Professor Clark was extremely poor in presenting and supplementing the course materials. There was very little assistance in class, and if you went to office hours to ask for help he would often scoff at students or belittle students, for a lack of understanding, which was largely a result of his poor teaching quality.

The grading scheme is 60% problem sets, and 40% final. This sounds easy, however, the problem sets are extremely difficult and you are basically left on your own to try to figure out how they were graded, as it is quite ambiguous. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE GRADING SCHEME. The first year he taught it was a fluke, and he said this quarter he will likely reduce the curve to ~25% A's for an already extremely difficult course, so be prepared to GRIND.

Unless you have a solid background as a math/econ or math major, I would strongly recommend steering as far away from Professor Clark as possible. He is an extremely poor lecturer, offers basically 0 assistance outside of the class and 0 materials to help self-learn. Just as context I have done pretty well thus far (3.8+ major GPA as a business-economics major), and am someone that often goes to office hours and tries to develop a connection with my professors.

Overall I am deeply dissatisfied with this class but especially the professor. I came into the class excited about the topic and hopeful that I would deepen my interest in the field, as I am hoping to pursue a graduate degree in economics. However, now I am completely rethinking my interest in this field due to this class. Very disappointed, I really hope the economics department at UCLA reviews the course and the professor.

Also, I have never written a bruinwalk review before, this professor is just that bad. Also he shows up to class 15-20 minutes late everytime, and doesn't record classes. Nightmare of a class.