The lectures are amazing but the grading is mostly made up with midterm, essay, and final. The class overall is very easy going and interesting. The class was asynchronous but mandatory attendance for section.

Most of the material in the lectures you probably already learned in high school history classes. Your grade really depends on how nice your TA is since they grade all of your essays. There's a midterm essay, one 5-7 page essay, and a short essay and short answer prompt for the final.

prof Perrone was the highlight of my semester. Her lectures are great and she does an amazing job explaining the area of focus she is most interested in as well. She's really engaging. And her cats are the cutest. Biscuit and Gravy often make appearances in the back of class :')

Prof Perrone is an amazing lecturer, but sometimes they can be fairly long. Required readings every week that arent difficult and are discussed during section. There is a lot to cover, but if you keep up with lectures and try hard on your essays you should do just fine.

Seems like she doesnt understand that we have other classes or lives outside of her class. The workload never lets up even if you have a midterm/essay or its a holiday. She assigns an unnecessary amount of reading and 3 lectures each week. I would strongly recommend a different professor but its not the end of the world if youre stuck with her

I don't really like US History, so my review may be biased, but I found this class very boring. The lectures were very dull and most people around me weren't paying attention at all. The section is a lot of work, and there is a lot of reading as well.

Professor Perone recorded the lectures (really well done) and the TA graded the midterms. While the TA was definitely not an easy grader, she was very reasonable in her grading and expected solid college-worthy essays. My only (minor) criticism was that sometimes the essay prompts were unclear. Fortunately, room for interpretation was given.

While the professor did a nice job of doing lectures and clearly explaining the material, the "reader" a.k.a the TA of the class grades super unfairly, and the fact that we have to risk scoring lower if we ask for a regrade is INSANE. Pandemic or not, have a little more empathy for your students. The fact that it's all based on 3 assignments--bye.

The professor was great, but the reader who grades the assignments was very objective and would give poor grades if the argument in the paper was 'not good enough' or if it was an objective argument. I do not recommend taking this class in COVID times due to everything being online and how subjective the grader is.

She's such a passionate and powerful lecturer and makes the hour go by so fast. Her powerpoints she posts online have clear points, but the inclass lectures go in depth much more. The midterm/final were very straightforward to easy to do well on if you paid attention to the themes she referred to throughout the lectures.

Personally thought the class was super boring but she posts her slides so I wasn't necessary to go. Everything graded in the class was writing (a short writing assignment, 1 essay and the midterm n final were in class essays) so wouldnt recommend if you don't like writing. Lots of reading but they were just important for section and the essay

I took a Hist course my 1st quarter here and it was awful so I was dreading another but she changed my mind about them! I enjoyed her lecture style, she was very organized and passionate about the Civil War, Reconstruction etc. Had 2 papers, midterm and final. They were pretty straightforward as long as attended some lecture and did readings.

Perrone is an amazing lecturer and an outstanding professor overall. I have never taken a more clearly organized and structured course in my life. Although, her TAs are tough graders and assignment criteria isnt always clearly stated. Thus, to avoid missing points, ask questions about assignment requirements.

Clear class schedule and enthusiasm in the Civil War topic, she offers great opinion and facts in the topic. She is willing to answer questions in and out of class. One of the best professors in my college life. But, must be aware of the heavy reading assignment, over 50 pages per week with required notes and two papers of 12 pages in total.

I loved Perrone. Her lectures were very well organized and even though sometimes they dragged on, they were interesting for the most part. The midterm and final consist of essays that cover broad themes, they're pretty easy if you paid attention in lecture and did the readings.

Her lectures are interesting sometimes though occasionally it was tough to sit through some of them. I would say the biggest problem with the class is an identity problem - the TA's try to discuss primary source readings for the course but they rarely align with the course material itself and it feels disjointed. Exams weren't too bad if you study.

Great orator who knows how to keep people's attention since she makes everything more interesting than it really is. Don't get me wrong the content is interesting but she disseminates it in a way that actually makes you want to learn. Readings are a bit much and often dense. Depends on your TA but if you put in the work you can get an A.

She's very knowledgeable about the time period and does a good job presenting the information with valid conclusions. Intelligent, sharp, and to-the-point. Aside from that, the class isn't too difficult. You'll get an A if you brush up on the textbook and make sure you stay on top of the timeline, things move quickly.