Erickson is a great guy; he clearly has a passion for the subject and is an enthusiastic lecturer. However, his lectures are quite long and unorganized, and his slides have virtually no content on them besides pictures. Attending class is a necessity, but it's very difficult to take notes. Exams are also a little too specific, with trivial details.

fantastic teacher & lecture, great class!!! my favorite professor at UCSB

Interesting teacher. Talked about drinking games in class that ancient Greeks use to play.

Very heartfelt, interesting lecturer. I hope his mom reads this. Probably the most enthusiastic, fun lecturer I have had so far maybe up there with Daryl Cooper! If you sit in the first 3 rows he makes eye contact with you!

Best professor I've ever had, every time he teaches a course here I sign up for it. He is an incredible teacher, really funny, and has a way of making anybody interested in the course material.

I loved this class. Erickson is clearly very passionate about Greek Mythology and he conveys that passion through his lectures. He assigns reading (not much) after every class but really if you pay attention and take good notes during lectures you wont have to do the reading. Overall it was a very easy A. One of my favorite classes at UCSB so far.

I LOVED Clas40-GreekMyth. We had one essay due at the end of the quarter, but it was a breeze and you are given the prompt at the beginning of the quarter

I loved taking his Greek Mythology class. I didn't do all of the readings, but I went to every lecture and that helped a lot.

The class was good, and the the professor teaches it really well and makes it interesting. You can get away with sparknotes and online resources if you need to, but youll definitely need to buy the reader, though, which he'll tell you about on the first week. Watch out - you never know for sure what material will be on the tests

Professor Erickson gives super interesting lectures and seems very passionate about the subject. The class definitely requires some effort so not the easiest A but definitely worth taking this class.

If you need to or want to take Greek Myth, then make sure you take it with Erickson. The man is amazing and his passion for the subject along with his personality keeps the class engaged. Honestly, it's because of him that I'm most likely going to take Classics as a double major. By far one of the best professors I've had thus far.

Cool professor. bad class. he's passionate/eager bout the subject. ALOT of reading /books & memorization required. Slides were NOT organized. 80% were archeology pics (he's an archeologist) Hard to follow if you don't go to class or don't take good notes. Depending on the TA, you either get assigned weekly writings OR quizes.

Erickson is very enthusiastic and lectures were fun. I personally thought first half of quarter was amazing (gods), but when we moved onto heroes I was always bored & could never stay focused. I had no idea what was going on. Lots of names to remember. But he makes up for it b/c of his personality. Didnt do any readings and still got a B. Recommend

He's super passionate about greek myth, and greece in general. he's also really funny and he showed us music videos before class which was AWESOME. it's also in general just a really easy class. 10/10 would recommend

please dont take this class.. it sucks. its hard and the lectures are sooooo boring, but if you dont go you dont pass.

Erickson is great! You can tell that he's passionate about Greek Myth. It's all interesting information so it's not hard to remember. Just make sure you go to lecture, he explains everything, even the readings he assigned, in depth. 1 paper that's only 5 pages, a midterm and a final. Great GE to take!

Love the energy and passion. That being said, his slides are terribly organized. If you don't have a laptop or a recording device when taking notes, you'll be screwed. Posting slides online is basically pointless because its mostly pictures. Very specific test questions. Expects you to memorize EVERYTHING. more about memorization than understanding

Really funny lecture, but make sure you go to them cause it actually helps.

He was charming, charismatic, and funny. However the content of the class was pretty boring. It was heavily architecture based, had a lot of boring reading, and I didn't fall in love with the subject at all. I wish he had spent more time lecturing on the stories. I am glad I took it PNP. Too many books you have to buy$$$. I just sparknoted.

Our midterm and final were based on lecture. Take good, organized notes on your laptop and you can do really well. I took it PNP because section is worth 25% and I missed it a lot, but I did really well on the midterm and paper so I was okay. Material itself is cool and the paper was fun to write. Brice is really corny and fun. Take it pnp for GE

Takes an interesting subject and makes it boring, in my opinion. This class was supposed to be about Greek Mythology but ended up being an archaeology class. We looked at waaay too many cracked pots and ancient broken buildings.

Professor Erickson is by far the BEST professor I have had here at UCSB! Take his Classics 40 class to be intrigued and entertained. He is an incredible lecturer and you can really tell that he loves what he teaches. He is so personable and easy to talk to one on one in office hours. HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING CLASS40 WITH HIM!

Great Professor, LOVE HIM to death....Class 40 you have to read to get a good grade, and if not at least attend all lectures...Class 50 was the first class i took with him, and hes amazing lots of terms to know for a 10 term test, but still amazing lecturer... I will surely take another of his classes

I am interested in learning about greek mythology prior to taking this course, so when I was actually taking this class, i did not find any difficulty to concentrating on reading the textbook. Yes, i think it is really important to read the textbook to have a clear understanding of the lectures and the sections. Fairly easy class.