It's a super awesome course. Lecture attendance was a big part of the grade so easy points, and so is section attendance. We had a couple of big assignments, like a presentation in a section, and one paper. But nothing super hard. Fun class and I would recommend it.

One of the most disorganized professor's at UCSB. Lecture's are extremely dense with no clear structure and he just talks about his own opinions the whole time. Half the material he covers are about his personal favorite artists and not pop culture. But its easy to get an A in the class as long as you pay slight attention and review the question

Loved this class, learned so much about music from 50s to present day spanning across genres. Lectures were fast paced but interesting and you could tell he was really passionate about the topics. Listening quizzes and quizzes that you have the prompt for prior. One final paper 5pgs. Really really enjoyed this class.

He made me hate music. Genuinely I hate Southern Indian Carnatic music so much now that I feel bad for Southern India. He doesn't understand iClicker and has the worst wifi ever. does not post grading rubric. iClicker messed up? You were there? Yeah nah lmao take that letter drop.

Attendance was mandatory, and he was very inconsiderate about missing class. On top of that, we had presentations for the section, final projects, concerts that were 2+ hours long, and a final that we had to study for. He isn't willing to help during office hours, and everyone in the department always seems to be in a rush. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

attendance through iClicker is a big part of your grade and was mandatory but the wifi was horrible in the LLCH and was kinda incosiderate about this. lectures were lengthy, word-heavy, and boring imo and a lot of the time he'd skip half the slide and say he'd come back to it later but didn't. lectures just felt all over the place. not worth