<p>In Penn’s PPE program or History program, what are academics like?</p>
<li><p>How are class sizes?</p></li>
<li><p>How is professor/student interaction?</p></li>
<li><p>How is grading? Basically, are people at each other’s throats because only a small percentage can get good marks?</p></li>
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<p>thank you</p>
<p>Humanities and social sciences aren't really curved.</p>
<p>Any other comments from penn students or those who have knowledge on this?</p>
<p>im taking a childer's world war II class right now. pretty famous. many people would describe it as watching the history channel for 2-3 hours a week. most human classes are lots of reading, (vs. sets for math/sci). keep up on that and know how to write an essay, its all hunky dori</p>
<p>^ oh man ive been dying to take a childer class.</p>
<p>bastards there better let me in</p>
<p>hi mengcheng.</p>
<p>Basically it comes down to what you want to put into the class (Much like the real world). If you want to go to lecture, sleep through recitation, and take the course just to get the credit, you can do that...loser</p>
<p>Or you can really pay attention, use office hours, and of course, email...</p>
<p>Email is a godsend for enabling universities to give undergraduates attention similar to that of a liberal arts school. I email my professors all the time with questions or comments or random thoughts...whether I have a class with them or not.</p>
<p>If you are in to learn for learning's sake, the great minds of Penn are there for you. But you must take the initiative.</p>
<p>sup kneeland</p>
<p>yeah childers is like a thespian, he's good...almost to the point of inflated self-importance, but makes a great class. i believe someone compared it to watching the history channel for 2 hours a week</p>
<p>In History you can coast where you want to and focus on the courses that interest you. As long as you write well virtually all of them can be nailed with minimal effort, if you so choose.</p>