Professor Galateanu is sweet and kind, but I did not learn so much from taking this class. I did the readings and went to every lecture, but I always found myself lost in her class. She teaches in a way that she shares more of her experiences back in Romania but does not provide clarity to which part of the content of the lesson. Outlines are the key to passing the midterm, but these are very intricate. One point to another without further description. Did she have the time to provide a description of these shallow, brief points? NO. Cause most of the time was filled with her starting statement of "back in Romania . . . " "My adopted Child . . . " , and "HahaHahHAhAH—they died". This class is doable, but make sure to clarify each points from the study guide. Some of the questions may tell you to provide description. I will not take this class.

I loved this class!! I really enjoy history, and this class was so interesting. Galateanu was so sweet and told us personal stories from Romania under Communism. This was probably my favorite class at UCLA!! It was very easy as well :)

As someone who had 0 knowledge of East and Central European history, this class definitely required more work from me relative to my peers. I had to spend hours memorizing information for weekly quizzes but the TA graded pretty leniently. By the end, I learned a ton and the final was pretty easy because you spend so much time memorizing information throughout the weeks. Prof and TA also gave study guides so the class so pretty manageable, especially if you have background info!

First off, the professor is adorable and super sweet. I love listening to her lectures. But that’s not why I am here... the ta is a total jack (petkovski). He not only rolls his eyes at the professor when she is confused about some technology problem(on zoom,) but he is arrogant and grades insanely harsh. If you ever take this class and have him as a ta, drop it immediately. He makes this supposedly easy ge a total nightmare.

Georgiana is a very sweet lady. Sometimes goes on tangents about her home country. Watch a lot of movies in this class. Easy GE.

This was easily the best class I have taken at UCLA. Professor Galateanu truly cares about her students. She often shares personal stories from her experience in Romania which made it easy to pay attention and engage in the class. There were weekly quizzes, a midterm and a final, and an essay due week 10.

Overall loved this class and learned so much from it. She is a very passionate professor who genuinely loves what she teaches and wants the best for her students.

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Only bad thing about this class is the TA Ani. Her expectations are insane. Luckily I had the discussion section with Professor Gerorgiana. Ani expects us to be experts on the subject material. But she is a student TA so I can see why she is attempting to prove herself.

I really loved taking this class with Georgiana. I found it to be a very interesting topic and being taught about the Soviet Union by someone who lived through it was fascinating. Georgiana has a wide range of attitudes during class; sometimes she's just funny and chill and other times she aggressively calls on students and berates them for not knowing answers. Her tests were not all that challenging and she did provide lots of extra credit.

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