Study and research of special topics in classical literature, civilization, and culture. Topics may include: Rome: the ancient city, food in antiquity, the Roman family, religious thought and practice in Rome, culture and crisis in Athens, culture and crisis in Rome, etc.
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UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeAmazing professor and great class. I definitely recommend going to the lectures as the midterm and final are based on his slides, which he posts but lack detailed information. You can tell he loves his research and was always willing to answer questions after lecture. Midterm and final were the same format (what, when, where, and why) and very easy
Erickson was awesome! Super passionate about this material as it is what his research is. It's important to come to lecture because his slides that are posted contain very little text. A few in class attendance/homework assignments, 1 midterm, and a written final. Overall pretty interesting and pretty easy!
He's super passionate and has a good personality. Barely any homework, lots of assigned readings, but I didn't read any and was fine. Only a midterm and final, which was memorizing certain locations and artifacts, so it's not that hard. The only con is that he doesn't post grades. I just finished the final, and not a single grade has been inputted.
easy class all memorization & easy grading. did not do readings still got an a on midterm, all you have to do it sit and listen to lectures easy GE
spent 10 weeks in class just to take a final that had absolutely nothing he covered in class. the only reason I got an A was because I learned more from Percy Jackson in elementary school than this class. he would crash out if people talked. final was so bad he had to curve it by 35 points. TA Dai was lowk the goat and such an easy grader.
Fun guy, I think he is the best guy to teach this class but GO TO LECTURE. He drops small things on the final. The essays were very reasonably graded and transparent on how to improve but the final was EVIL. I studied everything on the guide and still got a 75% without the curve. It was quite the curve, I got a 94 but the final is no joke (trivia)