chongquing, china

genuinely one of the most stressful class i have ever taken, not because of the material but bc of tug. our discussions were filled with silence bc tug never shared his ideas. even when ideas were shared, if they did not match his, he would ignore you. he is a tough grader and provides mediocre feedback.

Lectures are definitely like book clubs. As a book club, I enjoyed it; it gave me books to read and questions to think about. But too much of the onus is on the student to do the teaching. Only thing lectures help with is identification of course theme. Would've loved more of his thoughts. Even visuals/slides to guide discussion would've helped.

I thought he would be good for me because i'm not very good english and prof goddard speaks Chinese (I am from china guangdong province) but no i had to read a lot in in english for the class which was hard for me. I wanted to write my essays in my 1 language but can't. Don't take if you;re have trouble reading sometimes like i am. Be careful.

I would not recommend this professor for the life of me. He doesn't teach the class and his grading is harsh. His way of "teaching" his students is by giving them the duty of explaining the lecture content for him and then providing his thoughts afterwards, like some sort of glorified book club. If you plan on taking him, proceed with caution.

I used to love participating in class but this class ruined it for me. Participation is ALL there was. No lecturing went on, ever. At times if I didn't speak up the class would just sit in the most awkward silence. Hated it, Goddard should not have let it get to that point. Asking students for thoughts is one thing, but a prof should lecture.