Kind of an incoherent class because the professors are all lecturing on such different topics and really vary in how interesting their lectures are. That being said, the cluster knocks out lots of GEs ... I guess. I don't know, I wish I'd picked better GEs that were actually interesting and more specialized.

Martie was great and her lectures were engaging and fun. I took the entirety of this cluster (including the seminar at the end), and I definitely don't regret it. I feel like I learned a great amount, and the class won't hurt your GPA as long as you put good effort into the essays and do the readings. If you show up to lecture and read the required texts you'll have no problem bopping out the essays and you'll be super prepared for the final.
The learning experience in this class was also super TA dependent. I had Saanchi Shah and Jennifer Joines -- both were great. I liked Jennifer so much that I took her seminar in the spring which was super cool with reading material that I legitimately enjoyed wholeheartedly. If you can get Jennifer as your TA, do it.