He's really passionate about India's culture and the classes he teaches but he's extremely unorganized and basically his 3 hr long class is just about his life in India also he was teaching us stuff that had nothing to do with music in India.

Easy A if you go to lecture and read the book. MUST OUTLINE ASSIGNED BOOK READING TO DO WELL IN CLASS. The majority of tests are from dense, book material. Lectures are easy and completely oral. He's very passionate. Concerts are annoying but sometimes interesting. He's extremely friendly and always there to help you.

Unless you really enjoy music history don't take him. He never has a set plan for the day so when you go to study for the midterm or the final you don't even know what to study. 6 required concerts which is ridiculous. If you miss unorganized high school teachers take him if not save you $ and take something else

One the most passionate, inspiring, and amazing professors I have had the privilege of learning under. Take the class as more of a learning experience, as the exams are simple. Write the paper on something you're genuinely interested, and take advantage of this incredibly interesting class with a remarkable professor. Couldn't recommend more.

I hated this class. Requires 6 concerts, book is ridiculously expensive, lectures are scattered and not on any particular material, he comes across as super arrogant and always picks on students, and always tests on random things. This class was such a waste of money and time. This was one of the worst classes I've ever had to take.

Goes off on tangents and has no clear set plan on what you are going to be talking about in lecture. The class over all isn't bad other than the fact that your confused on what your actually learning.

If you go to all the lectures & skim the reading, it's an easy A. Only downside is having to attend all the mandatory concerts. Some were pretty cool though!

This professor is an amazing and dedicated human being. He truly loves what he does and even pays out of pocket to provide instruments for his students. Who does that nowadays? If you ever want a professor that actually cares about you learning and is passionate about his labor then I highly recommend Prof. Marcus.

Scott is really passionate about what he teaches. He can sometimes go off on tangents and may be a little hard to follow. Overall, it's a really easy class.

His class was very interesting, you listen to lots of performances, and most of his lectures are interesting. But the required and optional concerts are so boring (most of them).

Relaxing and easy class. Half the time it's listening to his stories and music examples. Section has really simple homework. Guest performances every so often are awesome. Scott loves Indian music/culture so be prepared!

Lectures and section do not correlate. The book is painfully dull but reading it lightly will suffice for an A on all 3 exams. The paper was pretty much open to anything related to the class. Very boring but very easy A. The 6 required concerts were hit or miss. Some were amazing while others were painful. Keep in mind they all cost money.

The only plus side to this class is getting the midterm and final a week beforehand. Everything else is downhill. He makes you do useless book notes on hundreds of pages and a 10 page minimum paper on any topic. Basically his teaching style is terrible and he says that somethings are going to be on the test when they're not. Pointless class.

boring class, rambles about nothing and always says "this will be on the exam" when it never is. easy but boring. don't take if optional

1 small test, 1 midterm, 1 5-page "ethnomusicological" paper, 1 final. the lectures and sections DO NOT correlate. the professor will be talking about middle eastern music and the TA will be talking about native american traditions. don't take this class. it's not that hard but it sucks.

sections are meant to be a reinforcement of the lecture, that wasn't the case for this class. 140 dollars for the book + CDs which is required, 6 total concerts that would cost at least 75. worded the questions on the tests horribly, lectures were all over the place with no structure at all. 2 midterms, 1 final, one 6 page paper. you've been warned

Even though he gives the essay questions for the midterm and the final in advance, this class is MUCH more work than it's worth! You have to take copious notes on hundreds of pages of reading a week. It's more work than I've ever had for a class before. Plus, he takes attendance randomly and counts it towards your grade. Don't bother!

loves all things middle eastern....the tests were pretty easy bc he gives it to you before hand, even though its closed book. we repeated a lot of drum beats...really easy, just not that interesting to me because im not middle eastern.

I learned a ton of new music in this class. I really liked the concerts we had to go to. Personally, I think the course material is great, though i also agree with most of the other comments.

I would recommend this class to anyone who's interested in music but knows nothing about it. The lectures are completely unrelated to the book and seem to go off topic but are ALWAYS on the exam! You do most of the bookwork in section. One paper. Really easy class if you show up.

super easy class if you go to all six of the concerts! that was probably the hardest part, and very expensive. I spent over a hundred bucks on that class! stupid. But the tests are a breeze if you do the listening, most of it is common sense. the teacher has no sympathy if u miss concerts for a family death or something. he's crazy about india.

He is an amazing professor. Even though he talks about M.E. music most of the time, it's still really interesting! He even plays the instruments in class! And he's really helpful with the tests. He says what's going to be on it and make sure you listen and memorize the music examples in the textbook! The TAs are ok.

Like everyone else said, it's the easiest class I've ever taken in college. If you go to lecture and section, you'll get an A almost for sure.

Very easy class, I took it fall quarter of my freshman year and was very smart to do so. The class intrigued me, the midterm and final was a breeze. He talks a lot about Middle Eastern culture and music (because he's traveled there a lot), but overall it is very interesting.