ANTHRO 139
Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Medical Anthropology
Description: (Formerly numbered 137.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Study of selected topics in cultural anthropology. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics and instructors. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2021 - The entire class was basically taught by the T.A., Emilia. Emilia is FANTASTIC and really honed in on every detail that we had to know. I took extensive notes during discussion sections with Emilia, which I credit any good grades I got to. Emilia broke down concepts and taught them to us in a way that I could really understand. Prof. Garro has a terrible lecture style. All she does is read quotes off the screen. She is hard to understand and hard to follow. The lectures were on zoom and I didn't learn a single thing from any of her lectures. Prof. Garro's class is basically based off of her own research and own writings. There is a lot of reading for this class and it would be helpful if you took good notes on all of the readings. As someone who likes medicine, I enjoyed the readings, but I definitely did not read all of them. The midterm was not too bad. I got around a B. The questions were pretty fair. Mostly free response, a few multiple choice. I don't recommend this class unless you want to teach yourself. Prof. Garro is undeniably intelligent but she is not a great teacher. If the T.A. wasn't so amazing I would have failed.
Fall 2021 - The entire class was basically taught by the T.A., Emilia. Emilia is FANTASTIC and really honed in on every detail that we had to know. I took extensive notes during discussion sections with Emilia, which I credit any good grades I got to. Emilia broke down concepts and taught them to us in a way that I could really understand. Prof. Garro has a terrible lecture style. All she does is read quotes off the screen. She is hard to understand and hard to follow. The lectures were on zoom and I didn't learn a single thing from any of her lectures. Prof. Garro's class is basically based off of her own research and own writings. There is a lot of reading for this class and it would be helpful if you took good notes on all of the readings. As someone who likes medicine, I enjoyed the readings, but I definitely did not read all of them. The midterm was not too bad. I got around a B. The questions were pretty fair. Mostly free response, a few multiple choice. I don't recommend this class unless you want to teach yourself. Prof. Garro is undeniably intelligent but she is not a great teacher. If the T.A. wasn't so amazing I would have failed.
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