Took this class as a GE and it was an easy A. The grading really does change from TA to TA, so keep that in mind. I found it helpful going to office hours quite frequently. There was a learning curve with this being online (our first quiz was a disaster). All the testing material is pretty similar to the homework and some questions come directly from the study guide book.

I love Professor Vahideh, she is so kind and really cares about students learning. I took this Spring 2020, so it was her first online course and she really tried to take all feedback that students gave to her into account and improve her course. The lectures are thorough and really explain all of the topics well. The homework can be a bit challenging but if you work on it with other in your class it makes it a lot easier. My TA was Kinda and she also always tried to explain everything really well if you didn't understand. Also the two required materials for this class are both free PDF's online so you don't have to purchase anything which is really nice. I encourage anyone to take this class because although I am pre-med and only took this class because it was the only GE I could get into (as she was nice enough to give me a PTE #), I found it very interesting and learned a lot. The exams were not that difficult because there were all open note (meaning the quizzes and midterm and final) so if you did all the homework and studied for about an hour, it was pretty straightforward which I liked. There were never any surprises on her tests and she really did try to make each question like one we discussed in class or in our sections. Take this class to learn a bit more about linguistics and meet her, she's a great professor!

She was one of my favorite professors at UCLA. She is very friendly, caring, approachable, and helpful. Homework assignments were not too hard to get over 90% on in my opinion. Some questions were a bit difficult in the beginning, but I thought it was easier to get 100% on the homework towards the second half. I got 100% on all the quizzes and on the midterm. They were similar to the homework assignments and problems in the workbook. She gives up to 3% extra credit for doing SONA studies. The workload in the class is not too bad. It involves 1 homework assignment per week. I ended up getting over 100% in the class and got an A+. I'd say it isn't too difficult to get an A in her class. At no point was I worried about not getting an A.

Grade Breakdown:
Weekly homework assignments 40% (lowest homework grade will be dropped)
Quizzes 5%
Midterm exam 20%
Final exam 30%
Participation 5%
Extra credit (for SONA experiments) up to 3%