Professor makes people with CAE accommodations take all of their quizzes at the end of the quarter and if you miss more than two classes even if you switched in late he will move your grade down a letter.

Easy class which is good when taking more challenging courses.

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I really enjoyed this class. I found the topic interesting, but only because I was already interested in design. If you're on the fence about whether you like it beforehand you might be a little bored. Still, the lectures and reading are quite interesting. The readings are really long and sometimes boring, but you don't really have to read all of them to finish the homework (which is just 100 word responses, easy to write by just skimming the articles). I read most of the readings because I found them genuinely interesting.

Loved this class and Prof Huhtamo. Wish I could've taken it in person, as it was asynchronous this quarter. Interesting topics. Prof Huhtamo is a very interesting guy and it's clear that he's passionate about design- you should go to his office hours and talk to him!

Like many others, I took this class since it was an "easy A" GE and recommend it to others. The material was interesting and I enjoyed learning about design. The workload wasn't too heavy and grading was generally lenient/easy depending on TA.

I started out pretty bored with the class but soon grew to like it a lot! The information is actually super interesting! I took the class at first because I was thinking of switching to be a DESMA major, and I had already gotten my art GE done in the past, so I basically took this class for no reason. But, luckily, it was a real GPA booster. It was super easy– no tests just two papers and I did them the night before without even breaking a sweat. It was interesting, easy, and Erkki is such a cute lil old man. Definitely take it if you want an easy GE. Also, all lectures were asynchronous so I just watched them on 2x speed, and then the discussions were mandatory but I just turned them on and didn't pay attention because you don't need to know that material and just did the participation things they give you during the discussion and just left it on in the background while I did other things. so yeah, def take if you need an easy GE and also are interested in design.

A friend of mine took this in fall 2019 and said it was an easy ge for pre-med. It was definitely one of my easiest classes in my course load this quarter. During covid he doesn't have any exams or quizzes. All you have to do is write two papers that are pretty easy. I'd say my average hours per week spent working on this class was about 2 hours probably. Highly recommend

Online edition. Has a light workload but not so light. Had to write a 200-word report weekly about the lecture and readings (didn't buy the book cuz some nice students posted it on google drive). We attended 4 events for pretty successful people (which i found to be really cool) and wrote a 200-word report about the events. We got 2 more events for extra credits. The midterm was a paper of 1200 words and the final was 1200 words if written independently or 1400 if with another person (both graded reasonably). Had to attend a discussion almost weekly and filled out a form for attendance. Overall, easy class and good for a GPA boost but the content was basic things that I kind of knew before.

This class was so boring and the whole TA situation was terrible (there are 8 TAs and you get a different one each week). But, the workload was super minimal and I got and A+ with little to no effort. From my 1 hour a week lecture professor Huhtamo seems like a nice enough guy, but I probably wouldn't recommend this class that how boring it is.

Taking this class in the online format due to the pandemic is definitely different from the previous versions of this class as I have noticed from the previous reviews. The class has been remodeled so that it is 1 hour lecture that is prerecorded and can be watched anytime of the week and 1 hour discussion that occurs with 1 of 6 TAs. The material of this course is easily understandable and mildly interesting. I mainly took this class after hearing it was an easy GE and I think that still holds up to its words. Aside from the lecture and discussion, you are required to read a "textbook" (compiled readings from different books and articles) and answer 5 questions from the lecture. There are also 4 online events you must attend which are basically just listening to a designer talk about whatever the want for an hour or so and then writing up a 200 word report. The lecture questions and the event reports were all easy points as long as you are answering the questions. I am not sure how they grade it but I got full scores on everything while spending about 20 minutes total each week on them. The discussions to me were not that helpful because but they were mandatory to attend for participation points. The midterm was an essay that was pretty easy to write because it is very subjective and the scores will vary depending on TA grading but I'd say most of the scores were pretty high. Only thing is he requires you to cite from the "textbook" so definitely do read them even though they are boring and tedious. The final was also an essay but it required more research but also not a hard write. This one required a lot more usage of the "textbook" so same advice, read! Do recommend this class if you're looking for an easy A GE.