I took CCAS2O with Dr.Alma during the spring and it has honestly been my favorite class so far (1st year). As a Central American student, this class gave so much insight on knowledge that is not widely known by the common individual and that is definitely not taught in the typical American-history textbook. Truly it was such a good experience, engaging and really interesting. The midterm was an open-note quiz, and consisted of material during the lecture. So if you take notes, you will get a really good score and it was only like 10 questions. For the final you had the option to write an essay or create an infographic, I chose an infographic and it was honestly fun. Overall, the course was really easy imo and it was very engaging and interesting material. Dr.Alma is very kind, literally such a sweet person and you receive that vibe even just by listening in on lectures, even more when engaging or talking with her. 10/10

Because the course was online, I feel like we got off easy... But the 1st quiz was a nightmare; I don't know how people did but it was eternal and kind of hard. I think the professor maybe realized the 1st quiz was hard because the 2nd one was WAY easier, with only two questions instead of 20. There is A LOT of readings every week, most of them over 15 pages and really tedious. What saved me was the extra credit and the participation in discussion.
I don't know what I expected from this class. It was interesting learning about Central American history, but it was way harder than I had anticipated. Don't know if I would take it again, especially considering that I think this course will be a lot harder when it's in-person.