He's a nice guy, but he is new. All his materials are taken from other professors so his slides do not corollate with his tests. What you read in the textbook, his slides, and his exams are all different. The vague wordings on his tests feels like an AP World History exam. Your TA makes or break your grade. My TA wasn't helpful at all and seemed cold at times. You have to go with your TA even if it opposes what the professor says in class. Discussions are mandatory though. He blanks out slides, but classes are not to mandatory. He does try to put in pop references to spice the class up a bit but unnecessary. The workload is low, but it affects your exams later on. Only take this class if you just need units. It is not helpful if you plan on taking upper division IR classes later on.

International relations isn't really my jam, but I absolutely loved taking this class! Professor Min is funny, clear, and engaging. His slides are extremely well-organized and he provides them to students with blanks, which makes it easy to study for exams (although you will have to study for them). I read the textbook religiously at the beginning of the year, but I found myself getting the same grades when I just studied the content from the slides so I would recommend using the textbook as more of a reference for when you get confused. The structure of this class was perfect though and I would recommend it to anyone. My one complaint would be that the discussions were pretty pointless, but that didn't bother me that much in the grand scheme of things.

I would highly recommend taking this class with this professor. The lectures aren't mandatory , but they are really engaging, helpful, and funny. He blocks out some parts of the slides that he posts , but it is the same information as the reading. I missed a few lectures and never read the textbook but did just fine. The midterm was very easy and straightforward, and the final is the same format. There is one research paper that is 5-6 pages, but you have almost the whole quarter to do so. If you are looking for a GE or a class for the poli sci major I would definitely recommend this class.

This class was really interesting and highly recommend if you need a social analysis GE. Min is a very funny professor and gives really engaging lectures. I rented the textbook because I thought it was essential to read it but stopped around the 4th week or so and honestly don't get the book. It does highlight some material we cover in class more in depth but as long as you go lecture and grasp the material you should be fine. He blanks out some notes from the slides he posts online to motivate students to go to class to see the blanked out parts but honestly lecture wasn't that bad.

If you're going to take PS20, you've got to take it with Professor Min even if you have to wait a quarter or two. He's by far the most straightforward and reasonable professor I've ever had. He expects you to get your work done and participate (discussions are very mandatory) but he only requires what he believes you ought to do to understand the class concepts. There's only a midterm, final, and one paper (along with proposal, outline, etc.) but just review the slides and you will be absolutely fine. Textbook is a decent supplement but you don't really need it--download for free if you want but definitely don't spend the money to get a hard copy. Lectures aren't mandatory since all the slides are posted on CCLE although they do have blanks you need to be in lecture to fill out (tbh just highlight the blank, sometimes it shows up), HOWEVER, he's such an engaging, smart, and funny guy that it's worth your time to show up. He once read the entirety of the Cardi B-Nicki Minaj feud post (profanity included) to demonstrate a concept. At his very last lecture, the whole class applauded, which hasn't happened in any of my other classes, which just goes to show what a swell dude he is. 100% would take this class again.

I took this fall quarter of my freshman year and I thought that it was completely doable. Class consists of a midterm, a "research" paper, and a final. Discussion is mandatory. The final and the midterm are pretty easy if you just go over the slides. No need to really go to class because he puts the lecture slides online (but he does black out some key words so you'll need to get those from a friend). Overall, take the class for an easy GPA bump. I didn't put in a ton of effort and did well. For the paper, it's a pretty open ended questions that's easy to answer. Also, they really hold your hand through the writing process. You have to submit a proposal one week, then a two page outline a few weeks later, then a rough draft later, and then finally the final draft during week 9. It's literally impossible to fall behind because they guide you through it. Min is an engaging lecturer, though can get boring during lame material. Min is also super helpful during office hours, and an overall 10/10 guy to be around. Take the class.

I have no criticism for Prof. Min! He is very thorough with his lectures, and he goes to great lengths to foster a relaxed atmosphere in class.

Some advice: Be wary of the wording on examinations. I've noticed that he creates some questions in such a way that glossing over even a single word could completely change the question's meaning. Make sure to take your time and read each question multiple times.

I took this class in my first quarter at UCLA and really liked it; Professor Min is an engaging lecturer and his passion for the subject is clear during lectures. The workload is pretty light (one paper, a midterm, and a final); I generally didn't do the readings because the lectures cover the exact same topics. He does go through a LOT of info in lecture, so you might have to go back and fill in some notes after. Overall, I really liked this class and Professor Min; also want to give a huge shoutout to whoever airdropped me a pdf of the textbook during the first lecture.

I took this class my first quarter of college, but I can't imagine a professor being much better than this. His lectures are very organized, and he makes relatively boring topics engaging and interesting. You don't need the textbooks since his lectures are plenty enough for the exams. He doesn't have clicker questions, but he leaves parts of the slides blank online to encourage you to come to lecture. I found the discussions pretty useless. The quarter analysis paper was only 5-6 pages, required relatively little time, and was graded pretty easily. Instructions on it are a little confusing so I recommend going to office hours to clear that up before you start. As long as you look through his slides the midterm and final are both pretty easy. If the class A rate is less than 35% he gives everyone extra credit until it is at least 35%.

You don't need to spend the $140+ on the textbook for the class as long as you go to the lectures, since all of the content for the midterm and final are in the lecture slides (which are also posted to CCLE). Professor Min emphasizes what you definitely need to know for the tests, and he gives real-world examples that clarify the theoretical concepts being covered in lecture.

There is one research paper due towards the end of the quarter, but they really break it down over the course of the quarter and have you peer review each other's work throughout the process. You may want to go to office hours or email Professor Min or your TA to have a full understanding of what they're looking for (some of the instructions and the rubric can be a bit ambiguous), but otherwise it's a straightforward assignment.

Speaking of TAs, Yana Otlan is a helpful TA who genuinely cares about the subject and the students she's in charge of, and she seems to have the clearest understanding of diplomacy and war, so I highly recommend signing up for her discussion section.