Romero's dope af. definitely take this class if you need an easy upper div. Easy A

One of my favorite professors at UCLA, his material is engaging and intersting. I have taken 2 classes with him CCAS143 and CCAS 178. In both classes the work was very manageable, straightforward and easy. Each week it was probably less than an hours worth of work. The work was to read an article and write a 200-300 word reflection. No tests, just essays that were really like self-reflections. I attended class maybe 5 times max out of 20 and passed with an A. Though I really feel like I learned something valuable. If you do all the work and attend section, you will pass. No need to study outside of the work given. I would definitely take another class with him again. He seems to really care for his students and takes into account our capabilities as students.

His course was asynchronous, which I found to be accessible considering the situation we were finding ourselves in. Class consisted of weekly discussion posts and a very easy 3 question final. Would definitely take another course with him.

One of my favorite classes I took as a incoming transfer student. Workload is super manageable. Discussions are pretty easy do need to attend but very helpful to succeed in class and understand material. Attendance isn't required but is helpful if you go for the lecture. You can definitely pass the class if you don't do the readings but depending on your discussions you might go over them and discuss about them but you would just need to know the key points, and main ideas of the readings. There is a midterm quiz online that you take at home and there is "final quiz" that's what the professor calls it but its a 6-7 page paper really easy. If your TA for your discussion course is chill you should pass by just meeting the requirements for the paper. There were also 4 assignments in total assigned throughout the whole course they were reflections on films you are required to watch. It was from Week 1-4 that we had and after the midterm we didn't really have any other assignments to complete only from discussions. If you have the chance to take this class definitely take it easiest A+ ever! :))

One of my favorite classes I took as a incoming transfer student. Workload is super manageable. Discussions are pretty easy do need to attend but very helpful to succeed in class and understand material. Attendance isn't required but is helpful if you go for the lecture. You can definitely pass the class if you don't do the readings but depending on your discussions you might go over them and discuss about them but you would just need to know the key points, and main ideas of the readings. There is a midterm quiz online that you take at home and there is "final quiz" that's what the professor calls it but its a 6-7 page paper really easy. If your TA for your discussion course is chill you should pass by just meeting the requirements for the paper. There were also 4 assignments in total assigned throughout the whole course they were reflections on films you are required to watch. It was from Week 1-4 that we had and after the midterm we didn't really have any other assignments to complete only from discussions. If you have the chance to take this class definitely take it easiest A+ ever! :))

Professor Romero had interesting things to say. It was a pretty easy class, but he did always feel the need to bring up his book. You could really hear his passion about Chicanx history. There was no in person final, it was just a take home final (essay). He was a bit unorganized. His syllabus said we would watch about 5-6 movies but we only ended up watching 3. Working with the TA was always so interesting because he was a law student. To be honest, it was a very easy GE.

Loved his class. You had to attend to pass tho ngl. You must take notes, which is simple (and needed) for the only exam at the end: an essay. This is an easy course and a great, informative introduction to Chicano studies. Take this class with him; he also had a great guest speaker, and we all took several things away from the presentation!!!

I took this class through the freshman summer AAP program. The lectures were clear and easy to follow, but the workload was light, including the final assignment. Over time I stopped taking notes since much of the class involved watching movies. While the instructor occasionally shared interesting personal insights, the teaching relied heavily on reading directly from the slides.

At first, when starting this class, I thought I was going to be informed about something great about Chicano culture, but instead, I am always hearing this professor brag about himself for the whole lecture. I can't even talk in the lecture because he will kick me out! He kicked out former peer learning mentors for the class just because they were talking to each other. Worst of all, the slides aren't even posted online. I would never take another Chicano class if it's him teaching it. The lectures are very unengaging, and it's most of the time, he paraphrases the slides. The work is manageable tho.

I took CCAS 101 with Professor Romero-Chao as a required class, and overall, it was a very manageable and light course. The class covered a variety of foundational theories in Chicano Studies, and while there was a fair amount of reading, the overall workload wasn’t heavy at all. Some weekly reflections, attending section, two exams, and a final 6-7 page paper was manageable.

One of the best parts of the class was how easy it was to keep up with the material. The structure made it easy to succeed if you stayed on top of the terms and main concepts. The exams were a mix of multiple choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. They could be a little tricky, but nothing too difficult, studying the readings and understanding the key ideas was enough to do well.

Professor Romero-Chao is a good professor, and I’d definitely recommend this course with this professor to other students. If you’re looking for a light course, this is a solid pick. Easy A if you put in just a bit of effort.