Tutino is a very challenging, but helpful professor. In the 97 Seminar, she has her students develop arguments using evidence from the readings. This may sound like a simple exercise, but Tutino is relentless and will pick your argument apart down to word choice. While defending your argument will be very tough and stressful (it was probably the most stress I ever been under in class that was not a test), she does this for your benefit and it really helped me to understand the process of arguing a historical thesis.

Tutino is a very good professor who cares about her students and their learning. She begins class, and sometimes even halts discussion, just talking to her students asking about their weekend, interests, or just for the sack of talking.

She is also hilariously Italian and it shows sometimes!

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Atrocious. Horrible Professor, doesn’t care about students only picks favorites. Her TA’s are even worse, one TA says something then every student does that on the midterm and then this “Professor” comes in and says no, you did it all wrong. Like what? Your TA’s told us to do it like this. Don’t waste your time she’s absolutely trash.

Truly one of the best Professors I have ever had. She is so passionate about the material it makes you want to work harder. The class consists of a midterm 3-4 pages, a selfie which is 10 percent of your grade, and a final paper 10 pages or podcast 10-15 minutes. She is so incredibly helpful and will never hesitate to guide you as long as you reach out to her. Just make sure to go to office hours and ask a lot of questions whenever anything is unclear. I highly recommend this class with her she will strengthen your writing skills for future classes to come.

A tough class. It was not as easy as anticipated. Yet, it has been the most useful college class I have taken thus far. Your writing skills will improve, and you will become a better writer. She is helpful during office hours and clears things up there. Above all else, she is intense and wants students to do their best work. If you ask questions and want to do well, you will. Ultimately, she is a very good professor.

I took this class fall 2020 during covid and enjoyed it. I found it fairly easy although people seem to have really struggled on the midterm. She was a tough grader when it came to the papers and expects high quality work. If you can't write do NOT take this class. Class wasn't required and was honestly not super useful. However, discussions were INCREDIBLY important and I really enjoyed them. (35% Midterm Paper, 45% Final, 10% easy final assignment, 10% participation in discussions).

Tutino is incredibly brilliant, she understood that the pandemic was not enabling us to perform at our best so she helped out with grades. These consisted of a midterm and a final project or paper. Really dope class, she doesn't take crap from anyone and she helps her students. She would even offer to look at our thesis during lectures and give us feedback. Be prepared to take criticism. She does not like mushy writing.

This was one of my first classes at UCLA and it was by far my favorite one thus far. Tutino demands true critical thinking and tests your understanding of the content. This level of difficulty comes out in the essays, but with how the grading is structured and how she is always willing to be of help w/ email or OH, odds are you'll come out with an A if you reasonably apply yourself.

The only real downside I can see w/ this class is if you just do not have the capacity to do big-picture, hard thinking you'll feel lost. The GroupMe for this class was a cesspool of the same people freaking out over having to come up with original analysis and an argument, instead of regurgitating what the professor/textbook said into essay form like most classes do. But even though this might be a downside for some, I think for many like me it was the single best part about this class.

It's basically what everyone else is saying- she IS incredibly difficult but it's for great reason. She cares a lot about every single student's work- the words you choose, the connections you're drawing, the meaning of it all. She's very intent on cutting all fluff, even if you write prettily, she works hard to make sure it means something.

She really does exemplify the best of UCLA faculty, she knows her field incredibly well and is dedicated to her students. You have to be careful to listen to every single thing she says in lecture, and really take advantage of her OH. Do the papers ahead of time, listen to what she advises for them. She lays out what differentiates A's from B's from C's. She recognizes the complexity of the coursework but she'll put in as much time as you want if you just show up and have the questions yourself. Engaging in lecture, slightly intimidating in OH so it's best to know what you want to ask her.

Take this class if you want to really work on your writing and understand Historiography, not get some easy course credits.

This class is exceptionally boring which is a shame because the premise is interesting. I took it during fall 2020 so it was online, and lectures were not mandatory or useful. I had a good relationship with my TA which was very helpful. The class is not particularly difficult and Tutino is probably the best professor who teaches HIST 94

This class is 100% doable. No homework or quizzes, just one midterm and a final--so in other words don't blow these assignments as there isn't much of a cushion. This class is extremely necessary as it helped me learn how to write and think like a historian. Professor was kind and helpful; however, attending live lectures wasn't always necessary. Plan ahead and form a relationship with your TA so you know what they're looking for. Papers were time-consuming, so do not wait until the last minute to write. I would take this class again. If you're able to select Patrick as your TA he was amazing!!