Took this my fall quarter as a first year, my FAV class ever and I love this man. Please take a class with him if you have the chance. Tests are easy and there isn't much work, only downside is a research paper towards the end of the course - not harsh graders though. Easy A if you go to class, readings pretty interesting too but not mandatory.

I loved having Anth 2 with Whittle so much that I'm currently minoring in anthropology now. The class was overall super interesting and Whittle showed an obvious passion for the course. He presented material in a way that was very interesting to me.

Whittle was a great professor and I loved going to lecture. However, there was a lot of assignments and the final paper was pretty hard; the TAs tend to grade hard and I went to office hours a lot for help. The material was interesting and I definitely learned a lot in this class that was applicable to real life. I'd reccommend for a GE.

Whittle is an amazing prof!! He cares about his profession, and works hard to make sure the students are equally inspired. Lecture was never boring... it was straightforward and the midterm and final were fair. This was the 1st class I ever took at Ucsb and I would recommend taking it to satisfy a GE.

This was my favorite class I have taken at UCSB so far. Prof Whittle is an amazing professor and he really changed how I see a lot of things in a good way. He incorporated his field work experience into his lectures and kept them entertaining and interesting. I can't say enough how much I loved this class, and I would 100% take it again.

Grades really depend on what TA you choose. Attendance matters. His lecture is slow. Though the lecture talks about thinking emically and etically, I remember some test questions are designed for emic perspectives. Many test questions are from lectures/readings. I like his fieldworks and funny stories. But I am not interested in many topics.