This class was super interesting and teaches you about developing countries. You learn about ways that people measure poverty and about incentives on how to reduce poverty. It is genuinely the most interesting economics class I've taken. The professor is also really passionate about it and cares about her students and the learning which makes the class even more interesting. She will gladly answer questions during class and offer extra office hours if needed. Tests are on the computer and open notes.

The only downside was the grading. The tests had very few questions, and some were unclear or poorly worded. Since there were so few questions, each one was worth a lot of points, so it was hard to recover from any mistakes. The grading also seemed unfair. For instance, during class someone pointed out that one of the test questions wasn’t graded correctly, instead of adjusting the grade or offering everyone an extra point to make up for it, the professor simply said it was too late to change the grading.

Super kind woman. The whole class is basically the final (50%), midterm, one project, and section participation. Excel project and participation is an easy 100. Midterm is online, but really study for the final. She doesn't throw curveballs and everything is very straightforward but it's easy to slip as there's no homework and lecture is pretty useless. If you want to succeed, read the textbook and do the practice multiple choice questions.

I would not recommend this professor. I try to keep a good mindset for the classes I take, but this professor made it extremely difficult for me to be dedicated to the class. Her lectures were all over the place, the slides were never in order of how she would explain topics, and there were often times when she would go completely off topic and waste time. This made it so that we did not get through all of the information listed in the syllabus, which was also organized strangely. It simply felt like I wasn't listening to an expert, which made me not respect the class. Clear questions asked in lecture would receive unhelpful answers, which again was strange. The workload itself was easy, the projects were interesting, but being in lecture was difficult. Maybe it is different for someone who is actually an economics major, because for me this was just a GE, but the professor did not feel like a professor and it felt like she was reading off of someone else's notes for a presentation. I learned the most in my discussions, which unfortunately never felt long enough to make up for the lectures.

The instructor made sure to cover every portion and topic that was covered and discussed throughout the class. The exams tend to be tricky, but are straight forward. However, it does take a lot more studying than expected for this class, especially since for 4 straight weeks the only interaction you get with the class is just lectures, would recommend the teacher since the resources are there. Strengths: resources, punctual, knowledgable Weakness: boring, class itself, little revision

Mid-class. She didn’t provide a practice midterm or even tell us how many questions would be on the test, which was frustrating. That said, her tests were reasonable. This class is just okay. I don’t recommend it, but I don’t have strong negative feelings either.

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Mid-class. She didn’t provide a practice midterm or even tell us how many questions would be on the test, which was frustrating. That said, her tests were reasonable, and the course content was interesting. This class is just okay. I don’t recommend it, but I don’t have strong negative feelings either.

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midterm and final were issued as a bruinlearn quiz (due to protests) and were quite difficult with "check all that apply" type questions. no practice tests so best way to study is to do the book questions.
lectures were not very engaging. If you miss class you can just catch up by reading the slides. the slides are literally copy and paste from the book tho so not very helpful unless you go to OH

This was one of the easiest economics electives. One group project and two exams. The exams are easy if you look over her practice problems and past exam material. The group project is actually quite interesting and engaging. Would recommend this class, although material can be a little boring sometimes.

I didn’t like this class at all. The content is very easy, and you don’t need to go to lectures, however, the exams are pretty tricky and the average is usually super low. She also never responds to the emails as far as my experience goes. I am a junior who only ever gotten one A- in my UCLA classes, but it’s very likely I get a B in this class unfortunately. I would not take it again if I could.

This GE was much more work than I thought going in and it was much harder than I anticipated too. The quizzes were on the harder side, and some questions were purposefully tricky. Professors slides help a lot though, even if the content felt too dense for a quarter. If you want condensed study guides used to help me get As on all quizzes as well as a final study guide for cheap, email *************