I took Anthro 4 virtually with Alim Fall 2020 and it was a super easy class. Although there were a lot of readings, the grade is dependent on just 2 mini-essays, a midterm multiple-choice tests, and a final multiple-choice test. Alim prepares you really well for both exams and gives a study guide and holds a review session. The class was completely asynchronous except for discussion sections once a week for 50 minutes. The slides had a lot of information but it was hepful that the lectures were recorded because you could pause it to take notes. I recommed taking this class with Alim, he is super helful, funny, and knowledgeable!

I took this class in the first quarter of my first year (virtually), and I absolutely loved it. Professor Alim is a really great professor. It's usually hard for me to sit through lectures, but Prof. Alim is very engaging and makes learning the subject fun. This class really changed the way I think about language every day. I would definitely take this class again!
Be ready for a lot of readings, but they're really interesting. Once you get familiar with the language they use, it's not very difficult to comprehend the readings. The exams come straight from the readings and lectures (especially his lectures), and the papers are short and easy to write if you pay attention.

Professor Alim is an absolute joy to learn from. He and his team of TAs are very well organized and are genuinely interested in teaching their students.

Alim's class was pretty enjoyable, and the grade consisted mostly of two papers and a midterm and final. My TA was Wilson, and he graded my papers very easily, and I was able to get As on both tests without much effort. Highly reccommend it.

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The class itself was pretty easy. While the readings are mandatory for discussion, you can often just skim them quickly for some key concepts to write down about in 3-2-1 assignments (3 concepts, 2 questions, 1 critique). The essays were fairly easy, being only 1-2 pages single spaced INCLUDING at least 4 references (you can start on them the same day they're due and still get an A or A+). Alim himself is interesting, keeping his lectures funny-ish with little jokes sometimes and his emails are very nice. The only thing that I didn't like was that the lecture slides were basically large bullet points with multiple sentences or a quote straight from a reading. Still, you can get an A on exams ("Celebrations") by just carefully studying the lecture slides and examples he says.

I loved taking Anthro 4 with Alim!!! He is obviously an expert in the field who's passionate about what he does, and he's a professor who genuinely cares about his students, too. The workload is pretty heavy as there are many pages of readings every week, but I found them manageable if you don't pay attention to every minute detail. The midterm and final were not difficult at all as long as you paid attention to lectures (asynchronous during Covid) and don't skip important readings. The two short graded papers were also fairly easy to tackle and easy to score well on. I took this as a GE but actually thoroughly enjoyed studying anthro, and would definitely recommend Alim and Anthro4!!!

I loved this class! It covers a broad range of topics but focuses on how language affects the social lives and identities of different cultures. I thought it was interesting, but it may not be if you are not an anthro/ling/comm major. The course is structured like this (COVID times): weekly asynchronous lectures, weekly readings, weekly discussion section, 1 midterm, 1 final, & 2 short papers. The lectures are engaging and short- there are usually 2 per week. This is where most of the information on the tests come from, so they are important! There is a lot of reading assigned each week but they are necessary to participate in discussion. Honestly you can get away with just skimming through and knowing the main concepts. The midterm and final were incredibly easy. I got 100 on the first & 96 on the second without really doing much. He explicitly tells you everything that will be on the tests beforehand so make sure to pay attention! I'm not sure what it's like during non-COVID times, but before the midterm he held a giant review sesh and for the final he gave us a study guide. The papers are short (1-2 pages single spaced), easy, and graded by your TAs. I got a 10/10 on both. Overall, this class was a super easy A but it also had cool content. We learned a lot about hip hop and how it influences peoples lives. Alim is a great guy and very accommodating. He is lighthearted, chill, and just a caring individual. I would 100% recommend this professor if you need to take Anthro 4. Even if not, it is an easy & engaging elective. As far as TAs go, I had Sara Castro and she was great. Take the class you won't regret it!

TAKE THIS CLASS!! I have absolutely zero complaints about this class and Professor Alim. He is fantastic and if you have an opportunity to learn from him, take it. Regarding the structure of the class, there are a few readings necessary for each week and he goes over what you really need to know in his lectures. There are 2 "tests" which he calls celebrations (how cool right) and 2 short essays and participation which comprise of the final grade. The COOLEST part about Professor Alim is that he is at the forefront of his field and a lot of the readings we discuss are what he wrote! It's so cool and maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity. Absolutely no regrets, easy class, and the professor & TAs couldn't be better!

Professor Alim is amazing and really cares about his students’ success. He provides so much guidance on the papers and exams and makes sure we all ace them. This class is really interesting overall and dives into the problems of mainstream “White english” in society. The only downside was how MANY readings we had to do every week. My TA required 3-2-1s to be submitted every week but they were optional for other TAs. As long as you get the gist of the readings, you’re fine for the exams. I think lectures give you the info you need to ace them. Very easy GE, 100% recommend.

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The class is pretty easy. There's 2 "Celebrations of Knowledge" which in every other class are usually called a midterm and final exam. They were multiple choice. Also, 2 papers which are 1-2 pages long and that INCLUDES the references. Finally, attendance in section and participation in section (both are 10% of your grade). Some TAs make you turn in 321s (3 main points, 2 questions, 1 criticism or comment about the readings) every week but my TA just had us talk about them in section during breakout rooms and then tell her what we talked about.

Outside of that, there's is LOTS of reading. Expect around 100 pages a week. There's THREE required books but even then there is also PDFs uploaded to read as well. Yes, they are necessary to pass the class because you have to participate in section and the celebrations test you on specific terms and ideas in the readings. It's definitely doable though so don't get too discouraged. If you classes for a given quarter are reading heavy then maybe put this class off until later or put some other class off until later if you can.

Alim himself is a GREAT teacher and very knowledgeable. A lot of the readings were written by himself and are his OWN research. The Raciolinguistics and Articulate While Black required texts are written or compiled by him and some others.