<p>Hi..I'm thinking about taking World History of Science in winter. Does anyone know something about that IHUM. Is it an interesting one? Any advice on a good TF?</p>
<p>Also, can anyone suggest some good pwr instructors? </p>
<p>Thanks alot</p>
<p>yeah i second this</p>
<p>i only heard to stay away from mass violence ihum</p>
<p>PWR: Paul Bator is good, though I haven't looked at a schedule to see if he's teaching anything this year.</p>
<p>I had Paul Bator and I wasn't crazy about him. His class was interesting, but it did nothing for my writing.</p>
<p>hmm...does anyone have suggestions for easy pwr courses? I'm not much of a writer</p>
<p>does anyone have input about these IHUMs:
-the fate of reason
-art and ideas
-epic journeys, modern quests
-approaching religion
-world archaeology
which is the most interesting? and which ones are easy/hard? what kinds of things do they ask on the final exams?</p>
<p>i heard that fate of reason was easy and had relatively not a lot of reading...i also heard to stay away from approaching religion...</p>
<p>i would also like to hear input about world archeology...</p>
<p>I don't know that fate of reason was especially easy. It wasn't hard, and it's true it didn't have much reading, but the reading we did have tended to be (not surprisingly) a bit dense. Hussain is an amazing prof, and I don't know anything about the other prof. When I took the class I loved it, although now Bobonich won't be teaching it this year apparently so it might not be the same.</p>
<p>As a non-Stanford student I can't comment on his teaching, but Ian Hodder is one of THE authorities in archaeology. I can't believe he is teaching freshmen!</p>
<p>thats how much stanford loves us!</p>
<p>why have you heard to stay away from the mass violence IHUM?? is it because of the workload or what??</p>
<p>anyone know if Ryan Zurowski gives out lots of work?</p>
<p>I've heard that World History of Science and Mass Violence is really hard from another freshman. Can anyone testify to this? I kinda want to do World History of Science</p>
<p>Also, anyone know anything about the Epic Journey's, Modern Quests IHUM and the TF's in it? (Sabrina Ferri, Marisa Galvez, and Daniel Medin)</p>
<p>Also, to anyone considering taking world history of science, steer well clear of Molly McCarthy as your TF. I had her during the fall for the Civil War IHUM and she doesn't give A's on papers.</p>
<p>stay away from Alice Petty (World archaeology)
Marisa Galvez is pretty good; she taught "Sex: Its Pleasures and Cultures" in the fall.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how is the fate of reason graded? Is there a final exam?</p>
<p>I took the Utopia one in the fall and the extra credits really helped me. Anyone know any winter ihums that also give out extra credits?</p>
<p>When the winter prof taught Fate of Reason two years ago, he covered the material for the spring and we had two papers during the quarter and then a final. He gave us a list of about 150+ terms and questions that might be covered, that basically covered everything we discussed in the texts. I think most/all questions were from the list.</p>
<p>Also...why is World History of Science so difficult? Is it really difficult or is it because most people taking it are techies? Are the papers graded harsher?</p>
<p>that depends on your tf. As I said before, avoid Molly McCarthy (a world history of science TF), she's a harsh grader.</p>