The class was really boring to me but the teacher was super kind and helpful. I had Weston McCool as a TA and he was one of the best TAs I've ever had. I never really did any of the reading, so that was probably my downfall. But I still got a B anyway. So if you just go to class and do the reading there should be no problem getting an A. :)

The class was a little boring and vague, but it was easy. Walsh was into the subject and made everything easy to follow. The midterms were simple and the paper was graded nicely, making this professor and class great for a GE

Super boring class. Only copied down the slides. Paper was pointless but graded easy. (Don't get writing credit...) My friend slept most of the lectures & got an A. We never touched the books except to look up words on the study guide. STUDY THE KEYTERMS & READ OVER THE LECTURE.

Easy A, but the lectures were honestly sooooo boring. My friend and I both spent most of the quarter fooling around on our phones. And the textbook was super hard for me to understand; it was really frustrating. Paper was easy. I'm sure Walsh is a cool dude, but I honestly hope that I never have to take another class by him.

He's a really nice guy and does explain himself well, but the lectures drone on for sure. Definitely an easy class though, good GPA bump.

Very easy A. Knowing key terms and paying attention to lecture will guarantee a good score on the midterm/final. I though Walsh was interesting and passionate about his research.

Walsh was a great professor! I'm not sure why everyone keeps rating him as boring - I thought the lectures were extremely interesting and found him to be a very intelligent guy. The class is fairly easy: half of the test is based on reading, half of the test is based on lecture. Take this class! It has been my favorite class yet.

Walsh is pleasant to listen to during lecture, although I found the material boring. The midterm and final are easy and straight forward IF you read the book Small Places Large Issues. Questions come directly from the book. If you put the effort in, this class is an easy A.

Easy class. Attend lecture and take notes on the ppt b/c his tests are probably 99% based off of that. One paper which was easy (class median 91%) an online ethics project which is P/NP pretty much and the final. Section is what you make it so it can be a joke or super helpful. The text was confusing but you can read it for further understanding.

Professor Walsh and his TA's are really nice but their tests have a few questions on it that don't even come from the book or the lectures. A lot of questions were subjective. Boring material. my TA Diana was really nice, but she was not the most efficient. The paper is easy, take advantage of its points. USE THE KEYTERMS FOR THE TESTS.

Great class and very interesting. If you study the text, attend lecture and section and take good notes, then you will do great (as if you follow this procedure in any other class). I highly recommend it. There is a big paper due at one point in the quarter, it is really simple if you follow the rubric, I got an A it by doing so

Don't let the reviews on here fool you. From what I noticed in lecture, most people were either asleep or on Facebook. If you actually go in wanting to learn and pay attention now and then, this class isn't bad at all! Pretty easy, and if you go to Walsh's office hours, you will find that he's a pretty interesting, chill guy.

Good god was this class boring. I was so excited to learn about anthropology, but it was one of the worst experiences of my life because it was that boring.

I thought this class would be more interesting than it was. I only go to lecture because I am even more lost in my section--my TA barely teaches us anything or goes over any material and has a really strong accent which makes it hard to understand. Walsh goes on about random societies and I'm never sure what's going to be on the tests or not.

Really good guy overall

I took this class because it seemed interesting but I was dead wrong. The material is beyond boring and I stopped going to lecture. The midterms didn't have much to do with the book so I never read. I had a really good TA who was much more helpful than Walsh though. Unless you have to, I wouldn't recommend taking this.

This guy is so boring. I feel like he drones on about nothing forever. I didn't do the reading and got a 'B' so I'm sure if you keep up in the textbook, getting an A will be easy. He also talks way too much about Mexico because that's his area of expertise. He also missed the first two lectures because he was in Mexico.

The lectures are extremely boring. What was discussed in lecture, the book and section didn't seem to overlap. The midterm and final had extremely random questions that weren't on key concepts. I studied a lot but found the questions to be unfair because they were on minor, insignificant details, although they were all multiple choice.

Pretty good professor. I rarely used the book, as almost everything was reviewed in the lecture. Is in love with Mexico and uses it as his primary example. The lectures do tend to be on the boring side, and I would recommend taking additional notes, not just copying down the slideshows.

Frustrating class, so much potential. tests are subjective, so i found it unfair. Example question: all of these answers are correct, but which one is best? Ended up with a B- and studied like a crazy person

This was a super easy class. All of his questions came from his lecture so don't skip. It helps if you write down extra notes otherwise the slides make no sense. And the book was pretty useless. Don't bother buying and reading it.

Lectures skimmed material and most things could be found in the book. Pretty boring. Nice guy but I wanted to die every lecture. Do well on the paper. Section participation, paper, midterm, and final are weighted equally.

Class was very boring. Too many people, so sometimes hard to concentrate. Focuses on little details, and has a love of Mexico. Case studies were interesting, but did not go into much detail. Lectures skimmed material, all you really need to do is read the book and go to section. Lectures on Fridays are movies.

Nice guy. Easiest class you will ever take; took me 15 min to finish the final. I don't understand why some people dislike him; perhaps they weren't interested in the topic? But if you are interested, his lectures are great and will pay dividends. I especially like his case studies. He is a bit of an "activist", though. Also the class is huge FYI.