<li>Intro to Human Evolution</li>
<li>Survey of Latin American Studies (or something along these lines)</li>
<li>Crossing Borders I/II</li>
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<p>Any comments/evaluations? Also, did you really have to do an oral report for “Survey of…”?</p>
<p>i'm taking the first two this fall, and i've taken CB I and II. they're all solid classes, from what i've heard (and experienced). the only thing you should be aware of is that there will be an obscene amount of reading for Survey, and possibly for one of your crossing borders classes, depending on who teaches it. i don't think there will be an oral report in survey, although it's listed in the draft of the syllabus I have...</p>
<p>melanie, by "obscene," do you mean possibly 10+ pages a night? also for survey, i only ask about the presentation because the idea of giving a speech in front of 60+ people seems a little daunting to me...so i'm really hoping that it's one of those things that the prof. won't be able to get to in time.</p>
<p>it usually won't be textbook reading, actually--the reading list is something like 13 books, although we won't read each one cover to cover, necessarily. generally, though, expect to read roughly a book a week for this class. i read 3500 pages last semester for the same prof. that said, it was all worthwhile reading.</p>
<p>10+ is a pretty big understatement for most washu classes, in my experience.</p>
<p>I took Intro to Human Ev. last fall. It is a really great class, I highly recommend it. Be prepared to work though. I worked my patootie off for a B! Professor Smith's exams are challenging.</p>