She was alright but not great. Course definitely leaned left even for a public university. TA matters a lot with a wide range of grading toughness between them.

Mandatory lectures: write-ins required. She is clearly very knowledgeable, but I rarely stayed awake. The content leans Democratic. Sections have too much discussion. All exams are in-person blue book. The final is harder than the midterm. Not an easy GE for international students.

Expect to read often. Lectures were incredibly informative and I enjoyed the professor's passion on the subject. Tests can be kind of difficult if you didn't read all the readings in detail, but spend a good amount of time on the course and you'll be okay.

very passionate and great lectures but her wording of questions for exams, participation questions, and papers were so confusing

Although an under division course, expect heavy studying for in-person final and midterm exams. Expected to memorize source authors and evidence. Great professor, super knowledgeable and funny, but not an easy course if you're not used to reading and memorizing information.

Lots of reading, very tough grading and vague criteria on midterm and paper and final

I love Prof O'Connor, she's the sweetest soul you'll meet. She wants everyone to succeed and build their critical thinking skills! Such an interesting class, and was a pleasure to learn about. Do the readings, go to lecture. Attendance is taken + worth it! My TA, Catalina was also the best! Tough grader, but super sweet and helpful.

hist 74 is genuinely so light. prof o'connor was super nice, only issue is attendance is mandatory through write-ins at the end of every class. but ur TA is the make or break, Gabriel and Catalina are the goats, everyone else is bad. but class was hella easy overall, like no work outside of class.

O'Connor is great. She connects concepts well and makes the subject interesting. Her lectures can be pretty dense and sometimes long. Besides that, the class is simple with attendance taken with write in questions. Reading can be quite long sometimes so plan out time to get it done sections are simple and focus on discussion of the reading.

amazing professor who really cares about what she teaches. long readings and sometimes dense lectures, but not many assignments. takes attendance each class with a small writing assignment for completion. one essay, one midterm, one final. all are writing based. loved this class and would take it again.

You can tell she's extremely passionate about her work and her class has taught me so much, especially about poverty measures that exhibit true class and social inequality. Her lectures can get somewhat confusing timeline wise since they don't go in chronological order but overall she's a great professor and I would recommend the class.

The lectures are amazing, and you can tell she loves what she does and is very knowledgeable about her subject. I love how she outlines the lecture as I handwrite my notes. She doesn't go too fast and shows videos. The only hard thing was that the grading criteria weren't very clear among TAs. Readings are necessary for getting a good grade imo