Professor Rose should truly be performing onstage because the magic he weaves into every Shakespeare reading is truly something else. He makes every lecture interesting and plays a song correlating to the class discussion for that day. If you attend lecture and do the reading youll easily pass the extra credit quizzes and the final. Love this man

Professor Rose is awesome. He comes to class with a smile on his face and for the first few minutes he plays old-timey music and just smiles. He's so passionate about Shakespeare, it is contagious. Grading and structure are clear from day 1. Two essays, 4 quizzes on the first 4 plays then a rather hefty final with the 5th play's quiz included.

Professor Rose is truly one of the best professors at UCSB, and he only comes to teach once a year (during Winter Quarter) so make sure you take his class before he leaves again! All of the readings, assignments, and essays were quite easy. Quizzes as well if you attend lecture and read!

Mark Rose is a real diamond in the rough. 10/10 would take his class again. He just has a way of breathing life into the plays, and as long as you go to lecture, you'll do fine on the quizzes. Just make sure to actually put work into the two papers and you'll be fine!

This class is based on five quizzes on the five books (lowest one dropped), two papers, and a final. It honestly wasn't that bad. I didn't read a single book and just read sparknotes. Remember the details he goes over in lecture though!! He is very enthusiastic about shakespeare which makes the class enjoyable, even if you don't like shakespeare

I really enjoyed Prof. Rose this quarter, you can tell how much he likes Shakespeare, and the highlight of every class is when he opens it with music. There's a lot of work to be put in, and it's not an easy A, but Prof. Rose cares about the content, and he makes it interesting. Definitely take if Shakespeare your deal.