his power points need WORK. Literally has essays written on them.
This class is awful. His power point slides are very bad. He just copy pastes the book into his slides and rambles on about what HE thinks is correct. Doesnt make it clear what is important so it's basically impossible to study for this class
This was professor Moaks first time teaching the class so he was def not perfect. However, his class is extremely easy if you just show up to lecture and listen. Literally the readings are not needed and if you find him boring, all you need is a good TA. 1 take home midterm, 3 quizzes, section, and mc final. An easy class to pass trust me.
Copies and pastes paragraph from the readings onto the slides. He then refutes everything the reading says and tries to convince the class that what he thinks is correct. Make sure to bring your glasses to lecture so you can read the size 6 font he uses on his slides. Not a global studies class and lacks cohesiveness.
Professor Moak copies and pastes paragraphs into his lecture slides, often just quotes from people. There is so much small text on the slides that you can't read from the back of the class. He also reads of the slides. Pretty sure I learned in middle school how to create a better powerpoint than these. The readings are incredibly dense.
Prof Moak is hilarious and makes learning a new language fun! He genuinely cares about his students and I want to take an upper div with him next quarter!
His class was fairly easy and interesting. Made his slides easy to follow along and provided them before lecture began. It went a lot into Roman time and the metaphors used in the readings. There were three readings (poems, a long story, and few chapters of a book). Would recommend this class and professor.
Professor Moak is awesome. He's very laid-back and likes to engage with his students (He is kind of silly). His analyis of the books we read was very interesting and the topic of the class was entertaining. You will have to read a bit but there are simple true/false quizzes, an essay midterm, and a fun creative essay at the end. Take this class!
Great prof. Very entertaining and full of life during his lectures. Content is not the most interesting but he finds a way to make it interesting. One midterm and one final pretty easy and graded very fairly. Overall a good class.
One of the most teachers ever. Lectures were whatever, he grades the final paper kinda tough, but it's reasonable.
Great Professor! This was my second time taking one of his classes and I just love the vibe he gives off. Easy assignments and open ended essay final. Just go to lecture and you'll be fine.
I LOVED him. Lots of reading but they were super interesting. It's alright if you fall behind there were only two pop quizzes (unbelievably easy) and an online midterm. He's funny, his lectures are easy to follow and he posts the slides beforehand... Definitely recommend!
David Moak is a great lecturer! Very charming and funny and his lectures were always interesting!
Genuinely one of the best professors I've ever had. I always felt excited to attend lectures and his analysis of the books never failed to astound me. Grades were based off of section attendance/participation, two papers, and two mini pop quizzes on the reading. An easy and fun class if you enjoy literature.
My favorite professor this quarter! He genuinely cares for his students & wants them to do well. Has a great sense of humor that makes lectures entertaining! Decent amount of reading but workload felt fair. Midterm/final papers make up a little over half of your grade, but the rest is easy points. Pretty straight-forward, enjoyable class!
My favorite professor this quarter. Only homework is reading and midterm and finals are take home papers. Lecture not mandatory but went to every one because gave good analysis and explanations of book. His lectures were quite humorous and learned a lot from each one. Highly recommend and would take his course again.
David is the sweetest professor ever and genuinely cares about his students and getting them interested in the lecture material and books read. There is no homework aside from a midterm/final paper that he helped a lot for, and all you have to do in the class is readings that are genuinely interesting.
David is such an engaging lecturer with a witty sense of humor that isn't painful to listen to. He's a professor that actually cares about his students. He takes time to understand students' schedules and is very accommodating for the midterm (gives you a whole day to do them). 10/10 would take his class again.
He doesn't give grade. All grades are given by TAs. As afrontmentioned by another student, his lectures are boring, but his grading is fair and is not related to your final grade to a great extent. After all he is a nice professor who turned mid term into take home exam just because something went wrong with the submission.
Quite possibly the worst lecturer I've ever had. Extremely monotonous and the content was wildly boring. Either no one showed up or slept during the lectures. Had to go through LOOPS to get an extension on the final paper... Otherwise, midterm and final are graded fairly and other than that, there was no homework. Section attendance mandatory.
As English is my second language, this class requires tremendous time for me to read and understand, and it requires some self-studying. However, the professor is very nice and caring. two papers, no midterm/final.
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