This class was one of my first at UCLA, and I honestly wish it wasn't. Don't let the grade deceive you, this was a mess of a class that ended up being graded easily and I did extra credit for. From the beginning, the professor confessed that our class was a lab rat for her ginormous research project and we would all be doing extensively long group research papers for her. This was, to say the least, very annoying.

The research project's guidelines kept on shifting and changing as the quarter went on. Due to extensive complaints from the class (which was mostly freshmen I think) and the TAs begging the professor, the paper ended up being cut down. We didn't know exactly what we needed to do until week 9. I spent a shit ton of money on Ubers to scout the location I was researching and interviewing people there. However, I didn't have to buy any materials, so I guess it balances out?

Attending lecture was a complete waste of time. Professor. MD would go on tangents about her research or absolutely nothing that related to what we were doing. I remember a specific lecture where we talked about "sksksk" and "anna oop" for an hour... yeah. The professor is not a good lecturer, as she was acting like a lecture hall of 300 people was a graduate class of 20. Luckily, nothing that she said in class was of importance.

The TAs were godsends throughout all of this. They understood our struggles and tried to communicate them with the professor as much as possible, at one point they begged her to lower the word count for the group papers. The only gripe I have with them is the homework grading was very inconsistent; one TA would give out extensions and extra credit like nobody's business, while mine stuck strictly to the grading rubric. Felt really unfair when my friends in one TAs section got better grades than me just because their TA was "more chill."

Overall, this class was definitely a mess and I don't know if it will improve in later quarters. I got a good grade, but take it at your own risk.

Norma Mendoza Denton is truly a nice lady and she's very passionate about what she teaches. However, these are by far the most uninteresting, disorganized lectures about absolutely nothing relevant. I don't think I learned anything of value in the lecture, I was always confused, and she would just talk about random stuff for an hour. The final project was a complete disaster; no one was clear on what exactly we were supposed to do and what the entire point of the project was. The fact that it was initially supposed to be 60 pages is insane and I was never clear on what we were supposed to be doing until like week 9. Ulitmately, it felt like we were beinng used for Mendoza-Denton's personal research project, which was annoying. The only redeemable quality about this class was the TAs; they were actually helpful explaining topics, the project, reassuring us, and advocating for us (thank you Hannah Carlan). It's not the worst class if you're looking to get a decent grade, but don;t expect too much out of it.

Bullshit class. Writing a final essay right now about a district in LA and how our urban planning affects the cultures there or some shit, and how that can be linked to their languages, cultures, etc. Can't even find info on google, where do you expect me to get this information. I'm a bisecon major I don't care about this stuff. Take it if you want free time and an easy A but there's gonna be a little assignment that sucks ass every 2-3 weeks and a final paper that's gonna take me 3 hours to write but the topic is so boring its a drag.

This class is fine. It was a fuckton of work; we had to go out to an LA neighborhood and interview a local to analyze the way they speak. It was a cool idea, but poorly structured. The professor isn't bad, but she didn't have any organization in her class. If you're an anthro buff, this is the class for you. If you're a normal person, I'd smash that pass button.

One of the easiest classes I have ever taken at UCLA.

Honestly one of the easiest classes I have ever taken. Would HIGHLY recommend to anyone, especially science majors like myself because it takes no outside work and will be a perfect break with harder classes.

Going to class isn't necessary but I did every week because I felt bad that I wasn't doing any work outside of class.

Largest assignment is 300 words weekly on something you need to skim. I had an amazing TA (HANNAH CARLAN), although I've heard pretty good things about all of the TA's, so take her if you can because she summarizes everything so well you literally only need to go to discussion to get an A.

Overall pretty interesting, TAKE THIS CLASS FOR AN EASY A.

Norma's research is very interesting. After reading her book for the course, I realized how much of an expert she is in the field. She has contributed a lot to the Linguistic Anthropology field. Granted, if you don't have much interest in linguistics, you may not enjoy this class. There is a midterm, a final, two homework assignments, weekly reading responses, and your participation accounts for 30% of your grade. Overall, a smooth-running class. Read, do the homework, and participate in discussion section for an A.

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