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.

Professor is a great guy, very intelligent and well spoken. Our discussions consisted of weekly in person write-ups based off lecture and reading materials. Defo not low effort, but not impossible + the subject material is very interesting. Only thing I didnt love was the end of quarter group project... had to work and submit along with your entire discussion section. Not great.

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.

I loved taking this class. Professor Kelley is sharp, funny, and super caring for all of his students. The content is an important, insightful, and engaging look at modern history of neoliberalism, and never felt dull despite my not being a huge lover of history. There were two papers (graded fairly easily) and a group project that is really not that much work if all group members do their fair share. I would take this type of class for all of my GEs if i could.

This class was awesome if you’re interested in history. The lectures were really interesting but also bruincasted which was helpful as they were at 9:30am. The general format of the class was a midterm paper, a final project with your entire section, and a final paper which was made into a group paper for our class. Your ta is going to be grading your papers so make sure you know what they’re looking for. A lot of this class is centered around group work, which I enjoyed, but if that’s not your thing this class might not be for you. There’s a lot of reading, but you definitely don’t need to do it all and you can easily get by without skimming (in fact I recommend it). Overall this class is great and graded leniently. If you are interested in the topic, you should def take this class.

I really enjoyed this class and learned so much about the injustices of capitalism and neoliberalism from professor Kelley! He gave really good lectures and while there was a lot of reading, it was overall a great class! I also had Henry Yang as my TA and he’s great.

While we had a ton of reading, we never had any tests or quizzes lol just a 6-7 page midterm essay, a 5-6 page group final essay (had to co-write it with like 4 people from my discussion), and a final website the entire discussion section worked on together. The material was super interesting too, and I feel like I learned a lot from this class! I took it as a part of my major, but this is a good ge class too if you want credit! Overall I really enjoyed my experience in it

25% midterm essay
25% final group essay
25% discussion section participation
25% final group project

If I had to take a shot every time Robin said the word “capitalism,” I’d be hammered by the 10 minute mark. It really felt like Robin, a self-described “Marxist surrealist feminist who is not just anti something but pro-emancipation, pro-liberation,” tried using this class to tell students that capitalism is to blame for everything wrong in the world. He argued that communal societies, such as Native American societies pre-colonization, were basically heaven on earth. Although we would all be equal in communal societies, he fails to realize that we would all be equally poor! He also doesn’t understand that forcing people to work for “the betterment of society” (working for nothing) kills the drive to innovate and is a form of slavery itself.