RELG 2300

Mathewes is an amazing lecturer who is able to keep the class engaged, even though it is so large. Scott Bailey, my TA, is by far the best TA I have had.

Mathewes is a good professor and keeps lectures fairly interesting, but there is entirely too much reading for this course (~900 pages of course packet for the semester). Midterm and final included sections on matching authors to articles - wasn't too difficult but doesn't do anything to help you learn. There was so much reading I ended up feeling like I couldn't get much out of it and we couldn't cover it all in discussions.

Extremely interesting, but you need to be caught up with the reading. There's A LOT of reading, and some of it is pretty dense, so if you don't like to read, I wouldn't recommend it.

Mathewes is a fantastic lecturer and the subject matter is fascinating. Peter Kang was very helpful and fun as a TA. The only drawback to the course is that there is an excessive amount of reading (4-6 hours per week), and while most of it is interesting, you must commit yourself to really going through the readings thoroughly in order to do well in the course.

Very interesting topics were presented in this class and discussion was usually quite thought provoking. Professor Mathewes is a brilliant lecturer, but he doesn't use a powerpoint or anything- he just stands up and talks, so you have to be really good at taking notes and listening. Personally, I thought the readings, though interesting, were excessive. However, if you are able to keep up with the readings, this class is very worthwhile.

Way too much reading, if they cut it down the class would be much more enjoyable and worthwile

This is an amazing class. Professor Mathewes is an engaging, entertaining, and knowledgeable professor, and the readings are genuinely interesting and enjoyable. You learn to become a better thinker and to gain new perspective on issues that we encounter everyday. This is an incredibly worthwhile class.

Great class, very interesting readings (albeit alot of them). Professor Mathewes actually cares about his students -- a rarity in the university world. Multiple old practice exams are provided for midterms and finals.

Good Professor. Have to do all the reading because there can be pop quizes in class any day. Grading all up to TAs, which can make it tricky. Also demand that essays be in specific format, which I didn't like.

Good class - very interesting and Professor Mathewes' lectures were pretty engaging. Covers a lot of material during lecture though, sometimes hard to keep up, but TAs are very helpful.