What can I say about Professor Johnson...Well, let me put it this way, if I had to choose between her and a pile of rocks to do my taxes, I'd choose the rocks. Ineptitude is far worse than merely being inanimate. She seems to believe that "revenge" can be used as a verb (it can't, that would be "avenge") and that the past tense of "drown" is "drownded". She also pretty much completely discounted the Spanish influence on the downfall of the Aztecs and Inca and rather blamed it on their own poor infrastructure and governance (WOW). Students beware: lectures can get infuriating.

this prof is insane when it comes to assigning work. i took this class in the summer and altogether we wrote 8 essays. the readings were too much and it was essays after essays. she expects so much. i would not recommend johnson. her tests were tricky also.

this class was one of the easiest classes ever. I know that now that I'm taking other GEs. Professor Johnson is okay...her lectures were like the material in the book, which i thought was the best required text i had to read. TA laurie was fantastic! I got an A+ but I also read all the reading and went to almost all the lectures. If anthropology interests you, this class will be an easy A. The work was sometimes a pain but in the end I could definitely say it was fair and easy enough.

I highly recommend this professor because she is concerned about student learning. Her availabilty outside the class is great she was always present at her office hours. All her lectures were posted online, the text was fairly straight forward, the videos were interesting and relevant to life today, the life history paper was also a fun assignment because you get to get acquainted with people of different backgrounds, and she was really nice when I had trouble doing the research proposal. I truly enjoyed this class and I would most likely take another course with her.
AWESOME PROFESSOR!!

The TA's were aslo very helpful and were clearly familiar with all the concepts presented during class and discussion. I received great help from Laurie and Pamela....they were both great!!!

Prof. Johnson gives a lot of work, I mean A LOT. Sure, it's easy work but time consuming, especially when you have other, more important courses to look after.

TAs such as Laurie and Sasha are awesome and will help you understand the fairly easy concepts.

I'd take this course again!

dude, i personally messed up because it was my first quarter at ucla, but she is very easy, understanding, lectures are not boring, easy A, interesting and helpful TAs, and not hard midterms/finals.. i should have read more, but i didnt... and i regret that, the reading isnt much.. although u do get a lot of outside the text book reading posted online, but notes are posted online as well, and she is available outside the classroom and she is very helpful.. highly recommend it.. its not one of those easy A so take it, its a great class too

Basically, one of the easiest GE classes at UCLA. All of her slides from lecture are posted online. The reading material is very straightforward, although there was a lot of reading at times. Exams were multiple choice with 2 short essays and I mean short. 4 or 5 lines and she told you the topic they would be on. 1 paper 8-10 pages and 5 video reviews (I'd say every other class was a video in lecture). Not much work required. Definitely take this class with Professor Johnson. Plus, she's a really nice lady who gives students extra credit for going to her office hours. She really likes to interact with the students and she is not intimidating at all. A very nice professor!