GLBL ST 1
Introduction to Global Studies
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to concept and history of globalization, and to political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions of global integration today. Topics include finance and trade, colonialism, Industrial Revolution, urbanization, immigration, and climate change, among others. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2017 - This class was by far the worst I have ever taken at this school. TA's grade extremely hard for no reason. The lectures are dry. The material is not specific. You must know everything, and specifically if you want to do well on the tests (which are NOT curved). Don't kill your GPA for this class.
Fall 2017 - This class was by far the worst I have ever taken at this school. TA's grade extremely hard for no reason. The lectures are dry. The material is not specific. You must know everything, and specifically if you want to do well on the tests (which are NOT curved). Don't kill your GPA for this class.
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I don't usually evaluate professors but I thought this would be helpful to future GS1 students. Burgos is a very good lecturer. The concepts he teaches are nothing you ever learned. They are abstract and sometimes vague. His opinions diverge from the author of the GS1 textbook and you have to keep track of who agrees with what. The toughest part of this class is taking notes. He puts up very broad headings on the slides and discusses each of them thoroughly. So I suggest you record lectures or write down most of what he says. Ultimately though, your grade depends on your TA. As a Global Studies major, I took this class very seriously. I never missed section or discussion, always sat in the front, read the book, paid close attention, studied everything and left the final confidently. I ended up with a B. The point is that as smart as you are and as much as you study the tests are tricky. They're not hard, it's just you never know what is important to study most. And then when you're confident and expect at least an A-, you're surprised to find out you got a B. I advise you to become pals with your TA and go to office hours, because he or she will decide your grade.
I don't usually evaluate professors but I thought this would be helpful to future GS1 students. Burgos is a very good lecturer. The concepts he teaches are nothing you ever learned. They are abstract and sometimes vague. His opinions diverge from the author of the GS1 textbook and you have to keep track of who agrees with what. The toughest part of this class is taking notes. He puts up very broad headings on the slides and discusses each of them thoroughly. So I suggest you record lectures or write down most of what he says. Ultimately though, your grade depends on your TA. As a Global Studies major, I took this class very seriously. I never missed section or discussion, always sat in the front, read the book, paid close attention, studied everything and left the final confidently. I ended up with a B. The point is that as smart as you are and as much as you study the tests are tricky. They're not hard, it's just you never know what is important to study most. And then when you're confident and expect at least an A-, you're surprised to find out you got a B. I advise you to become pals with your TA and go to office hours, because he or she will decide your grade.
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Summer 2020 - Cons: time management is bad. This is just a recent example that I remember, but there are plenty of other times: she spent 15 minutes explaining how to complete the course evaluations during lecture, but it ended up that the evaluations were pass due so that was for naught. Basically she spends too much time over explaining and over complicating things that could be said in a much more succinct manner. She’s reluctant to discuss grades and is slightly passive aggressive when it’s brung up. There was only one grade inputted and the rest were inputted the day grades were due, so the class was left in the dark about grades. Grade breakdown: 20% discussion posts - this required a lot of elbow grease and for what. group based work 20% podcast - group based. Decently easy imo, but could vary based on the topic you’re given 10% film paper 5% final reflection paper - you gotta write about what you learned in the class and what you liked/ didn’t like in the class. 5% office hour meeting 40% final research paper - write about covid and how it impacted global regulatory systems. Prompts gonna vary per quarter I suppose. Overall this class was fine, but it was a lot of work and combined with the bad time management and late grading left a bad taste.
Summer 2020 - Cons: time management is bad. This is just a recent example that I remember, but there are plenty of other times: she spent 15 minutes explaining how to complete the course evaluations during lecture, but it ended up that the evaluations were pass due so that was for naught. Basically she spends too much time over explaining and over complicating things that could be said in a much more succinct manner. She’s reluctant to discuss grades and is slightly passive aggressive when it’s brung up. There was only one grade inputted and the rest were inputted the day grades were due, so the class was left in the dark about grades. Grade breakdown: 20% discussion posts - this required a lot of elbow grease and for what. group based work 20% podcast - group based. Decently easy imo, but could vary based on the topic you’re given 10% film paper 5% final reflection paper - you gotta write about what you learned in the class and what you liked/ didn’t like in the class. 5% office hour meeting 40% final research paper - write about covid and how it impacted global regulatory systems. Prompts gonna vary per quarter I suppose. Overall this class was fine, but it was a lot of work and combined with the bad time management and late grading left a bad taste.
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Fall 2018 - Spotts is amazing! Her lectures are very clear. This is obviously a very general class that covers a lot of different concepts, but everything is super relevant and interesting. Tests are relatively easy and paper is also pretty simple. I would recommend recording lectures to go back and listen to everything she says because she does a really good job of summarizing the readings in lecture. Will totally take Spotts again if I have the chance! This women KNOWS.
Fall 2018 - Spotts is amazing! Her lectures are very clear. This is obviously a very general class that covers a lot of different concepts, but everything is super relevant and interesting. Tests are relatively easy and paper is also pretty simple. I would recommend recording lectures to go back and listen to everything she says because she does a really good job of summarizing the readings in lecture. Will totally take Spotts again if I have the chance! This women KNOWS.
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