I still can't figure this one out. She's really, REALLY spacy and failed my friend even when he was in the same group as me and did most of the work. Kind of borders on being a weirdo, but she's the head of the Women's Studies Dept. Go figure!

This class should be a film class! it requires a 2hrs movie night a week. attendance is mandatory at lecture, discussion, and the movie. Its a pretty easy class and fulfils a bunch of GEs, but it was not what i expected...pretty boring and hard to sit through lecture.

bleh! class is so hard to sit through! her lectures aren't very clear, i don't know what exactly to take notes on, and the class seems to be directed more for her three TA's. the class is ok, but it depends on the TA that you get. unfortunately for me, i got the hardest one. i would not recommend this class at all.

Ok. Most boring class ever. Learned nothing from this class at all, even about film, which most of the class was about. I did learn from my OWN research on it, though, for the final 6-8 pg paper though. The TAs are wonderful and section is always fun (weird, i know) but you literally can go to 0 lectures and get an A.

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DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Both the professor and my T.A. - Masen Uliss subjectively skewed my grade in order to NP me at the end of the quarter. I believe my T.A. disliked me, and purposely failed me. TRUE STORY - I visited her and challenged my grade, eventually saying I would bring the administration into our dispute. I ended up getting a PASS...

The books and films you watch in class for the most part are very interesting, the lecture on the other hand makes me want to hurt myself it's so painful. Slow, boring, I play solitare the entire time. Section is not helpful either- a waste of my 9am monday mornings

The mid-term and final were both 50 questions multi choice. pretty hard, I heard the average on the mid-term was a C- and 5 or 6 books we had to read for the class.

shes a really nice lady.the class i took was really interesting & i enjoyed going.the only bad thing was that she kinda rambles off topic a bit.and she will NEVER answer your emails.but shes really nice!haha.the midterm WAS hard though.papers are good because she lets you write on whatever you want.all in all id take her again :-)

Bobo herself is a nice teacher, tries to get ideas out clearly, though she rambles on quite a bit. However i DESPISED my ta Barbara Taylor. She was very opinionated and changed grades based on personal preference. Overall I am unhappy with the class both for the useless content as well as the larger-than-life ego of the teaching assistant

i am currently taking her and the class is coo.. we watch movies and discuss them.BUT OMG that woman talks and talks.. she is very long winded.and she goes off topic a lot! but the midterm id multiple choice, and u hav a research paper and reg take home final.. pretty chill.. if u can stand her voice for 2 hrs

This has definitely been my least favorite class this quarter. Lectures are very scattered and at times you have no idea why what she is talking about it even relevant to Feminist Studies. There is a TON of reading.. none of it very hard and the TAs take attendance everyday. On the upside the tests are super easy if you've done the readings

She is such a kind lady, but does go off on tangents often. Fortunately, these tangents are always interesting. Definitely do all the readings, and attend lecture and section. She tests on small details from clips shown during lecture. Midterm was way easier than the final. Found the class incredibly interesting!

People who complain that this class is too hard are not used to doing regular schoolwork. As long as one does the reading and attends lecture, this class is actually enjoyable. Not hard.The novels are good and lectures interesting, I enjoyed her going on tangents too, shows she's passionate about what she teaches.

I took the Honor's with her, but not very impressed. She is nice and humorous,but not very good at lecturing. As long as you do the reading, attend the lectures and movies, you will be fine since the tests are fair. You have a paper, a midterm and a final, both of which are multiple choice questions.

If you are taking this class for the purpose of learning about feminism, then you probably won't learn anything. This class focused on representations of media which just happened to involve women. Professor Bobo goes off on tangents, and they may seem irrelevant, but there's a fair chance that small minute comments will be on the midterm and final

We read at least 4-6 novels, almost all of which were either boring or poorly written. The Monday screenings were a hit or miss. The final/midterm were 50 questions completely based on random facts from lecture or the reader/novels. Not an easy A but doable, professor Bobo seems like a really nice person and was funny in lecture.

Her lectures go a little off tangent sometimes but overall I really enjoyed the content we studied and while the class wasn't too difficult I still felt like I learned quite a bit from the material we looked at.

Easiest class I've taken at UCSB. Her lectures contain all of the answers to the midterm and final (both multiple choice) she is shy but sweet. lectures are very interesting. You should take this class because it's easy if you show up and follow the syllabus.

I took notes and studied off of it but didn't do so well on the midterm and final. Go to your TA for help because professor barely provides any help. You don't really need to read the books for you can use sparknotes and enotes but might not do so well without knowing the details.

She has great ideas but tends to be a really boring lecturer. Easy grader, no tests or exams. She prefers to assign writing and creative projects.

use a laptop to copy down lecture notes since she may get pretty fast sometimes. But as long as you wrote down everything the midterm and final, which are MC questions, will be a breeze. The only thing to stress about is probably the paper. Dont really need to buy the novels since she doesnt really test on them. Overall a really easy class!

She's a good professor, the class is not hard if you do what you have to do.

Bobo goes off on a lot of irrelevant tangents which can make it hard to take accurate notes. Difficult to understand sometimes and follow along, babbles a lot. Multiple choice midterm and non accumulative multiple choice final. 1 paper, you get to pick the topic. Attendance taken at lectures and movie showings.

Very passionate and knowledgeable but the TA's know very little about tests to prepare students in section. The essay was graded very easily and the tests themselves were okay. Easy and entertaining class even though her material is quite outdated.

She's a really nice person, but that doesn't translate into her teaching. The content was really interesting, but the tests didn't reflect what was covered in class and was more based on specific or odd details briefly covered in class. My TA was amazing and really helpful, but there was a lack of communication in what needed to be taught.

Her online courses aren't the best. She doesn't do any pre-recorded or zoom lectures at all so it's pretty much just read the material and teach yourself. Three reading critiques (30% each) and one book response (10%), so it's a pretty straightforward course, she's just not very accessible and assignments are confusing. Not terrible, but not great.

Going to Bobo's lectures is not necessary to do well. My critique of this class (ironically) is the lack of representation of women of different cultures. 5/8 films were focused on black women, 1 on US soccer (white women), 1 Latino woman, 1 Native American (where the focus wasn't even on women), and not a single film about Asian American women.

The lectures with Bobo were a little difficult because she would mumble a lot and forget to move the slides in the presentation. The class itself was very fun because most of it was papers on the movies we watched. I would take her again.

Easy course, one topic per week with a film and reading, and a short paper every couple of weeks. The course structure is easy to understand but Bobo's lectures are not the most engaging, especially at 8 am. Interesting topics and films discussed.

Readings and weekly film. Most films were dated and inaccessible outside of lecture, but attendance technically not mandatory. Grade determined by 5 papers, each 20% of grade. 8 a.m. was a drag but content interesting and easy. Emphasize dissecting film techniques in papers, not just the message/importance. T.A. Katie Von Wald was the goat.

attendance wasn't mandatory to pass the class and do good on the essays. class only graded on three essays spaced throughout the quarter and a final paper at the end. super boring lectures, all you really need to do is watch part of the movies and that'll be enough to write the essay. idk if it was just my ta, but she graded easily.