If you are looking for a cluster to take... take the food cluster! It is by far the easiest and most fun! For this professors section of the class she actually brought in some interactive stuff for us just for fun. Her lectures were well layed out and super informative, you learn alot about water that if useful to life and I think eyeryone should know, so if you are interesting in envi sci take this. I also appreciate that her part of the cluster didnt have much group work.
(i will add, that while this specific professor did not give out work, the discussion section for this cluster does have quite quite a few projects and group work, but that is to be expected for a 6 credit class)

Perfect class. Learned a lot, really enjoyed it, great and helpful Professor, very straightforward exams. If you show up to class, or even just read the uploaded slides, you will get an A in this class for sure. Easily my favorite class I've taken so far, really fun and very interesting information.

The food cluster is hands down the best one if you need to fulfill science and/or social GE credits. It integrates both scientific and social issues beautifully and utilizes food as a way to study them. The class is so interesting because it applies to our everyday life as we eat food daily. Moana is a fantastic lecturer and is very hands-on. I was never bored in a class with her. The discussion sections are fairly easy for M1A. There are labs and a final research proposal that some may struggle with if they have never done one before. Lots of participation and group work is involved (virtually everything is in a group, even 2 of the exams). The workload is super manageable and the exams are easy and open-note. TAKE THIS CLASS!

I gave all 5's because I HIGHLY recommend this cluster, however professor moana lacks some clarity in her presentation as they are kind of all over the place sometime, but overall she is very helpful if you have questions and is super nice. Also the info taught in her part of the cluster is very interesting and informative! (overall, i would highly recommend the food cluster, very interesting material if you are interested in sustainability and not way too much work like some of the other UCLA cluster classes).

Moana has been one of my favorite lecturers from this cluster. The material she covers isn't really all that interesting, however she presents it in a way that is easy to understand and is relatively engaging. It is evident that she cares about the wellbeing of her students and actually listens to the feedback she is given. Taking this cluster was probably one of the best decisions I could have made as a freshman. As a non-stem major it is really nice because it fulfills most of my science GE's and I even get lab credit, which is amazing consider the "labs" we do are not hard at all. I strongly recommend this class!

Great prof who really cared about this topic and class. I really learned a lot that I still use to this day. Super informative and its all stuff that is very good to know as a human being who consumes food (you get to learn hands on how your consumption patterns compare to others and how they affect the world which I found super cool).