Introduction to the calendar cycle, rituals, dance, music, and folkcraft of the Slavs and other East European peoples.
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UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
College1 midterm 1 final and three writing assignments. She only gave us 2 writing assignments this time though. Midterm and final were supposed to be in person but was changed to online. Pretty easy class, but the content can be very confusing and seem out of place. Listen to what she has to say in class and take notes and you should be fine.
Professor McClain is very nice and understanding. The course consists of 3 essays, weekly readings, a midterm and final. As long as you keep up with the readings and attend lectures you'll get an A. I actually learned a lot from the class and enjoyed it and the professor thoroughly.
McClain is a great professor. Her midterm and final are very straight forward. She is an easy grader. Attendance is mandatory but if you show up it makes the class that much easier. The articles were very interesting. Sometimes very long but for the most part she goes over them in class. If you can, take this class.
If you need an easy writing GE this would be a good choice, but you do have to actually go to this "class" twice a week, walking or biking or commuting some other way, only to leave after 30 minutes sometimes. Wasted minutes too bc nothing is ever said in the class that isnt already explained literally on day 1. Feels like a fever dream most days
Personally think Professor is having a great deal of stuff outside of her life rn.Very sweet and cares deeply about the subject but the lectures lack personality and are repetitive.Significantly contrast to some previous reviews. shes sweet and you will likely receive a good grade,but is a tough ask to go to but most reviews seem to disagree so idk
I took this class as an elective with a friend because we thought it would be cool based on the course description, but it was actually nothing but garbage media clips that demonstrated essentially nothing about anything. Everybody was just okay with it because it's easy, but this is objectively the worst class I have ever taken. Not even a class