Professor Ritterbusch is the best professor at UCLA. I loved this class so much. You do not need to go to all the classes or do all the readings to get an A. There are a few papers but they are graded easy & if you go to class she will tell you everything she wants you to say.
I highly recommend this class. It made me want to pursue Pub Aff.

Like the other reviews mentioned, Amy is super nice and cares about her students' well-being. The workload is really light and you learn about lots of cool stuff in this class! We learned a lot about activism and social movements around the world, particularly in Colombia. Definitely recommend this class if you want a cool, interesting, and easy GE, and if you're majoring in Public Affairs take this class with Amy!

I love Amy! Truly such a sweet soul who cares about her students and their mental health. Lectures were very engaging we had many guest speakers, mainly from Columbia which was very interesting to see how different the world is over there. Not too many assignments, weekly discussion posts which you can finish in like 5 min. 3 reflection papers (very easy to do) and a 1 page policy memo (also very easy to do). Overall if you need a light GE or plan on minoring/majoring in PA please take it with Amy.

Definitely one of the best classes and professor I have had at UCLA. The structure of the class is so amazing and relevant to current societal issues. The professor is so passionate about the work she is teaching which influences you as a student to be just as passionate. If I was able to take this class again, I would. If your looking for a good not too heavy class, this would be a perfect fit for you.

Amy Ritterbusch is very caring, engaged, and authentic.

This class was very interesting because she made it very engaging and relevant to our society and modern issues. She values diversity, unity, and camaraderie, so these values are incorporated in the way she teaches and structures the class.

If you take this class, take the extra step to get to know her. She is a wonderful person who sincerely cares for the personal and academic success of her students.

I love Dr. Ritterbusch! I learned a lot about social activism through this class and her experiences fighting for social justice in Columbia were amazing to hear about. The guest lecturers, who are also social activists, are really amazing people doing great work in a variety of contexts and are a pleasure to hear from. The grading of the class is very relaxed: the average for the essays are around 97%, in class quizzes are mostly your own reflections, and the group work is also graded generously. 10/10 professor and class.

Engaging material and professor, professor Amy also really really cares about her students. Even during the pop quizzes she’d make sure that everyone’s calm and she’d try to assure us that even if we don’t do well on the quiz there’s other chances to do better etc. I will say that the class has a lot of readings, though - but they all tend to be interesting enough, especially if you’re a pubaff major (I am, so I might be biased). The class is extremely low stress even though there are group projects, they’re not that bad, and my experience was overall very positive.

the professor is truly passionate about what she teaches, I feel like this class taught me things that I would never have expected to learn in an academic setting. She has a lot of guest speakers from Colombia which are really interesting to hear from. There are no exams, she doesnt believe in them. However, there are a couple of reflexive essays which require you to incorporate the readings so its important to keep up with them. The final is a group final with everyone in your section (approx. 20 people). This class really teaches you how to work in a group with a lot of people!

I felt like this was a ten-week course in how to be woke. The professor is super mushy, touchy-feely, etc., but I really valued the hyper-liberal take and it was an interesting exercise in being super uncomfortable. There are no tests, because she doesn't believe in them, and the essays are all reflexive and easy. If you meet deadlines, I don't see how you could get lower than an A.

This class is really hard to take seriously sometimes. The professor means well, and is super nice, but the ridiculously light workload (like, maybe 10 hours total for the entire quarter) makes the class seem like a joke at times. I mean, the final was a one page memo written by your entire discussion section (over 20 people). She maybe docks one or two points when she grades, so it's basically impossible not to get an A on the assignments.