This was a great GE to take, it was genuinely interesting and super easy. The professor was super accommodating and friendly, and the TAs were also very helpful.

All you are graded on are two essays. There is extra credit for the professor reviews.

Professor Mankekar seems like a pretty nice person, but I don't think her lectures were that clear. She often didn't elaborate on topics or when she did it did not help my understanding. I didn't watch many of the lectures or readings though, unless they'd help me with the two papers and 1 group discussion presentation.

I got a C- because I didn't turn in one of the papers, but I'd take this class if you plan on doing all your assignments because it was really interesting and pretty easy if you did the work. She also made the final optional because COVID causes difficult times, which was super kind of her, but I feel that kinda backfired on me because it made me unmotivated to learn the material. She also gave 2% extra credit if you did the course evaluation at the end of the quarter. Overall, you should take this class if you want to learn about cool ethnic studies concepts like intersectionality, gender being a relational concept, and transnationalism.