<p>I am just curious if anyone knows of any particularly popular or recommended classes or professors. I'm a history major transferring in this next semester, but I'm looking to take a pretty wide range of classes.</p>
<p>If you’re into this kind of thing, I took a sex & evolution class my first semester and loved it, and the professor - Christine Reiber. I think she’s relatively popular with those that take a course with her (I’m dying to take another with her - darwinian medicine this spring hopefully). </p>
<p>Otherwise, if you’re into psychology, Merriwether was a really excellent professor who I would recommend. </p>
<p>As far as history classes go, I couldn’t direct you there, being a science major history is not my thing.</p>
<p>Also - Check ratemyprofessor.com for some reviews, that tends to help.</p>
<p>Reiber was good? I didn’t take her darwinian medicine class, because a few people told me she wasn’t that great…and her ratings weren’t either. I’ll have to remember that next spring.</p>
<p>Also, avoid Sommerville’s hist 103 class…I took it freshman year 1st semester, I did well but it was a lot of work.</p>
<p>I took her Darwinian Medicine class before I transferred. Dr. Reiber’s class was very interesting. I also found her to be one of the most fair professors I have had[she allows you to ask her questions during exams regarding vocabulary that you might not understand and answers them unless they are specific to the questions answer]. I learned not to use the ratings after they were off for her and Dr. Martin[who I had for Soci100, another one I would recommend].</p>
<p>I personally found her to be a very fair professor, with an interesting course, and I liked her as a person as well. </p>
<p>And yeah, I try to take ratemyprofessor’s reviews with a grain of salt. Sometimes it’s a bunch of bitter students who didn’t do well and are basing it more on the course itself than the professor… if that makes any sense at all.</p>
<p>My roommate had very good things to say about ‘TV in American Culture’ and the professor Ryan Vaughan. I haven’t taken the class so I can’t agree or disagree, but, overall, she was very pleased with the class.</p>
<p>Personally, the best professor I’ve had so far is Erik Grayson. He’s very funny, encouraging, and my writing certainly improved a lot when I took his class. I’d definitely recommend him.</p>