Professor McAuley's ability to motivate the class made class discussions interesting and intriguing. The reading material, for the most part, posed some great theories concerning U.S. involvement in foreign governments. I highly recommend not only the class, but the professor.
Best teacher I ever had. Great class too. You have to do the reading- 4 papers, but there is no midterm, no final and its really interesting.
chris was a great professor!! he remembered my name at the end of the quarter after only speaking one time! he makes it a point to get to know peoples names. he poses alot of questions to the class to think about and answer. theres alot of interaction between him and the class. i really liked this class. there were 3 pretty solid papers
The books are super expensive, but you really only need 3 of them for the papers he assigns. You really don't have to go to all the lectures, your section will cover pretty much everything you need to know. Pretty easy class if you don't mind having to write the essays. Avoid Jordan Camp as a TA, he's really boring and unimagenative.
A pretty laid back and nice guy, he was interested in learning everybody's name and wants everyone to call him Chris. He does go out of his way to talk to others outside of class and is pretty funny There's no midterms or finals just three papers.
You are required to read 6 books but in reality you only need to read 3. Three short papers throughout the year, probably easy depending a lot on your TA. No midterm, no final, lectures are reasonably intersting. Prof McAuley is friendly and makes an effort to listen to everyone and learn everyone's name.
McAuley is just a flat out nice guy, tries to get to know peoples names when you speak up in class, more of a disscussion atmosphere then a lecture. There was a lot of reading but if you skim over it and at least have a thing or two to say about it you will do fine. Only professor I've had whose taken the time to come up and say hi outside of class
only 3 papers - no tests at all. and yeah, you never have to go to class, but why not? he's a likeable guy and interesting to listen to especially when he slips into his different accents
a lot a lot of reading. no point to come to class (considering there is no midterm and final) except for stupid pop quizzes that he came up with everyonce in a while. i died on those considering keeping up with the reading (of which there were 7 books) was extremely difficult and sometimes his lectures were hard to follow. but they're only worth 1
He's great. Really educated and passionate about the subject he's teaching. His class was very interactive. Three 5 page papers. no midterm or final. The class is about slavery and globalization. I really like everything about this class.
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The best professor I've ever had. Easy, helpful, unbelievably intelligent, laidback, funny. Amazing. I couldn't recommend him any higher. I took his class five years ago and still talk to my old roommate about how awesome McAuley was. Rock on.
I took the honors section for this course. Chris (and he insists you call him by his first name) is a great teacher and mentor. Only bad thing: made me read so much that I thought my eyeballs were going to explode.
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Chris is one of the most passionate professors I've ever met. He's the only professor I've ever seen walk out of class when they weren't prepared. Chris is not an easy professor, but he really opened up a whole new perspective on issues whether I agreed with him or not. Chris is awesome.
An amazing professor, and for the most part very interesting lectures. Only 3 papers and weekly quizzes, but the papers are graded mostly on grammer and not on content, so take them to CLAS first. Overall, a really insightful and interesting class.
His class was pretty boring, but easy. There's no exams, only 3 papers. I think Bywater was a pretty decent TA. She grades pretty easy.
Very likeable guy- Very open to comments- funny- You get to watch some pretty cool videos- Do NOT get the T/A Krista Bywater- she is ridiculous- the class would have been a lot more enjoyable w/o her-
He is an awesome teacher...he made the class really interesting although the reading could be a little bland sometimes. And a word for the wise Desiree is a reallllllly bad TA...she makes people feel stupid and she doesn't really help in the class...
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AWESOME
da bomb
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only THE coolest prof at ucsb, really if you have the opportunity to take any of his classes -especially the seminars do so. insanely intelligent, exciting lectures and discussions and really just a fabulous prof!!!