Dr. Plane was the kindest professor I've had in the History department. Very helpful and caring towards her students as well as being very knowledgable about the material. A lot of reading but Plane is welcoming to questions and discussion. Highly recommend.

It seems like there's more negativity than there should be. If you work a little bit, you'll do fine. TA's do all the grading. She's very knowledgeable and if you talk to her, she's very willing to help you understand what you did not. Although, at times, lecture could be hard to follow. She's a nice person though.

Extremely boring lectures and not much to help your grade. Way too much information to remember and her "study guide" was just a huge list of questions and vocabulary that you had to answer yourself and memorize. The final was all essays and you needed to remember dates of everything. Take this class only if you really like history.

750 years in 10 weeks! Too much information and Plane makes it more dull than it already is. Her final was cumulative and boring to study for. No midterm, one short paper 2-3pgs, one long paper 6-8pgs. Don't do it! Take a different class with a different professor if you can! Good thing my TA was awesome otherwise I would have failed!

Nice lady, but her lectures and slides are very confusing. She is horrible at lecturing and gives an overload of information in each lecture. No midterm, two papers (one short, one long) and a final. The final is ridiculous. I would not recommend taking this class with her... maybe another professor if you need this course

Pretty confusing as far as history classes go. Every other history class I've taken has dealt with facts, dates, etc. The "analysis" aspect of this class deals more in opinion than solid fact. The grading criteria of the two papers was not made clear (when writing a research paper, one assumes that facts are paramount) and the final was ridiculous.

WORST teacher at UCSB i've ever had. is not understanding in the slightest, way too intense. her first year teaching this course and hopefully last. i do not recommend her whatsoever, totally boring. final was RIDICULOUS, no study guide, had to just wing it when preparing. i give her an F.

I had her a while ago. Loved her class. Learned a lot, although her lectures were sometimes dry in delivery--but material was always interesting. I got a B+ but it required a lot of work to get that. Anyway, its probably just me, but I thought she was a hot older woman. I'd give here a Chilipepper any day!

Plane is a great professor. Yes, her lectures can sometimes be dry. But she chooses interesting material you won't find anywhere else on campus, and is extremely passionate about the subject.

Plane is extremely knowledgeable in her area and very nice. The reading load can be a bit intense, but read it all and attend lectures, and getting a good grade isn't that hard.

I am a student who has always gotten A/A-s on all my assignments. I felt good about all her assignments and received B-/C+ on everything. WAY hard of a grader, the MOST boring lectures, and completely uninteresting material. Worst class/teacher I have ever had at UCSB, except she was a really nice lady.

Worst history professor I've ever had which translated into the worst grade I've ever had. Her lectures don't inspire interest & there's too much reading for a class that's not a DR. Avoid.