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.

By far the most PASSIONATE educator I've ever had. He breathes Shakespeare's plays into life. This man deserves an award! I've always liked Shakespeare but this man's lectures are on another level. He is so, so insightful. Beautifully creative, tragically older than most professors, won't be teaching much longer, sadly. Take him while you can!!

Amazing lecturer and really cares for Shakespeare! So passionate too. The TA you get really matters as they great your work. Take Movsesian. Her sections are amazing.

Make sure you do the reading or at least Sparknote! Rose is an amazing professor with a lot of energy and enthusiasm for Shakespeare. He makes class very fun and engaging.

Easily the best professor I've had so far. His lectures are incredible and extremely insightful. I didn't go into this class loving Shakespeare, but I definitely do now. Only take this class if you're passionate about English, because if you don't like reading then you won't enjoy the class too much -- and READ EVERYTHING assigned (quizzes!).

Amazing lecturer who clearly loves and knows a lot about Shakespeare. Very funny, engaging and intelligent - you have to really pay attention because his powerpoints are minimal at best, but he's a very clear lecturer. Never a dull moment! Expect to do the readings (only 5/quarter) and a quiz every other week. Show up & read and you're golden!

Definitely knows his stuff about Shakespeare. I had never really read much of Shakespeare before his class, but reading the works with Rose made it much more interesting. He brought up points that I would have not thought of. Quizzes were given in section every week based on the reading.