This class is completely dependent on the professor who is teaching it. The cluster changes professor twice in one quarter. Dr. Cleaveland was quite engaging and fun whereas Professor Aravind was extremely boring and confusing. With Cleaveland, his class was quite fun and interesting and the quizzes were very easy to go through. Aravind however made the lectures a chore to go through. However, if you want an easy class with a manageable workload, this class is definitely for you. Most of the professors are quite boring and there is a lot of reading but it is an easy class if that is what you want.

I took the cluster course, but the courses clarity, workload, and "easiness" - depend on which instructor you have. Fall quarter is taught by Dr. Cleavland and Professor Jay. Professor Jay was all over the place with her instruction, and was probably the most difficult lecturer to grasp from all. Her quizzes were more difficult compared to all 3 other lecturers throughout the course. The slides were confusing, and she brought many guest lecturers, which kind of repeated the same thing. Her final project is actually a little fun, as you get to create your own online "website" style presentation (pretty chill tbh). Overall, she isn't the best lecturer herself, and probably had the most challenging "course" in comparison to the entire food cluster professors.

The Food Cluster is amazing - most manageable cluster workload wise (at least in the fall). Dr. Cleveland and Dr. Jay teach the first quarter, and both are great lecturers who set you up for success.