American Cultures Requirement

black_hat
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:22 +0000

I’d avoid any of the College Writing classes, especially the ones worth 5-6 units. I’d recommend taking an AC class first, which was what I did (Anthropology 3AC summer). I actually don’t know if the AC classes are harder than the others or not, but I got the impression that they are.
As for the professors, it’s true that they are more liberal than the students, but keep in mind that they are professionals. For instance, in my anthro class in discussion with my professor (who graded both my midterms and my final personally), I made an argument about sweatshops that she did not like at all (I came off as a little insensitive, I think), but I still got out of the class with an A. If you’re taking your AC class during the school year, it’s your GSI’s you should be worrying about, since they will be in charge of your grade, not your professor. And, honestly, there are very few Berkeley classes where the professors hand out A’s (the curves really depend on their assessment of the entire class).
So no worries about your conservatism.