Professor
Fernando Perez-Montesinos
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Winter 2024 - It was refreshing to finally have a Latino professor at this school which made me really found of professor perez-montesinos but the lectures got so boring sometimes. Don't get me wrong, the material is very interesting when you really sat down and discussed it, but the lectures felt like they just dragged. We were assigned readings from two books each week which you needed to discuss in discussion section, with that being said, you don't really need to go to lecture to learn the material. Even just skimming the book is enough. Vivian is the best TA and is so refreshing again to see a fellow Latina in higher education. He assigns take home quizzes spread out through the quarter but they aren't very hard to find iykwim. What i really enjoyed tho was the extra credit he offered if we attended presentations related to latin america that were given on campus. I found myself attending and learning a lot of really cool things. Midterm was a short story that had to be set in 1800-1920s latin america so if you know just the basics of the class, its really easy. Final was 4 short answer questions, each a page long that were take home. Cake. Overall I would recommend this class because its very easy to get by in and it is very interesting to learn about latin america. Hopefully his lecture style becomes less dense , if not, just save your NYT Games for this class.
Winter 2024 - It was refreshing to finally have a Latino professor at this school which made me really found of professor perez-montesinos but the lectures got so boring sometimes. Don't get me wrong, the material is very interesting when you really sat down and discussed it, but the lectures felt like they just dragged. We were assigned readings from two books each week which you needed to discuss in discussion section, with that being said, you don't really need to go to lecture to learn the material. Even just skimming the book is enough. Vivian is the best TA and is so refreshing again to see a fellow Latina in higher education. He assigns take home quizzes spread out through the quarter but they aren't very hard to find iykwim. What i really enjoyed tho was the extra credit he offered if we attended presentations related to latin america that were given on campus. I found myself attending and learning a lot of really cool things. Midterm was a short story that had to be set in 1800-1920s latin america so if you know just the basics of the class, its really easy. Final was 4 short answer questions, each a page long that were take home. Cake. Overall I would recommend this class because its very easy to get by in and it is very interesting to learn about latin america. Hopefully his lecture style becomes less dense , if not, just save your NYT Games for this class.
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Winter 2023 - I like the format of the class, watching film every week was very relaxing and fun. My TA really helps a lot. He was very informative. The professor was sometimes vague during the lecture, some of the guest speaker he invited wasn't really helpful in helping us understand the material. Overall the class was easy. All you have to do is submit weekly discussion post, do weekly quiz about the film which was very easy, and a final paper. I would recommend this class.
Winter 2023 - I like the format of the class, watching film every week was very relaxing and fun. My TA really helps a lot. He was very informative. The professor was sometimes vague during the lecture, some of the guest speaker he invited wasn't really helpful in helping us understand the material. Overall the class was easy. All you have to do is submit weekly discussion post, do weekly quiz about the film which was very easy, and a final paper. I would recommend this class.
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Spring 2022 - His lectures aren't organized since he tends to ramble from one topic to the next. However, his assignments were pretty easy from a fictional interview to the take home final, they were pretty straightforward. I barely did any of teh readings and still managed to get a good grade. If you dont mind being lost and rushed in lecture and doing the class based on your own structure take this class.
Spring 2022 - His lectures aren't organized since he tends to ramble from one topic to the next. However, his assignments were pretty easy from a fictional interview to the take home final, they were pretty straightforward. I barely did any of teh readings and still managed to get a good grade. If you dont mind being lost and rushed in lecture and doing the class based on your own structure take this class.