class review!

If you are a history or prelaw major this class is definitly for you! If not don't rule it out just be aware that this isn't an easy elective course! Although this is a very demanding course if you put the work in you will definitly walk away from it with something. Professor Swihart is extremely knowledgeable on all the topics and is very good at breaking down all the information for all the non-history majors, like myself, to understand.
If you are looking for an easy A with as little work required as possible get out of this class now! If you are interested in learning a lot about American war's and how they affect our culture here's what you are in for...
For every class you are assigned AT LEAST one reading on various topics and are required to hand in at the beginning of class a page long summary of each article. This may seem easy but some of these articles are very long and difficult to understand, others are shorter and more interesting!
Two very good aspects of the class:
1. You are not graded on being entirely right or wrong, Professor Swihart looks to see that you actually read the entire article and put an honest effort into understanding it and then you spend the class discussing the article so even if your summary isnt exactly right you leave the class knowing what it was about
2. NO TEXTBOOK!! all of the articles are provided online!
Overall I think this class is worth taking if you have the time to put in the work, although at times I was overwhelemed by the workload in the end I am glad that I stuck with it and feel I learned a lot.
One last piece of advise if you choose to stick with this course... Don't leave the readings until the night before class!
~Maureen B.