RELG 2160

class is easy in that theres no homework. you're given the exam questions to sort of plan and prewrite its just memorizing that. discussion is whatever just participate once every other class or so. exam grading, especially the essay portion, is pretty annoying. graders tend to look for specific parts so even if you are right in mentioning something you may get points off for not mentioning others. highly suggest going to office hours to check your prewritten answers, CJ McCrary will give you what you need to say and you're set from there.

Prof Warren clearly cares about her subject and it's refreshing to see someone who is so immersed in religion. Her lectures are fairly interesting but keeping up with notetaking with how fast she speaks was sometimes hard. Would reccomend either takign this class with a friend/ making a class friend for incase you miss something in lecture. Discussion was lowkey annoying but my TA at least helped us understand the readings more. Exams test you on a studyguide where you're given all the possible questions, which was super helpful. just study/ understand the guides an you'll be fine. Overall, interesting class as someone who isn't into religion and taught by an adorable/great prof. An easy A in the end, but was stressed I might end with a B at some points in the sem. Don't take if you don't liek writing essays on exams.

Heather Warren is the absolute sweetest. Had her totally virtually but she was so cute and literally sang to us multiple times. Class is great, curriculum is decently interesting and she gives out review sheets for every exam with exactly what will be on it. Pretty sure discussion participation and exams are the only grades. Anyway, recommend with this teacher.

Take it for easy A or if you like religious studies. That's all. Warren is plug.

This is a high school level course in terms of difficulty. Attend lecture, take notes, and know the stuff on the study guide (she tells you exactly what will be on each exam) and you will get an A. If you get less than an A, you screwed up somehow. Besides difficulty, class is somewhat interesting if you are interested in the subject... don't buy course packet. highly recommend if you are looking for a moderately interesting grade booster

Amazing teacher. Attending class and discussion help prepare you for the exams. She gives the more questions than the exam before it so it is straight forward to prepare. Good class to take if you want to do well and learn.

I definitely recommend this class, especially if you are looking for an easy A. Professor Warren is great! She is very engaging and incredibly knowledgable - she even sings in class sometimes! I thought it was important to go to lecture because while it may seem useless in the moment, I found it helped me when it came time to study. The biggest perk of this class is she gives you a study guide before every test, even the final, with what could possibly be on the test. You go over it in discussion and all you have to do it fill it out and memorize it. I did that and got high A's on both of the tests during the semester. I think discussion is pretty useless... didn't really learn anything more than I did in lecture. Biggest tip... do not buy the course packet. You may think you will actually do the readings, but you won't, and she puts it on collab. Even without reading, it's pretty easy to act like you know what you are talking about in discussion. I actually enjoyed the content of this class and would 100% recommend it to anybody looking for an easy class to lighten up their schedule.

Great lecturer and easy easy tests- 3 exams with study guides (10 terms and 2 of them will be on the exam)

Warren is an excellent professor who is very knowledgable about the subject. Lectures can be a bit dry and the Powerpoints are next to useless since they only contain images. However, weekly discussion is really helpful for delving into topics and getting to better understand a reading or some important ID's. She gives you a study guide that will have everything that's on the test, so the exams really aren't that difficult. The hardest part are the essays, and just trying to say everything in a concise way. This was a very informative class that satisfied two requirements and I'd recommend this to anyone trying to knock out prereqs or looking to explore! (This had several student athletes in the class, take that however you will.)

EDIT: I'm adding this note because I don't think anyone else has mentioned it: You do NOT need to buy a textbook for this class! I never really read it. The readings are all online, although I found that having a hard copy helped. The printed out copyshop packages of readings from previous years seemed to work just fine for this semester.

This is honestly such a great class. Not too hard but you still get good information. Learning about the major American religions is fascinating and Heather Warren is a fantastic professor. I had Bradley as a TA and he was also awesome and super helpful. Highly recommend this course!

I honestly don't have much interest in religion, but I really enjoyed my discussion. Tests are easy and even the work for discussion was minor/you could read one page of the reading and talk enough in class to get your points. Warren was good overall

This class is unbelievably easy. Classes are a bit boring just go and take notes and you'll be sure to ace the test. She gives you a sheet with all of the possible terms/quotes/essay questions that could be on the test so all you have to do is make sure you know all of those and the tests are a breeze. Discussions really very section to section but I would highly recommend Mae-- she rocks and class is actually really interesting and you learn a lot. #tcf2016

Professor Warren is awesome, however this class drove me crazy because of my TA, Charlie. He clearly had favorites in discussion and was a hard grader. I took my test to him during office hours and was able to argue back about 5 points due to him taking off for ridiculous things (I said Dorothy Day helped feed the poor rather than "opened soup kitchens"). In the end I got a B+

This class has been one of the greatest I have had the opportunity to take! I loved the course material, the exams were so easy, and Professor Warren is the most friendly, relaxed, and flexible professor! Everyone should take this class

This is the second class I've taken with Professor Warren and she's probably my favorite teacher I've had at UVA. The class is pretty straightforward, mostly just looking at how religion has been a part of American history, which is really easy because a lot of the context most people have already learned in history classes (MLK, great depression, Cold War, etc), so that makes the new information a lot easier to learn. Sometimes lectures can be a little dull and you have to take a lot of notes, but before each test (2 midterms and a final), Warren sends out a review sheet with possible terms/essays that might be on the test and then she'll put about half of them on the actual exam, so as long as you know what is on the review sheet its really easy to do well. She also likes to play the guitar in class sometimes and is just a really entertaining person in general, so definitely take this class if you get a chance.

The class is pretty easy, and Professor Warren gives you plenty of resources in preparation for the exams. There are two midterms and a final and for each one of these she hands out a study guide that has all the questions she's going to ask (and a few that she will leave off the exam) so if you just go to lectures, take good notes, and prepare well from the study guides you should be fine. Her lectures are very entertaining as she demonstrates a real passion about the subject. She's kind of strange in her own cute little way and she'll often sing and play songs on her guitar if it relates to the time period or religion we are studying. I had Daniel Wise as a TA and he was really great. I wouldn't even buy the textbook if I were you, though, I don't think I opened it once. The course packet provides readings for discussion sections and that's all you really need. I'd definitely recommend this class.

The class is really easy since she gives you a study guide of the terms and identifications for the two midterms and the final. There's a lot of boring readings that you can mostly skim since the TA's review the material. Sometimes it's hard to discern the main idea but the TA I had (Daniel Wise) was very helpful and made time for his students. You do not really need the Religion in America textbook. Overall, an easy class for a history/humanities credit.

I took this course because I heard it was pretty easy and I needed to satisfy my humanities requirement. However, I found the material really boring. Professor Warren requires that you handwrite all lecture notes (unless you need accommodations of course), but she speaks super fast. She really knows and enjoys the subject, but I felt like her lectures were jumbled at time and I couldn't distinguish which facts were important at first (you do pick this up after taking the test and knowing what she deems as important). The grade breakdown consists of a discussion grade, two midterms, and one final. Discussion involves talking about the primary reading of the week. This was one aspect of the class that I disliked - there was just way too much reading every week. There is not only the reading from the textbook (usually brief, quickly describes the religious movement) but also a usually long reading from the course book. Charlie Cotherman was my TA, and I thought he was good and led discussion well. Discussion is mandatory, which is sort of a bummer since I didn't find it that helpful. While she gives you a study guide beforehand for the exams, it really was not as helpful as I thought it would be. Sure, you get to know which topics to study, HOWEVER you don't really know what she wants for the answer...Overall, I guess this class would have been more interesting if I was actually interested in the material. Take it if you kind of want to know more about America's religious history or are just interested in religious studies in general.

Prof. Warren was extremely enthusiastic about the subjects as well as engaging during lecture. Lecture attendance is a MUST though, she doesn't really focus on the textbook at all

This was a very enjoyable class. Professor Warren made lectures almost like a story rather than just dry information. She even played guitar and sang for us occasionally. Discussion sections were basically an overview of lecture, so make sure that you take good notes in lecture so that you can participate in section. She also sends out a study guide a few weeks before the tests (2 midterms and a final), which will be much easier if you complete them in small groups (this is, of course, allowed). Participation is also 25% of your grade, so like I said, make sure that you attend lectures and take good notes. The reading for the class is not excessive and is moderately interesting. My favorite reading assignments were some of the books that were assigned (one was a book of sermons by Martin Luther King, Jr). The grading was relatively fair, but you need to study and really connect your ideas in the short answer, identification, and essay portions (which is the entire test) to broader topics from the class in order to get a good grade. The first midterm was 10%, the second was 25%, the final was 40%, and participation was 25%. I got a low B on the first midterm and a B- on the second, but I still ended up with an A minus in the class because I participated a lot in discussion and studied hard (by this point, you should know the format and what to expect) for the final. Professor Warren also added one whole point to our final grades if we did the course evals on Collab. Pretty fair class, but you have to try--which isn't hard because it's relatively interesting material taught by an amiable and approachable professor.

Do your reading, go to class, and you will get an A. Put some thought into exams.. Professor Warren gives you all the questions in advance, therefore you need to put some time and thought into the "importance" of the question. Simply answering the question will only get you a B. If you are willing to study for each exam you will get an A. Don't take class thinking it is an easy A if you aren't willing to study at least a little.

Probably one of my favorite classes at UVa. Professor Warren is great - enthusiastic, plays live music in class, and she's really smart. A lot of reading for the class, most were interesting. She gives you the terms for the tests and finals, all you have to do is go over your class notes and you'll get an A.

Professor Warren is awesome! Material is manageable and easy to understand. Not an incredibly engaging course but definitely not going to kill your GPA. Norris is a fantastic TA.

Best teacher I have had at UVa, do your reading show up to class and you will be fine. I did take extensive notes and that really helped

Warren is AWESOME! She would sometimes bring her guitar and sing for us! I didn't do any of the readings, but went to lecture and took pretty good notes and ended up with an A. Super easy, and she gives you the test questions ahead of time, so studying is low stress.

Pretty easy class. Basically come to class everyday, write down everything she says (including what she says after class is over, since she tends to run over a lot), memorize everything on the study guide (which is basically the test) and you will get an A. I LOVED my TA and if you get a chance GET AARON GOLDMAN. He had study sessions before the test and as long as you came prepared, he really really helped. Take it if you're willing to do like 3 hrs work/month and you'll get an A

this class was actually harder than i expected, mainly because of the emphasis on rubric grading instead of grading on the individual's knowledge of the subject. pretty boring.

So-so class. I didn't learn as much as I thought I would about religious history, but I will say that there is very little work in this class. That being said, the hardest part about the class is not the easy assignments, but the stringent picky grading of essay questions. But this was all trumped by the class' structure and the minimal information you can learn in this class.

people like warren but i found the class pretty boring...structure is that of a middle school class -study guide with all the questions on the test. pure regurgiation will get you an a, but the strict grading rubric totally defeats the purpose of actually learning how to apply any of the information

Professor Warren is great. There's a lot of reading but you don't need to do it all. There are study guides for the test and final so you know the questions beforehand.

Heather is a doll, but her class structure sucks. I only suggest this class for the requirements it fufills, and for those who TRULY enjoy religion and america.

Very interesting class that looked at a large variety of religions and points of view. Review sheets given for the midterm and final which is helpful, but as a result she expects an extreme amount of detail in answers. Overall your grade refects your time and effort.

I really regret taking this class.

heather warren plays the guitar and sings in class and sometimes shows cool videos! yeah!