#Real Rating I am going to be honest I am unhappy over an A-, but I am going to leave an honest review. The class is not that hard, but you have to participate in the discussion (I was marked off pretty heavily). The reading is way too much (like 40-50 pages on a normal day and more on other days) and absolutely ridiculous for a GE class. Me, personally, I skipped a lot of the reading and was able to do well on the essays and midterms - except for the last essay which I guess I did not understand the prompt and my TA did not make it clear what they wanted us to answer (as you can see, pretty salty). Just show up to lectures and take notes, you will have all the info you need for the midterm, but your overall grade is super TA dependent (One of my friends had literally no idea what was going on in the class, but his TA handed out A's like Oprah we both still joke about it). As for the teachers, Fink's and Vavreck's lectures are pretty cool. Avila and Decker are a little bit less cool, but they care a lot about what they are teaching they are just hella confusing. Summary: If you are looking for an easier cluster to take for STEM majors, take a different cluster like the violence one or the race and indigeneity one. This one ain't it. But if you like this part of history go for it, it's not too hard just a lot of time.