INCREDIBLE. Highly recommend Prof. Wolfe for any class. One of the most caring, respected, and kind professors I've ever had. A gem of the department. Lectures were fantastic. He knows so much and it's the best to just sit back and listen. You can get away with not attending lectures+screenings but why would you? So good.
101s are a lot of work but wolfe makes it enjoyable. weekly discussion posts based on section, research paper+proposal+exercise, final. really caring and flexible during the strike. seems like a cool guy. passionate about the class/material. a lot of reading + screenings + lectures.
I love film and history, so I thought this would be great, and while the movies were, his asynchronous lectures bored me to the point where I didn't even watch the last 3 weeks of them because the 10 page research paper + weekly readings + weekly films were exhausting. Knowledgeable but dry and rambling. Lectures for one week were excessive.
Intelligent, inspiring lecturer! The papers in this class are very hard and time consuming, so plan ahead, and go to office hours! Weekly forum posts, 1 intense historiographical research paper and another final project. Some of the films are kind of boring but overall an interesting class, kind of exactly what I expected of 101B.
Charles Wolfe is one of the most knowledgeable professors I've ever had. I took his seminar for Buster Keaton and he excelled in teaching the subject matter. He does give out a lot of readings, some easier to read than others, but doable. The grade was determined by attendance, weekly journals, and a 10-page paper as a final, so be ready to write.
This class was OK, pretty boring and very very time consuming. Lectures are 4x a week, and you have to do a reading response every week. Gives random pop quizzes to see if you did the readings. Take home midterm, extremely long final which takes the whole 3 hours. Paper is tedious and requires A LOT of research, so start early.
Very difficult material and overall what you would expect from a 101. Wolfe is super knowledgeable and a really nice guy! Just do the reading otherwise you will be lost in lecture. Start paper early and attend class. Class meets like 5 times a week which sucks but screenings can be fun!
Professor Wolfe is very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject of his classes. He and his TA's will always be willing to help students during their office hours. If you work and dedicate enough time on reading the material, getting a good grade is possible.
He knows his stuff and is helpful but good luck staying awake
This man is the most awesome tacher. He's very intelligent, patient, and interesting!
Great professor, very passionate and made the material interesting. Supplied reading material, passing is as simple as turning up, watching the films and doing the reading. Very helpful and friendly.
Wolfe is by far the most knowledgable teacher i have had thus far at UCSB. He is clear and concise and very helpful outside of class. Not an easy teacher though. If you dont do you work you will not get a good grade in his class. He gives his students his all, and expects yours in return.
Best ever
The best professor ever!
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Great professor! Passionate and very knowlegable about the material. Would know what he was talking about if you just kept up the readings (not too much). Very fair; tests aren't bad if you studied a little; some pretty good films. Highly recommended!
I absolutely could not stand Professor Wolfe. He taught like we already knew everything he was talking about. Although he had a passion for the material (which is always good) he still made the course extremely difficult by teaching horribly. Bad!!!!