Casillas is really nice and the material was all very interesting! However, most content in the lectures included stuff that had nothing to do with the assignments/papers. Papers and assignments were not that hard or bad though, but it was relating stuff from the material to your own experiences/life. Overall, it was a fun class!

I loved Casillas. Took this class as a GE and ended up really enjoying it. Super engaging, knowledgeable, & kind professor. Assignments prompt you to relate class material to your own life experiences. As long as you go to lecture, sections/assignments are much easier. 10/10 would take another class with her if I could.

Very easy ge with no exams just 2 papers and 2 projects. Never showed up to lecture but section attendance and participation was required.

I really enjoyed taking this class. Easy GE. 2 papers and one visual map assignment. I found the lecture topics to be very interesting and the paper topics as well. I am glad that the PowerPoint are posted because I personally think the slides go by too fast to be able to take proper notes. I think the reading amount was acceptable.

Dr. Casillas is the sweetest! Her lectures aren't mandatory, but they're pretty interesting. She's a really nice and caring prof and there are no exams. This class was super fun and I'd recommend taking it as a GE.

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.