Just because I seemingly did well in this class, it does not mean I enjoyed it at the very least. I agree with the other review that this was the most disorganized class I've ever taken. There was no communication between the professor and the TAs, the syllabus changed often, and each lecture, I came away feeling like I hadn't learned anything new. The course material itself was a bit heavy on the details, and the facts on the slides seemed disconnected from one another. I learned more from the students in my section who presented on the week's readings than from the lectures themselves.

Coursework included: weekly quizzes (online, multiple choice, based on readings, but the answers were pretty word-for-word in the articles), 3-4 responses (1-2 pages), a discussion presentation (group project, based on that week's readings) one midterm (online, multiple choice), a poster presentation (group project where you research an aspect of Southeast Asian archaeology or culture and present it on a Google slide to your discussion section), and the final exam (online, multiple choice). All the online tests allowed two attempts, which was nice.

The professor himself is pretty reasonable guy. If you have any questions, it's probably better to ask him and your TAs after lecture, since they may not see your emails. All in all, if you're looking for an easy class, I would suggest you look elsewhere first, and use this option as a last resort.

First and foremost, this is the most disorganized class I have ever taken at UCLA. I took the class with high hopes because the ratings on bruin walk were pretty good and the grade distribution was nice (to be fair, I think that the class IS an easy A, but that's the only good thing). I understand that the professor was very busy with research so he had to miss the first day of class, but even after that, things did not get much better. I feel like I did not really learn anything of value from lecture. The assignments were frequently changed, but the worst change was that we went from presentations in discussion for readings to an additional poster presentation (which was supposed to replace the discussion presentations). But clearly the communication between the TAs and professor was lacking, because apparently the TAs chose to require the presentations anyway. This was very frustrating. Communication between the professor and students was also bad, as we were given essay prompts not even a week before the due date, and everything kept changing without much notice. The weekly summary prompts were changing format each week, and instructions were incredibly unclear.
That said, tests were very fair and gave each person two attempts which was very helpful. I also really respect the professor as a researcher and it is clear that he is very knowledgeable in his field, it is just that his teaching and organization was lacking this quarter. I assume that other quarters are not as messy as this, but I was nevertheless disappointed. I would not recommend this class to other anthro students.
(I can't even list assignments and whatnot bc things changed so frequently that I can't say for certain that every quarter is like this)