Professor
Douglas Hollan
Most Helpful Review
This is one of my very favorite classes at UCLA. Hollan is excellent. You read the coolest books and actually write fun papers where you get to be an ethnographer and observe others and then write about what you saw. The papers were the easiest papers I have ever written, very straight-forward. The subject matter of the course is really good. Prof. Hollan is super nice and does an excellent job of preparing you for the exam. Just go to lecture and read and you will ace the class! If you want to bring up your GPA and are interested in learning about different cultures take this class with Hollan.
This is one of my very favorite classes at UCLA. Hollan is excellent. You read the coolest books and actually write fun papers where you get to be an ethnographer and observe others and then write about what you saw. The papers were the easiest papers I have ever written, very straight-forward. The subject matter of the course is really good. Prof. Hollan is super nice and does an excellent job of preparing you for the exam. Just go to lecture and read and you will ace the class! If you want to bring up your GPA and are interested in learning about different cultures take this class with Hollan.
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Winter 2022 - This class was is of the most interesting and best classes I have taken at UCLA. We read three books, none of which were too difficult or dense, and wrote an essay about each one plus had two short exams. The essays weren't graded too harshly and the idea was more to engage with the books than to argue a thesis. Hollan is really thoughtful and also works as a psychoanalyst so his approach is pretty fascinating. I got a lot of out of his lectures, and the coursework, not only on an academic level but on a personal level. Some people complained that he does not use slides and does not carefully bullet point concepts in lecture, but it's not really that kind of class, it's more about being legitimately engaged with the materials. My only complaint is that the way he lists out the readings and weekly focuses on the syllabus is pretty confusing!
Winter 2022 - This class was is of the most interesting and best classes I have taken at UCLA. We read three books, none of which were too difficult or dense, and wrote an essay about each one plus had two short exams. The essays weren't graded too harshly and the idea was more to engage with the books than to argue a thesis. Hollan is really thoughtful and also works as a psychoanalyst so his approach is pretty fascinating. I got a lot of out of his lectures, and the coursework, not only on an academic level but on a personal level. Some people complained that he does not use slides and does not carefully bullet point concepts in lecture, but it's not really that kind of class, it's more about being legitimately engaged with the materials. My only complaint is that the way he lists out the readings and weekly focuses on the syllabus is pretty confusing!
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I found his teaching style to be very understanding. He is clearly interested in his subject and gives in depth answers to most questions. Very open to questions and gives good answers. The essay prompts were fairly easy and I ended with a B, I think my TA had more to do with that.
I found his teaching style to be very understanding. He is clearly interested in his subject and gives in depth answers to most questions. Very open to questions and gives good answers. The essay prompts were fairly easy and I ended with a B, I think my TA had more to do with that.