Surveys a wide range of literary genres by authors from various Latina/o populations: Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Dominican, Chicanx, Puerto Rican, and self-identified mixed-heritage. Texts explore historical and ongoing transformations of Latina/o culture, identity, and politics.

No Prerequisites

5

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area E Area G Ethnicity
OLGUIN B V
Ben Olguin
2.4
19 reviews

Lecture

ILP 2101
T R
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
0 / 150

Sections

PHELP1444
T
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
0 / 25
GIRV 2120
T
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
0 / 25
GIRV 2127
W
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
0 / 25
GIRV 2116
W
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
0 / 25
ILP 4103
W
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
0 / 25
GIRV 2119
W
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
0 / 25
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2.4
ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

These other reviews are not accurate, he is a solid, nice, and funny professor here at UCSB. I personally wanted to take this class to write an academic research paper and learn about the course topics. Others just wanted an easy pass and did not want to put in any work.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

The material itself is pretty interesting and the content is not too difficult. The professor and his lectures were pretty disorganized. He was not very communicative in regards to what was expected of his students and he would change readings with very little heads up. Overall the course is interesting, but I would not take it again.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

Professor made it clear that participation/attendance was important in order to succeed but he became lenient due to the change in circumstances. Sure there is a lot of reading to do, but it's often summarized in sections and lectures. This course was eye opening as he introduced us to various issues, cultures & perceptions.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

I'd been trying to take this course for a while and I wasn't disappointed. I admit the course is reading-heavy, but with weekly sections/quizzes, you're prevented from falling behind. I appreciated Olguín included irl anecdotes and didn't sugarcoat when covering heavy topics.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

Ben is like an onion. There’s layers to his absurdity. He tried to manipulate us into writing him better course evaluations. This professor does not represent ucsb’s values. Overall negative experience. He makes over $170k teaching English and acts like he’s been wronged. Side note, his TA Taylor’s Holmes is awesome.

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ENGL39 . Olguin B V 2 Years Ago

ben was really chill, a lot of these reviews demonize him but i thought he was alright. never did the readings but i still did well on the quizzes. homie gives extra credit for literally just reading half a poem out loud. it’s an alright class if you actually pay attention, and for covid he cut the attendance policy. solid dude.

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