In retrospect, taking this course to fulfill global core req was not a great idea. Professor Kia is a relatively harsh grader. I found her style of teaching somewhat intimidating. Received very little support from her outside of class in the way of navigating writing assignments. Unless you deeply care about the subject, do not take this class. For the final, we had a timed take-home which consisted of 3 different essays. To be fair to Professor Kia, the essays were marginally outlined beforehand.
I ended up with an A-.