If you are interested in Chinese history, I highly recommend you to take Professor Zuo's class. The quizzes in class are very simple and have only two multiple-choice questions. The group project is to arrange a small debate with your group members (actually more like a small performance). The final is a paper to be written at home.

One of the best classes I have taken at UCSB! If you show up to class, you will do well.

Very good professor.

She is very passionate about the subject. Easy course, make sure to do the readings though.

Prof. Zuo genuinely cares for her students and gives so many opportunities to correct any assignments submitted improperly. Super easy grader but definitely block out a decent chunk of time to do readings if you're in one of her upper div classes.

Super easy class. Barely went to lecture, midterms and final are two 500 work take home essays each.

Easy. That is how I would describe this class. I didn't go to a single lecture after the first week. I would just go to section and skim the hw. As long as you listen during section, you will do fine. Super easy class. Midterm and final are just take home essays so very easy to manage.

this class was very fun and really challenged the western point of view of history. Only 2 papers, but weekly quizzes on the chapter get tedious. The papers are actually fun to write, coming from someone that hates writing.

Professor Zuo is a very competent and kind professor. Lectures were interesting and definitely helped in writing my midterm and final. Weekly textbook quizzes.

The atmosphere of Professor Zuo's lectures is very relaxed, and she often tries to mobilize the class atmosphere. The mid-term and the final are both two papers to take back. If you have read the materials every week or have accumulated history before, it will not be too difficult. The weekly quiz is also a very simple ten-choice question

Professor Zuo is a really nice professor. The class is graded on section attendance and participation, Weekly quizzes, discussion posts, a midterm, and a final. Weekly quizzes are really easy. They are pulled directly from the textbook and are very straightforward. Discussion posts are 100-250 words. Midterm and Final are both 2 500 word essays

Professor Zuo is certainly a very nice person, although not the greatest professor. Her lectures were quite boring and provided very little tested information. The class clearly had a large discrepancy between TAs. I believe that I was lucky to get an A in this course with the TA I received. Prof. Zuo often had technical issues.