Professor
Solange Ashby
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2023 - This class was a roller coaster... It was her first quarter at UCLA, so I'm trying to be understanding and lenient because of it. However, here's my experience: I was not interested in the content of the class from the beginning and only took this class because it was available during orientation enrollment period (I had to take an upper div. class that isn't my major). The class was very poorly structured, so if you're an organized freak like me - this class is not for you, but if you're into chaotic, "go with the flow" type of teaching - you can give it a try. A lot of stuff that was in the slides wasn't on any of the exams, although it's probably interesting to students who are interested in the content of the class. Material from readinga is not that important as material from lectures (if at all). Just read the Oxford history textbook if stuff from lecture doesn't make sense. It also has a better chronological structure of the history than Ashby's course, which was a pain for me. As mentioned in another review, she's super knowledgeable about Ancient Egypt and Nubia (she's a big fan of Nubia) and is just very sweet over all, which made attending the class more pleasant, but didn't really do much to help the students succeed. I had Charles as my TA and was quite happy with him, I've heard that Tyler was very organized and helped his students out and that Allie is a very tough grader and her sections weren't helpful at all. I don't know if the TA's will be the same in the future. The most stressful part for me was that I didn't know what toe expect from her exams so I ended up studying lots of info that I didn't use. Definitely memorize what she repeats a lot in class (like dates for green Sahara), and try to understand the bigger picture, not the little details (it was my mistake). I'd say avoid this class if you prefer structured and organized classes, or unless you're dying to learn about Ancient Egypt.
Fall 2023 - This class was a roller coaster... It was her first quarter at UCLA, so I'm trying to be understanding and lenient because of it. However, here's my experience: I was not interested in the content of the class from the beginning and only took this class because it was available during orientation enrollment period (I had to take an upper div. class that isn't my major). The class was very poorly structured, so if you're an organized freak like me - this class is not for you, but if you're into chaotic, "go with the flow" type of teaching - you can give it a try. A lot of stuff that was in the slides wasn't on any of the exams, although it's probably interesting to students who are interested in the content of the class. Material from readinga is not that important as material from lectures (if at all). Just read the Oxford history textbook if stuff from lecture doesn't make sense. It also has a better chronological structure of the history than Ashby's course, which was a pain for me. As mentioned in another review, she's super knowledgeable about Ancient Egypt and Nubia (she's a big fan of Nubia) and is just very sweet over all, which made attending the class more pleasant, but didn't really do much to help the students succeed. I had Charles as my TA and was quite happy with him, I've heard that Tyler was very organized and helped his students out and that Allie is a very tough grader and her sections weren't helpful at all. I don't know if the TA's will be the same in the future. The most stressful part for me was that I didn't know what toe expect from her exams so I ended up studying lots of info that I didn't use. Definitely memorize what she repeats a lot in class (like dates for green Sahara), and try to understand the bigger picture, not the little details (it was my mistake). I'd say avoid this class if you prefer structured and organized classes, or unless you're dying to learn about Ancient Egypt.
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