OKAY so I absolutely loved this professor and her lecturing style...until it came to the final project and week 8-10. SUPER UNCLEAR at giving instructions and what she wants from you. She changes up like every 5 seconds. Midterm was super easy, exactly like study guide so if you review you are fine. Final project was awesome, learned so much, but definitely a more "on your own" type project. I had a great group and we were all proactive, so it came together well, but other groups had a tougher time. She also didn't bother to learn ANYONE's names, so she actually mixed them up and gave us the WRONG GRADES, which she literally admitted to, and it wouldn't have gotten corrected if we hadn't emailed her inquiring. Keep in mind like only 20 people were in this class. Overall GREAT LECTURER, but super unorganized. Her grading is nice but you have to put in the work and pay attention class. Didn't really need to do readings just know what she will be talking about and CONTRIBUTE. She LOVES people that talk. Make sure she knows your name and face and ur good to go. Idk I loved her and was frustrated at the same time. But if you are interested in learning and widening your perspective, she's awesome.

Dr. Carr is a great Professor, though this isn't your typical cookie-cutter UCLA course. She lectures for the whole period, with some writing on the board, but no slides. You're expected to listen and keep up with fast-paced and complex concepts, and really need to do the readings to engage and understand class. Some classes were audio-recorded, but going to class was definitely mandatory to understand what was happening. There was a group final creative project, and a blue-book midterm.

The workload was a bit heavy at times, mostly with long dense readings, but Professor Carr was super open to student feedback. She wants everyone to engage and succeed, and is a lenient grader on tests if you have a general understanding of things.

This course pushed me as a human and as a learner, to reevaluate the power structures and academic institutions around me, and genuinely gave me a deeper perspective of the world, science, and how the military is deeply intertwined with so many parts of civilian experience that we don't know. The political theory was really challenging, but also pushed me to understand power structures and how consent is manufactured. It seems from other reviews that this course continues to be improved upon, and is quite relevant in current political times.

If you're looking for an easy class to check out and scroll on your computer, this is not it, but it's not hard to do well in this class if you just do the readings and apply yourself. Professor Carr isn't expecting perfection, just engagement. I'd also highly recommend going to OH and chatting with her, cause she is hilarious and really kind.

I took Professor Carr's Military Industrial Complex class this past winter, and it was definitely my favorite class I have ever taken in my time at UCLA. Professor Carr is truly the best, most caring professor I have ever had and she truly just wants her students to grow and succeed. Everyone in this class was super passionate about the material which was super cool, and Professor Carr goes above and beyond for everyone in this class to make sure everyone is getting the most out of it. I would literally take any class if it was taught by her idc about the topic, but the class itself was interesting and the workload was super light, def an easy A.

I noticed that this professor had no reviews, so I will be the saving grace and explain my experience in this course. This was the professor's first time teaching 108, so it was off to a rocky start. We spent the first four weeks learning about different philosophers, Marxism, and the dialectic thinking approach (the professor wanted us to incorporate this into our final projects) and the whole class was wondering how this related to the research project we were supposed to present by the end of the quarter. These lectures were extremely hard to follow and grasp as there were no lecture slides and it felt like we were just listening to the professor's unorganized stream of consciousness. We also had two reading responses due and these were graded harshly. I was tempted to drop this class because of how difficult it was in the beginning, but I stuck it out and I'm glad I did.

We ended up telling her that the current class structure with the incorporation of readings and lectures wasn't helpful and that we all preferred to work on our group projects while in class. She was very willing to listen and shifted the class focus to our group projects. With all of this said, this class is an honors course and Dr. Carr does not tolerate lazy work. If you're struggling, she is very willing to help each and every student during office hours, it also demonstrates to her that you care! In hindsight, this was her very first time teaching this course, so it was all new to everyone.