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...lottery for this class is handled could also make you want to throw up. Porter and Head TF Carlos Diaz both hail from Dunster House (Porter is the housemaster and Diaz is the acting senior tutor). Students they know are almost guaranteed to get a spot...
...this class’s reasonable course load.Asian fetishists, head on over to Historical Study A-14 “Japan: Traditions and Transformations.” The class is difficult, and readings are extensive, but individual TFs are good and lecture on their areas of expertise. One enthusiastic TF, who had just gotten back from spending a year in Tokyo, delighted students with her appreciation for one of the assigned movies, “Tanpopo,” which is about searching for the perfect bowl of Ramen. Some students couldn’t quite shake their impression that...
...yourself often making educated guesses. On the plus side, you'll breathe a sigh of relief when it's returned—the grading is fairly easy. Another tip: during the review sessions in May, just put on your best sad puppy dog face and appeal to the head TF that "this concept is too hard," and poof!—its gone...
...answer yourself. Plus, if you attend lectures religiously, then forgoing the reading is permitted. Harris’ lectures are so lucid that paying attention will save you hours in Lamont, which translates to more run-amuck time for you godless ones. Beverly Foulk is a demanding but first-rate TF; the other sections run the gamut from excruciatingly boring to exhilarating. For a divinity-free overview of basic moral questions, MR 30, “Introduction to Ethics,” will hit the spot. If you think utilitarianism is a snooze, however, you should look elsewhere: no less than...
...level class. It’s good advice. Trust me: you don’t want to tackle the nature of existence before you can write a decent essay. To help you write that perfect paper, you’ll be assigned to a faculty member (not a TF) for advising, and despite the lax course requirements—12 courses for the elective track, 13 for honors—you’ll probably need all the help you can get, at first anyway. Along with its “light” course load, Philosophy is famous...