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A
class of their own
The
largest courses in Yale College by enrollment, 2009–10, with student comments
from online course evaluations.
May/June 2010
457
Psychology
110b
Introduction
to Psychology
Marvin
Chun
“Chun … transforms
some traditionally dry subjects of intro psych into fascinating, humorous
lectures with fantastic examples and class participation. People stand and clap
at the end of his lectures.”
355
Economics
115a
Introduction
to Microeconomics
Steven
Berry
“Huge
lecture, and can get dull, but it’s stuff you ought to know, and Prof. Berry
does everything in his power to make it interesting.”
332
History
261a
The
Cold War
John
Lewis Gaddis
“Fifty
years from now, this is one of the few courses I’ll still remember.”
312
History
of Art 115b
History
of Western Art, Renaissance to the Present
Alexander
Nemerov
“At
the end of every lecture, I sat in transcendent rapture for about a minute,
letting the implications of his lectures sink in.”
304
Cognitive
Science 110a
Introduction
to Cognitive Science
Brian
Scholl
“It
can be easy to stop paying attention to what Scholl’s saying in the long
lectures, because you’re thinking about the cool cognitive sciencey things
you’ve already learned.”
259
Philosophy
179a
Life
Shelly
Kagan
“Discussion
and lecture can sometimes be a bit scattered, but if you’re someone who enjoys
bull sessions about the meaning of life anyway it won’t feel like work.”  |
