Professor Min is a very engaging, straightforward lecturer. The class itself is not very hard. The grade breakdown is as follows: Discussion Participation 20%, Weekly Quizzes 30%, and one Final Paper worth 50%. Quizzes are online and open notes; you can use lecture slides. The final paper is worth a chunk of your grade and is 4-5 pages. The topic is different every year. My class was on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I have heard that the topics for prior years included the Iran nuclear deal and North Korea nuclear control.

10/10 class. The only "challenging" part of the course is the final paper, but it is totally doable and the TAs are extremely helpful. 100% would recommend.

Professor Min is an amazing teacher, also the GE is pretty cake and is really interesting.

TAKE THIS CLASS. IT IS AMAZING.

Pol sci 20 with professor min was, hands down, the best class I've taken in my entire life. I thought that his lectures were engaging, hilarious, and very topical the to the online, open note quizzes (they were super easy as long as you take your time). Also, there's little to no work that you need to do outside of paying attention in lecture and showing up to discussion.

In my opinion, there are 4 things that you need in order to do well in this class.
1. Firstly, take great notes in lecture on everything he says
2. Take your time on the take home quizzes because some questions can be tricky (especially the first quiz that one was the hardest imo)
3. It's really important to listen in discussion because that stuff is fair game too
4. MEET WITH YOUR TA ABOUT YOUR PAPER before you submit it if you can because that's the easiest way to lose points in this class

11/10 experience would take again

A super interesting GE and a perfect introduction to the concept of world politics. Every lecture was well-organized, stimulating, and captivating. There are weekly quizzes that are completely based on lectures -- if you simply show up to lecture, you'll ace the quiz.

There is a research paper that makes up 50% of your entire grade. While this seemed daunting, the paper had a cool prompt (the Russia-Ukranian War) and was a relatively easy write. Professor Min even met with me for a 30-minute private meeting to discuss ideas I had for my paper. His feedback was extremely valuable and helped me achieve a good grade on the paper.

Overall, Professor Min is an amazing professor who truly cares about his students. If you are looking for a fun and easy GE, POL SCI 20 is it.

I never go on here to praise a Professor, but Prof Min is an exception. He is by far one of the best professors I have taken here at UCLA. He will literally help you and hear you out with any concerns or ideas of the material without feeling judged, and actually gives you useful advice and clarity. Sign up for office hours before any big deadlines, it helped SO MUCH. The quizzes are really fair and majority of time can be found in the slides (opened book). His lectures were always engaging and full of detail, I'm not a fan of world politics but he made it really interesting and you will learn so much! 10/10!!

i would give him an 11/10 if i could

LOVEDDDD PROFESSOR MIN!!! this class was great honestly for a polisci class. quizzes every week and one major paper but overall low stress. hes very helpful and the slides are posted beforehand so you can download them and theyre fill in the blank. 10/10 would recommend

TAKE THIS CLASS! I am a sophomore now and I took this my first quarter at UCLA as a GE and I loved it. Honestly, the grading depends on your TA for the paper assignment, but Professor Min is so engaging and you can tell that he really does care about making your experience in this class as enjoyable as possible!

Professor Min is the best professor I've had at UCLA (edit: this review still stands almost a full year after I took this class). He is incredibly knowledgeable and very skilled at conveying course material in an engaging way that makes you genuinely like the class content a lot. He has a great sense of humor and utilizes it during lectures. There is a short 10-15 question quiz at the end of each week. These were super easy as they are online, you have the entire weekend to complete it, and once you start the quiz, you have 40 minutes for it (you can finish it in 10 if you paid any attention in lecture). The bulk of the class grade comes from a final research paper which you submit a proposal for around halfway through the quarter. The topic of the paper is always some important contemporary event in international relations. When I took the class (Fall 2021), it was about what the US could have done differently in Afghanistan. The previous time this class was offered with Prof Min (Fall 2020), the topic was North Korean denuclearization. It's 6–7 pages, but you have basically the whole second half of the quarter to do it. I didn't find it hard at all, but it was interesting nonetheless. Prof Min is a standout educator, and this class is really fun and interesting without being very difficult. A great class I'd recommend for freshmen, especially Poli Sci majors (seeing as this is a major pre-req, it's a good one to take early). I knew south campus students who took it as a GE as well and they enjoyed it and got As in it as well. Highly recommend.