UCSB stated that spring22 would have no online courses, but apparently that did not apply to this prof so be weary of recorded lectures. The class was not too hard if that is what you are worried about. It's pretty unclear what he expects of his students--no one had a clue during our few live lectures. You are left to connect the dots yourself.

Kokinis has a very lecture heavy class, lots of note taking during class. The whole assignment the for the class was a big paper that you work on throughout the quarter, and he had a good way of explaining big topics. Participation in lecture once a week and in section was required.

Would have loved to actually learn some history rather than having woke ideologies shoved down my throat.

I really enjoyes the class and learning all the info, but didn't get too many opportunities to actually talk to Dr. Kokinis. Feedback on writing assignments was very vague, really wished Chloe would have given us more than just a check or check minus. Make sure to read the material, really helps for the final paper. Go to office hours.

Your grade is based off of 1 paper basically. 20% comes from section participation, 20% comes from an essay outline, 20% comes from writing 3 pages, and 40% comes from submitting the paper. Overall interesting class but can be difficult to do well if you do really poorly on 1 assignment

TAs are very helpful and clear, at least Chloe was. Grades are based on a few assignments, and the final paper is worth 40% of the grade. Be prepared to read a lot of heavy material.

The entire objective of the class is to write a paper that focuses on an aspect of coloniality. While there are "writing workshops" many weeks, most of the time they are not helpful at all and feel like busy work. With that being said, Dr. Kokinis is clearly very knowledgeable on L.A History and I learned a lot this quarter.

This was an ok class, I think Professor Kokinis just has room to grow in his lectures. Lectures were extremely long and a little dry. It was nice that we worked on the final essay the whole quarter for our assessments in the course. I would actually recommend this for incoming students, because there were writing workshops every week.

If you take this class as a new freshman or a transfer from a community college, it will probably seem like a lot. Tons of reading, very heavy subject matter, long lectures, etc. Grade based on 20% section attendance 20% sub argument (1st 3rd of final essay) 20% outline of that essay, and 40% essay itself. Possible but beware if youre new to UC.

Prof Kokinis is clearly very passionate about Latin American history. His lectures were interesting, but he puts minimal notes on his slides, so be prepared to listen carefully and note the important stuff. The textbook was fairly easy to follow along. Expect a lot of writing, no MCQ's. Overall a really great class!