Super nice teacher, take advantage of office hours! Try to at least skim the reading, because there are a LOT, but worth taking!

BLST 49A with Professor Chikowero was an eye-opener of a class. A few lengthy readings due before each lecture, weekly assignments and the occasional quiz, an 8 page research paper, and the final of course. Very informative and humorous in lecture, grades fairly, and encourages questions. Lots of writing required, but amazing learning experience!

Wouldn't recommend taking this class as a GE because of how much work and reading goes into it. They said that class was mandatory but didn't enforce it, I only had a couple of sections that weren't cancelled as well. Fall 2021 might've been a weird quarter for the professor and TA's, but this class was so difficult that it was unapproachable.

This class was easy but boring so it's easy to get behind. I barely went to lecture or section and still passed. The final was easy but the class is honestly disorganized and the grading criteria makes no sense.

Extremely unorganized. He never made assignments clear and it was hard to understand what he expects you to do. Way too many readings. 8 page research paper with no clear instructions, not even a rubric. He said you have to read textbook for final, but final was not even that much based on the textbook. Would not recommend this class, too much work

The class isn't very organized and it kind of goes by how he is feeling the day of lecture. It's very content heavy and a lot of the homework and quizzes are based on your interpretation of the weekly readings (which are a lot). No midterm but a 8-page research paper and the final was completely based on the textbook.

I had him Fall of 2020 and his class seemed intimidating but it was so doable. You can easily skim the reading as class begins and when in section discuss/piggyback off of others statements to get participation credit. The weekly writing responses are very straightforward and leave a lot of room for expansion. The lectures are not needed to do well

Unorganized class and readings are long.

Prof. Chikowero was a tough grader. He would never specify what he wanted in our papers and would send out assignments very late notice. He is very unorganized and would change our due dates. He also doesn't use GauchoSpace so you spend the whole quarter guessing what your grade is. I highly don't recommend unless you want to be stressed out.

Tbh, very inconsiderate professor. Sends homework assignments very last minute and expects you to check your emails throughout the weekend. Cancelled class for a full week right before our research papers were due & wasnt even accesible through email due to limited internet access. Also a tough grader. Not worth taking his class.

Cool dude. The content was pretty interesting but he requires lots of reading and homework. One paper on the topic of your choice and a final but no midterm which was nice. He's also hard to get in touch with outside of class and is rarely in his office when he says he will be. Don't take unless you're REALLY interested in the topic.

his accent can be difficult but he is overall a great professor. i would take him again!!!!