Highly recommend Professor Smith!!! One of the best lecturers I've had at UCSB, he was so engaging and thoughtful that it made me look forward to attending lecture each week. I took his 101 class where attendance wasn't mandatory but I do recommend going to lecture as he is a great speaker. Weekly quizzes that are straightforward and three essays

Professor Smith is an amazing professor, the best I have ever had! Lecture attendance is not mandatory but they're so enjoyable that you will want to go. Three papers all 1500 max a good bit of reading no midterm or final just the papers. Amazing professor I loved going to lecture lots of interactive discussions w/t class but he made them enjoyable