Super cool professor! Nice guy who clearly cares about and knows his stuff. In terms of the class it was really quite easy, start things ahead of time and show up to class and pay attention, and you'll probably do very well

genuinely dont understand this man or this class do not take it save your soul i genuinely lose braincells being here and the study guide is a list of vague terms if you want to live do not take this class

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.