While Global Studies 100A did not cover concepts I initially thought I would be interested in, it definitely became the class I’ve learned most from so far. Prof. Peters is an excellent lecturer who covers an extreme amount of material at very quick speeds. Unfortunately, the class is not bruincast so lecture attendance is pretty important. She goes over the content covered in all the readings in her lectures, and since there are weekly reading quizzes in section, it is definitely important to have a good understanding of the Frieden/Lake/Broz readings. I would say that her grading system is fairly difficult, which she establishes at the beginning of the quarter. However, the class is graded on a curve, which balances out her relatively strict policies.

I really enjoyed the content of this class, in terms of take aways, but the structure was really poorly done. Professor Peters has great energy and has put together awesome, thorough presentations, but her style goes too fast (esp for a non-computer class) to truly grasp material. The readings were too dense and didn't really align always with the course. The midterm exam was extremely unfair in terms of time frame allotted (9 questions, must answer 8, in 75m) but she fixed that through offering extra credit and a much better assessment plan for the final. Overall, glad I took the course (was a requirement for major) because of what I learned overall, but it was a very stressful experience.