Instructor does not give exams, has students do ten journals, going to lectures is not helpful, just do journals and the presentations and paper.

She acts like she is too good for her students. Worst history class yet.

I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, I was 20. Apparently, she didn't get the memo that her class isn't filled with six-year-olds. Maybe tomorrow we can actually start to study history.

Worst class I have ever taken. She says we cover important events, but yet we skipped the CIVIL WAR!! Does that seem wierd to anybody else? Discussion teacher Ms Sheinberg was only good thing about this class, at least she was helpful, skip this cla

Not that hard, class is basically optional! Go to study sessions and talk and you can get an A. Gives you the option of taking midterm and final or doing weekly journal.

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS! If you're looking for an instructor who evaluates your work but doesn't teach you a thing or seem to have the slightest care if you pass or fail the class, Eve's your gal. How did SDSU get stuck with her?

Boring, no tests except final, weekly journals, pretty easy but lecture is so boring and hard to wake up to go in the morning. But I mean if you have to take it, dont stress. Its easy just boring.

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Class not bad, but grade depends on your TA; if you get matt, avoid at all costs; hard grader, needs to be his way, focuses his grading on his own topics, not according to the syllabus

SOOOO much reading, you don't know your grade until the end of the semester you have no idea what it is. final paper graded really hard. interesting lecture,she takes a different perspective then typical hist classes. you have to read a ton every night of confusing primary sources in old english

wow this class was a complete disappointment... really I had already taken an econ class in the same lecture room (ENS 280) but this teacher.. she just confuses you and drones on about history like if it were the best thing in the world. I so far have not done the journals but im guessing the midterms wont be hard... its bad enough i had to get like 5 books for her class. Guess I'll end up learning something with just reading the books, but yea the discussion classes are a lot funner.

The secret is just do the journals and find out from day one how the TA wants them to be written. Don't do the midterm and go to your TA's office hours or email them. They are helpful and they grade you, not her. Skip lecture and never miss discussion.

This lady is sooo boring. There is no point to her lectures. I didnt pay attention to one lecture and am still doing fine in the class. The only reason you should go to lecture is to get participation points because they take attendance. lame class.

lectures reall suck. the only thing going for a person is if they get a cool TA then you will get a good grade, but if you get a bad TA your grade will slip. i had a bad TA and they gave me a C- for final grade when i had an B+ before the final. she just didn't like my final paper i guess but i did it exactly how she told me to do it. DONT TAKE IT

This class is EXTREMELY BORING! Lectures can be a drag almost everyone in the 500 person class slept during lecture.. You can either do two midterm papers and a final 10 pg paper or a 1 pg weekly journal and the 10pg paper. I would recommend the journals it forces you to read and helps with the final paper. Only take this class if you enjoy hist.

Very Boring Class. I fell asleep during most of the lectures. can choose between weekly journals [50+ pages of reading] or 2 midterm papers. and a final paper. I hated this class, and i dislike history because of it. Dont take the class, but you might want to see her tan line on her shoulders. its like Ebony and Ivory!

Dr. Kornfeld is the worst professor I have ever had. She takes attendance AND assigns seats in a 500 person lecture hall... seriously? She assigns all of this extra reading and assignments that do not benefit your learning whatsoever, and makes you purchase all text books that she wrote that you will only read a few chapters of, which means more

For a 500 person class, she teaches in a horrible manner. The worst way to teach a huge lecture class is to stare out into the audience and just lecture, and that's what she does! Though we watched a couple interesting movies, EXPECT A LOTTT of reading every week (if you choose journal writing vs midterm papers). Too much time to put into a GE

This class is pretty awful. Go to class and talk in section for full participation. Its not hard to get an A but you won't learn anything

Unfortunately, Dr. Kornfeld is vague about objectives and grades during the semester, and takes a holistic approach that leaves plenty of room for unpleasant surprises at the end of the semester. If you are a performance-driven student who likes to know how you are doing during the semester, do not take her class.

For the love of God and all that is holy, take this class at a community college and save yourself the endless tedium. Kornfeld should never have been given permission to teach a freshman level lecture. I guess you can put 300 people in a seating chart and force them to watch 80's movies for half the semester...If you're a horrible teacher

Not difficult but not easy. Lots of reading and can either do a weekly journal or a midterm or midterm paper. DO THE JOURNALS. I didn't do any of the reading and ended up doing well in the class. Attendance is mandatory but you can sit and text message. Hours of reading but you can do well without it. Book is a waste of money. Can't be sold back.

HARD. Do the journal option instead of the midterm option. I pulled several all-nighters the night before each of the journals were due... Got horrible scores anyway. Points were taken off for things that weren't mentioned in the prompt. You need to clarify ideas with your TA or else you're setting yourself up to fail. GOOD LUCK!

Lecture is useless but go for participation (30% of your grade). What you need to know happens in discussion, so get a good TA. Do journals instead of the midterm exam and paper. The final is easier when you do the journals. There's too much reading, ~50 pages a week. If you do all the work (and know what you're talking about) and show up, easy A.

if you care about your gpa and social life, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. there's weekly journals and you are guaranteed roughly 100pgs of reading a week. oh yes, and she writes the book. you will feel like you're getting a good grade in the class, but in reality you are most likely failing.

HARD! Do the journals instead of the midterm option. There is a ton of reading, atleast 50-75 pages a week. get a good TA since they do all your grading, and go to class because its 30% of your grade, or just have someone write your name on the list.

Interesting course structure, but major problem: lack of knowing what your grade is until after the course is over. The prof does not put in extra effort to help students learn. She says "Figure it out yourself" &"follow your heart" but then grades really hard. Not consistent. Why is she teaching???

Overall good course- based mostly on other students' input. Prof is NOT v helpful outside of course. Do not bother asking for extra help/guidance/advice. She speaks in an elitist tone w/out catering to "normal" learners. She constantly says, "I went to Harvard & Princeton & thought I was teaching @ UCSD." Well, she's been @ SDSU for 20 years. Sad.

Snobby Prof. Talks down to students & makes mean & weird facial expressions when questions are asked, especially when she expects everyone to know the answer (though many students don't!). Is unwilling to help and is almost never in her office during posted office hours. It seems like she doesn't want to be teaching @ SDSU! She's too good for us.

Everything she says is said in a condescending tone, even when she's thanking the janitor who fixed her microphone. She takes awkwardly long pauses between words when she talks and is hard to listen to for more than 5 mins. She seems to think she is better than just about everyone and won't stop mentioning that she went to Princeton. Avoid this one

What an awesome subject: social history of the US focusing on religion and other interesting topics. But what a horrible bi-atch of a teacher. Boring and mean and condescending and rude. Never at office hours. Really?? Does not seem to care or want to help. Expects too much.

TERRIBLE. Even if you care about the class you will find yourself bored in her lectures. The grading is inconsistent with weekly assignments and the final is weighted way too heavily. DO NOT TAKE if you can avoid her.

Rather listen to a dry history teacher that teaches dates and events (that might actually prove useful) than listen to her surplus of polyphonic rejects in her pretentious tone. To each his own. Oh and assigned seating?!?!

Only do the weekly journals if you have the time to read 60-80 pages of difficult reading and analyze it in depth. Kornfeld is passionate about history but quite arrogant when teaching it. Blackboard is not used for grades and you don't even get to know what you got on your final unless you personally meet with your TA, yet it is 40% of your grade

Horrible teacher, arrogant, selfish, condescending. Avoid at all cost.

Smarmy, pretentious, arrogant, unwilling to really help a student (especially without a sarcastic, superficial tone), and downright mean (ie to IT people, TAs,students, and other faculty). Hard class. Potential to be a great class filled with learning and interest. Simply need a different teacher!

Super liberal and feminist. Pretty boring too.

Try to not take this class with this professor. Although very passionate, it's ran directly by her with her book and her info and if you don't conform the class sucks

This class was awfully boring. There was no structure to the class and she would lecture on irrelevant things. The TA does all the grading and she has no office hours. Kornfeld assigns a lot of reading, which for the most part is pointless. She gives you points for participation, so attendance is mandatory. I do NOT recommend Kornfeld.

Class was not hard, but boring. You have to come to class if you want to get credit for the journal entries she post at the end of class. The TA does most of the major grading, so pray that you get a good TA. I didn't do any of the reading since she goes over it in class.

Honestly, shes nice and caring, but thats where it ends. The class for a 100 level requires WAY MORE EFFORT than youd expect. You have to read, write and write really well as the TA does the significant grading. I was slacking but tried on the final. Understand I didnt deserve higher than a C, but an F was overboard. Avoid please.

This class had a lot of reading to do. Grades super hard and there are a lot of writing assignments and she takes attendance by having you submit a journal assignment usually every class. She is really nice and truly cares about what she is teaching, but its hard. It can also be very boring at times too. Just make sure you do all assignments.

She claimed it was fine to miss a class due to illness but your grade still drops. don't miss any class or assignments or your grade will drop a lot. there's also no grade until the very end of the year so you don't know until then. Material wasn't hard & she was nice but that doesn't mean anything if your grade drops over attendance. Not fun :/