RELC 1220

This is a wonderful class. I happened to think that the topic was interesting, however, so I was never bored. Prof Gamble is great; he is very knowledgeable, a wonderful lecturer, and an all-around nice guy. Take this class! You would have no idea how much this knowledge comes in handy.

Worthwhile class if you are deciding whether or not to become a major. Don't skip lectures because lecture notes are important and the professor addresses quotations used in lectures on exams.

This class is fairly hard for no reason. The material is too broad to over everything for the midterm and there is too much packed into a 50 min exam. But on the other hand discussions were amazing, they truly made you think but in an enjoyable way. If you do not want to be a relgion major or minor I would shy away from this class. You probably will not get an A and waste a whole lot of time doing a whole lot of reading and studying. Plus Prof. Gamble has the most monotone voice in America

Like all religion classes, lots of reading. If you are a Christian and have an open mind, take the class. Be prepared to read/study however.

I was scared to take this class because I thought it would be way too much material and reading. The class was actually incredibly rewarding and the reading was interesting. I highly recommend this class if you have any interest in the subject. Lectures are very clear and the grading is fair.

Very interesting class. I have been exposed to Christianity my whole life, but this class makes you look at issues that you wouldn't have thought of before. Professor Gamble can be a little monotonous, but overall, the class is worthwhile.

This class was just alright. It wasn't hard, but it wasn't easy. Either do the reading or go to lectures, you don't have to do both. The tests (1 midterm and the final) weren't all that hard, but you definitely have to know your stuff.

Prof. Gamble was pretty boring. Very monotone and he's old, so he kind of mumbles. and in a huge lecture hall, it can be very hard to hear him!

That aside, though, the material made up for his monotony. I learned things in this class about the Bible and Christianity that I never learned in my 18 years of being Christian. So it's definitely a worthwhile class in that respect.

My TA was Christine Landau, who I would not recommend. She wasn't all that good at facilitating discussion. She would ask very narrow questions, but would get frustrated when no one would answer. So shoot for a different TA.

So overall, I think i would recommend this class. It's not that much work. It's not an easy A but it's definitely an easy B.

This class was way too hard for a 1000 entry class to the subject. The average for the midterm was a 78. The final was quite difficult with tricky T/F and MC questions as well as obscure passage IDs.

Professor is quite boring and hard to listen to. Material is interesting but it is difficult to keep up with the amount of readings. Midterm and Final are unnecessarily hard. Not an easy grade by any means. Griffin was an awesome TA.

This class was pretty easy--don't bother doing the textbook readings because he says the same things in class. But definitely pay attention in lecture because that's the most important for the midterm/final (even if it's easy to tune out his monotonous way of speaking). If you're familiar with the New Testament already you can get by without doing the readings out of the Bible as well, though it certainly helps to review the specific ones for discussion. David is a fantastic TA. This class is nice because there's not too much work throughout the semester (no weekly papers or anything), though that does put considerable pressure on the midterm/final grades. Some people though the midterm/final was challenging, but I didn't really think it was too bad--though I recommend forming a study group and splitting up the study guide he gives out before each and covering that thoroughly. Also, David held a review session for the midterm/final that was incredibly helpful so if a TA has one of those you should definitely go to it.