Professor Miescher is one of the nicest faculty members you'll ever interact with at UCSB but unfortunately this class was just not managed or structured well. The TAs run the class for him outside of when he's lecturing and the weekly discussions were not managed well and were very awkward for me. Lots of surprise in class assignments too.

If you pay attention during section and understand the main points of the lectures you will do well. He truly wants you to succeed and gives a list of essay questions that will be on the midterm and final, which makes it easy to study. There are a lot of assigned reading but isn't necessary. In-class assignments once a week so make sure to attend.

Nice guy and very approachable, I just didn't find the lectures very engaging. He knows his content really well but my TA was alright and prof wasn't very clear with anything in class. Surprise writing and pop quizzes which absolutely can tank your grade if you're not careful.

He's lit hella easy

Great Prof, very friendly and ready to help. Course work is not too heavy, readings are interesting.

He was not a clear lecturer and if you depend on slides for notes, this ain't for you. I got a B after skipping class the second half of the quarter. Material also was not that interesting; not a difficult GE though.