Kenya Covington
Department of Public Affairs
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1.5
Overall Rating
Based on 8 Users
Easiness 2.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 1.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.2 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 1.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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32.9%
26.3%
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27.7%
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41.2%
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27.5%
20.6%
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6.9%
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39.0%
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40.9%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
March 25, 2020

This prof. is very intelligent and well-versed in her policy areas, but is not a very good lecturer/prof. for undergraduates. I think this was her second time teaching an undergraduate class, and she just recycles assignments from her past classes rather than try to create new material to properly teach this class. She assigns readings but I didn't do any of them but still was able to do all my assignments. Her lecture slides seem to be organized, but she often goes off on tangents and the TAs end up explaining everything all over again during discussions. After the first few classes, I just ended up going to lecture just to sign-in for attendance points and then would just leave halfway through the class because it would be a waste of my time. I hope she does not teach this class again since it was supposed to be an introduction class but I ended up learning nothing. I heard somewhere she was good as a graduate level lecturer, but from my experience definitely not for undergrad.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
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Sept. 14, 2022

I am going to be so honest right now: I totally B.S.'d this class and got an A with Covington. I minimally paid attention to discussions and lectures and just submitted the assignments. While I do have a high standard of work, as long as you follow the rubrics for the assignments you will get a good grade. I wrote a jaw-droppingly long final policy paper because there was no word limit, so I ensured I would earn a good score. Her lectures were devastatingly boring, but she as a person was such a slay -- queen. Would not recommend this class for anyone not in the Pub Aff major.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
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March 16, 2022

The workload is heavy, lectures are dense and sooooo slow. I never felt engaged, I didn't learn anything. Avoid this prof at all costs (I don't want to be mean, she is nice, but unfortunately just not a good lecturer), take this in the spring with ritterbusch. And fr a 12 page final paper for a GE...... I understand for the purposes of the public affairs major, but not for a GE. This class was a trainwreck, nobody ever knew what was going on, ask anyone who's ever taken it. So sad really, 0/10 do not recommend.

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 30, 2021

Please keep in mind I took this course during the COVID-19 pandemic and everything was online. Professor Covington is a very smart person that knows her stuff well, however I did not find her to be a very good teacher. She is unorganized and it is hard to understand what she exactly wants from her students when all of her TA's are telling their discussion sections different things because they don't even know what Covington wants. She would call out people during lecture and it did not feel like a very welcoming environment to learn in. There were pre-recorded lectures posted as well as live lectures. Lectures were more on the boring side, and there was a fairly hefty amount of reading assigned every week. You could probably still pass without reading and just watching lectures, but I highly recommend doing the readings if you want an A, as they help a lot during tests. Grade is based off of an op-ed, CBA, policy memorandum, a midterm and a final, as well as two classwork assignments. Grading was harsh in the beginning of the quarter, but seemed to get easier further in. This course is definitely do-able and manageable, however unless you absolutely need to take it and only Covington is teaching, I do not recommend you take it with this professor. I did not have a good time and I do not feel like I learned very much. I am trying to avoid this professor at all costs in the future.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
Oct. 4, 2020

This professor assigns an unnecessary number of readings every week, assigns extremely unclear homework and classwork, and the tests are unnecessarily difficult. They were multiple times where her answers to the test questions were incorrect and she would not restore points. Her lectures are also incredibly boring and lackluster, and she has called out students in front of the whole class for arriving late or leaving early. Do not take this class unless it's necessary for your major/minor

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Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
March 5, 2020

Pros:
uhhh, pass

Cons:
1) Not organized
2) Basically unaccesable, doesn't answer emails
3) Has answers on her test that are literally incorrect and won't respond to fix them
4) Essentially no reason to go to lecture outside of signing the sign in sheet for credit
5) Assigns a 12 page paper at the end of the quarter with literally no guidance on what the f**k you are supposed to do
6) Makes the class exactly the same as her 113 class. Like come on, why are an intro and an upper division class exactly the same.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
March 25, 2020

This prof. is very intelligent and well-versed in her policy areas, but is not a very good lecturer/prof. for undergraduates. I think this was her second time teaching an undergraduate class, and she just recycles assignments from her past classes rather than try to create new material to properly teach this class. She assigns readings but I didn't do any of them but still was able to do all my assignments. Her lecture slides seem to be organized, but she often goes off on tangents and the TAs end up explaining everything all over again during discussions. After the first few classes, I just ended up going to lecture just to sign-in for attendance points and then would just leave halfway through the class because it would be a waste of my time. I hope she does not teach this class again since it was supposed to be an introduction class but I ended up learning nothing. I heard somewhere she was good as a graduate level lecturer, but from my experience definitely not for undergrad.

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COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
Sept. 14, 2022

I am going to be so honest right now: I totally B.S.'d this class and got an A with Covington. I minimally paid attention to discussions and lectures and just submitted the assignments. While I do have a high standard of work, as long as you follow the rubrics for the assignments you will get a good grade. I wrote a jaw-droppingly long final policy paper because there was no word limit, so I ensured I would earn a good score. Her lectures were devastatingly boring, but she as a person was such a slay -- queen. Would not recommend this class for anyone not in the Pub Aff major.

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COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 16, 2022

The workload is heavy, lectures are dense and sooooo slow. I never felt engaged, I didn't learn anything. Avoid this prof at all costs (I don't want to be mean, she is nice, but unfortunately just not a good lecturer), take this in the spring with ritterbusch. And fr a 12 page final paper for a GE...... I understand for the purposes of the public affairs major, but not for a GE. This class was a trainwreck, nobody ever knew what was going on, ask anyone who's ever taken it. So sad really, 0/10 do not recommend.

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
March 30, 2021

Please keep in mind I took this course during the COVID-19 pandemic and everything was online. Professor Covington is a very smart person that knows her stuff well, however I did not find her to be a very good teacher. She is unorganized and it is hard to understand what she exactly wants from her students when all of her TA's are telling their discussion sections different things because they don't even know what Covington wants. She would call out people during lecture and it did not feel like a very welcoming environment to learn in. There were pre-recorded lectures posted as well as live lectures. Lectures were more on the boring side, and there was a fairly hefty amount of reading assigned every week. You could probably still pass without reading and just watching lectures, but I highly recommend doing the readings if you want an A, as they help a lot during tests. Grade is based off of an op-ed, CBA, policy memorandum, a midterm and a final, as well as two classwork assignments. Grading was harsh in the beginning of the quarter, but seemed to get easier further in. This course is definitely do-able and manageable, however unless you absolutely need to take it and only Covington is teaching, I do not recommend you take it with this professor. I did not have a good time and I do not feel like I learned very much. I am trying to avoid this professor at all costs in the future.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
Oct. 4, 2020

This professor assigns an unnecessary number of readings every week, assigns extremely unclear homework and classwork, and the tests are unnecessarily difficult. They were multiple times where her answers to the test questions were incorrect and she would not restore points. Her lectures are also incredibly boring and lackluster, and she has called out students in front of the whole class for arriving late or leaving early. Do not take this class unless it's necessary for your major/minor

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Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
March 5, 2020

Pros:
uhhh, pass

Cons:
1) Not organized
2) Basically unaccesable, doesn't answer emails
3) Has answers on her test that are literally incorrect and won't respond to fix them
4) Essentially no reason to go to lecture outside of signing the sign in sheet for credit
5) Assigns a 12 page paper at the end of the quarter with literally no guidance on what the f**k you are supposed to do
6) Makes the class exactly the same as her 113 class. Like come on, why are an intro and an upper division class exactly the same.

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1.5
Overall Rating
Based on 8 Users
Easiness 2.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 1.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.2 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 1.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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