The lectures have nothing to do with the assignments that are painful. So far we wrote 2 single-spaced pages about our favorite songs (a lot more painful than it sounds) and 5 pages about your favorite piece of clothing. Ridiculous. Somehow despite almost graduating college I'm having to do assignments that feel like they belong in grade school.

Easy GE but get ready to write 5 pages about a sweater

If y'all couldn't get an A or complain about not getting an A, you're the problem. Prof. Casillas was the best professor I've had at UCSB. She cares about students, is super accommodating, and overall just a great person in general. The material was super engaging and interesting, and the class was just fun to be in. I'm sure the majority agrees.

the due dates for all assignments are in the syllabus from day 1, but she doesn't release any instructions at all about the assignment until 4-5 days before its due. super frustrating. how easy this class is depends entirely on which TA you get

Very nice and caring professor, pretty easy class. Super easy to pass as a GE, as long as you follow instructions for the writing it's easy to get a good grade. Lots of reading but for the most part you don't have to do it.

Recorded lectures plus in-person instruction. The lectures are hard to follow if you don't do the reading. I don't recommend this course to any international students, because you would feel very detached and foreign to the subjects discussed. TAs are important. They grade all the assignments -- concept map, paper outline, paper, short essays.

Interesting Course, Good GE Choice. 50% easy quizzes if you take great notes and do the reading stuff. 10% events attendance. 40% (section, paper, outline) is graded by TA but it is also easy and interesting topic.

Super interesting & not difficult at all -- solid GE choice. Lectures were prerecorded, some readings were pretty long but nothing horrible. Quizzes were based off reading & lecture; pretty detailed MC questions but open note (take good notes!). Dropped lowest quiz. Paper also easy & interesting. Accessible to students & receptive to feedback.

Professor Casillas was AMAZING! She was really understanding with the circumstances and classes being online. Her lectures were always interesting and she was highly accessible. Reading quizzes throughout the quarter, all of which are completely passable, and final is an essay.

Course in interesting. But papers are graded entirely on formatting. My pdf would format into a .doc incorrectly, pushing everything a line down, and I'd get 15 points off. Almost seems like they don't care about the actual content of the essay. Final/quiz is online. Take good notes in lecture. A good GE. Prof and TAs are accessible and nice.

Expects you to recall exact sentences from very long, very heavy readings. Doesn't post slides, doesn't let you take pictures, and goes through slides way too fast. The tests are poorly written, and you'll lose points because multiple answers are correct or the questions themselves are worded ambiguously. Mostly recites from the readings.

Online midterm and final exams, which were hard if you didn't do the readings and go to all of the lectures. Two simple and straightforward papers. Pop quizzes in section. TAs and Prof are accessible. This class was great and I definitely learned a lot!