She lives in LA, so she doesn't really come to do lectures. She just does it over zoom in the lecture hall. Nobody pays attention in class because 1. She's on zoom and 2. She's very very boring. I think she's been

Professor Tashcian is a bit all over the place when it comes to lectures, so it can be hard to take notes. Readings are mandatory as you have weekly summaries.

As a professor and teacher, Helen was wonderful. Very intelligent and eager for class discussions, as well as responsive outside of class. There are lots of readings per week, but most of them you can just scan over or skip completely. The lectures very loosely relate to those readings, if at all. Papers due every week + a long research paper final

She gives helpful feedback on the weekly assignments, they consist of 2 big 4-5 page essays for the midterm and final, and the weekly 2-3 page essays. It can be overwhelming so don't wait and do the writing last minute lol

I was confused on why people thought this was a heavy workload class. 2 pages each week is very easy and the material we write about is interesting and easy to watch or read. Helen is an amazing professor and proved multiple times that she does care about her students. Reaching her outside of class is very easy and she offers support where she can

prof taschian is a great professor and very passionate but this class is a lot of unnecessary work. do not take it if you're not taking it for a major class. there are 2-page papers due every week, which aren't super hard, but the material tends to be pretty boring. class is also mandatory but she's understanding about absences.