Professor Walsh is not the best professor in terms of clarity. However, you must listen to him during lectures to get most of the information. Aside from that, your grade is based on a midterm and final in which he gives the question for beforehand, and a simple paper. The textbook helped significantly when it came to the midterm and final.

This class was not the most interesting (in my opinion) but definitely was easy. Your grade is based off of the midterm, final, and one paper. Reading is assigned weekly, usually a chapter or two from the textbook. Honestly, you don't have to go to lecture, just try and get the notes. Gives out questions for midterm and final beforehand!!

I really enjoyed his lectures I found them interesting. You do need the book, overall just know the concepts, go to section, and study.

You barely need the textbook because he explains everything in class. This class is literally an intro to anthro do not expect specific information everything is quite broad. A lot of the class is self explanatory like how humans adapt with environment. It talks about anthro methods and such. Overall, easiest course no need to pay attention.

Walsh is one of the nicest and most caring professors I have had! He can be a bit awkward sometimes. The class is purely discussion based and you do have to write summaries before each class. It is a lot of reading and it can get overwhelming but the readings are usually really interesting. Good class, easy A if you do all the work!

it was a pretty neutral class, definitely easier than Anthro 5. You will need to write an ethnography report, but it isn't too hard. The final and mid-term test are essay questions he gives before hand, he will select some from a list he provides you. Make sure to outline the essays and prepare for them.

Relatively easy class. Harder than need be for a G.E however. Ok lectures, can tend to be boring at times, but if you do the readings he will go over things that you have read which will make it more entertaining. Midterm and final are graded pretty hard so make sure to talk to your T.A beforehand to get a sense of what they're looking for.

BORING! I rarely went to lecture. I never read so I ended up with a B. He gave us the midterm and final prompts in advance so we could prep so that was pretty chill. Some online assignment was required and it was pretty much a no passpass. We had one paper, it was pretty straightforward. Overall, pretty easy class but very boring professor.

What was potentially an easy A ended up being an easy B. Lectures were boring to mildly interesting. Don't really need to read the book. Midterm and Final were straight forward. One small but annoying research paper. Professor seems like a nice guy and is enthusastic about the subject but the material is dry and very broad.

Pretty boring lectures, but it is obvious Walsh is very passionate about anthropology. He gives you the exam questions a week in advance so you can prepare you short answers. An easy A if you put in the work the few weeks its needed during the quarter.

Material was straight forward and interesting. Unfortunately, most of your grade is based on test-essays, which can be graded very hard if you get a bad batch of TAs. Would not recommend for science majors.

Lecture very useless. Don't need to go. He goes in circles over same ideas. If you are looking for easy A, you gota be good at writing. If you are looking for a B, this is the class for you as you are basically guaranteed if you are in any way decent at writing. For midtermfinal, you are given 5 questions in which he picks 2-3 for you.

Interesting lectures, uses powerpoint very well which is important for visual learners. Tells funny stories from his own anthro experiences to help you remember the course material, very approachable, tons of TA's ready to assist. Uses textbook, notes, a few writings. midterm final are essay Q's you have a week to prep for. Be thorough!

I loved Prof. Walsh , but the class itself was SO boring :( boring slides too. Probably would've gotten an A if I read the textbook. Grade is based on section, midtermfinal and paper. Midterm and final weren't multiple choice unfortunately, but timed essays. Overall okay class, but gets a GE out of the way. Walsh was helpful during office hours

I took this class because I thought it would be an easy, interesting GE. I was wrong about the interesting part. It was pretty boring but the professor is nice. Sections are not helpful but attendance is for points. Final and midterms are easy. You have to write a paper where you have to interview people. Overall quite boring and wish I didn't take

Took this class because I had no other option. I never read the textbook, nor did I ever pay much attention in class. It was boring, but the professor was very passionate about the subject. I probably would not take this class again just because it I am not interested. I would say the class is pretty easy, and you can easily get an A if you read.

Amazing lectures, super interesting, lectures are a little long but he is a very clear speaker and the content is interesting so it makes up for the long-ness. A must take!! Reading the text helps and its also really interesting but I found that it doesn't help all that much since the majority of the concepts will be in the lectures.

The class was the most boring class that I have ever taken. I have never fallen asleep in a high school class, but nearly the entire class felt drowsy from listening to his lectures. However, you must go to class to get the information on the PPTs needed for his midterms. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS CLASS! YOU MUST ARGUE EVERYTHING FOR YOUR GRADE!

Nice professor, but extremely boring class unless for some reason you like Anthropology, and even then it is still probably boring. Easy class but would only take it unless you legitimately are interested in the subject because it is so boring.

Smart guy, very passionate about anthropology. Very easy class, super light workload. Reading is not at all necessary as long as you attend lecture and take awesome notes. The content is boring at times, but it's better to go to lecture than read the book. The midterm and final (non-cumulative) are given to you beforehand to prepare the essays.

Walsh, seems very enthusiastic about the subject and if I hadn't actually zoned out in lecture I probably would've gotten something out of it. It's a good class and the concepts are easy to learn, I just wish he focused more on the actual subject than his own personal studies.

Didn't really attend the lectures, didn't do the reading, only went to the sections because it is part of your grade. He gives you the tests a week before and who have time to quickly research those questions. Paper was easy, did it all the night before and got a B. If you need an easy Class for Area D, this is the one for you.

I personally found his lectures interesting! Most people did not, however.. I enjoyed the subject matter, even though a lot of it was pretty straight-forward. If you attend lectures, and do the readings you will get an A! Understand the key terms.

I took this course my first quarter and it wasn''t too hard. I did the reading the first week and didn''t touch my book again until midterms and finals came around. He''s really easy-going but his lectures tend to be on the dry side. I''d have fallen asleep if I didn''t sit in the front but he was helpful when I went to office hours.