This class was so interesting. There was a lot of reading and you did have to pay good attention, but if you stay focused the midterm and final are very fair. The professor is amazing, approachable, and keeps you engaged in lecture. I would 100% take this class again.

Very interesting class, but heavy on the readings. He's a great lecturer and is very passionate about his lectures.

Great speaker, highly knowledgeable, I could listen to this guy talk forever. Decent amount of reading, but super relevant so it went quickly. Complicated concepts, somewhat easy grader. Pretty heavy GE, but worth it. Lectures were posted on gauchospace, but just go to lecture, the discussions were fantastic.

Super interesting lectures. By far my favorite course/professor in my first quarter at UCSB.

Professor Blankholm is really passionate about the work that he does. He is a great lecturer, who gets the class interested and involved. You can tell he really enjoys teaching. He welcomes different views. Participation matters. This course had some harshly graded papers, but otherwise was enjoyable. I would definitely take a class with him again.

Really great professor. Took his class online and found his lectures interesting. You can tell he's passionate and wants his students to do well. Keep up with lectures and you'll be good. The exams were pretty fair. I found that if you can thoroughly answer the discussion questions with the TA then you'll be good to go for exams.