ANTH 2810

Professor Hantman is a great professor. The class is very much based on the readings, so as long as you get the readings done on time and attend the lectures, you'll do well in this course.

Besides the long tangents, he goes off on, Hantman is a very good professor. Very passionate, knowledgeable, and, animated person. Course material is not difficult to understand. Possible to earn an A if you take good notes in lectures. You can still receive a good grade in the class without reading weekly readings/books. Be prepared for exam extended responses, by providing details and answering the specific question.

Great professor, but the course is a bit stretched out; it feels like the material could be condensed into just one month. There were three books to read throughout the course, but the majority of the reading was not helpful on the tests or for the overall understanding of the class.

Hantman is great guy! Very knowledgable and funny. He does get off track at times. The course is only made up of 3 grades which can be annoying but the first two are basically memorization. Pretty easy and nice course.

Like other have said, this is definitely science ended. The only other anthro class I've taken was 1010, but I feel like anthro classes don't typically involve a lot of brute memorization. The first 2 out of 3 exams are entirely brute memorization - like history IDs.
I really liked Hantman at the beginning; he has an adorably quirky sense of humor. But the man cannot stick to the topics that he expects us to know for the exams for his life. He is wildly tangential and spends roughly 60% of the class delving into irrelevant details, which puts most of the class to sleep. On the other hand, if you go to all the lectures, take notes, and thoroughly google the terms on the study guides he sends out (always last minute though), readings are not necessary to get in the A range on exams.
I guess I was kind of disappointed by this class because I thought we'd spend a lot of time talking about the evolution of language, art, and culture in humans, but it was very rushed, and a lot of it had to be learned through assigned videos/Google. The bulk of this class is memorizing the dead white men who founded evolutionary theory, and the details of the ~20 species in the hominid family tree. Easy A though.

This class was one of the best I have taken so far at UVa. The subject is fascinating. Hantman can get off track really easily and could probably say everything he needs to in a fraction of the class period, but his enthusiasm and passion for the subject are adorable. There are assigned readings, but you can get away with not doing them. He sends out a study guide before each exam, which are very straight forward.

Professor Hantman is by far my favorite professor at the University so far! He is very approachable, humorous, and easy going. As for the class, as long as you keep track of what is going on in lecture, studying for tests won't be stressful since the study guides Hantman sends you have every term and concept you need to know. A bit more science ended than your average anthropology class but recommend it for anyone!

Hantman is the man. You learn a lot about human evolution and pop culture. Reading is totally unnecessary and the exams are not very difficult. 3 exams equally weighted, first one on evolutionary theory, second and third on human evolution. Science-ended anthropology and a good class all around.

Loved Professor Hantman, he's a good lecturer and makes the majority of the class really interesting. You have two tests and a final that consist of short answer and short essays and they're not too hard

I LOVED THIS CLASS! Definitely science ended. Professor Hantman is great, although he does often get off topic. There are 3 exams that make up the grade. All are pretty easy if you know the material.

I loved this class. Professor Hantman is a really cool, funny guy. But, he does get off topic and often spends 40 minutes going over something that really only needed 10. So if you're the type of student that really gets annoyed if lectures aren't straightforward, maybe rethink this class. The books assigned are really interesting and easy to read. The class is not hard at all. The midterm is worth the most of your grade and mostly just involves straight memorization. Nothing tricky. I would recommend to anyone interested in evolution. Its definitely a nice break if you're science/math heavy and you'll take a nice bit out of it.

The actual material you read in Our Origins (the book he uses) is VERY interesting (if you like anthropology, biology, darwin etc.) but the lectures are literally death... Prof Hantman is such a cute little man but I can't remember a single lecture where i wasn't desperately clicking on stumble upon to stay awake. there are only three exams, and it is best to just thoroughly read the material. Attending lectures is not going to make or break your grade, and probably not really necessary. Great topic but lectures suck. not that hard for the most part, no homework!

Straight forward class. Easy to fulfill the archaeology requirement for anthro majors. Hantman is a really nice and funny guy. Sometimes, you wonder if he tries to walk like an Australopithecus boisei

The class first half of the class is really easy, to the point that you really don't need to pay attention or go to class. After the first test, though, he shifts a bit to material that is a little harder. The reading becomes more essential to getting a nice grade and you should pay attention in discussions.

Kind of a boring class. Didn't feel like I really got anything out of it. Reading was the same as going to lecture. All in all, nothing special.

Not typical anthropology at all, no cultural relativity etc. Not very difficult, interesting material you won't learn in other courses. Nice complement to biology classes.