MDST 2000

I got an A- in this class. Professor Rubin is not as bad as what others have said. Came in expecting a boring class, but instead, Rubin was funny, thoughtful and laid back. He's into music and gives a lot of music examples that really helped me understand the course material. Others in the class disagreed with this point though. His power points aren't very specific however lecture is entertaining, enjoy these. Your discussion section will highlight what's important to know for the class. Do the readings, I actually enjoyed the textbook, I thought it was pretty straight-forward and well organized.

There are two essays, the first one, the day with out cell phones paper, had a rubric basically designed by the looney tunes. It's more of a creative writing paper than an academic one as you're grade is largely determined on how deep your observations are rather than how well you tie in course material. At least my grade was. The second paper, the comparative music video analysis was much more straightforward and Rubin provided many questions about the material to answers from.

If you complete the study guides for the mid-term and final then they will be a breeze so long as you just re-call everything you remember about the material. Quizzes are more difficult than they have to be but do the readings and you won't fail them. The questions get specific and sometimes two answers will look correct with one that is more correct than the other.