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Staley's a little dry when he's in lecture mode, but he's really nice and sweet and funny otherwise. There's a good deal of reading but I thought they were really interesting. I was able to ace the papers just by drawing on the readings, so I wouldn't say taking notes during lecture is strictly necessary. Just sit back and listen.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures are hard to take notes on. Most of reading is dull. 3 essays (1200 words) with tough prompts that require you to cite a lot of course material for a good grade. TONS of reading. I was disappointed with this course and the professor's style of teaching. Hope for good TA. Mostly boring.Rate My Professors ↗
Tough class but good teacher.Rate My Professors ↗
There is a lot of reading (1500 plus pages) but you'll learn a lot. Richard is very sharp and will give you a good grade if you try hard. Take this class if your purpose of attending college is to learn something and not just get easy "A's"Rate My Professors ↗
If you are taking this course just because you hate labs and want an "easy" science class, don't take it. However,in my experience with Professor Staley, he was easily one of the friendliest, most brilliant professors on campus and his class was extremely eye opening. Didn't realize until recently how much I still apply knowledge from this class
Great Prof., always nice and ready to help.His class might be though for the amount of reading but it's totally wort itRate My Professors ↗
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