This is probably a more controversial review, but Prof Brozgal did not teach any live lectures for this quarter (so all of them were pre-recorded) but she did have in person office hours and came to class once. Her class is a little bit harder to follow, her lectures were really dense (though I played them at 1.5x speed, it did take me longer than its original duration to do my notes as I went along) and she does not offer extra credit. I came into this class with no background in french/linguistics/humanities/history so this was probably why I found it very difficult to follow. Every week you are assigned 1-3 readings, 1 movie, 2-4 lectures so it is quite heavy in terms of workload but the lectures are async so you can take them anytime during the week. Discussions are in person. THIS IS NOT AN EASY A OR EASY GE. It is doable, and messing up 1 quiz will not drag you down but you do need to invest lots of effort and time into this class in order to get that A.

this class is a GE i would recommend. the workload is not that bad but is definitely dense (they usually average 40 min - 1 hour per video). the movie choices were also pretty interesting (recommend watching la haine even if you don't take the class). the class itself focuses on the conversation of race within the french context and history... so you get a different perspective on the issue of racism and classism and how that affects France today. there are three big quizzes for the class and as long as you took notes on the lectures, for the most part, you should be fine... there were definitely some questions that were a lil too nit-picky on some of the details so be aware that every so often you'll get a question like that. but again, the questions are heavily based on the lecture solely. also, because this does entail some film analysis there were some moments where even the professor or TA couldn't really give you a definite interpretation or answer on a particular concept of the films. so there were some moments where you were going into something a lil blind (even then these were very specific and isolated situations that occurred and weren't that big a deal). discussions are where you do the most engagement with the class, make sure you participate even if it's for a little bit. that's where you get most of your participation points and also you get an idea of who you would want in your group for your final project.

tips:
- make sure you stay on top of the due dates.... the professors and TAs aren't mean about due dates but they also aren't very lenient about them either... also for the final project there are multiple deadlines for it and those submissions are how you get points which eventually add up if you keep missing them
- the class is heavily dependent on your readings, lectures and movies so you can't really slack off on them. the three quizzes and final are really the only assignments you have throughout the quarter so you don't have as many opportunities to get points/improve your grade if you mess up. hence, make sure you pay attention and do your work.
- pay attention to the film vocab words... because the class is more focused on using movies in context of race in france, the film analysis stuff can get lost in everything when it comes to taking in content. but because the 'methods of evaluation' are dependent on your formal film analysis skills, you need to brush up on your vocab and understanding of formal film topics/concepts. this will especially help with your individual film analysis presentation and your final group project
- watch the video lectures at 1.5x speed... the videos average about 40 min- 1 hour and you have about 3-4 to watch per week on top of the movie and readings.... the material itself isn't hard to comprehend so i wouldn't say it's more difficult than some other classes but it's still a lot of information and i don't recommend trying to procrastinate it all in one night

While there aren't any prereqs, the TAs grade as if you have background in film and expect a lot more from your film analyses without ever having learned how to do them.

I absolutely loved this class. When I took this class it was asynchronous with the section in person. I loved this because it allowed you to watch the movies on your own time and also allowed you to watch the lectures on 2x speed which I did and still got an A. Grade is based on Quizzes (there's 3 or 4 of them I think) which you take online and are super easy as long as you have watched the movies and semi paid attention to the lectures. Participation in section and a small presentation you have to give in section which is easy. There is a final group project instead of a final which is not that much work and easy to do well on if you get a good TA. I would definitely recommend to take this class for the GE. The movies are really good and the lectures are genuinely interesting. The professor clearly knows what she is talking about.

Professor Brozgal is a great lecturer. The class format is structured in a way that's very helpful for learning – 2 lectures in total each week: 1 dedicated to only her talking; the other handed to students to do presentations for the group. She is a very reasonable grader and cares about students' progress. Take a class with her; it will be worth it!

I can't recommend this class enough. Definitely one of the easier GEs. The workload was super light, just occasional multiple-choice quizzes but the TA debriefs beforehand. Lectures were online and recorded and were not too hard to get through. The final is just a group project on a movie of your choice and it was pretty easy to do. Overall, pretty light workload and chill discussion, definitely a class worth taking.

Professor Brozgal is extremely charismatic and the class was very interesting. I loved (most) of the films we watched besides the documentaries. In class the Professor gives us her analysis on the film based on film terms, readings, and French culture. The quizzes are not cumulative and were based on the professor's analyses. I had so much fun watching the French movies! Also our group project was picking our own film to analyze and then creating a video presentation on it.

Easiest class ever and Brozgal is a goat. Highly recommend taking this if you need to fulfill GE reqs. Very manageable workload and the tests were mainly based on lecture slides.