I'm not a history person, but this class was interesting. You basically learn about how American media has progressed through weekly readings and essays.
Course breakdown: 35% essays (8 total), 20% midterm, 25% final exam, 20% participation.
Each week, I spent probably 3-5 hours doing the readings, and 2-3 writing the essay, so it is definitely a hefty workload. The research was interesting, but clearly time-consuming. Bodroghkozy is not an easy grader, so be sure to put the work in and back up your arguments with lots of evidence. There were 8 essays to write over the course of ~13 weeks, so you get to pick which weeks you write for. I HIGHLY suggest starting the first week possible, so they don't pile up, and that you can miss a few when you really need it. It's a seminar, so you are expected to come to class ready to talk, but what I did was just prep for my 8 weeks of essays and talk a lot those weeks since i already did the work. There are written, in-person exams, where you are able to use the textbook, and write in a blue book 1-2 pages per question (there are 5 total, so ~10 pages of writing). I thought my hand was going to fall off, but they aren't too bad. Professor Bodroghkozy is very knowledgeable about the topics, and is happy to expand if there are questions, but don't expect to get an A in the class (A- is the general grade). She very obviously leans left (politics do align with what you will learn), but that didn't affect my understanding of the general history.
Overall, this was a super time-consuming course but rewarding when you do the work and are able to participate. Don't let the writing scare you, just be wise with how you tackle the "reading responses" (the big essay question). For once a week, I liked how this class worked out.

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