Lectures were boring (for me) and he used iClicker to check attendance which was 20% of the final grade. Otherwise, the class was chill. No final or midterm, but there were 3 quizzes and a final that Malvinni and the TA prepares you for. I never did a single reading and got a pretty easy A. Malvinni is the GOAT (chillest guy ever).

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.

Malvinni is clearly very passionate, but he is NOT a good teacher. Lectures were random and confusing. Wifi was bad in LLCH (not his fault) but all tests were online and half the people had NO wifi. Rather than switch to paper tests, he embraced the chaos. Also, attendance worth 20% of the grade and he was very unreasonable about iClicker issues.

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.