This class was great, professor loved what she was talking about and lectures were engaging. There was a lot to read each week, but personally you don't need to read everything to get an A in the class, as all the information you need will be covered in lecture. I would highly recommend this course!

This class is not an easy A, and it's very time-consuming. I ended up passing with an A, and I didn't read any of the reading. I used notebooklm and used the flashcard feature to take detailed notes. There are unannounced pop quizzes in the discussion question, which ask a lot of specific questions about the reading(sometimes they will ask you about previous readings from the week before), and 10% of your grade (I had 5 quizzes). There is a creative assignment for 10% of your grade, which is an easy A. Participation is 20% of your grade. For both the midterms and the final is 30% each. For the discussion sections, sometimes the TAs will call on you randomly, so just be aware. The midterm and final consist of short answers, identifying images from the lectures, and identifying the context of the passage given. The final had extra credit questions, which helped me a lot. I ended up getting As on both the midterms and the final. Also, the final is tested on the reading after the midterm.

The course was very manageable. Professor Petrovic was very funny and kept class interesting. I think it's a pretty good class to fulfill the CSW requirement. The only thing is that the midterm and final are open-ended, short-answer questions, but they were mostly taken from the discussion questions which are all posted. I studied the night before the midterm and made a 96, so it's doable. I barely did the readings for discussion, or I skimmed as long as I spoke once I think I was fine.

This is one of the best possible classes you can take. It fulfills your requirements, is interesting, and is easy. If you actually read the material (which is less than an hour a week - sometimes 1 hour) then you will get an 100% on the midterm. The instructor is the best part of my day any day when I wake up to go to class. All and all really engaging and well worth your time. As long as you read you will get an A-A+.

This class was very hard for me as a CS major looking to fulfil a gen ed. Don't take it just to fill in a requirement like me. If you are passionate about the topic, you might enjoy it and do well. There are a lot of readings, and I found some of the exam questions to be very niche towards specific details in the readings. In addition, there are pop quizzes in discussions also about niche details learned in lecture or readings. There's an easy project you do during the semester, but that's about as easy as it got for me in this class. Professor was nice but could sometimes be hard to understand due to her accent (not her fault).

This course was one of the best courses of my spring semester. Professor Petrovic is very passionate about the topic and it really shows in her class. If you have always been interested in Ancient Greece the lectures will be very interesting to attend—attendance is not mandatory but a lot of what falls in tests/quizzes are from class. In this class you have to attend all discussions where most of the grading is based on your participation on talking about the play/piece read that week; she recommends reading each assignment twice, but that's not really necessary as the discussion in the discussion class will refresh your memory. There is a significant amount of reading for this class but nothing that isn't doable. There are also small quizzes almost every week in discussions (they are very easy as long as you read the material) and sometimes there are written assignments about the piece/play assigned that week. Overall, this class didn't feel like a chore to me even through it seems like a lot the topics we discussed in class were amazing!

Overall, this class was great. Petrovic is a very interesting lecture and it is necessary to attend lecture, as concepts that aren't just from readings WILL 100% appear on exams. The 5 writing assignments aren't overly difficult, but it is necessary to spend a lot of time on them. It feels like the TA's grade the assignments not on content, but on how you structure them - which is very annoying. I don't think the quizzes were fair at all - they were detail oriented and would sometimes pull from previous weeks. Lecture was hard to follow but I would still take this class again. You will learn a lot and the readings are fascinating.

I loved this course!! Petrovic is an amazing lecturer and my TA (Parsons) was extremely knowledgable and interesting. The course is compromised of a 5 short essays, 5 quizzes taken in discussion section, and a midterm and final (both of which are short answer). I found this class challenging but fair. I spent a lot of time on the readings, some of which were very challenging, but in the end I was glad I took the course. I would only recommend this course to someone who really enjoys reading.

If you are really interested in Greek Mythology, take this course! You get a more in-depth analysis of each fascinating myth. During the year, the only assignments you have are readings and 5 or so papers you must turn into your discussion. The readings are very important so don't think you can go by by looking up summaries of them. There is one midterm and one final (not cumulative). The tests are all short answer and analysis of the texts you read so pay close attention in lecture to what the professor says about each myth. You have to understand more than the surface level of each myth in order to be successful in this class. Everything from the papers you turn in to the test will be graded harshly unless you show your deep understanding of the subject. Overall the class is definitely not an easy A, but can be really fun if you are fascinated by Greek myths.

This class is pretty interesting and a good class to take if you are interested in pursuing history or classics, but if you aren't this class probably isn't for you. It is way more work than you would think it is in order to get a good grade. The amount of reading and information you need to know for the exams is fairly high. You don't need to go to most lectures in my opinion because everything you need is in the readings and the lecture slides. I enjoyed the class overall as the knowledge of greek myth is very interesting to me (even though I am not doing any kind of history major and took this to knock out an area requirement) but be prepared for more work than you would think.