Anthropology 4 was a really interesting class content-wise. Professor Alim is also a very fun-loving professor, however, his slides can be an absolute nightmare to read. He literally copies chunks from the readings and places it onto the slides. Readings were informative and interesting, and the guest lecturers were truly the highlight of this course. His midterm and final were both multiple choice, and relatively easy, however, one must really put in the effort to study the material. This is because, both the midterm and final are very detail oriented based on the reading material. The ethnographic paper was also quite a lot of fun to do.

Professor Alim is truly a nice guy. He always came to class super happy, always in a good mood. But honestly, for a GE, the workload was pretty intense. Huge amounts of readings assigned every week. The midterm and final were easy, given that the final had a study guide, but originally our exams were not suppose to be like that. He changed it up because he really enjoyed the class. The effort for the readings were condensed because the TAs were super helpful. If Wesley Wilson is still a TA, definitely recommend taking him. Extra credit was provided, twice if I remember correctly and two essays were assigned. Alim's lectures could improve. His slides are were chunks of text and he doesn't upload. However, lectures can be fun because guests are brought in to present their research and they were always refreshing.

NOW CALLED ANTHRO 4!

I took this class with Professor H. Samy Alim. He seems like a great guy but this course was extremely disorganized. As a first year, it was very overwhelming to not know what was happening, and also for my TA to not know what was going on because of constant changes in the syllabus. Though I felt like I learned a lot about Black vernacular and ended up finding it interesting, I was not aware that this was what the class was about. ANTHRO 4 changes professors every quarter and going to the test bank to find exams is not helpful. I liked the energy in the class but it was constantly frustrating not knowing what was happening. There's quite a bit of readings and they are necessary to participate in discussions and for the exams. The exams were pretty easy if you attend lecture (since many of the questions are specific to lecture and not to readings). Overall this wasn't my favorite class because of its disorganization and me not knowing what the topic of the class was going to be. I did really like my TA Joelle! She's amazing!

selling textbooks 424-371-4691

Really easy class, prof was super chill, interesting readings.

Selling Raciolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology required texts (661) 339-8285

The class is pretty easy. There's 2 "Celebrations of Knowledge" which in every other class are usually called a midterm and final exam. They were multiple choice. Also, 2 papers which are 1-2 pages long and that INCLUDES the references. Finally, attendance in section and participation in section (both are 10% of your grade). Some TAs make you turn in 321s (3 main points, 2 questions, 1 criticism or comment about the readings) every week but my TA just had us talk about them in section during breakout rooms and then tell her what we talked about.

Outside of that, there's is LOTS of reading. Expect around 100 pages a week. There's THREE required books but even then there is also PDFs uploaded to read as well. Yes, they are necessary to pass the class because you have to participate in section and the celebrations test you on specific terms and ideas in the readings. It's definitely doable though so don't get too discouraged. If you classes for a given quarter are reading heavy then maybe put this class off until later or put some other class off until later if you can.

Alim himself is a GREAT teacher and very knowledgeable. A lot of the readings were written by himself and are his OWN research. The Raciolinguistics and Articulate While Black required texts are written or compiled by him and some others.

Professor Alim is amazing and really cares about his students’ success. He provides so much guidance on the papers and exams and makes sure we all ace them. This class is really interesting overall and dives into the problems of mainstream “White english” in society. The only downside was how MANY readings we had to do every week. My TA required 3-2-1s to be submitted every week but they were optional for other TAs. As long as you get the gist of the readings, you’re fine for the exams. I think lectures give you the info you need to ace them. Very easy GE, 100% recommend.

TAKE THIS CLASS!! I have absolutely zero complaints about this class and Professor Alim. He is fantastic and if you have an opportunity to learn from him, take it. Regarding the structure of the class, there are a few readings necessary for each week and he goes over what you really need to know in his lectures. There are 2 "tests" which he calls celebrations (how cool right) and 2 short essays and participation which comprise of the final grade. The COOLEST part about Professor Alim is that he is at the forefront of his field and a lot of the readings we discuss are what he wrote! It's so cool and maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity. Absolutely no regrets, easy class, and the professor & TAs couldn't be better!

I loved this class! It covers a broad range of topics but focuses on how language affects the social lives and identities of different cultures. I thought it was interesting, but it may not be if you are not an anthro/ling/comm major. The course is structured like this (COVID times): weekly asynchronous lectures, weekly readings, weekly discussion section, 1 midterm, 1 final, & 2 short papers. The lectures are engaging and short- there are usually 2 per week. This is where most of the information on the tests come from, so they are important! There is a lot of reading assigned each week but they are necessary to participate in discussion. Honestly you can get away with just skimming through and knowing the main concepts. The midterm and final were incredibly easy. I got 100 on the first & 96 on the second without really doing much. He explicitly tells you everything that will be on the tests beforehand so make sure to pay attention! I'm not sure what it's like during non-COVID times, but before the midterm he held a giant review sesh and for the final he gave us a study guide. The papers are short (1-2 pages single spaced), easy, and graded by your TAs. I got a 10/10 on both. Overall, this class was a super easy A but it also had cool content. We learned a lot about hip hop and how it influences peoples lives. Alim is a great guy and very accommodating. He is lighthearted, chill, and just a caring individual. I would 100% recommend this professor if you need to take Anthro 4. Even if not, it is an easy & engaging elective. As far as TAs go, I had Sara Castro and she was great. Take the class you won't regret it!

I loved taking Anthro 4 with Alim!!! He is obviously an expert in the field who's passionate about what he does, and he's a professor who genuinely cares about his students, too. The workload is pretty heavy as there are many pages of readings every week, but I found them manageable if you don't pay attention to every minute detail. The midterm and final were not difficult at all as long as you paid attention to lectures (asynchronous during Covid) and don't skip important readings. The two short graded papers were also fairly easy to tackle and easy to score well on. I took this as a GE but actually thoroughly enjoyed studying anthro, and would definitely recommend Alim and Anthro4!!!

Selling Linguistic Anthropology textbook, text me at 510-861-1275 (great condition, bought used).

The class itself was pretty easy. While the readings are mandatory for discussion, you can often just skim them quickly for some key concepts to write down about in 3-2-1 assignments (3 concepts, 2 questions, 1 critique). The essays were fairly easy, being only 1-2 pages single spaced INCLUDING at least 4 references (you can start on them the same day they're due and still get an A or A+). Alim himself is interesting, keeping his lectures funny-ish with little jokes sometimes and his emails are very nice. The only thing that I didn't like was that the lecture slides were basically large bullet points with multiple sentences or a quote straight from a reading. Still, you can get an A on exams ("Celebrations") by just carefully studying the lecture slides and examples he says.