Mario was probably the best professor I've had at UCSB. Not only was he caring, but his lectures were also soo interesting. Definitely, my favorite class I've taken at UCSB. I highly recommend taking CH168 with him. There's not a lot of homework, only readings. The tests aren't hard as long as you pay attention to the lectures and the readings.

5 books written by him..very one-sided if you ask me.+stayed online when he couldve done inperson-- idrc about that but he just reused 2020 videos (it's 2022 rn) which really just isn't cool i think only one of the books couldn't be found online (i of course mean legally guys!) not hard tho ig u can take the class just dont expect much from prof

Easy class, weekly quizzes requires reading and watching the lectures. But midterms and Finals are super easy.

I enjoyed taking Chicano Studies, the material was fascinating to learn about and the class was easy overall. The only complaint was that we had five required readings which seemed like a lot for a GE but the readings was very fascinating. The weekly quizzes were easy as long as you did the readings and attended lecture. Final was also manageable.

I loved Prof Garcia & this class! He seems to really care and doesn't get too complex with the material. Weekly quizzes every Monday are based on the past week's lectures/readings and are super straightforward. Section participation is required but manageable. As long as you stay on top of the reading and lectures, you'll be fine.

Pretty cool GE class with fascinating subject matter. Slightly strict with some policies but not a hard class if you do the reading.

Strict policy on section attendance and lots of reading, but as long as you can attend section and read it's a pretty easy A. Quizzes every week on lecture and reading but they were all easy (all MC). Midterm and final were both composed of just short-answer type questions. Class is interesting, and overall he's a pretty good professor.

All books that we read in this course are written by him which gives a limited POV of Chicano History.

In every single email sent you are reminded there is no makeups no exceptions for stuff.. during a pandemic. Dont think Id take this professor again. Weekly quizzes are easy if you do the readings & look over the lecture slides. You get a time frame one day for a few hours. 5 books, all written by him, but not too bad content wise.

It was such a crazy quarter but this class was taught like a lower division class. Professor Garcia depended a lot on his TA so when he went on strike the class basically fell apart. A lot of extra credit was offered but the quality of the class was not great.

Prof. Garcia is very passionate in his lectures and knows the information thoroughly. The tests contain no tricks and are primarily based on what he stresses and clearly emphasized in lecture. Very straightforward. Class can get boring if you aren't interested in the topic.

MOST BORING PROF IVE EVER HAD. SO annoying that we have to buy books HE wrote and attend MANDATORY out of lecture presentations to support the books he wrote. The books are painful but u pretty much have to read them. The 10pg paper is annoying but doable. Lectures (all his own opinion) arent put online, have to go to class. TA sarah L saved me