Professor Digeser's class was a mixed bag - the content was interesting but the rigid structure and heavy workload made it a slog. Luckily, unstuck ai and ChatGPT helped me stay on top of the readings and essays.

Digeser wasn't the best professor, but she was pretty iconic. Her slides were unorganized, and she makes you take notes by hand, but the content was interesting. She assigned long readings from a textbook, but I still understood the content without doing the readings. If you don't mind taking hand-written notes, then this class isn't too bad.

if you dont have to take this class DO NOT take it. i respect her as she is passionate about her work but the TA's are tough graders and is so lecture heavy. i went to every single one and still didnt get atleast a B. SO much reading too, even my TA told us he had trouble keeping up. please dont take unless you actually need to.

Professor Digeser seems very passionate about the material she teaches. She was very well-spoken, although I felt that sometimes her lectures were a bit boring since her slides were pretty vague. To do well in this class, do the readings. Having the textbook as an extra source for your papers and discussions will help you succeed.

Not necessarily hard but very lecture-heavy. The content was interesting, but the lectures were a bit hard to follow. Her slides don't have much information so you really have to pay attention to what she's saying, which is challenging to keep up with notes while she's talking. You can do well without reading the textbook if you take good notes.

Unexpectedly a lot of work for a class that most people take as a GE. This prof makes you buy an 11-page reader for $5--seems like a waste of paper. The class is graded on participation, the final and midterm in-class essays, and a project. The TAs and professor graded the final and midterm harshly, and the lectures were boring.

Everything is on paper so you need frequent printer access and all notes must be taken on paper and turned in. Kind of have to go to lecture because you have to turn in notes each week and the slides only have some information. TA literally makes your grade it varies so much based on who you have. Lectures are boring and seem like hours long.

Her slides were so disorganized and it didn't even have any relevance to the paper which made up 35% of our grade. She pretty much only puts names of historical figures and dates, but important information is based off a script she reads out loud instead of on her slides. There is a midterm, project, and final. PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS CLASS.

This is not the best designed course (sections are awful) but lectures are well done. If you pay attention you should have a good idea of what will be on the exams but expectations are still confusing. There is a project where you have to write an essay on ChatGPT, but I expect that they'll get rid of it after receiving course feedback.

The professor is kind and is clearly very knowledgable but her class was very difficult. Lectures are boring and very hard to follow in my opinion.

I like the lectures but I like history so I can see how people taking this for a GE could be bored. She always answers questions during the lectures really thoroughly and politely without making you feel dumb. I get the handwritten notes, but her emphasis on physical copies in other areas gets annoying. Sections are fine but don't add much

I personally gave up on the reading entirely because it was not helping me understand anything. The professor is very kind. I've asked some "dumb" questions during lecture, but she has never seemed condescending or frustrated. She always makes an effort to make sure her students feel understood.

so boring

Manages to make super interesting content boring as hell. Insists on printing out readers and assignments seemingly for no reason other than an unwillingness to learn how to use online resources. Class is arbitrarily complicated when it could be simple and fascinating. Requires HANDWRITTEN notes from lecture. Terrible professor.

The professor was really nice and understanding, but her TAs made this class seem really hard and were harsh graders when it comes to the project. I did find tons of things that I leraned in this class quite interesting, so I think it would be a really fun class if you get good TAs.

I really enjoyed Professor Digeser! She is cleary an expert in her field and her lectures are fun and engaging. I felt that the class was extremely easy, seeing that it is a GE. If you have a general understanding of how to write an academic essay, you will get an A. If you're at all interested in Roman history and want an easy A, take this class!

She's definitely one of the best lecturers in ucsb. Just go to her lectures and you won't even have to buy the textbook. Most of the important things are from the reader. I enjoyed her lectures cus they were very clear and interesting. I met her a couple times and she really nice and understanding. One of the best history classes ever =)

She is great teacher. Her lectures were clear and to the point. If it wasn't for the 8 am factor, I would have attended every class!

Good lecturer, really knew how to pull the material together. Tests were fair; essay topics could be a little unusual. I only spoke with her once, but in my experience she was very sympathetic and helpful. I felt like reading through the textbook helped me a lot.

Professor Digeser is very knowledgable, however in a large lecture class like 4A it is hard to be a good orator. She came off as being snobbish and "too smart" to deal with students. For an intro. course her essays were too long with boring topics.

8am class which I went about 4 times total in the quarter and got a B, as long as you study and go to discussion your fine. Feel bad because she puts a lot of work into her lectures but people don't seem to enjoy it a lot of reading material though.

I liked her teaching style, and found a lot of lectures to be somewhat interesting. Sometimes they were boring, but I think that had alot to do with the time slot (8am). Overall she is a pretty good professor. Her test are relatively easy (as long as you study, you should be fine).

All of the stuff she spent the most time on in lecture was NOT on the final. She always tries to make the midterm as close as possible to Halloween obviously because she is a miserable human being. This will be one of the worst classes you will ever take, with the worst lectures for sure. Also had a 10 page paper on a horrible and hard topic.

worst prof ive ever had....