The three-hour lecture is rough because he just talks about his life in a not necessarily relevant way, but the essay prompts are interesting and my TA was the goat and would always have our discussion only last like 10 min. There are 2 essays which if you do actual research for you should definitely get A's. You don't need to go to class.

3 hours is a really long class, so it was hard to pay attention. prof talks a lot about his own anecdotal experiences, fairly interesting but the length of the class was rough.

class is composed of 2 papers with an optional quiz at the end to boost your grade if you wanted to. get a good TA and the papers have prompts from which you can choose 1

prof will use crude language sometimes so don't be taken aback now that you've read this

selling "The Sixties Paper" for $15 (bought for $30) and course reader for $30 (brand new condition, bought for $50). shipping is $5, but I'll pay for shipping if you buy both :) **********

A top-notch professor. He respects student opinion and encourages debate and/or various opinions. This class had TAs but they were much like Von Blum himself, laid-back but also passionate about the subject. Grading is not tough, just show you have an opinion, back it up with examples from the course, and take time to craft argument properly, and you will get a good grade. There are basically 2 take home exams (papers) and a final quiz THAT IS SUPER EASY as long as you were at least halfway present throughout the lectures. Von Blum cares about his students and is a great mentor, evident by the line of students his office usually has outside his doors. The readings for this course were very interesting, I bought the required texts and two recommended texts and plan on keeping them for further reading. Overall, Von Blum is the best and most engaging professor I have had thus far, from both UCLA and my community college.

This was a great and manageable class to have. Just two take-home essays for your midterm and final and one final quiz, which he will well prepare you for the week before it. The book is useful to cite sources in your essay. I'm selling the sixties paper book if anyone is interested, my number is **********.

Love this professor! Actually emphasizing learning and shifting perspectives, than boring regurgitation of course materials. Definitely very eye-opening class!

Lots of reading, but no need to do them.
Take home written midterm and final.
One quiz , if you don't get 4/5 you don't get an A in the class. Past quizzes are in the test bank.
No worries. Very interesting class, loved it.
TA's rule!!!