I really liked prof hoelle! he was really funny and engaging. lectures were a little boring but not bad. sections were mandatory and lecture occasionally had iclickers. There's two short papers but your grade really depends on who ur TA is. midterm was in person but the final was online and was way too long for the amount of time we were given.

Lectures could get boring but overall it was a pretty chill class. Paper guidelines were vague and your grade just depended on your TA. Its a good ge requirement.

attend lectures as material in class and the readings are whats on the test. funny lectures but sometimes boring material

Professor Hoelle is super nice and funny! The 2 essays are super easy especially if you have a good TA. The tests were honestly really hard but I managed to pull through with B's on both of them by studying the night before. No curve or negotiating your grade at the end of quarter. Class isn't that bad but I wouldn't take it again.

One of my favorite professors here. Really interesting guy with funny and engaging lectures. I would recommend this course to any of my friends. Relatively easy GE, 2 papers and 2 exams that weren't cumulative. Grading really depends on your TA but overall, the grading criteria was pretty straight forward.

I really enjoyed Hoelle, he's probably the funniest professor I've had so far. Really enjoyed him as a person. However... lectures could get boring. Essays were also very strange, weirdly graded, and the word count was super limited so it was hard to get your point across/meet all the criteria. I'd recommend this class, pretty easy GE!