Professor: Love Course format: Seminar Number of respondents: 36 Total Enrollment: 43 Class Composition: Froshs: 15 Sophs: 13 Jrs: 9 Srs: 6

Instructor Average: 2.06 Course Average: 2.02

“Racism, Addictions, and Resiliency in Modern Native American Communities” aims to provide an introduction to Native American studies. It looks at current Native American issues with respect to past history, especially history involving racism and alcoholism. No background is needed for the course.

Students were pleased with Professor Love. They praised his use of movies and music to supplement his lectures. The course met only once a week and some felt that the professor had difficulty staying on topic during that time and often appeared disorganized. He was described as approachable and passionate with a good sense of humor. Reviewers said he did a commendable job of maintaining their interest despite the long class period.

The class required a lot of work at times. There were two take-home essays and a final paper with presentation, and many students felt that the two essays were excessive. Each required up to 5 individual papers to complete, and it was suggested that the course would be less intense if the essays were divided up and spread over the semester. Furthermore, some mentioned that the reading was heavy.

Keeping in line with the assignments, the amount of time spent on this course depends on whether an assignment was due. Survey respondents normally spent three to five hours per week reading, and they spent from ten to twenty hours during the weeks when the three big assignments were due. Many said that that the amount of time spent reading was more than expected.

Most people thought this was a great class for learning about Native Americans with a good professor. However, be prepared to spend a lot of time on the course when the projects are due.

View ET/0060 in the Brown Online Course Announcement.