John H McWhorter

Teaching in Fall 2026

3 courses

AMST 3946

American Popular Music, 1890-1950

4 credits0 / 18 seats

Section 001 of AMST 3946 American Popular Music, 1890-1950 Call 19838
W 12:10pm–2:00pmHAMILTON HALL HAM 507
18 of 18 seats left
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM

LING 3101

Introduction to Linguistics

3 credits150 / 300 seats

Section 001 of LING 3101 Introduction to Linguistics Call 10432
TTh 1:10pm–2:25pmHAVEMEYER HALL HAV 309
150 of 300 seats left
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM

LING 3993

Supervised Ind Res-Ling Thesis

1–4 credits14 / 18 seats

Section 001 of LING 3993 Supervised Ind Res-Ling Thesis Call 10588
W 4:10pm–6:00pmHAMILTON HALL HAM 607
4 of 18 seats left
Seat data provenance: Directory as of August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM

What students say

CULPA & Reddit

n=37, 2010–2026

Aggregated across every course this instructor has taught.

Teaching quality

4.2 / 5

Grading fairness

No signal

Workload

4.0 / 5 · Heavy

Difficulty

2.9 / 5 · Moderate

Overall sentiment

Mixed

Would take again

Majority say yes

Sources: CULPA (37)

By the numbers

164 students49% of seats

Courses

Sections

336

Seats offered

6h 10m

Class time / week

Seat counts as published by the Directory of Classes on August 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM.

Activity

Fall 2026 · Sep 2 – Dec 12 · 44 teaching days

Less

Where they teach

2 buildings this term

Flat map — motion reduced

HAMILTON HALL · HAVEMEYER HALL

Teaching rhythm

18 class meetings

September 2026September 2026

Sep 2

28h 20m total

Sep 30

Classroom load

150 at peakTue 1:10pm

MonTueWedThuFri

On campus

Teaching days: Tue, Wed & Thu
Largest section: 150 students in LING 3101 §001
Buildings: HAMILTON HALL · HAVEMEYER HALL