Reviews of professor Swati Gilotra

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There's a lot of reading and the class mainly revolves around discussions about readings that she assigns. It's really laid back though and a pretty easy A. Professor Gilotra is incredibly kind and understanding and willing to work with you, just make sure you communicate.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class itself is super cool, and all of the readings we were assigned were legitimately enjoyable! The class discussions were also enlightening. However, Swati is a really tough grader, and DOES NOT give clear grading criteria. You'll have to work for your grade. Grade: Participation, 2x Essays, 2x Group Project, Midterm Paper, and Final Paper.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is a lot of reading, but the books are genuinely interesting. Her lectures are incredibly insightful and made me much more interested in the topic, and more interested in comp lit. There are some papers, but she is a very lenient grader.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ms. Gilotra can come off as cold, but she is very sweet. Super flexible, but she does give HOURS of reading every night. Some of the readings are really interesting (Reluctant Fundamentalist, First Love) while others are mindnumbingly boring or difficult to understand (Woman Warrior). She tells you exactly what to write for each response paper.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
lots of books, but I honestly didn't read most and did fine. She takes forever to grade everything, like at the ned of the semester. She is very understanding and nice though, allows lots of extensions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assigns to read reviews on books/movies that are like research papers. Taking this class can cure your insomnia with these readings. Papers are literally not graded until end of semester either

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gilotra is a very sweet professor. I was nervous at first but the first reading was the only hard reading, after that I enjoyed everything we read and watched. You only have to buy two books! She's also a very lenient grader on essays, just make sure you have enough quotes. My favorite class by far this semester as a new uga student.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really enjoyed her class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots if reading and boring essays that are like research papers, longer then the actual books they are about. Don't take it if you dont like overly explained and analyzed things.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There is a lot of reading for this class and she expects you to have done it every day. Her lectures are boring in that she asks students to write on the board and explain it. Usually, she will add her own notes to what students wrote. Attendance and participation are for a grade and she chastises the class for not participating.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is super nice and the class is super discussion heavy which is super fun. The books are interesting if you are interested in learning more about immigrant perspectives! There are not too many grades and the papers seemed graded a bit roughly, but she's always happy to help!