Professor: Campbell Course format: Seminar	Number of respondents: 9 Total Enrollment: 10
Class Composition: Froshs: 2 Sophs: 2 Jrs: 1 Srs: 5 Concs: 3 Non-Concs: 4 Don't Know: 0

Instructor Average: 1.33 Course Average: 1.17

As its title implies, “The Life and Work of W.E.B. Du Bois” examines the late authors work from a diverse spectrum of varying perspectives. Throughout the course of the semester, class members analyzed Du Bois’ oeuvre from political, sociological, and poetic viewpoints. Officially, the sole prerequisite for enrollment in this course is one class in either AmCiv, Africana Studies, or US History.

The consensus amongst survey correspondents reveals a very favorable portrayal of Professor Campbell’s instructional performance. By and large, respondents found him to be intelligent, engaging and quite approachable in demeanor. Along such lines, he was viewed to extremely enthusiastic toward the subject matter at hand. The majority of class members found him to be sufficiently attentive to individual concern; a vital characteristic in such a small classroom environment.

In terms of the workload attributable to this course, students were primary evaluated upon their understanding of the reading. Overall, respondents found all of the assigned works to be extremely interesting. Many made specific mention of “The Souls of Black Folk” as being particularly intriguing.

Prospective students can anticipate spending anywhere from three to four hours weekly on work for this course. As expected by the nature of the material, this is almost solely devoted to completing the assigned readings. This seemed to more or less coincide with initial student expectation. For those who are interested in the life of the great sociologist, writer, and civil rights leader, W.E.B Du Bois, then “The Life and Work of W.E.B. Du Bois” might be the course for you.

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