This is an online class with lab sections in person. Each week having lab assignments, quizzes (around 5), lecture videos to watch, and readings. The class is well organized wince everything is the same each week and it makes it simple to stay on track. Grading is set up nice and pretty generous. Everything is scaffolded into 20% so if you do well on quizzes and labs, you have a good chance on passing the class.
I thought it would be an easier GE since its online, but it ended being a lot of busy work. The work is not hard, just takes lots of time. Some weeks we would get 2 lab assignments combines which meant double the work.
It's a pretty doable class with really fair grading, just don't underestimate how much time you put in each week.

TO ALL THE STUDENTS SAYING "The other reviews are so harsh...they must not have put in the work... they must not have gone to class." Literally STFU. Im sick of you entitled UCLA students that think you know everyone. This class was AWFUL. Did I get an A?? Yes but at an expense. I did worse in my other classes, I lost a lot of sleep from studying, and I missed shifts at work so I can attend "mandatory" unlisted TA sessions. This class was hard and I shouldn't have to break my back to get barely an A. You people need to stop being so entitled and thinking everyone is just giving a bad review because they are lazy and did not put work in. We all worked out ass off its just a hard fucking class so stop pretending like you are better than everyone else. Theres a reason why he has a lot of bad reviews, like shut up.

Be careful signing up for this class. There is a lot of work to do each week with labs, quizzes, and lecture videos to watch. The most difficult part of this class is definitely the final exam. I studied around 10-15 hours for the final and got about 70% on it. And the mean/median was a 58% and he does not curve any tests. The only good thing is that the final is only worth 20% of your grade but still, a lot of the class obviously suffered from getting a low grade. The final was 74 mcq but so many of the questions were so random and things I had never heard of even after studying for all that time. The midterm is the same format as the final but it is online. I would definitely not recomend this class to someone for a GE.

A very dense class with A LOT of material. Even though it is asynchronous, don't expect to breeze through the class. The tests cover a lot of material, most of which is from the textbook. The final is in-person, so take that as you will.

This was the most difficult class I have taken at UCLA so far. I thought it would be fairly easy since it is GEOG 1, but there is a huge amount of work, and the tests are difficult. There were textbook pages, a lab due, and quizzes weekly. I found this was the class I spent the most time on out of the three taken that quarter, despite it being a GE. The final was very difficult, I spent days straight studying. Even though I had done all the work, read all the assigned textbook pages, and gone to every lab, I still ended up with a B- on the final (the class average was MUCH worse). I love geography, but this class was my least favorite out of the 5 I've taken!

Do NOT take this class as a GE. The workload is ridiculous and the professor can't keep track of everything. He misspeaks a lot in his recorded lectures, and must not review them because the mistakes get confusing. Without my TA I would not have survived. If you take this class, really pay attention to the quizzes and use them to study. This was a GE and the hardest class I've taken at UCLA so far.

This class is NOT easy. I'm going straight to the point. The professor's asynchronous lectures don't help very much. The textbook is helpful for the quizzes. T.A is very helpful as well, But, this as your G.E requirement, I would NOT consider it, for the reason being that the midterm and final have different questions and different understandings from what you learn in the asynchronous lectures and the textbook that don't meet the standard of these questions on the midterm and final. Please, take a different G.E., don't consider, it unless you want to challenge yourself or try to major in a specific field that requires this class.