WRITING 39B or Humanities 1A

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>WRITING 39B or Humanities 1A?</p>

<p>Which class is better/easier?</p>

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<p>i heard humcore was hell.</p>

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<p>Hum Core is a lot of work but a good class. </p>

<p>So if you want to start college off by taking the easy way out, then go for writing. But if you actually want to learn something, then take Humanities.</p>

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<p>definitely take hum core. It will save you tons of time as well, fulfulling 7 classes in 3.</p>

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<p>Hum Core is tough, but it will pay off in the end. Writing, as mentioned above, is the easy way out.</p>

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<p>Could someone enlighten us more on the Humanities Core and what gives it its notoriety of being difficult? What makes it hard: the coursework or the test/quizzes?</p>

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<p>Humcore:
-lots of reading( about 1 book per week)
-3 essays in a quarter(4-6 pages essay every 3-4 weeks)
-an in-class midterm and final (consists of 6-8 questions and 1-2 essay)</p>

<p>You have to really understand the book, reading a summary/sparknotes won't help because you have to really analyze it and connect it to other books.
If you get a good discussion leader, he/she will explain in detail all you need to know that you can usually get away without reading the book.</p>

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<p>does humanities 1A include the lecture/discussion AND writing or just the former?</p>

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<p>1 book a week? Are you serious? >_> What kind of books exactly..</p>

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<p>last years books were antigone, king lear, some sigmund freud book, **** like that</p>