I wouldn't say that this is the easiest GE out there, but it is definitely a good one to take if you are out of options. In terms of workload, there is a LOT of reading. I'm talking like at least 50+ pages every single week. However, you can get away with not reading all of it and just choosing one or two reading assignments per week, since the professor talks about the material from the reading in the lecture. The syllabus says that the reading is required to be completed before the lecture, but it only really matters during discussion, so make sure that you are able to understand the material for the week before your discussion section. The most annoying part of the class for me was the discussion section. This is because your participation really matters and is critical in getting a good grade in the class. However, it kinda depends on your TA at the same time. Mine was really kind and decided to give everyone a good grade in participation at the end of the quarter, despite how many times you participated, which I thought was nice, but also I felt scammed because I participated a lot more than my peers in fear of getting a bad grade. The grading for this class was interestingly dispersed, as we did not have a midterm during my quarter, but we only had a term paper and the final exam. Dr. Tamai also makes her A a 95%+ and a 90-94% is an A- so keep that in mind. The term paper was a 6-8 page research paper on any topic of your choice, and it is about 25% of your grade, so make sure that you work hard on it and go to the writing center to revise. It is also critical to meet with your TA about your paper and get it looked over if you want, because the TA ends up grading it. I felt like my TA was unnecessarily harsh in terms of grading our papers in our quarter, as I received a grade that was lower than the average on my paper, but it definitely deserved a lot higher. Dr. Tamai's lectures are only recorded for weeks 1-2 when people are still dropping or getting into the class. She doesn't record after those weeks, so make sure that you go to all the lectures because they have critical information that helps if you don't want to do the reading that week and still want to clutch up for the discussion section. Since she didn't have a midterm, her final exam was longer than in previous years. It was an essay and 3 define the term/explain the significance questions, and then another question that was kinda like "what did you learn this quarter." It was quite doable as long as you studied the main terminology and key concepts that kept being brought up throughout the quarter. Dr. Tamai also creates an assignment at the end of the quarter where you get one page of a Google Doc to explain what grade you'd assign yourself and why. I really liked this because her cutoff for an A was 95%, and it was kinda scary going into the final exam knowing you had less than that, but she is very generous and says she does consider the grade you give yourself in the Google Doc. Overall, the concepts in this class are quite interesting, and as long as you put some work in, you should be able to succeed.