Would recommend taking this class as a GE. Ultimately, it was a pretty easy class, with weekly homework and about 2-3 hours of weekly lectures. Homework is straightforward, and good practice for the midterm/final that were also pretty easy. Lectures are a bit boring, so I would recommend watching on 2x speed or even skipping them and just reading the textbook. Case studies are mostly optional, but there were 1 or 2 questions on the midterm about them (out of 50 questions.) Two analysis papers are also very straightforward and graded easy (at least by my TA).

Close to no work a week, probably spent about 3 hours a week on this class total, including discussions.

This class is a little challenging over the summer with up to 5 lectures per week since they put in 10 weeks of lecture into 6 weeks. However, it's definitely doable and interesting. The grading is 15% discussion participation, 40% weekly homework, 25% final paper, and 20% final, though I think that there's a different grading scheme if you take it during a regular quarter. The workload seems like a lot but it's manageable and lectures are engaging. I think that this class is a good start for those who are interested in learning about linguistics, and this is definitely one of the best GE's I've taken.

This class is NOT an easy A. You actually have to put in some work! But this class is actually pretty interested. The tests are easy IF you take the time to learn like some of the material. The essays are pretty straight forward too. I am lucky I am a native english speaker, which is a definite perk to this class