightforward and it becomes routine; just make sure you keep up with the Hanzi online quizzes or your life up until the final will be hell.

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Biology 13 has three professors, one for the Biochemistry and Macromolecules section (Feldberg), one for the Genetics section(McVey), and one for the Biotechnology section(McLaughlin). Feldberg was also the course coordinator, so I believe he wrote all the tests. I personally had no problem with any of them, although most people seemed to like McVey the best, citing that Feldberg was set to basically get people and McLaughlin skittered through her lectures very fast. Although many people claim this is one of the hardest premed courses, it does not have to be. All the lecture slides are available for download the day before the lecture, so you can bring it to class and just take supplementary notes. In addition, podcasts of all lectures are available, so you don’t even have to go to lecture (although the podcast did not work for two lectures, so there is no guarantee it will work all the time). As far as the book is concerned, there isn’t anything in the tests that does not come from the lecture slides, so the book is not mandatory to read. However, I always found it a good idea to review the sections complementary to the upcoming lecture, so I would be able to come into lecture at least having a basic idea of what the topic was about.

Workload:
There are three tests of 25 questions each and a final of 38 questions for the lecture portion of the course; all tests are Scantron, multiple choice. Sometimes, there are weekly quizzes and problem sets posted to Blackboard that are not mandatory but are recommended because the same type of questions can appear on a test. This is not a simple memorization course; you will need to not only understand the concepts, but also apply them. As a result, for an upcoming test, you should definitely familiarize yourself with exams from previous years to get a feel for the type of questions asked, and in many cases, a similar question might appear on the test. For the final, specifically, make sure you understand all the questions from the tests you have taken throughout the semester, because they usually have one or two questions from previous tests on the final. Make sure you understand the most difficult concepts, because you can bet Feldberg will ask a question about it. Also, read each question carefully; a little word that you miss may make the difference between a right and a wrong answer. It’s not impossible to get an A in this course; you just need to understand the concepts and carefully do each test.

The lab portion of the course meets once a week for three hours (sometimes, you’re done earlier than that). Workload consists of weekly homework assignments (usually consisting of writing a section of a lab report), two mini-lab reports, pre-lab assignments and quizzes (easy, not a big deal), and a lab practical (just make sure you understand the concepts and know how to use the major devices in each lab). The biggest problem I found with this part of the course was, obviously, the writing portion. Unlike other lab sciences, Biology is really anal about minor details; I got a poor grade once on my Discussion section even though I had almost perfect content; my mistakes were all formatting. Although they give you a rubric for each individual section assignment that makes the mini-lab reports easier (because you know exactly what they are looking for in each section),it is only after you receive your homework grade. So, it is annoying that sometimes they don’t tell you exactly everything you need for a section until you get your grade back with the rubric. For me, lab was hardest in the beginning, but then got easier once you understood what your TA wanted.

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Professor Siegel was perhaps the worst professor I have had at Tufts. In addition to being a poor lecturer, he showed no concern for the understanding of his students. He was extremely unavailable, having office hours for only 45 minutes at a time. He would never go out of his way to help students, and could be downright rude at times in response to requests for extra help. I ended up doing well in the class, but in spite of Prof. Siegel, not because of him. I would never recommend taking a class with him unless absolutely necessary for a major requirement.

Workload:
Workload was only three exams, which were difficult, but not impossible. Prof. Siegel will post old exams to study from, but the exams and their answer keys contain errors that he knows about but does not notify anyone of unless someone makes a point of it.

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Prof. DeBold is one of the best professors I have had at Tufts. He is extremely knowledgable, fair, and engaging. He truly wants his students to learn, with exams more for the purpose of making sure everyone is keeping up than for anything else. In fact, because most people did well on the midterm, the final was optional. Because everyone in the class is either a Psych or Biopsych major, and therefore everyone is there because they want to be, not because of a distribution requirement, it really reflects on the way the class is run.

Workload:
There is always a chapter or study that needs to be read for every class, but nothing unreasonable, and most of it is very interesting. Only grades were a midterm, a presentation, a final paper, and participation. Very fair work load.

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As someone interested in theater, I was hoping that this class would be a fun way to finish my Spanish requirement. Unfortunately, it was not all I had hoped it would be. The readings were confusing and not very interesting and the process for reading each one was monotonous. We would read the story, answer some questions, and then talk about the story in class. Professor Cantu said on the first day of class that she hoped that by the end of the semester, we would feel more comfortable with the language. I did not feel like this. I consistently felt inferior in class, mostly because the class is run like an English class. If analyzing literature in English is a challenge for you, then doing so in Spanish will be even harder.

We did some fun things in class occasionally. We wrote our own monologues and performed them, and then put on plays at the end of the semester from one of the stories we read. Performing in class was nice because it took us away from the daily discussions, which got old really fast.

Professor Cantu doesn't seem to have much of a grading system. Even if papers are grammatically correct, she will take off a lot of points for content. She often does not explain what content should have been included, though, or what would have improved the paper. Her paper assignments are essentially to write whatever you want, which can be nice sometimes and really aggravating at other times.

Workload:
The workload for this class wasn't excessive, but it was greater than average. Professor Cantu did not space assignments out well, so often two or three big things would be due in the course of two weeks, and we only had class twice a week. Also, Professor Cantu often made assignments due earlier than she first wrote on the syllabus, and she would tell us this last minute, which was really frustrating. We had to read one short story a week (10-20 pages), and write 5 one-page responses to different stories we read and 2 two-page essays. We also had three tests on the readings, which were very fair. There was no final, but our play presentation was sort of like a final project.

Review:
Mervat is great! She's really funny and she really encourages you to speak. She actively listens to student comments, and will actually change something if she feels that your comment is valid. She is, however, a native speaker of Arabic so it's different learning from her because she doesn't know what it's like to try to learn it as an English speaker. I'm taking her again next semester. I highly recommend her.

Workload:
Assignments are pretty straight forward. At the beginning of the semester you are given pages to do in the workbook nightly. DO THEM! It's the only way you'll learn the material. It's Arabic, you can't just fake it. There really isn't that much anyway, and she does grade it at the midterm. The second half of the course, you get homework assignments that are even less work. Really, because there isn't that much, you should do all of the homework. Other than that, I suggest spending at least 10 minutes a day studying vocab.

Review:
Initially she was kinda a dry lecturer, but it got a lot better as the course got more interesting. The course has a lot of really interesting material, especially if you like history. The hour and fifteen minutes can be a little much, but usually it's not too bad.
Prof. Rankin really likes when people participate and she's very willing to clarify things. Powerpoint pictures of bloodletting, medieval anatomical diagrams, and cupping really enhance the lectures. Not a very hard class if you pay attention in class and take notes.

Workload:
Workload was very manageable. One to two primary source readings were generally assigned for each class and several secondary sources. They can easily be skimmed though, and the secondary sources are not essential for each class. Two papers. A midterm and a final. Part of your grade is for participation and a small fraction is for visiting office hours which helps most people out.

Review:
Initially she was kinda a dry lecturer, but it got a lot better as the course got more interesting. The course has a lot of really interesting material, especially if you like history. The hour and fifteen minutes can be a little much, but usually it's not too bad.
Prof. Rankin really likes when people participate and she's very willing to clarify things. Powerpoint pictures of bloodletting, medieval anatomical diagrams, and cupping really enhance the lectures. Not a very hard class if you pay attention in class and take notes.

Workload:
Workload was very manageable. One to two primary source readings were generally assigned for each class and several secondary sources. They can easily be skimmed though, and the secondary sources are not essential for each class. Two papers. A midterm and a final. Part of your grade is for participation and a small fraction is for visiting office hours which helps most people out.

Review:
This class is awesome. Doug, Steve, and Audrey really care and they just want to make it a fun time for discussion. The class is incredibly thought provoking and interesting, especially if you are interested in law. Lots of education majors in it too. Take it! You'll like it! It was my favorite class at Tufts.

Workload:
Not bad at all. 4 papers (3-4 pages) one final paper (5-7 pages) and 1 final group project. You read cases for homework every week. Very unique.

Review:
This class is awesome. Doug, Steve, and Audrey really care and they just want to make it a fun time for discussion. The class is incredibly thought provoking and interesting, especially if you are interested in law. Lots of education majors in it too. Take it! You'll like it! It was my favorite class at Tufts.

Workload:
Not bad at all. 4 papers (3-4 pages) one final paper (5-7 pages) and 1 final group project. You read cases for homework every week. Very unique.

Review:
This could have been a great class by Dr. Thomas is the worst teacher i have ever had at tufts. she should be fired. first of all she has no idea how to teach. unprofessional, disorganized, lazy, inaccessible, and overall a terrible teacher. the best part of the semester was when she brought in her lover boyfriend from the philosophy department to give a terrible guest lecture. she spent the entire lecture drooling in love with this guy. totally unprofessional. and we dont need to hear her love stories or bed stores with him. gross.

Workload:
easy but she doesnt know how to teach. no point in going to class. class makes you stupid with this teacher

Review:
This intro course was one of my best. O'Leary made the subject material come alive.

Workload:
Weekly readings and reflection paper. Take home mid-term and a 10-12 page research paper. No Final!

Review:
Prof. O'Leary is really into his students. Willing to meet outside of the classroom, willing to write letters of Rec.
Taking Intro to Religion was new for me. O'Leary made the material come to life.

Workload:
Weekly reflection papers on the readings, take home mid-term, large research paper 10-12 pages.

Review:
Although she seemed concerned with students' progress, she never responded to emails about meeting. It was useless to go to class since she lectured word for word from the powerpoints.

Workload:
The assignments were pretty straight forward but prepare early for the final project. Do not take this class without knowing someone else in the class since the final project really is time consuming and is best done in pairs.

Review:
To start off, our section was 8:30am twice a week and 9:30am the 3rd time. So most of the students seemed pretty out of it, myself included on certain occasions. He showed up late a few times, usually no more than 5-10 minutes and it didn't affect the timing at all. Regardless of the early class time, he was always ready to go. It was interesting hearing his insightful comments about certain applications of the material, and he was usually able to explain answers to questions students had. I would absolutely take a class from him again, he is teaching Math 6 next semester and I hope he sticks around.

Workload:
Same as pretty much any calculus class at Tufts. Syllabus at the beginning of the semester lays it all out. Homework set every night due the next class, having the solutions manual helps once you get to convergence of series and have no clue which test to use. Number of problems varies, usually you notice when certain nights have an obnoxious amount of problems, and not so much when there are not that many to do. Make sure you actually attempt the homework though because it will definitely help your understanding of the material for exams.

Review:
The book will be your best friend in this class. His lectures are done on a giant overhead projector, and everything he says comes straight out of the text. Even the specific examples, numbers, and graphs he shows are found on pages in the book. He is one of the worst people to hear lecture because he has little to no enthusiasm and it is hard to feel motivated to pay attention and actively learn the material. He occasionally solicits class answers from students, about once every lecture or so. Considering you will find it hard to pay attention in class and only go from the book, you might think recitations would help. On some level they do. The TA's are very knowledgeable and are great at answering questions you come with. But the work DeJuan provides them with does not make things any easier. He also seems to not want to reveal the content of exams, considering not even the TA's were able to give answers, only their best guesses.

I switched into this section because I heard Abdullah was an awful professor. I have no basis for comparison, but I can tell you that you will come to loathe this class. During the semester you might not think it's bad because there isn't much work to keep up on. But towards the end, once the final approaches, you will realize how useless going to class is and that he just basically read the book to you, something you could have done on your own. And even then he does not make the material any easier to understand. Do not let this discourage you from taking EC5, however. I still plan on minoring in econ; EC5 is considered the worst econ class so just take it to get it over with. Don't take it as an easy elective.

Workload:
Works consists mostly of reading. There were 4 assignments throughout the semester, each consisting of a few problems from, what else... the book. 2 midterms and a final exam mostly multiple choice with a few calculations to do at the end. The assignments can be done the night before; they really do not take long. If you want to keep up, make sure you do the readings, although it can be a little unclear as to what you should read before the next lecture.

Review:
The book will be your best friend in this class. His lectures are done on a giant overhead projector, and everything he says comes straight out of the text. Even the specific examples, numbers, and graphs he shows are found on pages in the book. He is one of the worst people to hear lecture because he has little to no enthusiasm and it is hard to feel motivated to pay attention and actively learn the material. He occasionally solicits class answers from students, about once every lecture or so. Considering you will find it hard to pay attention in class and only go from the book, you might think recitations would help. On some level they do. The TA's are very knowledgeable and are great at answering questions you come with. But the work DeJuan provides them with does not make things any easier. He also seems to not want to reveal the content of exams, considering not even the TA's were able to give answers, only their best guesses.

I switched into this section because I heard Abdullah was an awful professor. I have no basis for comparison, but I can tell you that you will come to loathe this class. During the semester you might not think it's bad because there isn't much work to keep up on. But towards the end, once the final approaches, you will realize how useless going to class is and that he just basically read the book to you, something you could have done on your own. And even then he does not make the material any easier to understand. Do not let this discourage you from taking EC5, however. I still plan on minoring in econ; EC5 is considered the worst econ class so just take it to get it over with. Don't take it as an easy elective.

Workload:
Works consists mostly of reading. There were 4 assignments throughout the semester, each consisting of a few problems from, what else... the book. 2 midterms and a final exam mostly multiple choice with a few calculations to do at the end. The assignments can be done the night before; they really do not take long. If you want to keep up, make sure you do the readings, although it can be a little unclear as to what you should read before the next lecture.

Review:
The book will be your best friend in this class. His lectures are done on a giant overhead projector, and everything he says comes straight out of the text. Even the specific examples, numbers, and graphs he shows are found on pages in the book. He is one of the worst people to hear lecture because he has little to no enthusiasm and it is hard to feel motivated to pay attention and actively learn the material. He occasionally solicits class answers from students, about once every lecture or so. Considering you will find it hard to pay attention in class and only go from the book, you might think recitations would help. On some level they do. The TA's are very knowledgeable and are great at answering questions you come with. But the work DeJuan provides them with does not make things any easier. He also seems to not want to reveal the content of exams, considering not even the TA's were able to give answers, only their best guesses.

I switched into this section because I heard Abdullah was an awful professor. I have no basis for comparison, but I can tell you that you will come to loathe this class. During the semester you might not think it's bad because there isn't much work to keep up on. But towards the end, once the final approaches, you will realize how useless going to class is and that he just basically read the book to you, something you could have done on your own. And even then he does not make the material any easier to understand. Do not let this discourage you from taking EC5, however. I still plan on minoring in econ; EC5 is considered the worst econ class so just take it to get it over with. Don't take it as an easy elective.

Workload:
Works consists mostly of reading. There were 4 assignments throughout the semester, each consisting of a few problems from, what else... the book. 2 midterms and a final exam mostly multiple choice with a few calculations to do at the end. The assignments can be done the night before; they really do not take long. If you want to keep up, make sure you do the readings, although it can be a little unclear as to what you should read before the next lecture.

Review:
First class of the semester, she set up the power point and read exactly off of it. She rarely went on in depth to explain the notes, and when she did, she looked to the ceiling and flapped her arms around a lot, much like many young professors who try to sound like they know what they are talking about. She had no knowledge of the subject, would stumble over her words whenever anyone asked her a question. Very annoying masculine voice that comes off condescending. She claims it's a bipartisan class about 50 times during the first day, obviously trying to calm skeptics. However, her flaming liberal point of view is shoved down your throats with her biased statistics such as why Hurricane Katrina was the fault of rich white people. Her notes actually defined liberal as the "Most American point of view." She also never makes an attempt to help the students, just reads off the prompter and leaves. She should probably be fired.
My TA was very good, she had a general knowledge for the subject and led unbiased group discussions and debates. She would have done a much better job as the Professor.

Workload:
If you want to take a blow off class, take this one. Never did any of the reading, since most of the books were about material I had learned in high school. Midterm is an elementary school test, with 13 definitions listing, any the little kiddies get to choose 10 of them! Final: same format, more words. Here's the kicker: there is a project that every kid must do, which sucks. Ours was an exit polling project, where we stood outside of the voting stations and conducted a survey. It takes up nearly the whole day, and is followed by a 10 page response paper, which is grades easily. I wrote half of mine on the weather that day, the night before, and got a solid B on it. I have a feeling the only reason she taught the class was because of this project, since we didn't receive our midterms(our first grade of the class) until after the project(2 and a half months into the class). Basically, she made sure none of her pawns would drop the class so she could have more servants doing her research project. I hope you're reading this right now Mightysaka. Kiss it.

Review:
Alice is a very professional person, and teaches the course in a very professional way. It's a really easy class to take as far as class participation goes. All you have to do is follow her instructions, and there is really no wrong way to do things in this class. Alice is very strict, but as long as you approach the class in a professional way, as she does, you will find it to be a very enjoyable experience. I've made so many good friends in this class!

Workload:
You get about 2 short (maximum 5 pages) articles to read per week, and then you have to submit a 300-word analysis of whatever you've had to read (they are grouped into ReadingResponse A, B, C, etc. so you know how many articles you are writing about per analysis). She grades them within a few days. About once a month, you have to go watch maybe 1.5 hours worth of specified videos and do an easier maybe 500-word recap, or whatever she has specified. There are about four projects throughout the semester, done in class, that you have to meet about 10 minutes before to prepare for. It's not much work at all, except for the last one, the final project, which takes up about four hours outside class. The good thing though is that it's a physical project, no studying needed, and when you're done, you're done!

Review:
I did not enjoy the experience of either class with Pearl. I've taken two because of the fact that the classes relating to Africa are so few I chose to take classes I think I'll find interesting regardless of the teacher. Well, this policy is being tested by Pearl, when she comes to class (which is far from all the time) she lectures nonstop about often tangential topics and expects students to know esoteric and irrelevant things. She is intimidating and will simply tell you you're wrong, no gentle reframing of a statement. In a class of three people, she still managed to talk 90% of the time and 90% of that was about herself! Even if I could get through the classes, the assignments are not enjoyable or truly fairly graded.

Do not take a class with her, I know, I know "the class sounds so interesting" "it's exactly what I want to study", well that's not what the class will be anyway and Pearl will make even the interesting disappointing and drawn out.

Workload:
There are some books and papers to read, none of which are impossible but can be very dense and sometimes she doesn't even bother really using them in lecture or tells you after the fact she doesn't like the book and wonders why she assigned it. The papers are hard, watch out, even if you think you can write there's a good chance she will rip your paper apart. Test essays are the same, if you don't give her exactly what her preconceived notion of what a good essay is just give yourself a C now.

Review:
Professor Remick is boring, confusing and one of the worst professors at Tufts. She is overly obsessed with her children and family life, which seems to distract her from teaching and the ability to help students. The class focuses on lot of history from different regions in the world, which Remick seems to lack knowledge of. I would save yourself the torture and avoid Remick at all costs!

Workload:
Lots of reading. Papers are intense and built off one another. She's slow to return papers, and makes the next one due before she has returned the previous one. Remick's comments are unhelpful. She doesn't give explanations as to the grade she gives.

Review:
Joe is a great professor. He is an experienced writer, and always has helpful suggestions, but he doesn't force his ideas on you. He really knows his stuff. From the stories he tells you can tell he's done it all. He really cares about students' progress in writing. And he's just plain a nice, funny guy. If you have any interest in writing at all, or even if not, take a class with him. You won't regret it.

Workload:
Class met once a week, and we had a few assignments due throughout the semester, which weren't graded, but he returned them with feedback. Three revised stories due for the final (one longer and two short). If you're a perfectionist and really consider his and the class's suggestions while revising, it can be a fair amount of work. But it's not at all overwhelming.

Review:
She is a great professor. Very clear and enthusiastic, and she really cares about students' understanding and progress. She's also just a very nice person, and she would make jokes in class that sadly people didn't laugh at much, probably because it was a morning class. I would definitely recommend taking a class with her.

Workload:
Manageable. A short essay, oral production, and quiz for every couple of chapters, which is much less work than it sounds. Two exams, plus the final. Not at all overwhelming.

Review:
I'm not a big fan of Panetta at all. I asked her for a recommendation and she was too busy. I feel she is very disorganized and needs to have more dedication towards her students. She is not punctual at all and I feel it is a challenging class. Panetta doesn't hand your grade on a silver platter but she doesn't realize that making questions on a test for the next chapter is not the right thing to do. Panetta needs to put in more time helping students and being more sympathetic towards them. Her office hours are ok but she needs to stop teaching at Tufts and teach at Northshore Community College. Tufts students are very intellectual and she is clearly dumb herself. She has no teaching capabilites and is too concerned about herself. She is very unprofessional and is not the best teacher I have had. I hear she is hated throughout the Engineering teaching department and she is not a big fan of the students. Obviously the students that like her are her pets that will do anything to get an A from her. Her final exam was very hard but I bet she couldn't even do it herself. She is not ambitious in doing her work and she has been seen writing up classwork hastily before class starts. That's very bad and she can be disrespectful at times. I don't recommend ever having a class with Panetta because she needs some growing up her self. I find her very immature at times she acts like she is in grade school. Her attitude is not professional and needs serious improvement.

Workload:
The assignments were ok but challenging to make you think. She didn't even understand them at times in class when she would go over them. Maybe she needs to go through high school again so she can learn a thing or to herself.

Review:
I think Karen Panetta is the worst professor I have ever had. She was never prepared for class and thinks she is the s**t. She has no idea how to teach and her office hours are horribly. I believe she needs to quit tufts and get a job grooming bunnies... which she talks about constently. I think this woman needs serious help when it comes to teaching and as far as I know the other teachers hate her as well. She writes things up before class because she rather think of other stuff to do instead of thinking of the well being of her students. She seems to think of herself too much. I would never reccomend her as a teacher and I am beyond thrilled that her class is over. I would kill myself if I ever had to see her again. Her projects are stupid and she is quite frankly too ugly to even look at. She is a selfish human being and acts like a baby. I think she is totally dumb and alot of students think this to. I believe Karen should take a look at what students are writing about her so she will get the overall picture about how bad she is. I think she is a dumb ass and think we should make a petiton about kicking her out of tufts. She is an absolute brat and a b***h.

Workload:
Too muchh work.. I understand she wants us to do work because she has better stuff to do but she needs to cut it down. I bet she doesnt even read over reports and just gives a grade according to if she likes you or not. She probably has her husband correct them which makes me wonder why the hell she is even married because I dont understand who the hell who would put up with her s**t!

Review:
This course is a waste of time. Professor Gasarian, albeit a very kind man who is clearly interested in his subject, seems afraid to tell any student that he or she is wrong; he goes to great lengths to justify every single student's commentary, no matter how removed from a poem it may be. In this case, tolerance of alternative views verges on the absurd. I strongly believe that two of the greatest difficulties of poetry are a) studying the intricacies of diction, form, syntax, and meaning, and b) learning not to make claims about a poem that cannot be supported by the poem itself. Almost invariably in class do we talk about "grands thèmes" and subtexts (i.e. this poem, like every other one we've read of Francis Ponge, is allegorical. This word represents the language itself, this represents the writer, this represents this, et cetera). Thus, what is almost always missed is a deep discussion of a single poem. This is in part due to the fact that we read a great number of poems for each class, and that we (evidently) cannot therefore talk about many poems in depth.

There is, however, little excuse for producing the same tired, (pseudo-)allegorical reading of each and every poem. I am learning almost nothing precisely because everyone is always right and because we (frequently) only speak of poems in generalities (ironically, the same generalities that no professor accepts in a paper).

In the end, Professor Gasarian seems to be an intelligent and engaged reader, but he needs to demand that we produced focused and exhaustive readings of fewer texts, rather than fudged, quasi-intellectual readings of entire collections of poetry.

Workload:
The workload is manageable, especially when you know you don't have to spend too much time examining any one poem. Two oral exposés are required, and yours will be "très bien" no matter what.

Review:
This course is a waste of time. Professor Gasarian, albeit a very kind man who is clearly interested in his subject, seems afraid to tell any student that he or she is wrong; he goes to great lengths to justify every single student's commentary, no matter how removed from a poem it may be. In this case, tolerance of alternative views verges on the absurd. I strongly believe that two of the greatest difficulties of poetry are a) studying the intricacies of diction, form, syntax, and meaning, and b) learning not to make claims about a poem that cannot be supported by the poem itself. Almost invariably in class do we talk about "grands thèmes" and subtexts (i.e. this poem, like every other one we've read of Francis Ponge, is allegorical. This word represents the language itself, this represents the writer, this represents this, et cetera). Thus, what is almost always missed is a deep discussion of a single poem. This is in part due to the fact that we read a great number of poems for each class, and that we (evidently) cannot therefore talk about many poems in depth.

There is, however, little excuse for producing the same tired, (pseudo-)allegorical reading of each and every poem. I am learning almost nothing precisely because everyone is always right and because we (frequently) only speak of poems in generalities (ironically, the same generalities that no professor accepts in a paper).

In the end, Professor Gasarian seems to be an intelligent and engaged reader, but he needs to demand that we produced focused and exhaustive readings of fewer texts, rather than fudged, quasi-intellectual readings of entire collections of poetry.

Workload:
The workload is manageable, especially when you know you don't have to spend too much time examining any one poem. Two oral exposés are required, and yours will be "très bien" no matter what.

Review:
Professor Bright is a wonderfully sweet woman, but unfortunately this class is a disaster. She taught us absolutely nothing, but expected a great number of papers from us. They were not called research papers, but in fact, since she had neglected to teach us any subject matter, it was extremely hard to write any paper without in depth research outside of class. This was particularly ironic because we had a month to write a 6 page research assignment worth 20% of our final grade, and only a couple of nights to write every other 4-5 page paper which (although she was oblivious to this fact) actually required substantial research. Furthermore, she was extremely, almost frighteningly, forgetful. She also asked us to go on a field trip on a Saturday, which was fun because the students in the class were interesting and engaging, but otherwise a complete and total waste of time.
I would not recommend this class at all. It is a significant amount of work, you learn next to nothing, and you find yourself continuously frustrated with how scatterbrained Bright is.

Workload:
N/A

Review:
To begin, let me just say that Prof Geoghegan is a very kind, genuine person. She's always in a good mood in class and is very personable. With that being said, she tends to be very disorganized and jumps around a lot in class. She doesn't stick to the syllabus (especially towards the end of the semester), which can be confusing, and she grades everything really hard. She also moves very quickly in class, especially with grammar, so it can be difficult to follow her.

Workload:
Assignments are pretty straightforward - she gives out mostly grammar exercises in the text, questions for chapters of reading, and compositions. She collects homework unexpectedly and often veers from the assigned work on the syllabus.

Review:
Professor Geoghegan obviously enjoys French and seems to care about her students (she was always sure to ask us if we were okay after an absence or a poor performance on a test). She speaks very quickly so for those who have difficulty understanding spoken French you should choose another teacher. her grading of written work is rather brutal, but at least the grade is an average of the score of the rough draft and the final after corrections. As for in-class discussions, some of the questions that she poses lack clear wording making them difficult to respond to. I feel that she does have favorites in the class, but I do not believe that she treats those who are not her favorites in a negative manner. In a class where three quarters of the students are only there to fulfill a requirement it is inevitable that a teacher would favor those with a genuine interest in the subject. Overall, I did not consider her demands excessive and would take another class with her.

Workload:
the reading assigned was fairly complicated as it dealt with psychological states of the characters and was not purely plot based. This made it difficult to discuss. Professor Geoghegan got slightly rattled when we were unable to answer quickly. The book work is not difficult, and the tests are limited to the material covered in the class. Unfortunately they are very lengthy. This is not a teacher for those unsure of their grasp of French.

Review:
AWFUL
changes the syllabus constantly without informing the class...has made at least three revisions because she cannot manage to keep up with the readings in class
boring, and terrible communicator.
during class people constantly look at each other in disbelief at the words coming out of her mouth. AVOID this prof.

Workload:
basically the readings are a lost cause because who knows what you're supposed to be reading?

Review:
Only take this class if you are a senior and have extensive amounts of literature under your belt. This class is just a student-lead discussion (by witty, well-read English majors) and if Litvak does not like (or respect) what you have to say, he ignores it and quickly changes the subject or calls on another student to change the subject. As a non-english major, I found him unapproachable, his ideas few and far between, and his grading terrible for my GPA. I really wish such a high chair in the department was actually a truly inspiring teacher.

Great reading list.

Workload:
Two papers. His grading is harsh and the unfocused nature of the paper topics make it hard to succeed unless you bring a lot of pure "English" knowledge to the table.

Review:
She means well and appears to be a legitimately intelligent person, but she's just not cut out to be an effective professor. She stumbles through the notes at a snail's pace and is incapable of explaining anything thoroughly and simply.
I recommend EC 35 instead.

Workload:
Not too much work. Most stopped doing the reading after a few weeks when we figured out it was completely useless.
4 problem sets worth 25% total, 1 midterm worth 25%, 1 final worth 50%.

Review:
Professor Mahoney definitely knows her stuff, though can be a little spaced out and vague. Her grading is harsh and though the discussion on the plays is interesting, the assignments can be completely senseless. She expects you to know everything and she pinpoints on each word and punctuation mark. I was relieved that the course was over

Workload:
the reading is a lot, a new play every 3 classes at least. the assignments are senseless and can pertain to dramatics, greek and if you're not too good at either you have a disadvantage to begin with. You should definitely want a rough draft if you want to make it to a B+ even.

Review:
Professor Pauling, while perfectly agreeable one on one was rude in class, often to the point of being insulting. 90% of the class was spent going over the assignments from the night before, and 10% was spent actually learning new material. This would have been fine if we had just been reviewing, but as we were expected to learn concepts simply by reading the textbook, the class did little good. I could have taught myself the course. I will never take a class with him again.

Workload:
About an hour to two hours every night. Work is collected and gone over every day. If you don't do it, expect to be insulted in class.

Review:
Professor Baz was engaging and obviously enthusiastic about the class. He treated everyones' opinions with respect and encouraged, indeed expected, students to participate. He hardly strays from the topic, but he is often funny. I found him to be personable and helpful inside and outside of the classroom. His paper comments were constructive and his grading was fair. He expects alot from his students but is very willing to help them along the way.

Workload:
A moderate amount of reading every week. If you fall behind it will be difficult to catch up. He often pushes back the paper deadlines if he feels the class needs more time. He expects you to have done the reading so you can constructively participate.

Review:
He is a great professor. Very enthusiastic about the class and encourages a lot of discussion. Understanding and willing to help. Speaks clearly. I recommend him.

Workload:
Straightforward assignments following the syllabus. Regular 21 workload

Review:
By far the best professor I have ever had. He is so engaging and although he gives challenging material he explains it well and puts so much extra time into helping us understand it. Always available to help whether it is with his class or on anything else you need. Makes a lot of jokes and is always full of energy.

Workload:
Lab every week and programming assignments every few weeks which take a considerable amount of time.