Loved this class!
It is mostly reading based but all the chapters and papers are engaging and interesting and all related to what we are learning. Also, you have to read! The quizzes are based on the readings and the lectures but don't worry it's only 5 questions but it is timed so you can't really check your reading notes.
We only had like 1-2 papers which were like 1-2 pages. We had a group grade so you have to participate in your group in the discussion sections because your group members will rate your participation at the end of the quarter. Also, we had weekly discussions on CCLE answering the professor's questions and responding to other students, but these are informal responses so don't worry too much.
Collett and the TA's make the concepts understandable which is why I believe I found this class to be easy, nothing is glossed over and everything is connected to one big concept, plus we had supplemental videos that really went into depth on some of the topics covered in lecture. Collett is also very supportive and hosted midterm and final review sessions and her emails are cute, the ccle page was well organized, and her motivational posts on the midterm and final tabs were really encouraging.

Also, it really requires you to stay on top of your work. 4-6 readings a week and all mentioned at least once on the midterm and final but it was not hard, do-able if you organize your time well, take good notes, and can see the bigger picture

I honestly liked this class and Collett is pretty fair. There is a lot of cushion to your grade like she drops some of your lowest quizzes and stuff. I took this class asynchronous online. I thought that she was pretty nice and she tried to make the class engaging by posting weekly recap videos and having a slack channel open for us. If you have questions, you could ask in the slack and she was pretty active on it and didn't take too long to respond, but you or other students can respond to each other as well.

The exams in my opinion were kinda hard, especially the midterm but I feel like the final was better. I got a D+ on the midterm and a B on the final and still ended with an A- since I did all the other work. The readings ARE NECESSARY to do well in the class since you have to pull examples and relate concepts to the readings in the exams. However, you can check it out for free at the powell library reserve but there's no free online version. There are multiple deadlines throughout the week so stay on track because there is a good amount of work you have to do.

Very interesting class, and I did put a lot of work in, but wanted to focus on how much I love professot collett. She is great. 11/10 class.

The workload in this class is definitely sizable some weeks but realistically it is also very manageable! Professor Collett is really the nicest and even started releasing material earlier for us to get a head start on in the week (this helps out with the workload a lot). I feel like the main reason why people may complain that the workload is on the heavier side is bc since this is an asynchronous course, "attending" (watching) lecture videos can feel like extra work when in reality, its the same thing as attending a normal lecture session (usually there are 2-3 lectures per week, each one ranging from 15-30 min, so in reality its rly short compared to a normal lecture). As long as you take advantage of this head start and spread out this work over the week, there should be no issues with an extremely heavy workload (I usually just got all the work for this class done over the weekend so I didn't have to worry about it for for the next few days).

Some of people tended to have difficulty with the midterms and final but I think the point distribution that is used was really forgiving and fair. Prof also offers rly insightful review sessions before the test and drops questions that a majority of the class got wrong afterwards. There are weekly readings/quizzes/lectures that are assigned and at times it did seem like quite a bit but truthfully the material is interesting enough that it really doesn't feel like it. The quizzes mainly test on main ideas, so copious notes aren't necessary and they're overall pretty low stakes.

Overall, I would highly recommend this class (esp if you wanna develop a better social awareness)! I know its cheesy when people say that they'll take the stuff they learn in a class with them for life, but I genuinely think that this course really changed the way I think about life/society! :)

I took this my freshman fall b/c I heard it was an easy A ge, but now, in my 3rd quarter at UCLA, it really wasn't that easy lol. I think most people were happy w/ their grades at the end of the quarter, but we had like 3 timed quizzes based on accuracy a week + extensive lecture and readings to absorb + tough midterms and final. The exams were 15+ mc, 3-5 short answer, and 1 essay question and they were doable, but definitely felt tough b/c, even though they were open notes, there was no time to look at them and there was just a lot of content being asked about in a short amount of time.
It's overall a fair class w/ really interesting lectures, but definitely not as easy as older reviews make it out to be.