Loved this class, probably one of the best ive taken at ucsb. jannete and john are super sweet, and make class extremely interesting. midterms and final were not too bad, as long as you go to lecture, read the textbook and study, you will be just fine. open response and multiple choice. i ended up taking 152B after, since i liked them so much.

I don't know why people hype up 152A, it's a really poorly taught class, probably the most disorganized class I've taken in 3 years here. The lectures are unnecessarily graphic to the extent that it doesn't even contribute to the course material. I don't get why they haven't retired yet, they cancel class like half of the days.

Openly cares about his students, but his lectures and study guides are almost like two separate courses. Very little correlation between the two so when it came time for tests I felt very overwhelmed and confused. Interesting course, but really needs to revamp his teaching method for this class.

Follow the study guide and textbook and you'll do fine. Lectures were unnecessarily graphic so I never went and still did fine. My biggest gripe was the heavy generalization of men throughout the course and little to no mention of male SA victims. And when it did come up it felt very patronizing. Course can be triggering for SA victims!!!!

Baldwin cares about his students and encourages his office hours a lot. But, his writing is like chicken scratch that you can barely read from the first 1-4 rows let alone the back, and it's a lot of material for just 3 tests. Do the readings, go to lecture, ask questions.

This course is a joke, cancelled in person lectures within the first couple weeks of school. Resumed in person lectures the last WEEK of the quarter and didn't even address his absence. The lecture hall was filled with blank, confused stares bc this prof doesn't make any sense. Deleted all study material without notice before the final. Scammed.