I'm a stem major who took this on a whim because I needed a 3rd class, and it ended up being one of my favorite classes I've taken at UCLA so far. His lectures are very engaging and they're recorded as well, although he does check for attendance via a Google form that he puts up a QR code for during class. Absolutely loved my discussions with my TA (shout out to Kerr!) and the workload was moderate—20-40 page readings every week, watching a few documentaries, and 2 papers, one of which counted as the final. There was an in-person midterm that was very easy to do well on as long as you knew the keywords. If I could take this class again I would!

Great guest lecturers, but in second half of quarter little-to-no readings that help for final paper. Four assignments and one in-person midterm that are all fairly easy if you generally keep up with what is going on with the class.