HIST 8B
Modern Latin America
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory survey of social, political, and economic history of Latin America after independence, region that includes Mexico, Central and South America, and Caribbean. Formation of independent nation states and political regimes and quest for sovereignty and its challenges in shadow of U.S., approached from bottom up through lens of social history, everyday life, and popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2025 - Professor Derby is not an amazing lecturer, but her grading is fairly lenient. The class consists of a small map quiz as well as a midterm essay and a final project. The grading scheme was somewhat unclear as the class decided not to include participation in section into the final grade and the two pop quizes listed in the syllabus never occured. Derby's lecture's were very detailed, she is cleary an expert and very passionate about the subject area however it was often presented in a somewhat disjointed manner. I would suggest this if your looking for a class with a low workload however the lectures were not always the most engaging.
Winter 2025 - Professor Derby is not an amazing lecturer, but her grading is fairly lenient. The class consists of a small map quiz as well as a midterm essay and a final project. The grading scheme was somewhat unclear as the class decided not to include participation in section into the final grade and the two pop quizes listed in the syllabus never occured. Derby's lecture's were very detailed, she is cleary an expert and very passionate about the subject area however it was often presented in a somewhat disjointed manner. I would suggest this if your looking for a class with a low workload however the lectures were not always the most engaging.
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Winter 2024 - This class was so boring. It was to the point that the vast majority of the class stopped showing up. We would have "reading" quizzes every few weeks, but they didn't correspond with the actual assigned readings nor the lectures. Don't waste your time doing the readings. I see no point if they don't actually help you with the class, I was upset after I had done all the reading and took the first reading quiz just for none of the material to correspond. Also, I had Sophia Yazpik as my TA and she was just a mean person. Not a harsh grader though, but when one of the other TAs did a guest lecture, after she finished Yazpik said "just give up" under her breath. She also laughed at one of my questions... I don't know why you would even sign up to be a TA if you dislike helping students so much.
Winter 2024 - This class was so boring. It was to the point that the vast majority of the class stopped showing up. We would have "reading" quizzes every few weeks, but they didn't correspond with the actual assigned readings nor the lectures. Don't waste your time doing the readings. I see no point if they don't actually help you with the class, I was upset after I had done all the reading and took the first reading quiz just for none of the material to correspond. Also, I had Sophia Yazpik as my TA and she was just a mean person. Not a harsh grader though, but when one of the other TAs did a guest lecture, after she finished Yazpik said "just give up" under her breath. She also laughed at one of my questions... I don't know why you would even sign up to be a TA if you dislike helping students so much.
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