Professor Erickson is one of the best professors. He's really entertaining and will keep you engaged and laughing the entire lecture. His exams are relatively easy if you go to class and pay attention. The readings aren't really necessary since he summarizes the readings in lecture, so make sure you go! You won't regret taking his class.
Lectures are great, take notes and you will pass.
Erickson's lectures were engaging, but the slides only have pictures so be ready to write/type fast. Midterm is harder than you'd expect, final was a breeze. You might have to write essays in section depending on what TA you get. The final paper was super easy. Overall the class was fine, not worth stressing over.
His midterm and final were very specific since they were based on what he lectures on meaning YOU HAVE TO GO TO CLASS. Dont need to read all the books, just the ones he talks a lot about. Very funny guy! Loved his approach. I got a D on the midterm and a C on the final but a B overall so a really easy class to pass. Totally recommend!!!
Midterm and Final are super specific, so make sure you really do study although it is hard because he doesn't give you a study guide. There are a lot of terms and information so it is hard to focus on what you really have to know for the tests. Professor Erickson is a great lecturer, but it can be hard to stay interested during lecture.
One of the best professors at UCSB. Exams were a bit specific and averages were around a C- if I remember correctly.
Erickson is a great professor, and makes greek myth interesting. Summarizes readings in class, buying books isn't necessary. Because he is an archaeologist, the class involves a lot of memorizing buildings, sites, pictures. Can get annoying to have to know every picture on a vase. Midterm and final are slightly hard(and super specific), but MC.
Erickson is my favorite professor so far at UCSB! His lectures are funny and engaging and he makes you interested in the subject. Tests and grading is really fair but you need to attend lecture to pass. Best professor to take Greek myth with!
Erickson is a great guy; he clearly has a passion for the subject and is an enthusiastic lecturer. However, his lectures are quite long and unorganized, and his slides have virtually no content on them besides pictures. Attending class is a necessity, but it's very difficult to take notes. Exams are also a little too specific, with trivial details.
fantastic teacher & lecture, great class!!! my favorite professor at UCSB
Great teacher to have for classics. His passion for the class rubbed off on me and I never wanted to skip class. Midterm and Final seem like they would be hard but are actually not, if you go to class and pay attention it's very obvious what terms you must study. Notes are extremely important but so is just sitting back and taking all the info in.
Interesting teacher. Talked about drinking games in class that ancient Greeks use to play.
Very heartfelt, interesting lecturer. I hope his mom reads this. Probably the most enthusiastic, fun lecturer I have had so far maybe up there with Daryl Cooper! If you sit in the first 3 rows he makes eye contact with you!
Had very interesting lectures and if you pay attention, the material is easy to understand. However, for the midterm and final, he pulls 6 out of 100+ terms to focus on in depth, so studying does take a great amount of time if you want to do well on these.
He's enthusiastic but I found that he is difficult to follow along at times. His lectures have maybe 10-20 words on the entire set, otherwise it's just pictures... Meaning the notes you take are the notes you study, so you better go to class and pay attention... The notes you have will either make this class hard or easy for you. His tests are fair
He was an awesome professor and really enthusiastic about the course. The class may be lecture heavy but its easy to sit in and listen to him cause he makes it fun. However, I did notice that for this class, I didn't really need the readings to pass.
Best professor I've ever had, every time he teaches a course here I sign up for it. He is an incredible teacher, really funny, and has a way of making anybody interested in the course material.
I loved this class. Erickson is clearly very passionate about Greek Mythology and he conveys that passion through his lectures. He assigns reading (not much) after every class but really if you pay attention and take good notes during lectures you wont have to do the reading. Overall it was a very easy A. One of my favorite classes at UCSB so far.
I LOVED Clas40-GreekMyth. We had one essay due at the end of the quarter, but it was a breeze and you are given the prompt at the beginning of the quarter
I loved taking his Greek Mythology class. I didn't do all of the readings, but I went to every lecture and that helped a lot.
The class was good, and the the professor teaches it really well and makes it interesting. You can get away with sparknotes and online resources if you need to, but youll definitely need to buy the reader, though, which he'll tell you about on the first week. Watch out - you never know for sure what material will be on the tests
Professor Erickson gives super interesting lectures and seems very passionate about the subject. The class definitely requires some effort so not the easiest A but definitely worth taking this class.
If you need to or want to take Greek Myth, then make sure you take it with Erickson. The man is amazing and his passion for the subject along with his personality keeps the class engaged. Honestly, it's because of him that I'm most likely going to take Classics as a double major. By far one of the best professors I've had thus far.
Cool professor. bad class. he's passionate/eager bout the subject. ALOT of reading /books & memorization required. Slides were NOT organized. 80% were archeology pics (he's an archeologist) Hard to follow if you don't go to class or don't take good notes. Depending on the TA, you either get assigned weekly writings OR quizes.