Great class, you must go to and pay attention to lectures. The tests are just pictures of some of the things we talked about so actually gathering the information is a must. He makes them interesting though, so don't worry.

Took this class as a GE, and ended up REALLY enjoying it! I rented the book but only read it ONCE... go to lecture- all you need to know without spending money on the book! Over 100+ terms you have to know for the midterm/final (object, dates, location, significance) but do-able! He is flexible on dates- I went to office hours and got points back!

He was charming, charismatic, and funny. However the content of the class was pretty boring. It was heavily architecture based, had a lot of boring reading, and I didn't fall in love with the subject at all. I wish he had spent more time lecturing on the stories. I am glad I took it PNP. Too many books you have to buy$$$. I just sparknoted.

Our midterm and final were based on lecture. Take good, organized notes on your laptop and you can do really well. I took it PNP because section is worth 25% and I missed it a lot, but I did really well on the midterm and paper so I was okay. Material itself is cool and the paper was fun to write. Brice is really corny and fun. Take it pnp for GE

Takes an interesting subject and makes it boring, in my opinion. This class was supposed to be about Greek Mythology but ended up being an archaeology class. We looked at waaay too many cracked pots and ancient broken buildings.

Professor Erickson is by far the BEST professor I have had here at UCSB! Take his Classics 40 class to be intrigued and entertained. He is an incredible lecturer and you can really tell that he loves what he teaches. He is so personable and easy to talk to one on one in office hours. HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING CLASS40 WITH HIM!

Professor Erickson is an intriguing lecturer, but I didn't like how he is so obsessed with Greece and shows it while teaching a class about Italy. I love Italy and wanted to know more about it, not Greece. However, the class is super easy! I put almost no though into the test and paper and got a B+ on both. Btw, he lets you out late EVERY day. :(

BEST lecturer I've had at UCSB...really funny and knows his stuff. Only thing is, the tests are picture IDs and 1 essay and they require you to intensively pay attention in lecture in order to do well. If you miss one little thing you could be screwed...just my take. If you don't do scattered, this class isn't for you.

LOVE HIM. If you are at all interested in ancient Greece/Rome and willing to put work into his class, you will do well. If you are in one of his smaller classes, make an effort to see him after class and in office hours, he appreciates when you put effort into his class. He takes this into account IF he remembers you, but he is a little scattered.

Great Professor, LOVE HIM to death....Class 40 you have to read to get a good grade, and if not at least attend all lectures...Class 50 was the first class i took with him, and hes amazing lots of terms to know for a 10 term test, but still amazing lecturer... I will surely take another of his classes

I am interested in learning about greek mythology prior to taking this course, so when I was actually taking this class, i did not find any difficulty to concentrating on reading the textbook. Yes, i think it is really important to read the textbook to have a clear understanding of the lectures and the sections. Fairly easy class.

looked like he got some good reviews. Maybe he got complacent this quarter. But for Fall2012, he wrote his midterm the night before, couldn't even get his own questions correct when he took it, the TA says he was too lazy to create a gauchospace page, and the class averaged a 68% on the midterm. Greek Myth was a fascination of mine since a kid.

Awesome teacher! He was hilarious and able to make a random subject very interesting. It isn't really necessary to read all the books to get a good grade. Just read the main textbook and show up to lecture and you'll be fine.

He's a really goofy guy which makes the class more intriguing. I only went to lecture & I had a good understanding of the material because he goes over it decently. Don't go into the class thinking mythology is logical, it's not.

Sure, he's funny and approachable, but his teaching? He jumps around from the myths & Gds w/o really taking time to slowly describe the importance. He didn't even write the midterm, he had his T.A.s do it. Avrge was a C- (this is a GE class) and my personal Final SG is 26 pages, half of which still looks like Gibberish to me. TONS OF READING.GLuck

He makes class interesting and teaches in a way that everyone can understand.

Amazing professor! I loved this class! He's really enthusiastic, friendly and funny (in a cheesy way). The midterm and final were pretty easy. Lectures and section are important, especially if you didn't read. I didn't read most of the books. The paper is also pretty easy, but it also depends on your TA. Overall, great professor and great class!

Ya sure he is interested in the subject but he is not clear about directions on assignments, he ALWAYS lets you out late EVERY SINGLE DAY, the midterm and final are hard because basically it's like an art history class. he posts a slide and you have to identify it and also write an essay.. the papers in his class are poorly graded. but ya he's nice

A very fun and entertaining professor. The class was enjoyable overall. There was lots of reading but the professor does a good job of summarizing most of it. The tests were pretty easy and the paper was fun to write.

Overall great and enthusiastic professor, even though he does make the occasional error. A lot of reading, but the class is still enjoyable. Stinker with his honors discussion section, though...

Erickson is so goofy and loveable. his lectures are very interesting and entertaining. i looked forward to his class. tests were easy and the paper was fun to write. the class is a lot of reading which has to be done o get a good grade. overall a great class, i would definitly suggest it.

Loved going to class because Erickson is so goofy and entertaining. However, he makes mistakes about his facts sometimes, and if you don't go to lecture, most of the material he covers is also in the readings, if you can get through it. Midterm was reasonable, paper is fun to write, and the final was easy. A good, enjoyable class to use for GEs

Funny teacher. His lectures are pretty interesting and he does a good job at keeping the audience engaged. His midterms are easy. For Classics 40 (Greek Mythology) the material is pretty manageable. Even though the readings are long the text book does a very good job at summarizing the material and lecture finalizes that.

As a person, he is enjoyable, but as a lecturer, he is not. Lectures are very fast, not much time to take notes. Reading is far too in-depth and way more than necessary. Tests and quizzes are overly difficult and detail/memorization-based. The material is interesting, but take it with a different professor.