Dr. Gurven was great in lecture, really interesting material. But, those tests he gives focus into super super little details and are just too difficult. Loved the class, hated the midterm and final.

Professor Gurven is a sweetie. I took Anth5 to fulfill some GE requirements, but you can tell he really cares about his students. The lectures were helpful if you didn't want to review material outside of class, but attendance wasn't mandatory. Grades are based mainly on a weekly assignment that's super easy, one midterm, and the final.

were told that the final would be online open note. A month before the final due to his lack of due diligence he is told by the school that the final has to be in person. Decides to ALSO make it closed notes only 2 pages cheat sheet after we BEGGED he didn't even want to give us 1 page at first. For a 80 question complex final. @ 8 am. Anth 5 btw

Hard to follow lectures if you don't do & understand the concepts from the reading but still doable if you fall a bit behind. His office hours are very useful if you have trouble with the homework. 1 take home final and 1 paper. Paper was interesting because he lets you choose your topic. Don't wait to start the take home final it takes time.

There are 5 HW assignments that require knowledge in basic stats and especially excel, but if you've taken Anth 161 or Anth 9, you should be fine. It's very basic excel stuff. The final paper is 4-5 pages long and is very easy. There was no midterm and a take home final exam, which was easy, with the exception of a couple questions. Easy stuff.

The tests were unnecessarily complexly worded. When students asked questions in class or tried to answer his questions, he was pretty condescending.The class is mislabeled as Behavior Ecology on Gold but was actually a Hunter gatherer ecology class. I did like the limited amount of assignments, but just beware that they're graded harshly