This class was the worst class I have taken at UCLA. I know people who have taken the class from another professor and loved it, but DO NOT take this class with Vazquez. She doesn't post her slides, is the most boring lecturer ever, and creates horribly unorganized and hard tests. There's no way of knowing what will be on her exams. There's up to two hours of reading a night, and if you miss a reading you will be completely lost. The weekly quizzes in discussion were doable, but you have to do the readings thoroughly and memorize all the material. Besides weekly quizzes, there was a midterm, final, and final paper (7 pages I believe). I thought this would be an interesting class, but it was terrible and is the only B I've gotten at UCLA, and I'm a Physiology major (pre-med).

I came into the class very interested in the material, but her lectures were so dry that I ended up skipping half of the lectures and I don't think I got much insight out of it. The class itself isn't hard, mostly just memorization. Bear in mind that even as she does post slides online, they are not very informative on their own. The class also doesn't offer study guides for midterms and finals, which could be kinda confusing for a class mainly based on memorization.

Between her constant sighing and otherwise depressed, sallow demeanor, Vazquez zapped the fun and life out of mythology. I would not have known that could be possible when working with such engaging material. The textbook reading is intriguing but lengthy and dense. Vazquez gives no guidelines for quizzes and exams. She is also unwelcoming and unhelpful in office hours. If you want to take mythology, wait for another instructor.

Hated this class. thought mythology would be interesting... wrong. Her voice bored me to sleep, and she really has no clue how to make a proper and helpful lecture slide. She pieced together random images and quotes. New teacher who needs to improve her teaching skills, not to mention the hours of required reading every week. Don't waste your time with this class.

Adriana is wonderful and deeply knowledgeable about the subject matter. I would take this class again.

If you like Roman mythology or Rome, taking this class with Vazquez is a pretty good option. She was very fair with deadlines and accommodations during online class. The grade depends on completion based quizzes, participation, three papers, and an optional final. The papers are only 2 pages each and are due at the end of the quarter with suggested dates to turn it in by so you don't get swamped by them. I didn't take the final, but it seemed pretty difficult. Discussions and lectures are engaging enough. The assigned textbook readings are okay, but the info is also shown in lecture so you can get by without reading too heavily. The course is interesting and Vazquez is a solid professor so if you have any interest in Rome, it is a good GE.

I had a great time in this class and with this professor. If you study the material and have any essay-writing experience it’s an easy A; you just have to put in the work with readings and some studying. Really enjoyable material, would recommend if you liked Percy Jackson in middle school. All my TAs in the classics department have been great so far, but getting on their good side is important for grading.

The class I took was called Classics, Western Civilization, and White Supremacy: History of Complicity. It was really great and eye-opening with great readings and discussions. The workload was super light but we engaged deeply with the topic. Vazquez is super friendly, engaging, and understanding.

The professor was very understanding and extremely lenient. Your grade is comprised of quizzes based on completion, discussion participation (fairly easy to get), and three essays, for which she provides very detailed outlines. There are three suggested deadlines, but all papers can be turned in before the Final date, no questions asked due to Covid. The final was optional, no questions asked due to Covid, there were also extra credit movie reviews offered. Her lectures were very engaging and the PowerPoints provided all information. Yes, there is a lot of reading, but frankly she covers it all in her lectures. Its an easy class if you just pay attention and complete each essay according to her rubric. Some discussions are even dedicated to guiding your essay. Some emails she may have been standoffish, but she noted her tone was not meant to be that way. The reason being that lots of people were trying to take advantage of the safety nets she put in place for people who were actually, extremely affected by Covid.

Honestly I took this class during Fall of 2020 in the Pandemic and Prof. Vazquez is extremely kind and accommodating. Grades are mostly based on 3 written assignments which include clear rubrics, a dedicated section day for the content of the essays and she included an example written by herself for each one. Additionally she created an FAQ on the course website with all the questions she'd answered from students. Then there were reading checks based on participation, section participation, an optional final, and extra credit movie review.
The reading for each class was a bit dense but her lectures(which were recorded) are so comprehensive that you really only need a skim to grasp the material. As a north campus major I was honestly expecting quite a bit more work from a history class and was pleasantly surprised. That said I can also see how it may have been stressful to others not familiar with that type of work. However Prof. Vazquez was super kind and as mentioned she acknowledged that her emails may have come off a bit stiff on a few occasions. I emailed her personally on several occasions and she never failed to get back to me with a kind and professional tone. I also had her as my section instructor and she was very engaged. Overall she's passionate about the material which you can tell, this is great as it makes lectures more fun but also means she tends to include a lot of info and use all her time until the last second.