AF AMER M10A
History of Africa to 1800
Description: (Same as History M10A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of development of African societies from earliest times to late 18th century. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2025 - If you're taking this to fill a major/minor requirement like I am, you can probably take this class and do fairly well. I'd suggest it unless something significantly easier pops up. If this is for a GE, genuinely I beg you to find another. This class was genuinely so much unnecessary work and the professor stumbles on her words so much. She just reads off of the slides and doesn't really supplement them with further analysis for note taking. She also goes sort of fast because of it, but somehow always runs out of time and goes over by a few minutes. The class consisted of a 3 page paper due week 3, an in-person midterm during week 6 (which was lowkey hard and the grading was VERY skewed), a 5-6 page paper due week 9, and a take-home final that was 6 pages of essay writing. The topic was (in my opinion) not the most fascinating for the entire quarter, but some moments were good. The only enjoyable part of this class was the section led by our TA. That consisted of a map quiz of Africa (which typically takes place week 2, but was week 3 in our case due to the fires) and a group presentation with questions for the class on the readings for a week. Overall, I'd only recommend if you need this class or are super interested in African history. Otherwise, find something else.
Winter 2025 - If you're taking this to fill a major/minor requirement like I am, you can probably take this class and do fairly well. I'd suggest it unless something significantly easier pops up. If this is for a GE, genuinely I beg you to find another. This class was genuinely so much unnecessary work and the professor stumbles on her words so much. She just reads off of the slides and doesn't really supplement them with further analysis for note taking. She also goes sort of fast because of it, but somehow always runs out of time and goes over by a few minutes. The class consisted of a 3 page paper due week 3, an in-person midterm during week 6 (which was lowkey hard and the grading was VERY skewed), a 5-6 page paper due week 9, and a take-home final that was 6 pages of essay writing. The topic was (in my opinion) not the most fascinating for the entire quarter, but some moments were good. The only enjoyable part of this class was the section led by our TA. That consisted of a map quiz of Africa (which typically takes place week 2, but was week 3 in our case due to the fires) and a group presentation with questions for the class on the readings for a week. Overall, I'd only recommend if you need this class or are super interested in African history. Otherwise, find something else.
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