CHICANO 10A ONLY:

If you want an A+ do this and you'll be more than fine.

I took this class along with a math 3b and chem 14a for my very first quarter at UCLA. I spent most of my time in chem 14a. I am a science and math person, but this class was easy and fun for me. For the midterm, I got a 100%. To be honest, I didn't study extensively. I studied the day before and memorized key words and significance. Please take the time to actually find the significance. I wanted to do all the essay prompts (from midterm study guide), but I found it time consuming. I'm an advocate for studying smart not study for a long time. I brainstormed out loud for possible ideas and just repeated definitions. This was the day before. I had an awesome TA who was very sweet.

Throughout the weeks, I actually took the time to read and understand articles. Weeks 1-4 I did a good deep reading and took notes on things that I found interesting and valid points. Weeks 5-10, I've got to be honest, got a bit lazy and skimmed throughout the entire readings. I actually stopped reading weeks 7-10. Overall, do readings and take good notes (I got a bit carried away, :) and I'm not into majoring in north Campus majors).

Talk in discussion and even if you say 2 sentences, it's all good. Sit near the front to show interest and focus better. The final essay was so easy for me. I got 29/30. And I was left with 101% in the class. It's very achievable! You can definitely do it. Also, for essays, know the authors and good points they made and cite it. Give your arguments well in the essays.

Last thing, many people complained at how little time we had for the midterm, but I had just enough. IF you do the study guide and understand it and do exercises in lecture, you'll be set for the quarter fam. Write with passion and be creative. :)

I took this professor for Chicano10A. I did not like this class. There are 4 books you need and the readings were long and boring. The class was especislly brutally long and boring. The professor talks so fast and goes through topics so fast that you can't get everything down. Sometimes i get lost and I don't know what she's talking about. She also uses unneccesarily difficult words sometimes. She doesn't even post her lecture slides. Also she has this thing where she tries to say no using cell phones. This is college. You're talking to a huge lecture hall. Another thing is thst she requires you to have a specific notebook for the class and she actually makes you take it out in class to answer questions. I found this inconvenient because I like to take my notes the way I want to and this id judt forcing me to buy a separate notebook just to take notes how she wants to. She only had the TA check if you did the questions for the last few questions she ever asks. The midterm is extremely hard. There was so many questions for so little time. You have to specifically define keywords and also do essay questions. The TAs supposedly give you a list of the keywords and question samples but theyre the same as on the exam. There is just too little time. You really have to rush. Also there is so much information to remember that it's very overwhelming. Discussion section is mandatory. Although I felt my section was completely useless. All we did was talk about our feelings basically. This did not help me succeed in the class. I expected us to talk more about our assigned readings and help us understand them but no. Youre on your own. Also you have to do weekly reading responses but thats fine. The final is a take-home. Youre given a week to finish two essays. I feel like that is too short of a time as well since we all have other finals to study for and do. We also had to do a creative project. However youre forced to make a "zine" magazine type thing. I thought this was a complete waste of time as well since we all have other classes to study for and other homework. This project was for art people to do art. I'm not an art person and this didn't help me understand the material better, so I didn't think this project was necessary. Anyway I'm glad I somehow finished the class and got an A. I really had to work hard for it. I dreaded going to class for 2 hrs. She didn't even give us a 10 min break in the middle. She tried to lecture all the way through. So boring. I do not recommend this class with this professor.

I took Chicano 10A with Professor Carpio. Let me start by saying she is an AWESOME professor. This class is interesting for anybody that is interested in learning something about themselves. It is fairly straightforward and the discussions summarize the readings for you, so don't worry about falling behind.

There is one midterm in class and it is a series of small questions and one essay. There is a creative project that is fun to do and is not a heavy load of work at all. The final is a take home and is submitted through turn-it-in. It involves small and long essay questions.

The class is overall good and I would recommend it.

Prof. Carpio was awesome. Both the midterm and final were online papers in blog forms. Each student was assigned a reading to further engage and present to the class. The readings were actually very interesting and are very insightful. For Chican@ Studies majors, this class will be very eye-opening and help in realizing the digital divide that can be traced to race. Totally recommend 10/10!