Loved this class, probably one of the best ive taken at ucsb. janice and john are super sweet, and make class extremely interesting. midterms and final were not too bad, as long as you go to lecture, read the textbook and study, you will be just fine. open response and multiple choice. i ended up taking 152B after, since i liked them so much.

This is genuinely the worst class I've ever taken at UCSB. The Baldwins use incredibly old-fashioned, outdated info, and they force you to buy the newest edition of the textbook that they wrote. You NEED to buy it because half the midterm is pure recall on different passages within the textbook. Three midterms and a final. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Worst course I've taken at UCSB. Took it for UD credit. Tbh they put a really bad name to the Soc department -- no sources in their lectures, very clearly outdated data (even though they say it's from "3 years ago"), offensive content, very traditional/binary pov. Clearly they are just here for a check. Avoid at all costs :)

out of the baldwins, she is the better one, but this class is hard and the 3 midterms with a final is unnecessary. textbook is required and hard to find for free as a pdf or for cheap, plus the lectures are all over the place and def needed to even try and pass the class. don't take as a GE and for my other soc majors good luck.

Honestly, she is one of the worst professors I have ever taken. It honestly feels like she just yaps the whole time and both her and John's commentary is so traditional and out of pocket it gets to the point where it's controversial. Reading is 100% necessary since the lecture is just them yapping and they don't post slides/abbreviate everything.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. They require you to buy their (expensive) textbook and ramble in lecture and expect you to cover the bulk of material yourself by reading their book. They use offensive and outdated terms and are not inclusive. Had to study for this class more than any other. Lots of material, but very few test questions.