Both the lecture and the book are important to understanding the class. Without one theres no way I'd pass

She gets really into her lectures so yo don't really get bored when listening to her.

She's passionate. It's more of a study of history as a discipline. You learn how historians look at the past and use it to theorize what we know as "history" today. Lectures a good but can sometimes get boring; she's kind of monotonous. Hard 1800 word paper where the prompt is only pictures. Get ready to read more than you ever have.

I really liked Dr. Digeser and enjoyed taking History 2A. She's a great lecturer and her lectures were very interesting , although if you don't do the assigned readings from the textbook and the primary sources you may be confused. If you put in the effort (do the readings and attend lectures) you'll be able to get a good grade.

Lectures can be a little lengthy but if you're into history they aren't too bad (and can be quite interesting!). But make sure, and this is important, that you DO NOT MISS A LECTURE. She gives pop quizzes sometimes and the mid-term and final are based on her lectures, not as much on textbook. Generally, it's an easy class, just do the work for it.

If you pay attention in lecture and skim the readings and you should do fine. Her office hours are really helpful and she is always willing to clarify, even for tests and the essay. Take advantage of office hours!

Fell asleep in every lecture. Very boring and hard to follow. She had us do assigned seating in Campbell hall, which was annoying. Lots of reading. She is good about asking if anyone has questions though.

Professor Digeser pulls you into the subject and really challenges you to decide for yourself what you believe. We read Polybius which was tough, but she was always open to discussing during office hours or through emails (replies promptly) anything that hadn't made sense in lecture. She cares not only about her subject but also her students.

Awesome professor. Knows what she's talking about. LOVED the class.

Lectures are completely disorganized and half the time she doesn't even know whats going on. Documents that come with the class are completely irrelevant. I'm a history major but I hated this class.

She definitely wasn't my favorite professor. The class is very loosely structured, and you don't learn as much about history as you do about how to study it as a historian- only take it if you're EXTREMELY interested. Says "uh", "um" every two seconds, talks about irrelevant things.. boring.

This class grows on you but lectures are really boring. The teacher is admittedly monotonous and rather reads aloud her lectures like essays some days. Dont bother with section readings but u need to read everything else but spark-notes Hobbes &Thoreau is way better Just don't be stupid and plagiarize. Overall good class

Do.Not.Take.PS188. WAYYYYYYYYYYY too much reading (and tedious reading, at that!) Far too much to absorb. Prof and TAs then go over a couple sections of the hundreds of pages of reading and hope that'll suffice. It doesn't. The grading is ridiculous; every student was extremely pissed off about his/her paper and test scores

First off, i'd like to say Prof Digeser is a really cool person. The class though was monotone. I think its hard to make political philosophy interesting but still, every time went to class (which was always) I would just zone out and copy her notes. And as for her tests, expect to study, a lot. She takes her job seriously and so will you.

Digeser's class is kind of intimidating but really interesting. There's quite a bit of reading but it's all relevant and interesting. Be careful on the image ID's on the final, shes uses really obscure images from the powerpoints. The essays aren't graded too hard if you get a good T.A. Take notes on the reading, study and you should be fine.

Do not buy the book, it is a waste of $80! If you attend lecture you have all the info you need. The midterm and final are really hard and are all essay. In order to do well on them you MUST pay attention to the themes of tge class she talks about in lecture. Also pay lots of attention to the section readings!

i strongly suggest you do not buy the book. one- not relevant to the essays and exams you need to take and 2. it is a waste of time. Better to study your notes than read the book as well as study your documents! especially if you have a hard TA. my TA was a B**** and graded extremely hard and didn't enjoy being around her students. if you love hist

Textbook is useless. She tells you everything you need to know in lecture, just memorize it and repeat it on the midterm and final. She just wants you to write about her ideas.

I went to every lecture.. Waste of life. Here's what my TA even told me, "This class is for people who absolutely love history-read history everyday, and are always watching the history channel." Don't take this class. Dude. Seriously.

EXAMS AND PAPERS REALLY HARDLY GRADED

Do not take this teacher! I loved history but she makes this subject very boring and hard to follow since she talks about meaningless information and seems to skip the important and interesting stuff. She talked about rome without mentioning the colluseum. Bad teacher, tough class, read a LOT of documents textbook and they don't even help for test

Lame. Very lame teacher with very lame TAs on a very lame subject. Do not take.

Interesting topics. WAY WAY WAY to much reading assigned. Midterm very difficult and composed of the most random questions. It's one of those classes taught like its the only class you have that quarter.

She provides very good information over topics that are somewhat interesting, however the class is based on the assigned readings more than anything. You must know every detail and be able to distinguish between 30-40 sources for the tests that are essay only. NOT an easy class!