Fun light class where you learn a lot. There's readings every week but they will be explained in lecture and section. Key ideas will be reiterated. Some written assignments but graded lightly. Midterm and final you choose what questions to answer out of a batch of options. Final project was creative, make something that represents a myth.

Dunn was a great professor. Lectures were interesting and fun. Things to keep in mind: final is worth 45% of total grade, some TAs were great, others not so much, has a lot of reading. I had a great TA and did the work so the tests were pretty easy. To get a good grade, you have to do the work but otherwise the class wasn't very hard or stressful.

This professor is amazing. Lectures are always fun to listen to. Very sad peers don't respect his short time in lectures but he handles disruptions respectfully. Attendance isn't mandatory (only in sections for quizzes). Tests are very simple if you simply pay attention to the lectures. Readings themselves are very interesting.

This class is interesting & the professor can be a good lecturer. My biggest complaint is the TAs. If your TA is nice, it will be an easy A. If your TA is not nice, this class will be hell on earth. Professor does little to standardize the TA grading so you're screwed if your TA sucks. Since the sections are not fair, I don't recommend this class.

Most work I've ever done for a GE. TAs are not standardized at all, they all make their own quizzes and grade differently making it unfair.

Worst professor I've had in UCSB. Lectures are COMPLETELY useless. Don't even bother going to lecture cuz lecture is just his yapping session for 50 minutes. He will go on tangent for over half of the class. Half of his lecture slides are literally random pictures of Greek Myth.

There's a ton of reading. Each section is different so you don't know if you'll have extra written assignments or pop quizzes. The grading on the midterm was extremely harsh. The entire class is also backloaded, so you have about four big assignments (like a creative project) all due in the last few weeks. A lot more work than I expected for a GE.

I took the honors section with him and I can confidently say I think he's a great teacher who cares about his students and wants them to succeed. Tests were straightforward and aligned with the study guides.

Had very tough grader for TA , who grades all exams and quizzes, and the grading between TAs and quiz material was not standardized. Have to take this class P/NP at this point. Lots of reading and lectures can be a little unrelated at times for sure.

the class had interesting material and the prof was nice, but the outlines for the assignments were not that clear, ESP the midterm and final. each ta gave their sections different study guides for the midterms, and some classes got horrible study guides while others didn't. this class was unnecessarily hard. take it with the other teacher.

He is a good professor but his lectures are sometimes boring. The midterm and final are easy as long as you do all the readings carefully and take notes. TAs are really helpful.

Prof means well and is very knowledgable about what he teaches, but this class was definitely a lot more difficult than I thought. For a GE, it was very lecture & reading heavy. Midterm was extremely hard (short answers/short essay), final was easier (MC), but no study guides. TA was nice, but rough on grading. You have to work for the A, not easy!

dont take him he really is a poor professor. doesn't know what he is even talking about. the classes are no help dont try going. He goes on twenty minute tangents about nothing. gives no insight to what midterm or final is like and the midterm was so awful barely passed had the most out of pocket terms that we never went into depth. take ericson

worst professor I've ever had. Instantly pass/no passed it. Tons of reading due every class, and the lectures literally are just him talking about random things that don't help you at all. He also doesn't know how to project his voice so everyone either falls asleep or doesn't pull up to class. He refuses to provide study guides for all exams.

His lectures and slides are extremely disorganized and tangential. He clearly doesn't give directions to the TAs, my section had extremely difficult quizzes, while some of my peers had TAs who graded off participation. A large part of your grade depends on your TA because some curve exams while others don't. If you do the readings, you'll do fine.

Very sweet prof! Readings can be a bit dense at times, but watch Prof Dunn's lectures + pay attention in section & you'll be fine. He also uploads "story" & "backstory" videos as another way to explain the content; they're not mandatory to watch, but he makes them pretty entertaining! Short, easy quizzes on readings MWF, but easily manageable :)

This class follows a tight schedule, which is quite favorable and organized. Theres a 2 question quiz per lecture, and lectures come out on Mon/Wed/Fri. Section requires good participation, so specific notes on the myths are important. I never read a single reading until the final paper but I watched all the lectures and got full participation.

easy weekly quizzes on the lectures, section participation, multiple choice midterm and final and a paper. pretty easy class and professor dunn seems to actually care about his students. always a fast response when i had a question and he tries to make the lectures as interesting as possible. overall class was pretty cool!

Professor Dunn was a great professor! The class is reading heavy but if you watch all of the lectures you should be fine. Grade is based on short quizzes every other day, a midterm, a final, a final paper, and section participation. I definitely recommend this class for GE credit!

I loved Professor Dunn's class. I took this class as a GE, and his lectures never fail not to make me happy. He does a wonderful job storytelling and making the class fun. You definitely need to keep up with the readings (at least in summary) and watch the lectures attentively but it's fun so it's okay

Probably one of my favorite Profs by far :) Lectures are super easy to follow so if you don't wanna do the readings or don't understand them, the lectures clear everything up. A chill dude, answers emails super quick and is just super kind. T.A. Roalsvig is the best btw-- super nice and funny, & easily accessible outside of class! Overall 10/10

A gem. Showstopping. Amazing. Brilliant. Outstanding. Passionate. Radiant.

Easy class. just take notes during lecture and make sure to review them for midterm. Dunn is such a nice and caring guy, always willing to help his students :)

He's a very kind and charismatic professor. His lectures are easy to understand. I took her during my spring quarter of 2020 during quarantine and he made the class fun.