Reviews of professor Jared Gampel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Started this class off with a lot of theory of popular music, the music industry, and capitalism. Lots of students had difficulty with this, but it got better over the quarter. Lectures were always fun to attend as there would be in-class hearings of songs with subsequent analyses grounded in history. Get ready to read/skim, thoughtful professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gampel's class was tough but encouraged students to become better writers by formulating ideas and challenging them. A majority of the work involves writing about reading, so make sure you start early and seek help but as long as you attend office hours and listen to his feedback, you'd be able to do well in his class and learn a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Learned a lot about Marxist theory in his class, and was very insightful and eye opening. However, the readings are probably some of the hardest I've ever done and the concepts demand a lot of your time. Highly recommend Intro To Marxism if you're willing to put in the time and effort.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
So I entered the class not really knowing what to expect. At first, I thought the dude was pretty cool. However, I changed my mind later when I realized that he's a little pretentious. He didn't really give clear expectations on papers. However, he's very knowledgable, and somewhat personable, if you look past the pretentiousness. Disappointed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ironically, the most money I have ever spent for a class is his Marxism class. He forces students to print out the readings and annotate all of them. He'll probably make you spend a ton of money for his class just from buying and printing books. If you're poor, don't take the class. He's also incredibly pretentious and rude when lecturing.