She doesn't teach real feminist theory, only content that she has invented and has nothing to do with ACTUAL feminist theory. Her theories that she teaches are poor social science and super subjective, all centered around her personal beliefs. She belittled those who challenged her at all. My final was applying yin and yang to the movie Encanto...
Course consisted of weekly journals, and a final essay project broken down into essay topic, 2 essay outlines, and final essay along with a final exam. Final exam and essay are due the same day which was stressful. The other assignments were easily graded but Barvosa's a bit of a mess, she doesn't input grades at all and makes things very stressful
No grades input the ENTIRE quarter. Extremely passive-aggressive while providing little aid when students ask for help. Weekly Journals are easy enough but the term paper lacks instruction and clarity and is due the same day as the Final which also lacks clarity in what she wants from her students. Most work out of any online class ever taken.
In the class, completed journal, essay outline, final exam with three essays, and a final paper but receive scores of neither of these assignments. Participated in all group discussions and did extra credit but still a B. She did not respond to email after the final grade popped out on you gold. Irresponsible teacher and highly unorganized lecture.
The course is unclear and unorganized. Professor does not respond quickly and then has rude responses. She did not have consistent office hours and when she would change it, it was not enough time to prepare for the new hours. She does offer extra credit but sends it out last minute that you are so busy with finals that it is not easy to finish.
The online version of 181 has been so confusing. Spilt up the weeks into two "Cycles" but was inconsistent with posting readings (avg. 10-15 a week) and would change the schedule. Not great with communicating, and can be passive-aggressive over the UCSB Nectir chat. Gender journals due once a week, mid-term paper with unclear instructions. Eh.
Do not recommend her class. I took her for Gender and Society and she just made it about her book Deliberate Democracy. If you do take this class, know she gives out very last minute email notices, loses your finals, and then wont respond to your emails. Class is no powerpoint or any other form of guidance. Just one big conversation.
She is the very best person and teacher I have ever met
Confusing lectures at points. Very passionate about what she teaches about but is not the most sincere person. Section helps a lot. Must know all concepts in this course to do well. Essay assignment that is graded toughly and short answer/essay questions on exams. Try hard and you can do well, but definitely a tough course.
Overall great course. If you're passionate about this subject you wont have any brother. Only assignment was the gender journals which are to be tied in with the readings. one essay assignment 1800 words. midterm was a bit challenging but if you do study you should be fine. the topics she discussed are very relevant ton to only women but men too
Much of your grading depends on how close you are with your TA(so when it is time for the paper get you behind to Office hour). Second, make sure that you are actually going to spend time reviewing the key terms and themes that were explained in class. The readings should be done because they will help with writing the essay for the first midterm.
Super nice very accommodating made class very interesting and pretty easy as well, great teacher
Only like 5% of the class got A’s on the midterm which is just ridiculous. Then she blamed us for not trying hard enough when in reality she’s just caught up in trying to prove that this isn’t some easy GE. Her final even though it was multiple choice was 240 questions! She assigns a lot of boring and repetitive reading. AVOID AVOID AVOID!
240 multiple choice question final. Plus lecture is boring as can be.
This class isn't impossible. Professor Barvosa is friendly, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. Her lectures are easy to follow and if readings are so repetitive, you would think students would get the concepts. She won't spoon feed you the material so I suggest this class if you're willing to take some initiative
Worst class I have taken at UCSB! Slides are confusing, concepts aren't through, Barvosa assigns a ridiculous amount of reading while we are supposed to be working on a paper related to a different set of concepts. TA was useless and didn't understand course material adequately. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.
Do not take this class! The ideas are too broad and too vague to be able to study, and she does not put her powepoints online. There was no where near enough time to take the midterm or final, and there is way too much reading. Only 20% of students got an A...I did not learn anything and I dreaded coming to class
Slides make no sense. Too much reading. Blames students for low grades on midterm, yet only allows a certain amount of ppl to get As, Bs, etc. Extremely biased. Learn nothing, get nothing out of it. Tells us all these problems in society, but not how to fix/change them. TAKE ANY OTHER CLASS TO FULFILL ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT.
Lecture got boring at times but it is important to attend in order to understand the subject and take the notes which will be useful for the exams. My TA was Felicia Lopez-West. She was very sweet helpful but it is definitely not easy to get an A in this class. I really knew the subject and wrote decent papers and still didn't get an A.
Great enthusiasm, but not clear in what she wants from students on midterms (which were definitions, a short essay, and long essay). Only 20 people out of 650 got A's on the midterm. One essay which was graded fairly (maybe too easily). Class is easily passable though as final was multiple choice. Just not easy to get an A.
interesting lectures, and she was just so awesome. the material got pretty repetitive but I learned so much in the class. midterm, paper, final that were pretty tough but you'll do well if you do most readings. McComb was my TA and she was really helpful for reviews for the test and paper
At first I thought she was too hard and expected alot from the students. However, I slowly realized that as a college professor that is her job. Alot of students take Chicano Studies because they think it's an easy class but 1B really kicked their butts. Chicano Studies is as important as any other subject. Thanks Prof. Barvosa
The class was so boring i felt nauseous every time i went. Her views are very biased and seems to have no underlying logical basis in her arguments.
Class is not engaging and reading is repetitive. I would avoid this class at all costs.