based on the reviews i saw, i avoided going to peters' office hours or talking to her directly and honestly this strategy was much more effective. i found the class material interesting, and though her lectures often jumped around, i was still able to follow necessary concepts bc she pretty much just outlined each chapter of the textbook. seriously just focus all your efforts onto the textbook and readings and you'll be fine-- but definitely still attend the lectures lol. also a lot of the quiz questions i struggled with were super specific on the readings and usually specific examples of countries who illustrate reading concepts.

AVOID MARGARET PETERS AT ALL COSTS! I am a global studies minor and had to take this class, and ignored her bad reviews on BruinWalk, hoping for the best. She is the most disorganised professor in the world -- she changed essay prompts the day the essays were due (MULTIPLE TIMES). In lecture, she goes off on tangents and somehow manages to insult every possible demographic (example: she said all white people are racist, latin american countries have nothing but cows and cities, she said she loves Kim Jong Un, college admissions of Asians should be restricted, and bashed anyone who does not agree with her politically). Listening to her class Makenna

Not only was she completely unorganized, she injected her personal political opinion into everything. One of our essay prompts was literally arguing whether or not we should restrict immigration in the southern border -- what does this have to do with the global economy?

If you can, avoid this class at all costs!

This class just sucked. Professor Peters' syllabus said that grades would be curved, but they weren't. When many students emailed her about this once grades came out, she ignored them. Her TAs were also harsh graders and rude to students. Don't take this class

Didn't go to the lectures after week 5, got an A in this class. The good thing about this class (but could be bad as well) is that it contains a quiz regarding that week's readings in every week's discussion. This forces me to study all the content for the week before the discussion so I don't need to go through all the things right before the final. The textbook and powerpoint contain all the knowledge you need for finals, and the professor was just reading through the slides in class so no need to go to class if you don't want to. Your grades for paper totally depend on the TA so it is good to talk to them before start your paper to get their specific expectations.

While Global Studies 100A did not cover concepts I initially thought I would be interested in, it definitely became the class I’ve learned most from so far. Prof. Peters is an excellent lecturer who covers an extreme amount of material at very quick speeds. Unfortunately, the class is not bruincast so lecture attendance is pretty important. She goes over the content covered in all the readings in her lectures, and since there are weekly reading quizzes in section, it is definitely important to have a good understanding of the Frieden/Lake/Broz readings. I would say that her grading system is fairly difficult, which she establishes at the beginning of the quarter. However, the class is graded on a curve, which balances out her relatively strict policies.

I really enjoyed the content of this class, in terms of take aways, but the structure was really poorly done. Professor Peters has great energy and has put together awesome, thorough presentations, but her style goes too fast (esp for a non-computer class) to truly grasp material. The readings were too dense and didn't really align always with the course. The midterm exam was extremely unfair in terms of time frame allotted (9 questions, must answer 8, in 75m) but she fixed that through offering extra credit and a much better assessment plan for the final. Overall, glad I took the course (was a requirement for major) because of what I learned overall, but it was a very stressful experience.