Lectures were fast paced which I enjoyed, recorded and posted too. best part about this course was my TA, highly recommend J Haider. I found the class to be very interesting and enjoyed section. Felt like I was really asked to think, but not sure if that was because of the professor or my exceptional TA. would recommend. 3 essays for grade

Prof. Kalman is very nice, but her lectures are so damn long. It is obvious that Prof. Kalman is old-fashion in terms of her lectures (as in they are not done in a organized slideshow way) so it may be a change for those use to that. There is also not much to be graded in this class (just midterm and final) but the grading is easy.

Professor Kalman was super sweet, but the lectures were often boring and difficult to follow. I was never sure what was important for exams and what information wasn't. It relies a lot on writing (no MC exams) 2 papers, and weekly forum responses that are pretty difficult. I wouldn't take it for a GE if you don't have to but I did learn a lot!

Professor Kalman is very knowledgeable, passionate about her teaching & the material, and dedicated to her students. I took this as a GE, and Im glad I did. She was considerate of the fact we were learning remotely during a pandemic, and was very flexible with students. Papers werent too hard, lots of different interesting topic options.

Her lectures were very well informed and were always interesting! I normally hate readings, but the textbook was actually really helpful and the readings were all fairly short. Solid class, and was well adapted for online transition.

had her online and wish I had her in person. amazing lectures and my fave prof at UCSB so far. made me want to minor in history. her class is so amazing and the readings were so interesting. learned so much and had fun doing it

Took her during the first quarter of online classes at UCSB due to roni rona. By far my fav professor. Fun, interesting, and rewarding class. Highly recommend her. I hate readings and I usually skip them in other courses. I was genuinely motivated to read because of how interesting the short readings were.

Kalman is wonderful. She has made this online class easy during a really hard time. She's incredibly knowledgable and really sweet when you talk to her outside of class. Graded on two papers and attendance in section. Weekly readings are discussed in section. She is inspiring! But if you don't like history you might be a little bored. She is great.

the sweetest professor! her lectures are very interesting and she's very knowledgeable. she's super helpful too! she makes a spotify playlist to go with every lecture. such a cutie

Nonsensically tough on grading the two essays for the quarter. The midterm and final are both essays and they are the only things that determine your grade. I'm not sure if the TA was bad this time around, but before this class I never got lower than a B+ on a history essay yet I got a C for an essay I spent weeks on. Total waste of my life.

An amazing prof who engages her students with hilarious yet thought provoking lectures. Take home midterm and final, both very double. Non-history major and did well. The textbook is pretty helpful with writing the papers as it gives more details than the lectures but it's not completely necessary if you're more so aiming for a B range grade.

This was a HARD class, but Kalman is so sweet and wants you to succeed. The class is only graded on the midterm and final so you need to work really hard to make sure your essays are up to par. She gives out the final questions in advance and allows a page of notes during the final, which helped, but you still need to prepare a lot.