Stein's lectures are all online, so it was easy to watch the videos on BruinLearn and follow the course content. She sounds very well versed in the subject of the Holocaust and the coursework is manageable for it being asynchronous. Stein put so much detail into every aspect of the weekly lectures, readings, and questions to the three assigned papers that it makes you think more in-depth about the events of the Holocaust. I highly recommend this course to anyone needing an easy GE over the summer.

Took this class over 6 weeks A sesh, here is the rough breakdown:
On odd weeks, you have to write 2-3 paragraphs for 2 questions (usually about a page and a half-two pages). Even in weeks, you have to write a paper (first two are 500-750 words, last is 800-1000 words) as well as a question. I probably spent around 2-3 hours a week watching lectures + doing readings, then another 2-4 hours a week writing responses. The class is pretty easy overall, nothing is graded overly harshly and its all pretty fair. I did well even though I'm not great at writing so take it as you will. Stein is a great professor and her lectures are amazing, great and easy GE to knock out over summer.

Not an easy G.E. whatsoever. You are expected to do lots of reading, sometimes 100-200 pages a week to answer two weekly discussion posts that are graded harshly by TAs. The class is fully online. You are expected to write weekly discussion posts (worth 25% of your grade), two essays (35%) , a midterm (20%), and a final (20%). The content is very interesting but the workload is a lot for a G.E. You are expected to cite readings or lecture videos in your discussions. The professor's lectures are prerecorded, interesting, and clear, which makes them very helpful. I would recommend visiting the Undergraduate Writing Center. Feedback that the TAs give can be short and vague. Sometimes the TAs take away points for not addressing every single possible event regarding the sometimes-confusing prompts or sometimes take away points for not answering a question they did not explicitly ask in the prompt. Your grade is dependent on your TA and completing every single reading/lecture/assignment. Yes, I got an A, but at the cost of any free time.

The workload for this course can get overwhelming at times, but after a few weeks you can find your rhythm in it. I highly recommend spending one day a week just grinding out the week's work. There are two papers (first is during week 3!!) and one midterm (easier than the papers). Much of this class is dependent on your TA (Natalie was alright).

The "Final Solution" committed by Nazi Germany was the most maleficent and cynical genocide ever committed against enemies of the "Aryan" population, and Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein professionally lectures her class in regards to fully contextualizing and comprehending how the Nazis implemented genocide against Jews, and other minorities despised by Nazi Germany. Here are my pros and cons for this class

Pro: 1.Steins class is VERY interesting and teaches a lot of good lessons for us to understand in regards to the Holocaust and Stein challenges our views of how we perceive the Holocaust and the many shapes and forms the Holocaust took throughout history.

2.The TAs are really easy graders (at least mine was)

3.Steins lectures are very organized and all the material is presented in a very clean manner

4.Some of the readings are really interesting and taught me a lot that I never knew about the Holocaust.

5. Stein seems like a very polite and professional professor.

6. Stein's class is very easy to complete

Cons

1. Some of the readings were hard to comprehend, sometimes the professor would be too professional and taking notes becomes difficult, the captions for some of her videos were incorrect, some exam questions were a bit abstract, and a lot of the material is very emotional (these are all very small cons though)

Overall I heavily recommend taking this class, I did not have a lot to say about this class in regards to my other classes but I did appreciate this class and would love to take another one of Stein's classes.

4.5/5

surprisingly interesting for a class dedicated to a short time period in history. the prof is clearly very educated on and passionate about the subject, which makes this class more enjoyable. I took the class fully online, and there were 3 weekly asynchronous lectures and no discussion section meetings. LOTS of reading and a decent amount of writing, felt like I should've gotten writing 2 credit for this. not an easy GE, but definitely manageable and would recommend to anyone who enjoys history. the grading isn't too harsh either

This class was kinda hard and had a heavy workload, despite my grade. Also your grade depends on your TA heavily. I had Marissa and she is so kind. The workload was insane when I took it. I remember we had to write 2 mini essays (page and a half each) weekly based on longgggg, sometimes hard to understand, readings (sometimes on an entire book!) for the discussion board. We also had to write two 5 page papers that were pretty tough questions. We also had three lectures per week, and sometimes there were not short. The final was also answering some short answer questions I believe, which wasn't horrible, but again it was if your TA was a harsh grader. The easiest part was the midterm, where we did an online activity, such as watch a holocaust survivor share their story and write about it. It was really interesting, but the work load was intense and the information was dense and emotional. You can only do well if you focus a lot of time to this class.

This was an amazing class and Professor Stein did a great job putting it together. I took it during the summer asynchronously, and learned a lot.
The class consists of lectures and readings each week. Every Friday one or two discussion posts were required, depending on if an essay was also due that day. The essays were due every two weeks, for a total of three for the six week course. The first two essays were 500-750 words, while the last was 800-1000 words. There were two prompts to choose from each time, and they were very straightforward.
The lectures were extremely informative and high quality. Professor Stein is a great lecturer, and very knowledgeable about the subject.
The readings were primary sources, as well as two books and the graphic novels Maus I and Maus II. All were very interesting, and covered some unique aspect of the Holocaust.
I would highly recommend taking this class, either for a GE or a major/minor requirement. It's one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA.

Overall it's an amazing class. Prof Stein's lectures are amazing and I also loved the book she wrote that we read. The breakdown of work is as follows: two discussion posts per week (2-3 paragraphs each); two essays (5 pages-ish each); a midterm activity (super easy - basically graded on completeness); and two discussion-post like things for the final. There is a LOTTTT of reading. However, I found most of the books very engaging and you can probably get away with not reading everything super in-depth like I did. I didn't take notes on readings, but I did on the lectures.

Keep in mind that I took this class in Winter 2021 during COVID. I want to begin by saying that Dr. Stein is great lecturer, even if her podcasts are prerecorded. They were often short enough to not lose concentration and the way she presented the material was great. That being said, it was still not the same as having live lecture and being able to ask questions in real time, and we really did not have any interaction with her at all. In regards to discussion, we did not have a real live discussion and instead it was just two, 3 paragraph long responses each week. There was a total of ten weeks, or roughly 20 discussion posts that were treated as mini essays and based off the reading we did that week. The midterm was relatively easy and not too time consuming, along with the final which was like a more comprehensive discussion post. There were two papers throughout the quarter, roughly 5 pages in length each, and these were the hardest assignments as they were graded the hardest of all. Your grade is completely determined by your TA who grades everything for you, and they are really your only point of contact. Discussions with them were not even life, and instead, they posted a 5-10 minute video each week outlining the topics and what they were expecting. The reading in this class is A LOT and be prepared for that. It is definitely doable if you get a good start at the beginning of the week, but the books are not cheaper. Overall, I spent about $90 on novels for this class.

In summary, be prepared for not much interaction with instructors and a lot of reading and writing, but the topics are interesting and engaging without a doubt.