Professor Desi is SO unpredictable to the point that I just stopped waking up in the morning to attend her morning lectures because most of the time she will cancel the lecture last minute. Overall the class is fairly easy and I would definitely call it an easy GE as she gave us almost 10 percent extra credits. You only need to complete two essays that are only two pages each with double spacing which is so easy. The TA also grades so nicely that I genuinely feel like as long as you write something, you’d get a 15/15. Professor Desi made the midterm very hard considering she really didn’t teach us much but for the finals she gave us more time and revision guidance.

TL;DR: The easiest class I've taken, would take again for a grade booster/GE credit if online. However, personally not very enjoyable.

Note that I think a lot of the ease comes from the fact that it's online, so we can search her slides, which was most of the exam materials.

Professor Desi is a great lecturer and creates visually appealing slides. She's lenient with extra credit (+10% if you do everything). The midterm was hard because questions were abstract and tested your application rather than just understanding of concepts. Because of TAs' complaints (thank you!), the final was really easy, and pretty much everything was straight forward definition, and we had twice the time allotted. Although the midterm was hard, everything other than the final can easily receive full points (eg. 2 essays that are leniently graded, participation, weekly discussion post), which pulls the midterm up. I would NOT be too concerned with the hard midterm if considering this class.

However, like many have said, Professor Desi does not hold her promises. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen her keep one, like the two essay prompts she said she'd share by xx day, and when she can finalize her midterm/final to share with us the type of questions to expect. Oh, and the lectures she cancels last minute every other time. I stopped waking up for them after Week 2 because she'd cancel them anyway.