Professor

Akhil Gupta

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Easiness 2.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 1.8 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 3.3 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 3.5 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Nov. 13, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: B

Enjoyed this class. Highly recommend!

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July 11, 2020
Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: A

Akhil Gupta's Development Anthropology class was hands down one of the most interesting classes I took in college. His lectures and reading material helped me contextualize international development in a way no other class at UCLA was able to do. Though the multiple choice questions on his tests are worded a little funky, I think if you read the material, you will be able to do well in this class. The curve is also in your favor.

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ANTHRO 133
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June 28, 2021
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A+

The premise of this class is interesting, but I took this online (S21) and it was extremely dry. The lectures were recorded but I stopped watching them after the few few weeks without any issues. The assignments were fairly light and easy. There was a food diary, a reflection on a book about medical anthropology, and then you could either write one long paper+1 short reflection on the readings or do 4 short reflections. They were all graded fairly easily. There were definitely a lot of "required" readings, but unless it's for a paper, you only really needed to skim them. Professor Gupta is not a great lecturer and does not engage much but he is very well connected in his field and we had some interesting guest lecturers. Overall, it was not a great experience but was a pretty easy A.

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ANTHRO 133
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: B
Nov. 13, 2019

Enjoyed this class. Highly recommend!

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ANTHRO 147
Quarter: Winter 2018
Grade: A
July 11, 2020

Akhil Gupta's Development Anthropology class was hands down one of the most interesting classes I took in college. His lectures and reading material helped me contextualize international development in a way no other class at UCLA was able to do. Though the multiple choice questions on his tests are worded a little funky, I think if you read the material, you will be able to do well in this class. The curve is also in your favor.

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ANTHRO 133
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A+
June 28, 2021

The premise of this class is interesting, but I took this online (S21) and it was extremely dry. The lectures were recorded but I stopped watching them after the few few weeks without any issues. The assignments were fairly light and easy. There was a food diary, a reflection on a book about medical anthropology, and then you could either write one long paper+1 short reflection on the readings or do 4 short reflections. They were all graded fairly easily. There were definitely a lot of "required" readings, but unless it's for a paper, you only really needed to skim them. Professor Gupta is not a great lecturer and does not engage much but he is very well connected in his field and we had some interesting guest lecturers. Overall, it was not a great experience but was a pretty easy A.

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