There's so much potential (especially in this course!) for the material to be interesting and at times Hart hits the mark but, put quite simply, Hart is a BAD LECTURER.
The class includes 1 midterm, discussion participation, 2 essays, and a final.
The midterm and essays are relatively essay.
Discussion ranges by TA...some are tough graders so beware.
Final hit me hard; there was a lot of information to memorize and Hart does a bad job of clearly explaining what students should prioritize.
Consensus: Nice person, but avoid her GS 100B course if you can.

I agree with the previous review. The material was definitely interesting but Professor Hart is not a very good lecturer. She was often hard to follow at times and she spoke very broadly about concepts so it was pretty hard to make connections across a lot of them when it came time for the exams. The "study guide" she provided for both the midterm and final consisted of a crazy long list of terms (basically everything ever mentioned in lecture), so it was hard to know and prioritize what would be most important. The exams consisted of ID terms, short answers of 3-4 sentences, and then little essays of 2-3 paragraphs. The two paper assignments were relatively easy though. The first one (2-3 pages) had us go to an exhibit at Fowler and make a connection between an artifact and one of the terms from the course. The second paper (3 pages) had us find a current event going on somewhere across the world and connect it to any concepts that were discussed in two of the readings from the course. Discussion also mattered because attendance was taken and we were assigned to groups that would then present to the class on a specific week's readings. With a different professor, I think this class has the potential to be so much better than it was for us this past quarter.

Hart is a HORRIBLE lecturer. She literally is all over the place with her lectures. There is absolutely no sense of cohesion or some sort of narrative in her lectures. She talks about random case studies and random ideas and nothing makes any sense. And her tests are way too long for the time allotted and the paper prompts literally make no sense. Avoid taking her at ALL COSTS. One of the worst professors I have ever taken.