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