She is the WORST professor I've had at UCLA. She seemed like she had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. I find it hard to believe she knows anything more about Astronomy than what is on her slides. I was very interested in Astronomy until I took her class. The labs take forever and are only worth 10% of your grade. There is no point in going to class because she doesn't articulate anything on the slides and they are posted online. The tests are very poorly worded and hard to understand, so it doesn't make it a particularly easy class either. 2 midterms and a final. Terrible teacher, don't take her.

Do not take this professor. She complicates every subject and doesn't seem to know what she is talking about. Whenever a student would ask her to elaborate on a topic, she would get tongue-tied and flustered, as if answering questions wasn't in the scope of her teaching. She's probably very knowledgeable but her ability to communicate topics can definitely be improved upon. Not only is she ridiculous and convoluted when explaining topics, but she expects more of her students than they can give her, which only so much information that she supplies. AGAIN, do NOT take her for Astro 3. She is absolutely ridiculous.

DO NOT TAKE ASTRO 3 WITH PROFESSOR SAKAI! She makes even the most simple concepts seem difficult, and she attempted to teach this Astro GE like it was for all undergraduate astrophysics majors. I don't know whether it is because she's new to UCLA, but she attempted to fit 3 years of astrophysics study into a one quarter course; furthermore, she is difficult to understand and awful at making questions for her multiple choice exams. If you want a good Astro 3 experience, and not one fraught with the difficulties of a new professor who doesn't know what INTRO to Interstellar Astronomy means, take one of the other tenured professors.