Great professor that is very passionate about what he teaches! I love how he brought in Sal Castro and so forth. READ EVERYTHING!!!! It's a lot though... great experience.
If you go to lecture and do the reading, this class is by no means difficult. The TA can make or break it, however. I got stuck with a TA that gave hard weekly quizzes (all sections have weekly quizzes), but most of my friends got easy ones. Theres a LOT of reading, most is boring , but easy midterm and final! easy class, but not great
Garcia, Is by far one of the best Professors I've had. Extremely interesting. 8/9 of the books we have to read are novels(don't worry he brakes up the reading). If read, pay attention in class, take notes n go over them ur bound to do fine on the midterm and final. 10pg paper is on a autobiography of a person of ur choice. Really fun to do!!
Boring as hell but midterm is extremely easy, lots of reading but the reading is easy its broken up fairly. I dont know yet about the final. Worth it to take this class. I just took it fall 2009.
balls to this class and teacher! boring as balls. too much reading for an intro class midterm & final extremely HARD even if you studied all night.
One of the most passionate teachers i have ever met in my life, the lectures are highly interesting and so is the reading if you do the work you are sure to get an A+ great class
Easy class, but lots or reading and lectures can become really boring...but overall an OK class..O and section attendance is mandatory..one section missed is one grade lower
The paper is easy. and the test are not that hard you just have to do the readings that take forever and the books are not cheap and they are all written by him.
He is very passionate about what he teaches.
He's very friendly and very personal with the subject. It's great. Overall, everything is really interesting. Yes, there's a 12 page paper and a good amount of reading but its UNBELIEVABLY worth it. But if you spend more time **** in IV than you do with you nose in books...I don't know if this is for you.
His class was awesome! 95% of the reading was very interesting and enjoyable. He's very passionate about the subject PLUS you get to meet the people you read about in the books: Frances Tywoniak, Sal Castro, and Father Greg. He brings in a mariachi on the last day, he's really nice. It's pretty easy and really fun so enjoy the class!
Horible. I cannot believe they let him teach.
Took him over the summer, so I don't know if it is different during the year, but this was my experience: The class is extremely interesting, and Garcia is passionate about the topic. His tests are super easy (midterm and final, worth 25% each), but there is no way to skip out on the reading (it is interesting). Paper is fun (worth 25% too)
Don't fall asleep in class! Pay attention and do the mountains of reading, and it will be pretty easy.
the quizzes in section were EXTREMELY helpful. Utilize your TA. His tests were all m/c, but if you did the reading (which is a lot some interesting some not) the midterm and final are very fair tests. A very interesting class. His lecture get a little bland because he is getting older though.
try not to sit in the aisles or in the front, he tends to spit when he gets in to a subject and starts talking up a storm. the tests are easy as long as you read.
easiest class ever, theres a lot of reading, so if your a big party person and a bunch of ****s like most of the people who didnt like his class then you most likely will do bad. if you keep up with your reading then you should get an A.
Join the Facebook Group under his name, Mario Garcia.
His lectures were as interesting as chicano studies can be - which isn't too interesting. Too much reading! Midterm and Final were easy , expect a 35/50 on the midterm if you didn't read, and expect a 40/50 on the final if you didn't read. Did I mention I didn't read?
There are 6 books to read for the class, 2 of which are so boring you will want to kill yourself. There is a quiz in section every week and if you miss 2 sections you will fail. Oh yah, and to top it off, there was a midterm the day after Halloween. But if you like all that stuff, then by all means take this class.
Oh yeah, not only is there a midterm after Halloween, the 10 page oral history paper is due, you guessed it, after Thanksgiving along with a bunch of reading over the break. Yay!
Excessive reading. Missing a section will result in a entire grade drop. Lectures are somewhat interesting. The books are great. Gee..not sure what to say..I guess if you keep up with the reading the class isn't so bad.
Don't ever fall asleep in his class. Be prepared to read a lot of books written by him. Being in his class reminds me of when I was in the 8th grade.
Prof. Garcia is way too harsh for an intro class. Be prepared for a ton of reading, most of which was written by him. If you don't stay on top of your readings, you will be too far behind to catch up. Also, don't sleep, talk, or eat in his class, or he'll personally yell at you in lecture. Subject material is interesting - teacher is too hard.
