Overall, this was a pretty good class. Political power, wealth inequality, gender inequality, etc are all discussed and honestly most of it you probably already know. You have weekly homework assignments where you have to do the readings and answer around 8 written questions, but they were graded on completion. Midterm and final were honestly really easy, for both it was 20 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions. The only thing that was slightly tricky was the final paper where it was based on one of the readings and you had to agree or disagree with it, but it was nothing too bad as long as you take your time on it. Professor Speer is so helpful and his lectures are very clear and understandable, you can tell he takes the time to make sure his students succeed :)
also ta benjamin is the besttt

Having a good TA is crucial in this class, as his lectures IMO are quite boring and don't actually help very much (other than understanding the neccessary vocabulary that is found in the readings).
I really wish he opened up dicusssions more and a back and forth between the students-- because he mostly just read from the slides and its hard to pay attention because its quite boring.
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Love professor speer! As others have said, the workload is fair but it is so straightforward that it makes it easy to do the tests, etc.,

a big fat smooch for professor speer. You're doing great mama, love youuuuu

Tip: do the homework, would help you out with the tests so much

This man is heaven-sent. THE BEST PROFESSOR!!! I'm not even exaggerating. He is super helpful and accommodating.

Yes, there is a multiple choice and short essay part (for both midterm and final) but they're super easy if you do the homework. Also, there's a final paper (usually with a prompt but students have somewhat free range to talk about what they want as long as it follows the assignment) which is easy to do if you do the work. This is my fourth time taking him because he is just that good.

With the protests going on campus, he was super understanding of the stress and severity of the situation. I don't want to say too much about how accommodating he was because I wanna gatekeep but also because I don't want people to take advantage of his kindness (call me a teacher's pet I don't care).

I just can't truly express how much of an amazing human being he is. Aside from academia (which, he is also really good at), he has a heart of gold.