took in fall quarter. the professor seems very passionate but the TA grading is harsh. course is graded on three essays, all the readings are provided on canvas but the concepts are hard to grasp and there's a lot to read. lecture slides uploaded when essays were assigned, TA feedback wasn't helpful, and overall the professor seemed uninvolved.

The class itself was mainly just graded based on three essays, two as a midterm and another as the "final" which was nice because we could leave for break early since nothing was in person. TA grading is tough and most everyone failed at least one of their essays. The professor is super nice and funny, but material can be hard to grasp.

I loved taking his class; he is a fantastic professor. The class is difficult if you are not prepared for the workload. However, you'll be fine if you don't procrastinate and are interested in the material. Utathya is very helpful, passionate, and always ready to answer any questions. Overall, I had a great experience being in his class.

The class seems daunting, with a lot of readings assigned, but really you only need to focus on the primary sources (about 1/3 of the work assigned) to understand main ideas. Utathya is genuinely one of my favorite professors---super caring and always willing to explain. Lecture slides are a bit dense, but he highlights main ideas well.

Professor assigned Thanksgiving homework because no one wanted to go to a Wednesday lecture the day before Thanksgiving. Class structure is confused and unorganized, even if the professor is a nice man. Avoid unless you are passionate about the subject.

He seems like a nice passionate guy but his class is so unorganized. Sections AND lectures are mandatory and he does not upload the slides until the week of an essay. The slides are very content heavy and he races through them. Only 3 essay assignments and expectations on these are not clear at all. TA sucked. Insane expectation on readings.

The professor is super passionate and gives great lectures. This course is hard, and very reading heavy, but it is super interesting, and the professor does a great job teaching. Prof U is my GOAT.

Do NOT take this class.

horrible, if you want to take this class to fulfill your ge requirements, don't. this class is way harder then it should be and the readings are awfully long idk how he expects us to read over a 100 pages of long, difficult text every week. Too many things to memorize, it's impossible unless you make this class your first priority.

Don't take this class unless you want a overly hard history class. So much material to know and just an awful experience altogether. Save yourselves the stress and take a different class that fulfills the same requirements, I can assure you it is easier and better than this class. Terrible.

This is the worst history class you can possibly take at UCSB. On the midterm, we were expected to handwrite ~2,000 words in an hour and 15 minutes all while this dude was speaking in a loud microphone every 10-15 minutes telling us what we should be doing, making people lose their thought process. Section is mandatory and insane amounts of reading

really enjoyed Prof. C's class. He was super, information was good, it was easy to get good grades on exams if you paid attention in class. He's a little disorganized, but will be very kind if you are too.

Took fall 2019, and class was a little messy, but he didn't expect you to do more than he was able to teach you, so it was just. Really passionate and cool prof, I looked forward to seeing him! LECTURE HEAVY. He tells you about the quizzes a week or 2 prior, they're free response. One essay, easy.

This course was really great to take, especially it being my first online quarter at UCSB. The professor is super caring and easy to talk to, I attended open office hours a few times and could tell he was super caring and passionate. There are three short essays, three quizzes, three meme assignments, and a couple discussion posts. Not bad at all.

Dr. Chattopadhyaya is the best professor I had at UCSB. Honestly, the way the class is asynchronous, there only being 3 1-2 page essays really saved me this quarter as I also work part-time. He is super passionate and intelligent and I honestly retained and learned so much this quarter. He is understanding and even gave extra credit this quarter

HORRIBLY organized, expectations are never communicated clearly, various tasks sprinkled throughout the quarter, with no consistency. The guy is nice but this class was absolute trash. Lots of cool East Asian History, very little emphasis on methodology. Reading quizzes felt like reading comprehension, nothing about methods. disappointing class.

Too many words on the slide. Lectures were inconsistent, ranging from 30 minutes to nearly 2 hours long. How does one plan for that?? Difficult grading despite following all of the directions. Up to 5 or 6 readings per WEEK. ALL FOR A GENERAL ED COURSE.

i try to give profs the benefit of the doubt so i'm sure he's a great professor irl but this class is very tough in the remote learning environment. lectures are LONG and full of content heavy slides, and the major assignments aren't rly about the general history, but on specific primary sources, which is kind of annoying.

Utathya is an incredible professor. I took Hist 9 because its a requirement for the history major and thought it would be relatively boring since I already had a descent understanding of how to write historically, but I enjoyed his teaching immensely. He's incredibly helpful and wants students to be passionate about what they're learning in class.

I admire his knowledge on Indonesia history and culture. I take this class for pass no pass. Honestlyme and my friendhe is a history majorboth think this class is a tough one to take among all the history classes i've taken before. The texts are heavylots of reading. I am not satisfied with the grading rules. Since there is no feedbacks at all

Definitely a model of what a professor should strive to be. Really wants students to engage with the material and appreciates feedback. While this is his first time teaching HIST 189M, you could really tell that he put thought into how the course was designed. Three papers (all doable and not too difficult) Gave opportunities for EC/rewrites

really knowledgable young professor who cares about your learning in his class. i would recommend if you're a student who likes to learn. he's a reasonable guy.

Super smart and knowledgable on the subject of Indian culture, you will learn various things in this class but will definitely learn something new and eye opening. cares for the well-being of students and demonstrates an interactive role in learning and appreciates other students perspectives. great class with awesome context.

Utathya is very passionate about his research and explains South Asian history in a way that everyone understands. The class I took with him had a little to do with economics which I have no interest in but he lectured so well that I enjoyed going to class. He is an extremely kind and understanding teacher who does as much as he can to help you.