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This class is not at all what I thought it would be. A lot of the information given to us I would look up after lecture and it is just false. Kelley has radical left wing beliefs and to get a good grade in this class you just have to write about how capitalism in the root of all evil and government intervention is good and everyone is racist.

There are little facts used to back up any information in this class. There are things you are told to think and say and get punished if you disagree. The course completely disregards economic facts or quite frankly, anything that is taught in classes that actually uses evidence.

This class is the definition of a "radial left social justice-oriented course".

In terms of grading
Just go to class for clicker questions.
Midterm grade and final paper grade depend on TA. My TA was awful - gave everyone in the class a B- on the first paper (we asked around) and then increased everyones final paper grade by 10%.

There is a stupid final project at the end where each discussion provides one project - everyone gets the same grade. Quite frankly the definition of communism. Some people work hard for 2 weeks while other sit on their ass and get the same grade.

Don't bother doing reading and only do relevant readings when given paper topics.

I am the friend of the first reviewer who signed them in. I went to almost every lecture, and tried to listen to Kelley. I can confirm that this class is stupid. A lot of the history Kelley spent hours talking about, I could have Googled and learned more effectively. All arguments Kelley made in class seemed like an exercise in brainwashing young minds against the principles of capitalism.
I can also confirm that the changes in the syllabus were annoying and inconsiderate of the students' schedules. Students, who were responsible for finishing these papers at the whims of their professor.
In addition, the group project is also stupid. Assigned groups, first of all, never work. I personally had to deal with a whiny, crybaby group mate, who made my life much more difficult than it had to be.
The entire grade depends on your TA, so if you end up with a shitty TA, god only can save you.
I hated every minute in this class, because attendance is required. But guess what, my TA revealed to us in 9th week, that lecture attendance might not have any weight in the final grade. And so continues this professor's rule of lying to his students.

TAKE THIS CLASS. SO EASY. Every week you submit discussion posts on the reading (it is a lot of reading but you only have to mention two of the readings in your post) and its a page double spaced. Even with lightly skimming the reading they took me about an hour and a half if I was really locked in. Everyone gets a 5/5 if you submit it. There are no midterms or final just a final project with your whole discussion section that is also really easy and really easily graded by Prof Kelley. You also do not need to go to lecture by any means because it has nothing to do with your grade, go if you are actually curious about neoliberalism because they are really interesting.

This is a great class to fulfill the historical analysis GE. The workload is quite manageable, with about 50-80 pages of reading a week and eight weekly 1-2 page reading responses. These make up 40% of the grade, with 20% being discussion participation and the other 40% being a group project that includes your whole section. The project can be tough to coordinate but is graded generously. Professor Kelley is a great lecturer and, because the lectures mostly serve to build off the reading and aren't necessary to prepare you for any final, many people don't attend them. I think it's worth it to attend these if you can, as they cover not only historical topics but also current events and have a lot of research put into them. Take this class if you want to learn a lot with little stress over your grade.

Coming from someone who has zero interest in politics and history, I still find this class insightful and helpful. Our grade is 40% final project, 40% discussion post, and 20% participation in discussion. The assigned readings might take some time, but you need to read or skim through them to write your discussion post. The final project was fun because my discussion session was cooperative and each of us did a small part of the project. Participation in lectures is not mandatory but is required in discussions. One thing I hope I have done is raise my hand more in the discussion session.

I loved this class! Would Recommend!

I found that Professor Kelley and my TA, Sunny Chen (who I loved, shout out to them!!) were incredible and always brought the subject matter back to people and how individual lives are effected by neoliberal policy. I wasn't overly interested in the subject matter of the class, as I took it as a GE, yet I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it!

This class is an easy A as there are no tests. The grade is based on participation in discussion, submission of a weekly one page discussion post on the reading, and a final group project.

The more you put into the class the more you will get out of it. I took this during a quarter when I had four classes and I think I would've gotten more from it if I only had three classes and had time to do all the readings rather than just skimming them. If you can't put much time into the class you can undoubtably still get an A as long as you submit your work.

My one gripe with this class was the final project which was an open ended group project with your entire discussion section. I found that this lacked a lot of direction and took quite a bit of time to coordinate as it was a large group. With this said, I still preferred the project over taking a final exam.

really enjoyed this class as a stem major who hates writing essays lmao. lectures were super engaging so i never got bored (although they were recorded and I watched them on 1.5xspeed). assignments were pretty fair and (weekly discussions and 2 essays). great/easy ge to take during a quarter in which you have other hard classes.

Professor Kelley is a great lecturer. He is witty and makes the content relevant. If U.S. history is at all interesting to you, this class is an easy A. I am a psychology major, so humanities may be more my thing, but regardless this class seemed pretty easy. The only grades are 2 papers worth 35% and participation in discussion (30%). Granted, I did learn that each TA runs their section differently. My TA was very flexible and graded us all rather fairly/lightly, with no outside assignments. However, I heard other TAs required long reflection assignments. Regardless, the content was easily digestible, and the paper prompts were interesting (albeit a bit complex). Overall, I would definitely deem this an easy GE if you are someone who can tolerate U.S. history and stay up to date on lecture material.

I really admire Mr. Kelly for his passion of AA History. He always taught the class with so much enthusiasm and it made the class better. We had a midterm paper and a final paper. There was a lot of reading but they were interesting. I would most definitely take him again.