Overall, this is an excellent class to take. My main complaint is that the grading scale for the papers was not great. A B paper had everything asked for in the rubric, while an A paper would have to go "above and beyond," this made getting an A on an essay assignment unnecessarily tricky. I feel like this class covers a lot of information that some people already know about, Colonialism and global interconnection, but it is still interesting. The tests in this class were straightforward since the professor provided a study guide, and the answers to the questions are off of the slides.

This class is great and I love Professor Potts. I would take every class with her if I could. Grade is primarily based off of midterm and final which are fair and she gives a great study guide for. Lectures are interesting and course material is cohesive and interesting. This class has similar themes and focus as her Global Studies 1 class, with more in depth study of certain topics. I recommend this class if it fulfills one of your requirements!

Good material but was always rushing lectures. Would often not speak in coherent sentences due to trying to get all her information into the hour and fifteen minute lectures. It was hard to focus for me since she was always using filler words to compensate for talking so fast (which she was unsuccessful at). Brushed over key slides and said to go back to them in your own time, which I did and expect to do (for studying). However, I would've rather been able to actually grasp the concepts and materials presently so I could learn more later. Instead, it always felt like I was teaching myself. Also, lectures are mandatory (2 question exit quiz for attendance/credit) so it's even more frustrating because she doesn't give any new information when she talks, instead she just reads off the slides.

Honestly confused by some of the ratings on here because I personally did not enjoy prof potts' lecture style. She's a pretty strict prof and if she sees a phone out taking pictures of the screen to clarify notes or take a picture to reread for later, she will call you out. She also goes suuuper fast and speeds through slides but there's a lot of information on them so it's hard to follow along and you feel discouraged if you miss a slide and she keeps going lol. She doesn't post the slides till after lecture so you also can't reference the notes right away + lectures are not recorded. There's an exit quiz, two questions, at the end of each lecture. If you miss it or get 1/2, it will drop your grade a bit. She drops the lowest quiz but u only have like 5 minutes or so to take this and you're usually going through your notes, which are confusing because she goes really fast, so it's easy to miss a point. She seems like a really sweet person and is very knowledgeable about what she teaches, but the lectures are quite indigestible. However, when they are, I will say I learn a lot!! It's pretty interesting for the most part but try to sit in the front because it's easy to fall asleep since she's only going off of slides and yap lol. This class has opened my eyes on global studies and it hasn't deterred me from the minor necessarily but I will say, try looking into a diff prof or intro class!