lectures were boring, but i found it helpful to go especially for the papers that weren't graded easily. part of the final is a group project, it wasn't hard, just tedious work. most of the tests were multiple choice and take home, but the final had some short answer responses. section for this class was unbearable, but mandatory.
He gives dull lectures but will sometimes have fun interactive in class activities. The readings are interesting, quizzes will have the most random things in the readings and the lectures, but I would just skim through the reading to find the keywords. 2 papers with interesting prompts that allows for creativity. Fun final game design project.
Professor White was really engaging with his lectures. He always brought students up to the front of class to demonstrate, and the class becomes really relevant towards the end. He posts the slides after class, but there is minimal text on them, mostly information comes from the mouth, so make sure to go to lecture.
ARTHI 136C was amazing with Prof White! In-class group assignments were a great way to apply textbook to real life scenarios and the lectures were very interesting. Relatively easy if you do the readings and pay attention in class
This class is a great GE. The content is super interesting even though the prof is a little boring. I watched the lecture videos but never did the reading (only skimmed it for the weekly quizzes). Finished with an A+. One major essay and two projects. The TAs are pretty lenient on grading. Highly recommend!
Prof White was a boring lecturer. The concept of the class seems kind of interesting but I found that this professor made the content boring. There are weekly open note quizzes based on the reading, online lectures, and in class lectures. It just seems like too much work for a 4 unit class, imo. There's also a paper and a group project.
Took this in Spring 2021. This class is suitable for anyone. Concepts about games are very basic. Untimed weekly quizzes based on lectures. 2 papers in total. TAs are generous in grading. A final group project is to make a board game. They are simple. He also gives a 5% extra credit with a super easy matching quiz. Getting A in GE is easy and fun.
I took the class just to get GE's out of the way and it didn't sound very interesting but professor White's passion for and presentation of the materials made the class super interesting.
Took this over the summer. Lots of readings of lectures and such, weekly quizzes for 40% of your grade. I pass/no passed the class and we had a single paper. Interesting content. Not completely about video games, more board games/table top.
Good class, lecture presentations are way too long.
Good professor. Lecture slides were terrible, because we had to read it on our own. But the video with the professor lecturing was very engaging.
Prof. White is an awesome guy who really knows his stuff about architecture, and can be quite funny with a dry sarcastic humor. Hes also very understanding, caring, and grades fairly. This seminar was fun despite the dry reading material and presentation project. I learned a lot about house museums; from their history, to their function. 10/10.
pretty easy! it is the second time for me to take his class, I really enjoy working with Jeremy.
For a class about games, it sure was a slog. Lectures were far too broad and unspecific. It seemed more like an archaeology class with a thin thread of games throughout. This was only his second time teaching it, so I'm optimistic the class will improve, particularly because he is very passionate about the subject, but maybe give it a few years.
I found ARTHI 6A to be fairly easy since I was interested in it. The sections have absolutely nothing to do with the lecture material, and very few grades come from section besides 1 paper and attendance. My TA was a nice grader so I got lucky with that.
Take this for an easy GE! He has 9% extra credit built in. There are online GS quizzes every week that are fairly easy, and you can find the answers in the reading. Otherwise, you don't really have to read. There's no midterm and the final is super easy. The essay is graded kind of hard though.
White was really nice but that's about it. His quizzes were mostly lecture based (and only one attempt) but his lectures were sooo hard to pay attention to. The final essay was difficult to write and had unclear instructions. There is just too much material in this course.
His lecture slides are just pictures so you have to go to lecture. The online quizzes are easy and 40% of your grade is just showing up to section and lecture and the class has 9% of extra credit built in so its an easy A. Final questions were reused quiz questions and questions he posted online. Easy GE.
Make sure you go to lecture bc his slides only have pictures on them so if you don't go to lecture you will have no idea what's going on. Even if you do go he is quite boring as a lecturer and lectures are hard to follow and confusing. 4 online quizzes, iclicker, a TON of readings, 8 page paper, and final- overall would not really recommend tbh
Dr. White is a decent lecturer. The material in 6A is rather dry, but White's grading criteria make it very easy to pass or ace the course. One paper, multiple online quizzes based off of pdf readings, mandatory lecture and sections, and an incredibly easy final exam.
first of all, he mentioned once at the beginning of the quarter that he *might* grade iclickers based on accuracy or *maybe* just attendance, then said nothing else about it and proceeded to grade them off accuracy. he is a very monotone lecturer, it is extremely difficult to pay attention in class but you will regret not taking notes, as I did.
His lectures are so boring so it makes it so hard to keep up. I literally would sit through class wondering what was going on. I wish he would be more specific for what's important because today is the final and I still have no idea. Plus! He would put barely any words on the slides. 8pg paper was difficult too, bc it was unclear how to write one!!
This is the hardest class I have ever taken and I am an econ major I honestly have no idea what is going on and lectures are really monotone and boring I'm sorry and also he is a great guy and very passionate but oh my god I am so confused what is going on? when is BCE?
He is very lecture heavy and the slides he posted are mostly pictures. But the lectures are not very interesting to follow unless you are into art history. Do not recommend for GE.