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Can you list the courses you've taken this semester?
Course name/Prof/Class size/☆☆☆(1 to 5)

Hey all! I'm trying to figure out whether I should take Chem next semester. I'm already taking Research Methods II, Cognitive Psych, Intro to Cultural Anthro and Early European History, but I can drop either of the last two.

What is the workload like? Does it depend on the teacher? How hard a course is it, and how much time do you have to put into it?

Whatever input you can give would be much appreciated! Thanks.

Hi! I'm writing for a friend of mine who'll be a freshman at Oberlin in the fall. He has some questions about specific professors who are teaching first-year seminars in the fall.

Has anyone taken a course with Harlan Wilson (Politics), Stephan Mayer (Psychology), Annemarie Sammartino (History), or Marta Laskowski (Biology)? Anything to know about them? Any professors that are so awesome he should definitely take a class with sometime in his four years??

Thank you so much!

Hey there Obies, I'm looking for some class-choosing advice.

First, has any non-neuro major taken Neuropharmacology with Denny Smith? is it reasonable for a non-science major to take it? i haven't taken any biology or chemistry classes, but I've taken NSCI 201 and abnormal psych (heavy on neuro, for a psych class) and did very well in both. Is Smith receptive to non-majors taking his upper level classes? The only listed prerequisite is NSCI 201, which I have, but sometimes listed prerequisites don't really reflect what sort of background you need to do well in a course.

Next question: Has anyone taken English 399/Rhetoric and Composition 401 (Teaching and Tutoring Writing) with Podis? I will be a writing tutor in a class next semester and I have the option of taking this class or not if it doesn't fit in my schedule. I really can't put 3 credits and several papers into it, but I can do the reading and was thinking of auditing it if people recommend taking the class. Did you get a lot out of it, or did you resent having to take the class? Any opinions on the class and the professor would be appreciated.

Basically, its my senior year and Oberlin has so many great classes that I don't want to waste any credits or time taking the few classes that aren't worth it. Any suggestions are helpful. Also any "no matter what your major is you must take this class before you graduate or your 120K wasn't worth it" classes are good to know about. My recommendations? Dirty Wars and Democracy with Steve Volk, History and Structure of the English Language with Jen Bryan, Intro to Neuroscience with Lynne Bianchi, and Debating Democracy with Sonia Kruks.

Hey! Now that classes are coming to a close, howsabout assessing the ones you took this semester on this handydandy forum?

Wouldn't that be useful?

Folklore and Body- Gorfain
Revolutions - Crowley
Abnormal Psych - Porterfield
Playwriting Workshop- Walker

Reviews...( Read more... )

Developmental Psych with Bill Friedman v. Adolescence with Nancy Darling.

Discuss!

(And I can't go to both during add/drop, they are at the same time...)

Any advice/musings on any of the Philosophy dept. profs and the 100-level courses?

Thanks!

does anyone have any experience with Sam Carrier's PSYC106 Visual Communication course? I'd appreciate any information on the class. Would it be a good choice for someone with an artistic interest?

Anyone know what the reading load is like for these classes:
Public Policy with Dawson
Marxist Analysis with Blecher
Late 19th Century American Lit
Recent America: US Since WWII

Currently these are my classes, but I don't want too much of a workload.

Hi Oberlin!
I'm trying to get my SS credits, and I was looking at these three classes:
Developmental Psych (W. Friedman)
Cultural Psych (S. Mayer)
Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood (N. Darling)

Please, if you can tell me ANYTHING about either of these three classes, you will earn my eternal gratitude.
Thanks in advance! <3

Has anyone had experience with Dobbins or Chapman in introductory (100-level) religion courses?

I was wondering if anyone has taken any classes with Baudot. I couldn't find anything on rate my professors, and was wondering if there was anyone who had particularly good or bad experiences with her. Thanks!

Alas, I'm nearly finished with my career at Oberlin and do not have to register for classes. But for those of you who do, here are some recommended classes/professors:

( Mostly humanities with some NS thrown in for good measure. )

Hey! Course/Prof questions! If anyone could tell me anything about any of the following courses or professors, that'd be awesome.

No need for comments telling me to check RateMyProfs — I already have. I tend to get a much wider and more thoughtful range of opinions here than I do there. (Also, I ask about so many courses below that at least some of these comments will be useful to other people. I hope.)


Cinema 101 with Tess Takahashi (or anything else she's taught)?

Intro to CAST with Gina Perez?

Contemporary American Fiction with Pence? Comparative Lit with Deppman?

200-level economics courses with Cleeton (Financial Management), Kasper (Labor-Management Relations), Fernandez (Healthcare), and Kuttner (Macro)?

Also, the gamble of taking Micro with someone unknown this fall, versus with Cleeton in the spring?

Politics: Kruks for Explaining Social Power, Blecher for Political Economy of Development in Asia or Marxist Analysis of Society and Politics, and Howell for The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism?

Public Policy with Dawson? (Oh, the things I've already heard...)

Any/all intro-level Sociology courses?


Thanks!

The post about paper grades has made me wonder how the average person's grades look at the end of the semester. If you're all getting B's on papers, is it really more common to get a B in a class than an A? What are you thoughts on this? Do you think grades here are fair? How do they compare to other places?

I think I remember reading somewhere the average GPA here was 3.6.

I'm a prospective psych major, and I have a few questions. Please be kind enough to answer them!

Essentially, do Nancy Darling and Karen Sutton get unfairly bad raps? I've heard mostly bad but a few really good things about both of them, and I'm pretty interested in their areas of specialty. (Anyone reading this who has taken either Adolescence or Personality?)

Also, anyone have views on Hanna or Friemdan? I've heard conflicting things on both of them.

I found this on the website, several of you guys have probably already seen it, but I thought I'd post it for reference anyway.

Semesters in Residence > 7	1 - 300
Semesters in Residence of 6	301 - 1100
Semesters in Residence of 4 or 5	1101 - 2000
Semesters in Residence of 3 or 2	2001 - 3000
Semesters in Residence of 0 or 1	3001 - 3100

Village Apartment Style Allocations

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Firelands
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Single Studios 45
2-Person Apartments 19
3-Person Apartments 3

137 Elm
Single Studios 1
Double Studios 1
2-Person Apartments 5
3-Person Apartments 2

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Village Houses
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Woodland St.

4-Person Houses 7
2-Person Units 3
3-Person Units 1


Lorain St.

4-Person Houses 4
2-Person Units 2

Pleasant St.
4-Person Houses 4

W. College
4-Person Houses 3
2-Person Units 2

N. Main
4-Person Houses 2
2-Person Units 1

N. Professor
4-Person Houses 3

S. Professor
6-Person Houses 1

Can anyone comment on the differences between Neuro 201 (Bianchi/Braford) and 204 (Dennison Smith)?

I'm going to need it eventually for a psych major, and am trying to decide whether to drop my 204 and take 201 eventually, or stick with 204 now.

Thanks(?)!

Has anyone had Riggs in the Religion department yet?

So, I'm going into my first 300-level math course this semester: Group Theory with Susan Colley. I'm trying to decide if I can handle the workload if I add another class to my schedule. So, what is the work-load like in this class?

Has anybody taken CD granting courses with professors they absolutely loved?

Any recommendations / warnings would be appreciated.



American Lit. 1900-1950 --Takada Mayumi
Contemporary American Fiction --Liu Warren
Hist. and Structure of English --Bryan Jennifer
American Cinema -- William Patric Day

Love, Friendship, and Morality -- Bell James
Philosophy of Language -- Dorrit Ganson

Approaches to Western Art -- Susan Kane
VisPro: Painting -- Susan Umbenhour

Psst.

Has anyone taken any classes with Carton (particularly his economics courses), Pape (economics), Diane Miller (visiting psych), Brown-Orso (art, particularly her VisPro: Digital Video course) Harwood (particularly, Western architecture)

Now, for profs who you can tell me to check RateMyProfs (but I already did) - how are nearly everyone in the psych department (specifically, I've heard conflicting things about Darling and Mayer)? Is Dawson really worth his reputation? Are White and/or Dhingra good professors, or should I wait for a better prof to come if I'm considering intro sociology? What about the other two eco profs teaching Econ 101, Kasper and Zinser?

And for math - at this point in time, I'm not sure of whether I want to major in math, but I'm enjoying Calc II enough (...don't hurt me!) that I feel like continuing - what's the best course to continue with? The math department seems to recommend 220 (Discrete), but 231 (Multivariable) just fits so much more nicely into my schedule...

Same question for psych, actually. What's a good way to continue psych after 100, tentatively for a major?

(Thanks!)

hi, i'm Maya...I'll be a freshman next year. is Katherine Thompson a good teacher? are there any teachers you experienced folk think we should definitely avoid, or any whom you'd strongly recommend? hey, thanks!

Can anyone give me more info about these courses and/or their professors?


Environmental Mathematics
Robert Bosch

Introductory Astronomy
Daniel Stinebring

Intro to Musics of the World
Roderic Knight

Introduction to Oceanography
Steven Wojtal

Medieval Women Writers
Jennifer Bryan