Charmaine Chua

20 reviews
Get ready to read Amazing lectures Participation matters Clear grading criteria Graded by few things Inspirational Respected Skip class? You won't pass. Caring Lecture heavy Lots of homework Beware of pop quizzes
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GLOBL 2
119 / 300 Enrolled
Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes
Charmaine Chua 4.2
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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GLOBL130 . 4 Months Ago

This professor pushes propaganda under fake academic teaching and discriminates heavily against people with opposing political views

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GLOBL130 . 4 Months Ago

Professor Chua is probably THE best professor I've had in my time at UCSB- definitely take 130 with her if you have the chance! Attendance isn't mandatory per se, but there are a handful of pop quizzes given during lecture so it's good to show up. She's so wonderful and makes an effort to get to know all their students even in a large lecture.

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GLOBL130 . 5 Months Ago

Best professor I have ever taken, 10/10. Her lectures are genuinely interesting and teach about the current state of the world. The pp-quizzes are light if you did the readings (and pretty forgiving even if you didn't). Tests are graded harder than the quizzes, but still completely doable. Couldn't recommend Chua enough!

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GLOBL130 . 6 Months Ago

The best professor I have had at UCSB. Recommend so hard.

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GLOBL2 . 2 Years Ago

Took this class my first quarter at UCSB, and to this date it's still my favorite class I've taken here. The course contents are interesting, but Prof. Chua is absolutely incredible and I truly think the way she presented the material is what made it such an amazing class. Do all the readings and you'll do well.

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GLOB2 . 2 Years Ago

Super engaging lectures. Allowed handwritten notes on tests, which had minimal MC and longer essay questions. Grade determined by midterm, final, and paper (which is four pages, not long). Readings were long but worth it to do them, but you can skip two or three. Didn't know what global was before this class but really ended up loving it

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GLOBL2 . 2 Years Ago

She is clearly very passionate about global studies and shes an amazing lecturer. She is also very funny and entertaining, so I enjoyed attending lectures. For this class there was a lot of reading and I found that you must do the reading in order to do well on the midterm and final!!

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GLOBL2 . 2 Years Ago

She (& this class) is INCREDIBLE! Lots of dense & interesting reading, but she's very understanding and cares about our well being. If you do the readings & minimal studying, I think it's fairly easy to do well on the exams; the writing section is pretty heavy, but nothing crazy if you've prepped. I learned so much in this class & highly recommend!

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GLOBL2 . 2 Years Ago

I have such deep respect for Professor Chua. Her lectures are amazing. This was not an easy class. Most of your grade is a midterm, paper, final and participation matters. But I found her presentations fascinating and felt inspired to understand what I can do to make the world better. I will def take more Global classes and hope to get her again.

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GLOB2 . 2 Years Ago

Such an amazing lecturer and speaker. She really is knowledgeable about her field and makes lectures really interesting/engaging. There's a good amount of reading per week, but most of them are interesting. It's not an easy A class but one of the most interesting classes I've ever taken.

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GLOBL2 . 2 Years Ago

really interesting class but content but was pretty theoretical and difficult to grasp at times. prof cares a lot about her students' needs and is super passionate and knowledgeable. assigns a lot of complex readings and iclicker questions for every lecture. paper, midterm, and final make up almost the entire grade.

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GLOB2 . 2 Years Ago

Professor Chua is a great professor who is very knowledgable about the topic of globalization. However, the course is very conceptual and can be hard to digest if you are not super passionate about globalization. The tests are writing based, they are easy to pass but hard to get an A on. Don't take this class expecting an easy A.

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