Professor Herrera is such a cool professor! He provides all the readings, so there's no need to purchase textbooks. Additionally, the course content is super interesting and it makes you think about societal structures impacting the different geographies we see today. I would highly recommend this class & would gladly take it again!

Herrera is such an amazing professor. I love dropping in his office hours and enjoy going to lectures in the class. This class would be relatively easy if you do all the readings and go to every lecture. There were only reading reflections (bi-weekly), midterm, and final. For midterm and final, he made them be three take-home essays in my quarter, choosing from 5 prompts. The reading reflection was basically just answered the prompt and integrated at least one reading into your two-page essay. For discussion, participation matters, so speak up in the class. The course exposed you to many different lessons that you had never thought of, and you will find everything interconnected which is super cool!!!

Overall, I would recommend this class to anyone, literally anyone. This class would be a perfect GE in social analysis for you. Even though you are not super interested in geography, I still recommend you to try out this class! Geography is more than just maps and you will discover that through this class. It is a fair A class—if you put in work, you will get a fair grade—and not too heavy in workload. I LOVE THIS CLASS and I believe you would love it too :)

So overall I would have enjoyed this class had I had a better TA, because I was not having it with the one I had. In terms of Professor Herrera, he was fairly good, although when I took the class he was only just starting at UCLA so he was still practicing his lecturing techniques, but they were by no means terrible and was often fairly engaging. Your biggest issue with Geog 3 will definitely be your TA, but you really don't have to worry about this professor.

This class was one of my favorite this past year, both because of the material presented and the clear passion that Professor Herrera has for the subject. You learn about widespread social issues that are relevant to the present and allow you to construct a deeper historical understanding of the past via issues like Muslim surveillance/injustice, oppression against people of color, queer spaces, migrant stories and more.

His slides were very word heavy, often holding paragraphs worth of information. I personally had to type relatively fast to keep up. To someone who has never taken a course like this before, the terms and ways things are worded may be confusing (or just very new) at first, but you learn to develop thoughts as a "cultural geographer" would. The class may a little reading heavy at times, but it is interesting and thought provoking content.

Speaking to exams, they involved IDs, definitions, and free response questions. You are provided an extensive study guide beforehand with the important topics and questions, so it is not difficult to do well if you commit yourself to studying those things. There can and will be other questions/topics, still.

I wanted to make it to this class every lecture because of the content and the evident passion. It has made me consider a minor in the geography department, or similar course of study. The course ended with Professor Herrera sharing his own inspiring personal story through education and applause from the class. Truly, a wonderful experience.

Professor Herrera is the best. I had him for Geog 3 as well and I liked him so much that I took this class with him as well. I'm bummed that he isn't teaching any other Geog classes. He truly cares about each and everyone of his students. It is clear that he wants everyone to succeed. As long as you do the readings, show up to class and interact with other students and with Professor Herrera you'll do great. This was one of the few classes where the entire class (around 80 students) felt more like a community rather than the typical anonymous and unsocial lectures where everyone is in their own world. He listens to student feedback and genuinely wants his class and content to make sense, be helpful and understandable. Take a class with him if you can. He's amazing.

I thoroughly enjoyed this class with Professor Herrera. It was his first time teaching at UCLA so he had some things to work out (such as lectures) but he did a wonderful job regardless. I ended up switching my major because of him. The one thing that I wasn't super stoked about was the course reader because it was kind of expensive...I split the cost with a friend in the class. Professor Herrera was super receptive though and since this was his first time teaching he didn't realize that the course reader would be so expensive so I think that he was going to adjust that for his future classes. My TA was great but a bit of a stricter grader than the other TA. You definitely have to do the readings but honestly, the readings are so captivating and relevant that its not really a chore to do the readings. This class opened my eyes (so cliche I know but its true) and Professor Herrera's obvious passion and enthusiasm for the subject inspired me to pursue these kind of studies. Take a class with him if you can.

ONE OF THE BEST CLASSES TO TAKE AT UCLA. As a Geog/Environmental Studies major, this was a lower div requirement, but I am so so grateful for this class. Professor Herrera is absolutely amazing, hip, and hilarious. This class is the more in depth and woke version of AP Human Geography. Some of the reading can be a bit long, but they are all super super interesting and it doesn't feel like work because you will learn about so many shady things that have negative implications on low income communities of color and so on. I don't like terming classes as "easy A's", but this one was fairly easy. As long as you did the readings (which are all super easy to understand and are discussed in lecture and discussion) and understood the whole point, you will get an A in the class. The midterm and final consisted of a variety of T/F and multiple choice and fill-ins on some terms and the other portions of the test were to talk about the readings. You will feel prepared for both the midterm and final if you at least attended lectures and discussions. I will ALWAYS recommend this class taught by Professor Herrera to anyone. Also, I didn't go to office hours, but I should of because he is very kind and takes the effort to remember names and conversations. TAKE THIS CLASS BECAUSE YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

PROFESSOR HERRERA IS HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST PROFESSORS HERE AT UCLA. After taking Geog 3 this quarter, OMG am I going to miss him (so much I'm willing to pop into his office hours for the rest of my years here at UCLA.

As for the actual content of the class, the subjects are so interesting and applicable to real-world modern-day issues and provides reasoning and background to why so many systems and "unwritten rules" in society are the way they are.

I took this class as a G.E., BUT TRUST ME, you'll fall in love with the material and WANT to go to lecture. I would continue to rant, but it's late and I'm lazy, BUT PLEASE TAKE HIS CLASS!! (and his upper div hehe on California)

I LOVE Professor Herrera. The most down to earth, engaging, kind professor I’ve ever come across. All he wants you to do is learn something about different cultures in his class and be accepting of others. He truly cares about YOU when you go to his office hours. A true gem at UCLA

Professor Herrera is amazing! He is an incredibly engaging, interesting, and practical lecturer. He is very approachable and really cares about the well-being of his students. The class mostly consisted of ~2 page reading responses based on short readings that you can skim as well as a straightforward midterm and final. The professor gives out study guides that are basically everything you need to prepare for the exams. The content of the class is also mostly just common sense about social concepts, in my opinion, so it was really easy. I had Travis Bott for a TA and he was one of my favorite TAs so far at UCLA. If this class fulfills a GE for you, you should take it for an easy A.