He made me hate music. Genuinely I hate Southern Indian Carnatic music so much now that I feel bad for Southern India. He doesn't understand iClicker and has the worst wifi ever. does not post grading rubric. iClicker messed up? You were there? Yeah nah lmao take that letter drop.

Attendance was mandatory, and he was very inconsiderate about missing class. On top of that, we had presentations for the section, final projects, concerts that were 2+ hours long, and a final that we had to study for. He isn't willing to help during office hours, and everyone in the department always seems to be in a rush. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

attendance through iClicker is a big part of your grade and was mandatory but the wifi was horrible in the LLCH and was kinda incosiderate about this. lectures were lengthy, word-heavy, and boring imo and a lot of the time he'd skip half the slide and say he'd come back to it later but didn't. lectures just felt all over the place. not worth

mandatory iClicker, and he takes away points if you do/don't capitalize letters at the end of the lecture word of the day. ta's don't know what they're doing and don't communicate amongst each other, so the material is really random in sections.1300-word paper, and you don't receive a writing credit. Take something else to fulfill art credit tbh.

The attendance was 20% grading. However, the internet in the lecture hall is so lagging which makes the check in extremely hard. Also, even you spell the code correctly, you still cannot get the point unless you capitalize some letters. In the last few lectures, the instructor ignored the iclicker bug and lower our attendence for no reason!

It's a super awesome course. Lecture attendance was a big part of the grade so easy points, and so is section attendance. We had a couple of big assignments, like a presentation in a section, and one paper. But nothing super hard. Fun class and I would recommend it.

Attendance is mandatory, but classes are simple. There are four listening quiz and writing quiz. His lectures and readings are boring, but you don't need to watch them.

Professor Malvinni is very knowledgeable about music but sometimes his lectures would get boring. At the beginning of each class, he'd put up a code for us to submit on Canvas. If you can have Dian as your TA, you will succeed greatly. Some closed-note quizzes required a Blue Book and memorization of terms. The other quizzes were open-note.

Took this for my art requirement, very interesting and easy class. He is disorganized but the TAs help clarify what's important for quizzes and exams, and he's accessible during office hours. It's great to have a professor who is passionate about what they teach. I highly recommend this, was gonna take mus15 but it was full and this is way better!

Honestly, I learned more from my TA than Malvinni. He's passionate about what he's teaching, but he's very disorganized and the class structure was confusing. He was also a little quiet. Focus on sections, and put in effort there instead. Lecture was cool when guests performed, but otherwise is unnecessary. Overall easy class.

One of the most disorganized professor's at UCSB. Lecture's are extremely dense with no clear structure and he just talks about his own opinions the whole time. Half the material he covers are about his personal favorite artists and not pop culture. But its easy to get an A in the class as long as you pay slight attention and review the question

Loved this class, learned so much about music from 50s to present day spanning across genres. Lectures were fast paced but interesting and you could tell he was really passionate about the topics. Listening quizzes and quizzes that you have the prompt for prior. One final paper 5pgs. Really really enjoyed this class.