Professor Higbie is an absolute gem who genuinely wants all of his students to succeed. Your grade is made up of 2 midterms, each 500-750 words, and one final paper with 5-7 pages. These assignments are quite straightforward and he even provides a rubric. Although some students complained about the T.As grading, I found as long as you followed the directions you would get an A. I probably would not take this class again (even for me as a History major) this class was quite dull and lackluster. I feel like if I were to take this class in person Professor Higbie's charisma would have made this class 10000% times better. If you are in desperate need of an upper-division elective, this one definitely is not bad-as long as you are a strong writer and trust your writing skills.

The professor is super nice and caring, but this class was a mess. The TA's and professor were on different pages and all of the students felt confused about the grading scale. It seemed nearly impossible to get an A with such different feedback that often contradicted itself. I would take this professor again if he had better TA's.

The lectures were both live and recorded, so we were free to watch them on our own time. Professor Higbie was very open and personable, and the class was not difficult overall. The instructions for our three papers were very clear and seemed straightforward. However, many of us were confused by the rubric and the vague feedback on our papers. Not to alarm you- workload was very reasonable, it was the grading that was a bit unclear. I'd recommend going to office hours.

Grade consists of few components: 3 essays and 1 online multiple-choice midterm. The essays were graded quite harshly, especially given the vagueness of the assignment instructions. In order to encourage creativity there is no rubric. However, this lack of structure leaves the clarity and grading criteria of assignments up in the are. I also felt there were minor discrepancies in the way that the TA and the professor graded. Generally, if you are a strong writer it doesn't matter who grades your essay you will have an easier time in this class. Workload is really doable however do NOT fall behind on reading, it'll come back to bite you.

Apart from that, Professor Higbie is a fantastic lecturer and incredibly knowledgeable. If you can figure out who ends up grading your essay it is incredibly beneficial to visit them in office hours for advice on how to write your essays. Definitely visit Professor Higbie during office hours, his joy is contagious and he is incredibly hilarious. If you're confused he is always willing to point you in the right direction. Dana is an amazing TA as well and even offered writing workshops to help the class.

For extra credit we made videos on a strike that was happening on purpose. The extra credit was worth 3% which was incredibly generous.

I really enjoyed this course! It was really interesting to learn about working class movements and their significance. Professor Higbie is a great lecturer and made them very engaging and easy to follow. The workload was pretty light with two 2-3 page (double-spaced) assignments, random short discussion posts/replies, and a 7 page (double-spaced) maximum paper. There was a lot of assigned reading (and they're really interesting!), however, you can get away with relying on lectures to keep up until it's time for the paper, but the syllabus and slides he provides allow you to pinpoint which readings would be important in your paper so you can miss others if needed.

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