The class itself for the material and discussion section was fine. Now the professor and the lecture section were often a mess. It's a matter of taking the class and being able to put up with the professor. There were weekly readings, guest lecturers were brought in bi-weekly, 2 group projects, and a 12-page final essay. One project was a presentation on the readings assigned to your chosen week and a dance presentation that tied in readings/ideas/discussion points of the class. The TA was Wesleigh and they were literally the light of the teaching staff for this course. They allowed students to use discussion sections to their preference. They reviewed readings and offered questions, went over exactly what they wanted for the final essay, and shared their own research with the students. Wesleigh also did a great job of advocating for the students, for example, the final essay was 20 pages, but they had it moved down to 12 pages. Incidents did arise where issues concerning the appropriation of ethnicity, race, and culture were raised with the professor, and Wesleigh allowed discussion space as well for students to voice their concerns. Overall the class was like a 8/10 for me and that's just because there was o much racial tension that did not need to be there and had touchy subjects been handled better or not put into the curriculum at all the class would have been better.