Professor Stein is one of the best lecturers I've had at UCLA! Her class is extremely engaging and she always manages to link the objects to broader concepts that are useful to understand modern times. Besides the content being super interesting, the readings help to understand different perspectives and add a lot to your general knowledge.

There are 2 papers, the midterm is a scavenger hunt and one final. Highly recommend this class to anyone!

I LOVED THIS CLASS. Honestly everyone should have to take this class at UCLA. Gives you a whole new perspective and will forever change the way you look at the world. Professor Stein is amazing. She teaches the class so respectfully and cares so much about the subject. She makes it as easy for you as possible to do well, she posts lecture slides online and you are even allowed a cheat sheet on the midterm AND final. You learn extremely valuable material and the readings are really good. 10/10 would recommend

Very Good class. I enjoyed it very much. Selling all books except Maus for 30 bucks together. Contact if interested acastorena740@gmail.com

I took this class online during session A of 2019, which I think was the first time it was offered in this format. That being said, it was still the most straightforward, unstressful class that managed to keep me engaged and on pace (which can become problematic when it's online). Prof. Stein had set up the class, which was based on CCLE, with weekly lectures, resources, and assignments (including 3 essays, which was ever 2 weeks with the 6 weeks of summer sessions) that were clearly outlined with specific due dates and expectations, so that all you had to do was manage your time well to accommodate its requirements. If you viewed everything, read everything, and did weekly response discussions with your assigned TA based on the material, you're very much in for an easy A. -- However, by 'easy A,' I refer to the class's structure that enables you as the student to do well. I don't want to make it sound like you should just blow it off and not think deeply while you're in it, because it also covers critical thinking and patterns that are relevant to our current political climate.

That being said, I'd also like to acknowledge how this class addresses the topic of the Holocaust. It is very much a deep, heavyhearted moment in humanity, but Prof. Stein upholds it with a level of respect, objectivity, and detail that makes it not as 'depressing' or 'boring' as what can be connoted by a tragic event in history. . You're very much set up with context and objectives that arm to be able to perceive, break down, and understand what you will learn to be a culmination of several factors and not just one big thing.

Per all the bruinwalk reviews, I do have the textbooks for the class, which were novels: Maus I and II, Ordinary Men, and The Holocaust: a Concise History.
Please contact me if you're interested: (925)-698-1552 ((text))
(These were what's required for the summer online version, which may be different than the irl-quarter version).

She made us buy her newly released book for over 20$, and we only read it for one class session.

When I realized this class was structured based around objects, I was kinda disappointed and even wanted to drop it. However, over the course of the class, I grew to appreciate this new way of looking at history. The lectures encompasses many events and many "stuff" that pushed me into researching things beyond the syllabus on my free time. However, some miscommunication between me and my TA on my essays caused me to lose a couple points on my assignments. However, the lecture itself is wonderful and I would highly recommend it.

I am selling three books required for this class! Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono, Sea of Regret, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. All super cheap!! My phone number is (562)241-2238 and I live in the dorms (hence, meeting up would be more efficient).
Ps. they have highlights!!!

Professor Stein makes the class interesting by connecting world events to objects, it really opens your perspective about objects you use everyday and really gets you thinking about their place in history. The class is fairly easy, she does assign readings every week which can seem overwhelming and is a lot so really plan out your week and make sure you do the readings, they're manageable. The midterm was a scavenger hunt and easy to get full points on. There were weekly paragraphs due based on the readings, but you have enough time for them just make sure you manage your time. She doesn't have slides, she has pictures while she talks but she doesn't have slides with any information and she doesn't podcast them so it's very important to go to lecture! She also has mini pop quizzes randomly so make sure you go to lecture so you don't miss those points. It can difficult to follow along sometimes because she can talk fast and jumps around in different eras and topics, but just ask your TA for clarification on anything. There are two papers you write, they're not too bad but it all comes down to your TA and how they grade. Overall I think Professor Stein was great, always engaging and you always learn new things which make the class interesting.

The workload for this class will be a lot for someone who's not that interested in history or is taking a lot of GEs in combination with this class. However, Professor Stein is lenient and the way her lectures are structured is enjoyable.

Professor Stein is a very engaging speaker. Her lectures are structured very creatively, and she really tries to get the students to think about the material in a new manner. She focuses each time period on a specific object, and I think she does a good job at connecting some very broad themes in global history to smaller stories. The workload for the class itself is pretty manageable, with weekly written paragraphs and a few readings. The midterm is a scavenger hunt, and the final was fairly straightforward. I highly recommend this class.