I took this class for my history GE, and it is an extremely easy class. I often forgot I was taking it, it was so light. We had 1 hw due a week in response to the reading, then no midterm or final, just a weird group project done by the whole section. I honestly could have stopped going to lecture pretty early in the quarter and been totally fine. It’s more important to do the reading than to go to lecture, because the readings are generally what is discussed in section, although you will be much better at participating in section if you go to lecture. Kelley talks fast and makes it feel urgent, like you need to be paying attention and writing stuff down, but you don’t really need to know any specifics or take notes because there are no tests. The group project was definitely weird but not a huge task, and doing my part took me like 45 min. Participation was required in section, and you will be called on if you don’t speak. The class was objectively interesting but started to feel pretty repetitive pretty quickly. Regardless, I learned something and got an easy A so I would recommend.

Professor Kelley is wicked knowledgeable about history. What makes this class a little hard is the number of things you have to read and that we cover a lot of history in each lecture so sometimes the timeline gets confusing. Honestly, the midterm and final papers were pretty hard. It was one of those where they ask you like 12 things in the prompt and it can be tricky to organize.

There wasn't technically much work to turn in other than the midterm paper, final paper, and an easy group project. I learned a lot from this class and I would definitely take a class from him again. His voice is very soothing and he was very helpful and patient with questions and is always around for office hours to chat.

I took this class as an "easy GE" and did not regret one thing. The teachers and TA's are truly there to help you throughout this class. As my lectures were posted all online, I was able to go through the class at my own pace, while given the chance to ask questions during live discussion. I enjoyed discussion because it was more a class discussion rather than another lecture, allowing everyone to communicate with one another about the new topic. Definitely take this class if you are interested in the topic or want a class that will fit nicely within your busy schedule.

Wow, I really loved this course. The workload is NOT bad at all and there is an absence of quizzes and tests. There are only essays, which really worked for me as someone who likes writing. Perhaps if you don't, look elsewhere but the writing is not too demanding at all and I felt that my TA graded fairly. Professor Kelley is also brilliant and passionate about what he teaches, which makes the lectures interesting. I found myself super engaged when listening to them, which is great especially considering the online aspect of it.

I am not a history person nor a reading person but I passed this class with an A after almost barely reading the books. This was the only class that required participation during discussion so that felt uncomfortable, but overall Javier (my TA) was extremely knowledgeable and helpful as well.
What really killed me for this class was that Professor Kelley mentioned we will be using one of the book that we read as a final project in the syllabus and on week 9, he completely changed that to a group essay that did not even necessarily need the book. It was tough having one week to come up with a 9 page-ish essay with people you barely or did not even talk to at all during discussion without having enough clarity on what the final prompt wants from us.
However, I still did pass with an A so I guess I have to say this class was easy compared to the work I put in.

This class was super chill. For my TA we really only had to participate in discussion plus the midterm/final papers and some notes we had to take for the book discussion. I spent like no time on this class apart from the readings and got an easy A. Basically my advice would be: participate 2-3 times in discussion, spend some time on the essays and you'll get an A. I didn't have much interaction with Professor Kelley, but he was well organized and very reasonable with the assignments. Good class.

This class was amazing. I loved Mr. Kelley. His lectures were engaging, funny, and informational. Easy class, definitely a good GE. I would 100% take it again and will be looking to take more of his classes in the future. A lot of reading but you can get away with skipping some, and the assigned book was pretty good. The only completely required, turned in assignments are the midterm 8 page essay which, really when you consider that it's basically the only assignment was not too bad and you have a week to do it (I actually enjoyed that assignment), a group project where you make a website, and a group paper as the final. Basically if you do most of the readings you'll be fine for the essays and discussion section, and most of the readings are interesting. Great class highly recommend.

It isn't too hard to get an A in this class, but the fact that lectures were long and the reading was boring destroyed any interest I had.

I loved this class and Prof. Kelley! This class is super interesting and provides a great look into neoliberalism and I learned a ton of stuff I didn't know before. Even if you disagree with Kelley's ideology (he is very leftist), you will still get a lot out of this class. The class isn't too difficult. The readings can be a bit heavy and tough at times, but as long as you participate a bit in discussion you'll be okay. And there are two papers, graded pretty easily, and a group project with your section at the end. As long as you put a decent amount of work in and get through most of the readings you should be okay with this class. It may be a bit much for a history GE for non-history majors, but if you are a history pre-major looking for lower-divisions classes I'd definitely recommend this one.

This was a challenging yet interesting and engaging class. This was my first quarter at UCLA so writing the essays was a little stressful but my TA was really helpful and the grading wasn't too strict. All the lectures were really interesting and you could tell that the professor was very passionate about the topics he was teaching. There was quite a lot of readings assigned, as to be expected from a history class. You can probably get away with not doing the readings if you're knowledgeable on the topic but I recommend at least skimming the readings. We were supposed to have 2 individual essays and a group project (which consisted of making a website), but since the prof is super into group work he made 2 group projects and 1 essay. Overall it was a pretty good class so I would recommend it to anyone who's looking for a decent GE.