Dr. Carr is a great Professor, though this isn't your typical cookie-cutter UCLA course. She lectures for the whole period, with some writing on the board, but no slides. You're expected to listen and keep up with fast-paced and complex concepts, and really need to do the readings to engage and understand class. Some classes were audio-recorded, but going to class was definitely mandatory to understand what was happening. There was a group final creative project, and a blue-book midterm.

The workload was a bit heavy at times, mostly with long dense readings, but Professor Carr was super open to student feedback. She wants everyone to engage and succeed, and is a lenient grader on tests if you have a general understanding of things.

This course pushed me as a human and as a learner, to reevaluate the power structures and academic institutions around me, and genuinely gave me a deeper perspective of the world, science, and how the military is deeply intertwined with so many parts of civilian experience that we don't know. The political theory was really challenging, but also pushed me to understand power structures and how consent is manufactured. It seems from other reviews that this course continues to be improved upon, and is quite relevant in current political times.

If you're looking for an easy class to check out and scroll on your computer, this is not it, but it's not hard to do well in this class if you just do the readings and apply yourself. Professor Carr isn't expecting perfection, just engagement. I'd also highly recommend going to OH and chatting with her, cause she is hilarious and really kind.

I took Professor Carr's Military Industrial Complex class this past winter, and it was definitely my favorite class I have ever taken in my time at UCLA. Professor Carr is truly the best, most caring professor I have ever had and she truly just wants her students to grow and succeed. Everyone in this class was super passionate about the material which was super cool, and Professor Carr goes above and beyond for everyone in this class to make sure everyone is getting the most out of it. I would literally take any class if it was taught by her idc about the topic, but the class itself was interesting and the workload was super light, def an easy A.