Good seminar. Lot of reading but the books are all short. Felt like a good capstone to my degree. One 15 page paper like any seminar but numerous prompts were given with the option to choose our own as well. Graded fairly, you'll get the grade you deserve. Take if you want a seminar with a great author handled by a great prof

Prof. Samolsky provided for a very interesting and engaging class. He is good at leading discussions and keeping them going. He's friendly and very easy to get along with too. He's a fair to generous grader. Do the reading, show up, be active, and you'll do well. I would take him again.

Best Professor!

While the premise of this class is very good, Samolsky is a VERY difficult lecturer to follow. He is looking for the "right" answer in a discussion-sized class, which is frustrating and can make the class hard to participate in. This course was frustrating, with only 2/3 graded items (participation + final paper (or a midterm/final paper combo)).

One midterm, one final. takes attendance but wasnt transparent with our participation grades. Some of the books seemed outside of the scope of the class. don't give away all ur good ideas in class bc he requires new, original, unheard of ideas for your paper so u can't repeat what u said in class even if it was YOU who brought it up initially.

It's stressful that the class is just two papers and participation, but I loved Samolsky as an introduction to upper division English. He's really knowledgeable and I swear he improved my vocabulary. I really like that he is a professor who seems genuinely interested and excited by what you have to say, he never cuts you off when you're talking.