Overall, I enjoyed this class. Although I wouldn't consider it an "easy" GE, if you do the work, you should be fine. I took it as a GE and didn't have too high hopes for it, but Dr. Schaberg's lectures were very interesting and he cares about our learning. There were 30 pages of textbook and/or sourcebook reading assigned before each class, which I found helpful but time-consuming. There were 5 in-lecture quizzes (closed book) and 5 discussion quizzes (open book), neither of which are too bad if you've been attending lectures and doing the reading. Discussion is mandatory, but if you have Quentin as your TA, it's very enjoyable—he's funny.

The midterm was short-answer and essay questions in-class, closed book, and I studied a lot for it; using Quizlets to review the dynasties was particularly helpful since it covered 3000 years of Chinese history. There was a final group/individual project that involved writing a few pages on any topic related to the class. The final was in-person on Canvas, which wasn't too bad (I studied a few days in advance), though if not for the protests it would have been just a longer version of the midterm. Good luck :)