Coming from someone who has zero interest in politics and history, I still find this class insightful and helpful. Our grade is 40% final project, 40% discussion post, and 20% participation in discussion. The assigned readings might take some time, but you need to read or skim through them to write your discussion post. The final project was fun because my discussion session was cooperative and each of us did a small part of the project. Participation in lectures is not mandatory but is required in discussions. One thing I hope I have done is raise my hand more in the discussion session.

I loved this class! Would Recommend!

I found that Professor Kelley and my TA, Sunny Chen (who I loved, shout out to them!!) were incredible and always brought the subject matter back to people and how individual lives are effected by neoliberal policy. I wasn't overly interested in the subject matter of the class, as I took it as a GE, yet I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it!

This class is an easy A as there are no tests. The grade is based on participation in discussion, submission of a weekly one page discussion post on the reading, and a final group project.

The more you put into the class the more you will get out of it. I took this during a quarter when I had four classes and I think I would've gotten more from it if I only had three classes and had time to do all the readings rather than just skimming them. If you can't put much time into the class you can undoubtably still get an A as long as you submit your work.

My one gripe with this class was the final project which was an open ended group project with your entire discussion section. I found that this lacked a lot of direction and took quite a bit of time to coordinate as it was a large group. With this said, I still preferred the project over taking a final exam.

really enjoyed this class as a stem major who hates writing essays lmao. lectures were super engaging so i never got bored (although they were recorded and I watched them on 1.5xspeed). assignments were pretty fair and (weekly discussions and 2 essays). great/easy ge to take during a quarter in which you have other hard classes.

Professor Kelley is a great lecturer. He is witty and makes the content relevant. If U.S. history is at all interesting to you, this class is an easy A. I am a psychology major, so humanities may be more my thing, but regardless this class seemed pretty easy. The only grades are 2 papers worth 35% and participation in discussion (30%). Granted, I did learn that each TA runs their section differently. My TA was very flexible and graded us all rather fairly/lightly, with no outside assignments. However, I heard other TAs required long reflection assignments. Regardless, the content was easily digestible, and the paper prompts were interesting (albeit a bit complex). Overall, I would definitely deem this an easy GE if you are someone who can tolerate U.S. history and stay up to date on lecture material.

I really admire Mr. Kelly for his passion of AA History. He always taught the class with so much enthusiasm and it made the class better. We had a midterm paper and a final paper. There was a lot of reading but they were interesting. I would most definitely take him again.

This class is easy. My friend signed me into the lectures, I went to discussions and didn't do the readings; I ended the course with an A-. However, the easiness of the course is offset by the lack of structure. I was always getting emails about a change in the assigned readings, or a due date being moved up because some students were complaining. By the end of the quarter, the course looked almost nothing like the course that was outlined by the syllabus during Week 1. Overall, I found this to be disrespectful of me, and my time. Take it if you want an easy A, but be prepared to change your schedule according to other people's desires.

I do agree with some of the things said in the negative reviews. I hated the group project and my TA kinda sucked so it was annoying that my grade ultimately relied on him. But overall, I think this class was interesting as hell. While it was a history class, it wasn't just a boring regurgitation of dates and legislation and it covered some important, relevant to life shit. Not to mention Professor Kelley is the man. He is knowledgable, engaging, and very personable, and I enjoyed his perspective on the content of the class.

Best class and professor I have ever had. Lectures were super interesting. I highly recommend going to Prof Kelley's office hours because he is extremely engaging and will answer any questions you may have.

This course was very eye-opening and inspiring! The materials were exceptionally interesting, and the Prof Kelley showed several films in class. The workload is heavy if you don't enjoy reading, as we had a good amount of articles to read and had to write 1-page weekly responses, but for larger assignments we only had two papers and a group project for the quarter. However, my TA was a hard grader, and I wish I could have gotten a higher score for the amount of time and work I put into this class. Maybe a different TA would make a lot of differences. Overall this class would be great if you want to learn more about Neoliberalism and the economic/political aspects of it.

One of the best classes I've ever taken! The reading is a little dense but the workload isn't too bad. There are two papers (first one was 5-7 pages, second was 4-5) that are graded by your TA and then a group project graded by Dr. Kelley. The papers aren't too difficult and he wants you to only use readings from the class, so stay on top of your readings! I just split the readings with one of my friends and we took good notes and just shared them, and I did well on the papers.

Workload aside, Dr. Kelley is passionate, engaging, and a really interesting person. I'd highly recommend taking a class with him. The subject material of this class is also really interesting and provides a unique perspective on the roots of inequality.