Reviews of professor Jared Gampel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not an easy class, but a very nice one, also extremely interesting how the different genres are explored. Very heaving reading, but if you can keep up you will do fine. Especially after the first unit, the course will get easier as you understand the course better and get into the flow of things.

 "used textbooks" he gives most readings to you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice guy!  If you don't like to read I definitely do not recommend this class however, as you have to dedicate a lot of your time to doing the readings for each week.  Assignments are relatively easy if you pay attention and read.  The professor is very understanding of personal situations/mental health which I really appreciated.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took C9 core course. He graded extremely difficultly, rarely giving out As for assignments. Was a lot harder than the other professors teaching the same class. He is biased, he pushes communist values and only reads sources that are anti-capitalist. Half way through the quarter gave up and switched to P/NP because of how ridiculously he graded.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I personally loved learning about Marx before taking this class. Professor Gampel lacks any sense of passion in his lectures and often talks down, almost pretentiously. You have to spend quite a bit of money acquiring several hard copies as he requires them for a participation grade (the most backwards, ironic thing for a Marxism class).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is extremely knowledgeable but very one-sided. If your argument is not what he thinks he is demeaning and talks down to you under the disguise of trying to get you to develop your opinions. He is pretentious and a harsh grader even though his assignments are poorly explained. He's a nice person I think, when he's not trying to prove himself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This was the best professor I have ever had at ucsc. His lectures were fascinating and necessary if you wanted to keep up in the class. The reading is pretty challenging, and expensive, but you honestly didn't have to if you went to lecture, and I got used books for cheap. Puts so much effort into making things make sense, really cares and TAs rock

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really pog teacher, it was hard material to read through but the sections with Jared made it more accessible. The conversations with Jared and other students in his section and outside hours really helped to clarify certain points and to concentrate on the key ideas of the texts. He was serious but really relaxed throughout the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great class. Lectures were both interesting and engaging. There was a lot of reading but if you can keep up you're golden. If you give Jared your respect, he'll reciprocate. If you just want to get a GE done, this class might not be for you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
this guy is not the best teacher! There are better professors, he gave me PTSD and I literally moved in 3 months ago.