Professor Akudinbi is well versed in the subjects he teaches. He might sidetrack a bit, but he does cover all the topics he wants to see in the tests/papers. Three assignments beside the attendance worth your entire grade. Very fun and personable, willing to aid those who participate but its largely your own work for the papers.

One of my favorite professors in UCSB. His subject matter is interesting and his analysis is eyeopening. He is also funny and makes class enjoyable even though it can be early in the morning. Highly recommend taking one of his classes before graduating

Great professor that really cares about students, he definitely round up to the highest grade and wants "his gauchos" to get As. Interesting and fun lectures, he tells good stories and makes jokes along the way! Take him, reading isn't necessary except for citing in your essays and movies are interesting enough.

He's the chillest teacher ever; he made the class interesting and is a very fair grader! He does take-home testspaper which is really nice.

Professor Akudinobi is really great! The material is somewhat difficult/kind of a stretch considering it is a class based on movies, but so far he has tried his best to make it easier to understand. He's very kind and lenient when it comes to being late. Great guy, hard class, but with enough attendance you should be fine.

I loved this class. Listen carefully to the lectures--just about everything he says has meaning that is not always easy to get. The media collection (in the library) has some of the films if you need to see them again. A hard subject, no doubt, but worth it, and Akudinobi is a very cool guy.

Wow students can be so ungrateful. He is such a nice guy and doesn't hold students back by unfair, tough grading. I learned from this class and I'm sorry for those who didn't. Grading is very easy though. Maybe too easy?

genuinely nice person, but I have no idea what was going on in the class, his lectures have no structure and doesn't use power point or anything, he just talks. All the tests were essays. Not hard, but hard to sit through is lectures!

He's such a nice guy, but I could never grasp the main idea of one sentence that came out of his mouth.

If you don't sit in the back of the class and take up space and air, you could learn a lot from this teacher. He is a great resource and very helpful in office hours. I absolutely loved this class!

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i got a pretty good grade with out lots of work. He is good with help out side of class, its hard to focus in class, he talks a lot. Movies start late often, and once stayed an hour over. But they are good movies

Very easy class. He is probably the coolest professor here. He likes to make fun of people occassionally, but in a nice way. He always says "Gauchos, you are scholars".. or "Any questions Gauchos?".

Prof Akudinobi is a very enthusiastic and knowledgable lecturer. He is very willing to give students feedback and advice on writing.

Akudinobi is a great instructor and you can get a lot out of his classes as long as you actually read!! He's super funny & caring. Grade is mainly based on a take-home midterm and final plus 1 paper. Make sure you participate

Can seem pretty daunting at first, but is a nice charismatic professor. Honestly didn't attend many lectures but the sections led by Miriam Burnett were great and super insightful, she's amazing. Be ready to do lots of reading and writing in this course but it's doable if you don't get behind.

I wish this class wasn't online this quarter (due to the fires and other reasons), but Dr. Akudinobi is an amazing professor. He does ramble in lecture, sometimes useful or just a story. He's hilarious and likes to joke. If you pay attention, skim readings, & do supplemental videos you'll do fine in this class. Only graded on final & midterm.

Don't bother taking if just for GE. Just rambles on for an hour for lecture, section is utterly useless and unless you get the good TA (Charlene) you're going to spend many hours on this class a week. Professor and TAs have no clue what they're talking about, this is just an abstract class with no rubrics or guidelines.

Professor Akudinobi is a sweet professor, however a lot of the time in lectures it is a bit hard to follow what's going on since there's no lecture slides and he sometimes sidetracks. Apart from that the readings aren't difficult and as long as you do them and go to section you'll be fine.

Very random lectures. Spends about 50% of lecture off topic. The TA's are really tough graders too (for no reason). For a GE, its definitely not worth it. It isn't hard material to learn, but it feels super random and disorganized. I do not recommend. I would steer clear unless you are ready to suck up to the TAs!

He's a great professor, but I wouldn't recommend him for anyone who isn't a decent writer.

Great and funny dude class isn't that hard just watch the movies and do the readings essay and final questions are formated so you can succeed

Professor is a kind instructor. He is always willing to help students during office hours. The discussion lectures always help with understanding the material and encourage participation. Textbook was important to supplement the lectures. Pay good attention and enjoy the class :)

Professor AKUDINOBI genuinely cares about his students. The reading takes 20 mins tops, there is no other weekly homework. There are 3 8 page papers. However they are actually 2 4 page papers on 2 different topics. He gives you all the answers in class. all you have to do is read 7 to 10 pages an week and show up.