Easiest professor I had at UCLA. I took four of his classes, two of which were seminars, and each time I had a higher grade. He remembers his students and encourages open discussions in his seminars, not so much for his other classes though (but they’re just as easy; one had a midterm and final only, and the other had take home assignments). Seminars are super enlightening and workload is extremely manageable, especially if you have other classes with heavy workloads. He’s quick to respond to emails as well so even if you can’t make it to office hours he’s ready to help.

Professor Pohl is a great teacher. This class did not involve T.A.s which I was happy for. Pohl gave great lectures and you can tell he is passionate about Mixteca history and culture, and knows his stuff! I went to his office hours and he was open-minded and did not treat me like some other professors do at UCLA. He was unpretentious, fun to talk to, and still curious to hearing opinions that differ from his own. In fact, he embraces this. The class involved one presentation and one 10-15 page final paper. His class structure is not so rigid, he is not uptight about lateness, but this class was so small and I enjoyed it so much, I was only late one or twice. Overall, I suggest taking him, he was the BEST art history teacher I have taken out of the 3 others I had classes with. I was sad to only have had one class with him, he is not on campus much so if he is teaching a class take it while you can!