Prof. Woo is my favorite. Her lectures are concise but cover all of the information. You can tell she actually cares about her students. I think ideally you could do well in this class without the textbook. She really only uses it to assign homework problems (not for a grade).

Woo's 1A class was one of the best experiences I've had at UCLA so far (Caveat: I took this class during the quarter with the pandemic and riots, so it was definitely one of the most mentally-stressful quarters).

TLDR; I can't speak for other quarters, but based on my experience, I'd recommend Woo over for 1A in a heartbeat to anyone. TAKE HER! I'm telling you, you won't regret it.

Right off the bad, here were the initial grade breakdowns:

25% Quiz 1 (25 questions, worth 2 points each)
25% Quiz 2 (25 questions, worth 2 points each)
25% Practice Set (graded out of 50 points*)
25% Quiz 3 (25 questions, worth 2 points each)

*Woo was extremely caring and understanding. When she noticed that a little part of the practice set was out of the scope (and this had a carryforward impact on the rest of the assignment), she reduced the total grading of the practice set from 50 to 40, and the class was graded out of 190 points as opposed to 200. This was a testament to what a great experience the class was.

Lectures: Woo was really organized throughout the quarter, and I feel like she transitioned her lectures online really well. She would upload a lecture packet with all the concepts - a version left with blanks, and another completed one. Her online "lectures" were essentially mini-videos (~10 minutes), where she went page-by-page through the packet, and students could fill out the blank one alongside. Personally, I liked this format since I could watch them in my own time without getting too overwhelmed. Also, she was consistently funny and made even the online pre-recorded videos interactive, which made them really engaging.

Helpfulness: She held office hours often, review sessions for quizzes, and responded to emails and concerns quite quickly. It also helps that her curve was really lenient (something like 85% for an A). She also recommended a bunch of questions from the book AND gave her own solutions to them. Ugh, I hope I get to take more classes with her! Even after the whole craziness this quarter, I really want to give Woo a hug.

Exams: Her quizzes were 1-hour long open-note, with a set time to take them. As an international student, this was a bit of an inconvenience since 7pm LA time was 6am for me. Even still, the quizzes were manageable even for a regular exam; they were made quite a lot easy being open-note. I was a bit silly in that I studied quite a lot for each quiz, but I don't think it was necessary - I ended up being overprepared and could have probably done reasonably well with considerably less preparation (not a brag, it's meant to be a recommendation - you can afford to focus on doing well in your other classes, at least to a certain extent).

There was also 3 points'-worth of extra credit for completing the evaluation, which was ~1.54% of the grade. It's not a lot, but worth keeping in mind.

Prof. Woo is really organized. She hands out worksheets in class, which I think are really helpful. Her lectures and worksheets cover materials efficiently. Her tests are not so difficult. I will definitely take other management courses with her again.

This class was very fast pace (it was in the summer) but I didn't realize just how fast it would be. Even though accounting seemed actually interesting to me and I liked learning about the material, it was so hard to get a good grade in the class because of how smart the other students were in the class (some already had taken accounting classes). Your whole grade is based on 2 midterms, 50% each, so you have to do your absolute best if you want that A. The best way to study honestly would be to do a lot of practice problems as her tests are more practical than they are theoretical. Woo herself is actually a great teacher. I feel like she knew about each topic we spoke a lot in class but since accounting is just a bunch of rules, her answers to some questions would just be "because that's the way it is". My advice would be if you're ready to take this class in the summer, don't take more than this class as it is pretty heavy. And do a lot of practice problems that she assigns because they will be on the exams.

Honestly, my grade is really just my fault for not putting in as much effort as I should've. Professor Woo is an okay lecturer; she covers everything that the textbook goes over in an efficient manner, and she has printable notes for students to follow along. I found myself falling asleep a couple of times, but that could just be because I had this class after lunch. Not particularly memorable, but she definitely prepares students adequately. Definitely go to lectures, since learning accounting for the first time without an instructor can be confusing due to all the "boring business" terms that can sound really confusing. The textbook isn't really online, and she recommends you buy the online version. There's a 2 week trial period that you can finesse until about the first midterm, but it strictly cuts off 2 weeks in whether or not you made the account at the start of the 2 weeks.

The grade is composed of 3 midterms (no final), and if you do significantly better on one (at least 2 standard deviations from the average, in her exact words), then she will weigh that test significantly more in the gradebook (idk how much exactly but probably just enough to bump you up a sign if applicable), but no drops. HW is optional, and problems are VERY similar to the tests. She even gave us 2 practice questions for the 3rd midterm that were almost replicas of those on the midterm (but I still tanked lmao). With that being said, her tests were long enough to where you had no time to go back and check your answers (and literally just enough time to finish), so you better get the problems right at the first go if you want to get an A. Also keep in mind that she adheres to a strict curve, so you will be curved down if everyone does well. But for the most part, expect that your raw scores will basically be your final grade. I noticed a lot of people tanked the first midterm because they didn't finish on time, so definitely scope out the questions based on point amount, because I know one really long problem was only worth a handful of points and prevented a lot of people from finishing the last problem (which was probably 2x more points).

Accounting is not particularly difficult (at least introductory), but you REALLY have to be fast and accurate in order to do well. Stupid mistakes will absolutely kill your chances at getting a B or A, so practice, practice practice. Know the subject by heart and know how to use your calculator right (4 function calculators only for midterms) if you want an A. To put things in perspective, I did all the homework (they're pretty long), and I started studying probably 1.5 weeks before the midterms, and I didn't learn the material enough to where I could do it in my sleep, which resulted in midterm scores of 82, 76, and 72.

Overall, I guess I would recommend, but only if you're just naturally accurate with numbers or are willing to tryhard the hell out of this class. Had I known I would've gotten a C+ with Woo, I would've gone back and taken Ravetch instead, since I probably would have ended up with the same grade but with a more memorable professor.