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.

Horrible class and teaching. Lectures are so confusing, notes written illegibly on the whiteboard of a large lecture hall, slides have little to no info. And the lectures do not follow the readings and are filled with lots of random information. Blatant fatphobia was present in lectures and especially in the textbook. DO NOT TAKE

Awful experience:1/4 of the way through the course, he couldn't teach the rest in person, and put lectures online. Sunday night after Thanksgiving he emailed that we would meet in person that week (starting Monday). Without warning, he removed all of the online lectures, that people needed to study, leaving us without notes for the final exam

At first, I did enjoy the concept of the class as it's important material, however, the professors and how this class is structured did not prepare the students for success. Most lectures were CANCELLED, leaving us to asynchronously watch videos and teach ourselves. 2 midterms (30%) and one final (40%) for the overall grade. Outdated info as well.

The classroom culture and the material are outdated. This year, they changed the grading criteria from three to two midterms (30% each) and one final (40%). The professors missed most of the lectures due to medical emergencies and they offered no extra support for students. It's time for them to retire...

Prepare to put in the work for this challenging but interesting course. Attend lectures, study the textbook, and utilize resources like unstuckstudy ai to ace the exams. The material is engaging, but the tests require serious preparation.

Outdated content. Sweet guy, but the class is just not really relevant anymore. Don't think he realizes how many people are part of the LGBTQ+ community nowadays. Also he interrupted the other professor quite often.