Anjali Arondekar - University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Professor: Anjali Arondekar

Department: Women's Studies

College: University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CLST449
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is intimidating AF on the first class. But stay the course! I've never had a professor who engaged my ideas with the equivalent seriousness they'd give to any published scholar in the field. She invested in me in ways that made me a far better clinician, researcher, and teacher. I wish I could take more of her classes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FMST145
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Both classes I had w/ her were terrific. She will challenge you and make you a better scholar. I'm a PhD student now and her classes were the best preparation for grad school I had as an undergrad. If you're ready to work, this is the best training you could ask for. She doesn't dumb it down: we read the same stuff in grad school, just more of it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FMST100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She's intimidating and takes class super serious, she'll pose open questions and expects people to answer otherwise she'll pick someone to chime in. Don't fall asleep in class because she will call you out and tell you to leave. She does not play!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FMST10
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Love her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FMST1
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The best professor I have ever had hands down. Engaging, and extremely intelligent. Be prepared to do the readings and come to class hanging on every word she says. Left every class feeling like my brain was melting from new information. She changed my outlook on life.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FMST80F
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Well, she's brilliant, engaging and entertaining. I don't always agree with her POV but I do always learn from it :) as far as grading and help, for intro classes that's all done by TA's, so this is just a lecture review. Upper divs would be diff I'm sure.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 10
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Arondekar was at first intimidating, but she is an absolutely amazing teacher. The class is so interesting, during my 1 45 min lecture I was completely engaged the whole time. she really makes you think about the world. the class is easy, nightly reading and 4 essay paper (2 are the midtermfinal). cant wait for another of her classes

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FMST101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN. Okay - its hard. But I got an A, because I did the reading (and I'm kinda smart) and I prepared for the tests. If you engage with the ideas you'll be okay. Its really worth it, trust me.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FEM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The readings are so dense and boring, I cant believe she would assign these for an intro class. Thanks to her I have absolutely 0 interest in furthering my knowledge of feminism while I'll be at UCSC. She is also very sassy and has her own political agenda that you'll learn about, and you either agree with her and get it or you're wrong.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FMST01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's so great :') most brilliant lectures I've ever had - this class is intimidating because each reading is dense but Arondekar makes it easy to understand through lecture. Great range of content for an intro class, always interesting. Coursework and exams are manageable if you actually do the readings before class. I reccommend all majors

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FMST100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's amazing, the class is difficult. Most challenging and rewarding class I've taken in college so far.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FMST100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

excepts students do readings prior to class. lectures can be confusing at first but gets easier later on. explains in great detail the readings there are only 2 readings a week,some can be pretty long. shes funny and has a great sense of humor. exams are short responses. great class bring your books to class are she will put you under the spotlight

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FEMSTUD101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The reading is incredibly dense for an intro class, don't take it if you're not used to spending at least 4 hours reading and the next 5 trying to understand what you just read.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: FMST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Take this class only if you are REALLY into feminist studies. If you don't want to show up for lecture, keep up with the readings because she'll make you write essays and test you on midterms. It's not an easy class and she writes really messy on the small white board in the big hall so sit near the front. It's a love it or hate it kind of class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FMST1
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I actually had her for a graduate course. The major assignment in the class was a 25 page paper. She offered us the option of writing a longer paper and combining it with work for another class. I took this option and she failed me in the course. That was my first year of graduate school. Kind of ruined my career

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: FMST80
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I had her for FMST studies intro and Feminisms and/of the global south. Even though they were large classes, she is a good lecturer and keeps things interesting. The readings were pretty important to do but overall the classes were pretty easy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: FEM135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took Anjali's Science and Sexuality Studies course, and recieved an A. It's not just enough to read the readings, but to engage with them carefully. I would like to give her a higher score for helpfulness, but the fact that shes only there during the week for 3 days, is too bad. All in all, she is a wonderful professor, even if shes a bit scary.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: FMST1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Arondekar is clearly passionate about this subject and knows her stuff. She is interesting to listen to and is hilarious. However, this class is WAY TOO MUCH WORK for an intro class. Stay away unless you are ready to do ALOT of work. attending lecture is very helpful and sections are mandatory.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FMST01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The readings are very dense for an intro level course, this is class that requires a lot of thinking. Anjali is very intimidating but hilarious.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ONEFMST
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The readings for the class are somewhat dense if you don't have any prior experience reading about social and political theory. She goes through the readings in detail and recreates the arguments in clearer ways without simplifying or losing detail. She's brilliant, definitely take this class if you're willing to do the reading and go to lecture.