David MacFadyen
Department of Musicology
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2.0
Overall Rating
Based on 1 User
Easiness 5.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 5.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A+
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Feb. 20, 2026

Super easy class, but honestly I was left a bit disappointed with how the class was structured. As a musicology minor and classic rock lover, I was super excited to take this class, but the way it was taught and structured was a BUMMER! Class was based around this one book about 10 rock songs you should know and every week was based around a chapter, which were around different "themes" in rock. Lectures were basically the professor going on some tangent about each chapter and trying to connect it to Rock history, but I didn't really learn anything about rock history from them (one week we spent learning about songs that have to do with money?). People would barely show up to class and the professor got frustrated about that, so around midway through, he started requiring attendance and changed the grade distribution to reflect that which was super silly. He is also OBSESSED with AI, which take it as you will, but I feel like it didn't really belong; if you were to ask him for help, he would just tell you to ask ChatGPT. Pretty much the rest of your grade is based around one project which in my opinion was really easy if you know classic rock, but I would imagine a bit tedious if music isn't your area. As I mentioned, I love rock music and I'm minoring in musicology, so I was really disappointed with this class, but if you just want an easy class and not too concerned about taking away anything meaningful, then go for it.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A+
Feb. 20, 2026

Super easy class, but honestly I was left a bit disappointed with how the class was structured. As a musicology minor and classic rock lover, I was super excited to take this class, but the way it was taught and structured was a BUMMER! Class was based around this one book about 10 rock songs you should know and every week was based around a chapter, which were around different "themes" in rock. Lectures were basically the professor going on some tangent about each chapter and trying to connect it to Rock history, but I didn't really learn anything about rock history from them (one week we spent learning about songs that have to do with money?). People would barely show up to class and the professor got frustrated about that, so around midway through, he started requiring attendance and changed the grade distribution to reflect that which was super silly. He is also OBSESSED with AI, which take it as you will, but I feel like it didn't really belong; if you were to ask him for help, he would just tell you to ask ChatGPT. Pretty much the rest of your grade is based around one project which in my opinion was really easy if you know classic rock, but I would imagine a bit tedious if music isn't your area. As I mentioned, I love rock music and I'm minoring in musicology, so I was really disappointed with this class, but if you just want an easy class and not too concerned about taking away anything meaningful, then go for it.

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Overall Rating
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Easiness 5.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 5.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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