extremely free only 2 assignments are midterm paper and final paper plus a group project and all are graded very easily - can just chatgpt all the readings before writing the paper

If I could take this class every quarter I would!! Prof Kelley is an amazing man and a great teacher who is extremely passionate and knowledgable about the subject. This class genuinely changed my worldview and gave me an incredible understanding of so many historical and contemporary issues in just one quarter. It was definitely a reading heavy class but I know people who only ever read an article or two right before the papers and were fine. I would say this class is definitely a you get out of it what you put in to it kind of thing. I personally am a polisci major and very interested in the topic so I put a lot of heart into my papers, which weren't easy to write but seriously pushed me to think critically in ways I never have before. On the other hand, I had friends who didn't care one bit about the class and still did well, just weren't moved by any of the ideas introduced. I would definitely recommend either way, Prof Kelley will be your favorite prof either way.

This class was really easy and interesting, if you actually do the reading. Lectures were not super relevant to the reading which was discussed in section, but were still very interesting. Dr. Kelley is passionate and knows what he's talking about, so I still recommend going. Section consists of an open discussion with the class in which you must speak a couple of times to get participation points (not my favorite thing to do but it was alright). Our discussion section got surprisingly close with one another, though, because of this and the group project that is completed with your entire section. It's in the form of a website which you don't have to present, but Dr. Kelley goes through it during the last lecture for everyone to see. Definitely take this for a GE if you can!

To succeed in this class you MUST attend lecture and discussions. The professor's lectures can oftentimes be confusing and he does not include all information on slides. The readings are difficult to navigate without prior knowledge on the subject matter. This class consists of two essays (which were graded VERY harshly), a group project (done with your entire discussion section), and a participation grade (done at the discretion of your TA). This class is heavily dependent on your TA, and you MUST cater your essays and commentary to the TA, otherwise you will not score well. This class has certainly changed from its previous format, the professor wants more likeminded people to take the class, which makes this a tougher GE. Take a look at his wikipedia and if you are really interested in his work, he's the prof for you, otherwise this is a challenging class with a heavy reading workload.

The professor is a GOAT because he is lowk semi famous and also an expert at lecturing like incredibly knowledgable. The essays were graded kinda harshly though, and the content was sometimes too much to absorb. Overall would rec

It's an interesting class but you HAVE to go to ALL the lectures or do all the reading and kelley lowkey made the class harder this quarter (two midterms and its an essay now, not small weekly discussion posts) but its not a bad GE its not free though you def have to read and write quite a bit