Professor Terraciano is one of the most helpful professors ever! This isn’t the easiest GE to take, but his passion for the subject and the ways in which he describes the events of the past make the class more than enjoyable. Attending lecture isn’t mandatory, but attending or watching his lecture on BruinLearn is definitely a must, as his slides contain valuable formation for both the midterm and final (both of which are conducted online). There are two papers to write, and I would recommend asking him during office hours for some ideas/help to ace it. Would 100% take this class again!

I loved taking professor Terraciano's class. He's one of the best professors at UCLA without a doubt. I wasn't very enthusiastic about history but he definitely made it interesting. He was very passionate about the subject and it made learning more enjoyable. The class was very eye opening and engaging so I would take it again if I had the chance. The workload isn't that bad but there is a lot of textbook readings which are crucial to the midterm, final, and two assigned essays (all online). Lectures aren't mandatory but I highly suggest going since the professor goes through a lot of important topics that are also in the readings. He's very helpful and always open to answering any questions! I loveee professor Terraciano :)

I stopped going to lecture after a couple of weeks because I didn't feel like it was really adding much. I'm ngl I even stopped doing the readings. They were long and tedious. You don't really need to have done them to be able to write the papers; you can just take from what you need when making your outline which is what I did. Wasn't a difficult class overall just kind of boring. Professor Terraciano is really nice though and always willing to talk. I would've gotten an A in this class if I didn't have the ta that I had. He grades essays extremely strictly down to word choice. His grading on my essays is what messed up my grade and I've never had a problem with my essay grades before as I'm generally a strong writer. If you have a good ta then it'll be easy to get an a. But if you get shubhanga (he's a really nice person though and gives great feedback in person) either try to switch or get ready to write masters level papers.

Professor Terraciano is one of the best professors you'll ever encounter here at UCLA. There are a total of four reading sources, one of which he will provide for free, and another you can find online for free. You can probably find the other two, but I purchased them. His lectures were mainly of him going over some slides and important sections of the readings. While the lectures weren't mandatory, they were insightful, especially for the midterm and final exam review sheets. There were roughly 100 vocab terms to define for these reviews, but both exams were fairly easy and did not use all the terms. There are also two essays throughout the course, the first one was three pages long, the second one was four pages long. I am unaware about the other TA's, but Abigail Weinberg was very kind and helpful! I attended office hours a few times and she did a really great job at guiding me in the right direction and appointing me to resources (because I am a commuter student). Professor Terraciano is one of the kindest, most wholesome professors. He really does care about you and is happy to listen if you ever need anything. His speech at the end of the last lecture was very touching and I will always remember it! Would definitely recommend taking this course.

I really enjoyed taking 8A with Professor Terraciano. Lectures are not mandatory, but helpful when it comes to contextualizing the readings. Grading was made up of: 10% (discussion) participation, 15% midterm, 40% between 2 papers, 35% final. He definitely cares about his students and wants you to succeed in a course that's very relevant to the cultural heritage of Los Angeles.

TLDR: This class isn't the easiest GE out there, but it could potentially secure you an A if you try hard enough.

I went into this class as a recommendation by someone who said it was easy. The sheer amount of reading told me otherwise. However, it's not that it's hard and difficult to understand, just really tedious.

Some TA's allow for you to submit outlines and really engage with you for the betterment of your paper, but others don't. I had someone who didn't allow for outlines or reading of the entire paper, but was able to push through it by paying attention in discussion sections.

I lowkey fell asleep sometimes in the lectures. I'm not sure if it's common in history classes, but the lectures only talked about the contexts of the readings and units we learned about. For when writing the paper, you will be discussing the readings in depth, not the contexts of when they were written as much.

There is one midterm exam on Canvas open for 24 hours (worth 15%) and one final exam on Canvas open for 24 hours (worth 35%). Both exams are MCQ's. A 10% comes from discussion attendance AND participation. As per papers, the midterm 1 paper is worth 15%, 3 pages worth. The midterm 2 paper is worth 25%, 4 pages worth. There is no final paper, but image analysis and writing is a component of the final exam on Canvas.

Professor Terraciano was nothing short of an amazing ass professor. He was very welcoming and passionate about Latin History, which kept students engaged throughout lecture. Yes, the workload can seem a bit much with all of the readings, but they are all vital for you to be successful in the homework and the course. I'd recommend this class despite the amount of reading, because you will definitely get the value of why this type of history is so essential in the modern ages.

PROF TERRACIANO is incredible. Office hours are so engaging and interesting. Overall one of the most cool, interesting, knowledgeable, calm professor I have interacted with. TAKE HIS CLASS.

terraciano truly cares about this topic and handles it with extreme care :) there's a good amount of readings in the class but he offers weekly guiding questions for each reading that makes digesting the readings easier! as everyone else said sofia yazpik was a very helpful TA

Content was not very difficult but my TA graded very harshly based on her personal writing style preferences which made the class much harder. Class consisted of 2 essays, an essay midterm, and a lengthy final made up of 3 essays.