He was a good professor and this class is fascinating. However, it is hard. Like there is a tonnnn of content and lots of papers and writing.

Lots and lots of work for a GE class. If you want a easy GE don't take this class its a joke. She gives you almost 100 terms on the final and only testing you on 4 not including 3 separate essays you have to write with the multiple choice map question + close reading. All section attendance is required and if u miss one u get dropped.

Way too much work for a GE with a lot of required reading and research that's barely used outside of the final project. Midterm, Final Project, and Final make up 90% of the grade. Expects way too much on the midterm and especially the final

Way too much work for a GE class. A poll was taken during the first section - 90% taking for GE, but still papers required outside sources from UCSB library and both midterm and final were brutal. Memorization heavy and excessive readings. DO NOT TAKE if you don't like the subject because lectures are boring and it will not be an easy GE.

He was a very nice and understanding professor. He would speak quickly in lectures but he always made an attempt to slow down when asked. The content was manageable and was broken down easily.

A lot of reading and lectures move quickly. It can be hard to grasp everything shared in lecture bc a lot is covered in the class. only 2 papers, midterm and final. Theres 1 quiz and 1 discussion every week but those are pretty simple. theres multiple attempts on quizzes. He is really nice and willing to help. very passionate about his work

You have to write 3 essays that were kinda easy. Lots of reading but I didn't read almost anything and I think I'll get an A. I guess its good for a gen ed but it was so painfully boring, each lecture all I did was play wordle. Cobo was cool but his accent was hard to understand (british). If you like history you'll probably like this class.

The grade is mainly based on weekly quizzes you can retake and 3 essays; one of them being the final exam essay and two of them being collaborative essays. He's very passionate and always willing to help.

A lot of reading and work but he's a really nice professor!! Very good at teaching.

This was one of my favorite professors at UCSB. She is very passionate about what she teaches which makes learning easy. Attendance is not mandatory, but if you want to succeed you must go to lectures. Material is not easily accessible online and most content is provided in lecture. She is very open about grading criteria.

overall great professor! so considerate and it is easy to do well if you are engaged and participate

lecture material was very important, readings were easily manageable and the midterm grading was so chill! as long as you go to class you'll do great, though lectures can be really boring. midterm, research paper, final, and extra credit for seeing the campus art museum.

I liked Professor Boswell's lectures a lot, and her readings were not too long, and relevant. The overarching project was a decent amount of work, but doable if you space it out and don't cram like I did. Overall would recommend for a pretty easy GE.

Make sure not to feel anxious about this class. Especially for most students who only have three classes, this class is given too much homework. If it is a compulsory course, it is recommended to choose other courses or communicate with the school to apply for a course change

This class was very enjoyable to me since I like art history. Professor Boswell carried out great lectures; easy to follow and included pictures and videos. There are writing assignments on top of a midterm, but nothing was hard. As long as you did the readings and attended lectures it wasn't hard to understand the concepts. Great GE!

Maybe it was because it was online, but I found this class super boring. Lectures felt very unorganized and slides were basically just photos so you had to go to class to get all the information. Luckily, tests were easy as she gave the essay prompts ahead of time, but still would not take again.

I took ARTHI 6H online but it was really interesting! Tbh you can get by without doing all the readings, section is helpful and the class is overall good. We had one bigger project spread out over the course of the class. Midterm and final were not too bad but a little difficult. We did an awesome close-looking exercise and saw artifacts in person.

Be prepared to take notes. You can play a drinking game to the number of "ums" the professor says during her lectures. This class was only offered online even though in-person classes were in session. They were disorganized, and if you missed class, there was no way to retrieve information from her presentations.

Prof Boswell was super nice and was very knowledgeable on the content of the course, but her lectures were kind of inconsistent and really hard for me to follow and she kind of barely breezed over a lot of terms that were key on tests.

The professor literally doesn't include any textual description on her slides regarding the terms she listed out for the test range, and she still expected us to know all of the terms, asking us to consult only notes and materials covered in class without using any outside source. She did not record lectures.

If the materials reviewed in review sections are not allowed to be put on final exams, what is the purpose of review sections? No recording, few words on powerpoints, not allowed to use outside sources (even if you simply used it for review), but looooooots of materials to cover. Not recommended.

Mannnnnnn be prepared to pay attention to lectures because this class is mostly midterms and finals where you have to get ready to info dump. Info dumping summarizes this class well because she just talks a wholllleeee lotta crap and you're expected to memorize it all with very little tools except your memory + notes.

Very considerate and respected prof. Responds well to emails and gives good feedback. Took Hist 2B as a GE, but as a stem major, the readings were ridiculously difficult to understand. Participation in class is required but live lectures with the TA weren't structured so people kept getting talked over/interrupted

Overall a great choice for world history class. He is knowledgable about the matters and gave good insights. Lectures are somewhat tedious but if you read textbooks you will find them interesting. participation is important. 2 papers, graded depending on your TA. If you talk with your TA ahead about your thoughts, it will be fine