I've had professor Herrera a few times before and honestly, he is THE best professor I've ever had at UCLA. He's funny, kind, and truly cares about his students. His lectures are engaging, educational, and very helpful when studying for midterms, finals, or writing papers. I cannot stress this enough, but he has been so incredibly kind and compassionate during these troubling times (covid/online learning) which has made learning and getting through the quarter easier. Don't get me wrong, his class still requires you to put in 100% of your effort to do well and get an A, but Bottom line, take him if you can, he's amazing.

Man, I mean, take this class if you're like hella woke and like when your professor pushes his own agenda rather than teaching the content of the class. I, like many others, took this class for it to be an easy GE, but it honestly just turned into a nightmare. The readings were not interesting, and the lectures just made me groan. It got to the point where this class became an actual burden on my day; I didn't like walking in or logging on and hearing Prof. Herrerra yell at us to "attend class," as we literally sat stark in front of him. This became the class that my friends and I all bitched about, because it was universally despised.

And god, the take home tests. That final took 20+ hours, no lie.

Look, I will be honest. This, like many other classes, are entirely dependent on your TA; you get a good one, you're fine. You don't, you're not. My advice would be if you want a class you can most likely earn an A or A- in pretty easily, sure this class might be for you. But I honestly the amount of mental strain this class took was just not worth my time, regardless of the grade I receive.

Herrera is such an amazing professor. I love dropping in his office hours and enjoy going to lectures in the class. This class would be relatively easy if you do all the readings and go to every lecture. There were only reading reflections (bi-weekly), midterm, and final. For midterm and final, he made them be three take-home essays in my quarter, choosing from 5 prompts. The reading reflection was basically just answered the prompt and integrated at least one reading into your two-page essay. For discussion, participation matters, so speak up in the class. The course exposed you to many different lessons that you had never thought of, and you will find everything interconnected which is super cool!!!

Overall, I would recommend this class to anyone, literally anyone. This class would be a perfect GE in social analysis for you. Even though you are not super interested in geography, I still recommend you to try out this class! Geography is more than just maps and you will discover that through this class. It is a fair A class—if you put in work, you will get a fair grade—and not too heavy in workload. I LOVE THIS CLASS and I believe you would love it too :)

Professor Herrera is the best. I had him for Geog 3 as well and I liked him so much that I took this class with him as well. I'm bummed that he isn't teaching any other Geog classes. He truly cares about each and everyone of his students. It is clear that he wants everyone to succeed. As long as you do the readings, show up to class and interact with other students and with Professor Herrera you'll do great. This was one of the few classes where the entire class (around 80 students) felt more like a community rather than the typical anonymous and unsocial lectures where everyone is in their own world. He listens to student feedback and genuinely wants his class and content to make sense, be helpful and understandable. Take a class with him if you can. He's amazing.

You do not want to miss out on taking a class with Professor Herrera. The kindest person you will ever meet. Workload is extremely manageable and all presentations are very engaging. Very understanding if you miss a deadline. This class is my absolute favorite too.

super chill class. there were around 2-3 readings per week but you don't rly have to do them because he goes through them during lecture. there were some short quizzes (super chill), 2 short papers, one long midterm and one long final paper, and weekly discussion posts. The final was to go to the Hammer Museum and write a reflection about an environmental exhibit!

attendance was not mandatory and he sometimes recorded lectures (although it wasn't a guarantee). There was one TA for the whole class so they split up grading everyone's papers (the prof was def an easier grader than the TA).

The class content is similar to geog 3

Incredibly nice, smart, and funny professor. Took this class as a sociology elective, which I highly encourage you to do if you are also looking for a sociology elective or an elective for another major (if this class applies). The material was interesting and he is very flexible when it comes to deadlines and readings. This is a great class to take if you want something easy, low effort, and interesting. A few papers and quizzes but they are easy and he is a very forgiving grader. Nothing in this class was stressful at all (except maybe the material which is very focused on climate change, capitalism, imperialism, racism, etc). If the class interests you, there is really no reason not to take it. Highly highly recommend!