One of the best classes ever taken! The assigned readings were a few page articles that were about very interesting topics. The grading was very light and not about how good the paper was but that you followed his guidelines. He gave you the option of what kind of final you can write. A lot of creative liberty and room for open-minded discussion.

I took his First Contact class, and honestly it was one of the most fun upper divs I could have taken. The only thing is that he didn't use gauchospace to input grades throughout the quarter, so my only knowledge of my grades was from the hardcopy papers he would pass back. He respects the class's opinions and as long as you try you will do well.

Lectures are really easy to listen to; just remember to take notes of lectures and be attentive to the reading. Reading is short for the most part but genuinely interesting and falls in well with lecture topics. Section participation is mandatory.

Chill professor overall. He sometimes goes a bit off topic, but nothing major. Lectures are heavy and can be boring, but attendance at sections and reviewing slides matter. The midterm and final were very easy just use the study guide and a good TA helps. Not what I expected, but still an easy GE.

Rudy is the most chill guy ever, the lectures are super fun and interesting and you can tell hes passionate about what he thinks. He's pretty disorganized but who cares, this class isn't rocket science. If you attend the lectures and take notes you'll do fine. Also TA Kelsey was super helpful, especially to remedy Rudy's disorganization.

Rudy is the most disorganized professor I think I've had. The study guides were given out right before the tests, and there were 3 separate ones with different answers, and one was AI! (Zerkxis is a TERRIBLE TA) The class is only graded on the midterm, final, and project. On the bright side, he's very funny, and his lectures aren't boring.