Unless you can guarantee yourself a B or above on the first midterm, don't take this class as there is barely anything on the grade book, making it easy to get a low grade once you don't do well on the midterm.

Interesting material and great lecturer, would take again. 2 exams, higher score weighted 45% and lower score weighted 35%. 20% for section attendance and discussion seeds, which is a paragraph on the readings. You need access to 5 books for discussion, which can be found online. I didn't read them all and you can get by with reading a little from each of the books for the discussion seeds and attending section to understand the books. Other people have concerns about the tests, but I think they were fair, you just have to review your lecture notes and discussion material again to prepare for the test. They give us resources like practice exams and review sessions so you can get an A, along with 2% extra credit for SONA participation and lecture attendance.

I loved this class! The lectures were super fun and had many demonstrations and the tests were not that hard (got an A- and A+ without studying too much). There's a lot of questions with multiple answers but if you know the material it's not bad and all you have to do is just watch the lectures to do well honestly. Also a lot of extra credit opportunity.

Fine class. Hard exams. Professor Smurda talks really fast.

Good class. The exams encourage dstudents to memorize graphs and studies instead of actually learning the ideas of the course so mastery of the course will be low for most.

The tests are extremely tricky. It is unfortunate because all the material was understandable and interesting. I did all the readings, quizzes, paper, and study guide. However, nothing was useful in preparing for the exams. It is truly unfair to have tests worded so tricky and the answer choices were all similar as well. She gives 6 quizzes, 1 final paper, and only 2 exams (1 midterm, 1 final). She does outweigh the final more if you do better on the final than the midterm. I would definitely not recommend taking this class with this professor.

LOVED this class with Smurda, took her again because she is such an awesome professor. It is very important you pay attention to her lectures and understand the case studies she mentions and their impacts because that is what you will be tested on. Information can seem ambiguous at times because a lot if it is related to other concepts and it can all seem a little similiar (I know that sounds vague but it is a good representation of the material). Attend lecture, pay attention and go back over the slides and you will do well.

Dr. Smurda is one of my favorite professors at UCLA.
Her classes are always full of the most interesting studies, and class is very engaging (I think polleverywhere is such a great way to keep students' attention)
Her exams are very fair and I had a lot of fun with the final paper, which is to use class concepts to influence others.
She provides resources for prepping for exams and overall I have no complaints.
Also, no spoilers, but she also demonstrates concepts through certain means as well.
One last thing is that I took Social Psychology with her prior to taking this class, and there is a lot of overlap. For those who want only new material, this may be disappointing, but for those who want to knock out requirements with less effort, I would recommend.

I really like the subject! Professor Smurda is a great lecturer. Her lectures are engaging, and she makes the lectures fun by adding questions that the students answer into her lectures. This is one of my favorite classes.

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