<p>Are there lots of in-class essay exams for humanities/social science classes (especially English and history?) I don't mind lots of writing, but if it's in-class then it's a lot harder. =(</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>It depends on the professor. The only history I’ve taken had in-class essays for the midterm and the final. It was pretty hellish :(</p>
<p>But the soc/wom std class I’m taking now has two take-home assignments and a MC midterm & final. </p>
<p>So check out Bruinwalk when you’re choosing classes.</p>
<p>Just about every single history class I’ve taken I’ve had in-class exams. I’ve never had one history class that’s been solely papers… and I’ve taken… </p>
<p>8 history classes I think and like um… less than 5 humanities/other type of social science courses. For your upper-division history classes, you WILL have in-class exams unless you get the rarity that is Mary Corey and her intellectual history courses… or you’re taking seminar courses (designated with an S or a 97 usually or a 191) class that tend to focus more on the take home exams… a good deal of history upper divs are something like 60% final and 40% midterm or… 30-30-40 breakdown in terms of paper-midterm-and final i think… (at least in my exp) 
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<p>For English, I think outside of the lower-division classes… you’ll see it consist mostly of papers…</p>
<p>For Sociology 101 (Social Theory)… I had in class midterm in class exam and a paper
For Sociology 182 (Political Theory) I had solely papers… and then one fat in class final that lasted freaking 3 hours (YES ALL OF IT) and I finished the blue book… for a good 50% of my grade. <3</p>