Quite literally one of the most enlightening and hilarious classes I've taken in my history as a student. I saw her previous reviews and gathered that I might conflict with her views, but on day one that quickly changed. She's very progressive and enjoys retelling history through a critical lens, critical of systemic malpractice. I really liked learning about our history from that perspective because we often don't get to learn about certain events or the truth about our political figures. That being said, her midterm and final are the same format, required prompt 2 pages (book or documentary related), part a. and part b. 3-4 pages each. The final was a bit tougher to complete, but also allows for a lot of creativity if you're up to it. Overall, a great class and wish I could be her best friend low key.

Mary Corey is the most hilarious professor I have met in my 3 years at UCLA. I always recommend people (history majors or not) to take something with her just because of how fun her lectures can be! I think that I have taken all of the upper division classes she teaches, and this one was the easiest as far as content and workload go.

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Really enjoyed taking Corey's class. Do go visit her during office hours as she is very helpful and excited to teach, helping guide on the papers.

I never write reviews on this darn site but given the misconceptions peddled around Professor Corey on here I figured I'd try and provide a counter balance. There is a midterm essay and a final essay, as with most of her classes, in which you have ample choice of prompt and are straightforward. Going to office hours even if just near the date of the essay due dates will reveal almost line by line the thesis she is looking for any prompt that you ask about. She will also personally grade your paper if you attend her office hours even once. The course material is far more engaging and novel than anything you will find in other history courses and she has a rich history herself, which she uses to inform her lectures. She is the most articulate professor I've ever had and expects nothing other than your interest and willingness to listen. Very low stress course as is revealed by the grade distributions.

Corey teaches largely through generalizations and anecdotes, which is challenging to academic notions of a serious study of the subject. However, her tests, though slightly eccentric in setup, are thoroughly approachable even with poor lecture attendance and a skimmed reading of the textbook.

Its more of a free range class where she talks over picture slides not much information. Even Though sometimes her lectures are unorganized and jump from topic to topic her classes never fail to capture my attention. She is humorous and uses her experience as an adoloscent in the 60s to add a unique view on the history of intellectuals.

This class consists of essays and a book review and an easy Autobiography of what you think life signifies and means. Take this class if you want to laugh and feel as if your tired of all you r other mundane professors.

Professor Corey is a bit silly and doesn't know what shes doing with technology. A lot of reading and writing papers. I would not suggest this class.

She's not the demonic apparition that some of these comments are portraying her as, but she's definitely not one of the better lecturers I've ever had. Her style of presentation in class is very disorganized, she goes off on far too many irrelevant tangents (gee, let's preach to the choir and remind the class that being LGBT is not a choice!), and she generally doesn't convey material very effectively. Praise for take-home exams.

Despite what you may have heard, she is not an easy grader; but she is an excellent professor and never boring.