The one thing to watch out is the final paper which is worth like 40% of ur grade, just make sure u do decent on that and you'll be set. The quizzes aren't difficult but you have to make sure you are familiar with that week's lecture.

This will be one of the most organized classes you will take at UCLA. His lectures and slides are extremely clear, and funny, and he makes them interesting by using current-day examples and anecdotes. We had one quiz to do every week but they were pretty easy and it was just based on the slides. We had about 40-50 pages of reading every week but stopped doing them in Week 6 and I was perfectly fine. The readings just work to refresh your memory and provide more examples. The analysis paper was based on a very broad topic - the war with Afghanistan- and we were limited to 5-6 pages which imo is not enough at all; this topic is something you could write a book about. Regardless, the class was the best class I took this quarter and I am so sad to let it go :((

amazing and super easy class!! the quizzes are easy and straightforward as long as you take good lecture notes. his lectures were super interesting. would 100% take another class with him

Professor Min is incredible. I looked forward to every one of his lectures and the content of the class itself is really interesting. He posts all his slides beforehand but leaves a couple small blanks in them that you fill out during lecture.

Here's how grades are weighed:
30% - weekly open note, take home quizzes that stay open from Friday to Tuesday but do have a time limit (lowest grade is dropped)
20% - section participation (my TA gave full credit for each section as long as you showed up and answered/asked at least one question)
50% - 5-6 page analysis paper (5% is guaranteed simply by submitting a proposal by the deadline, regardless of how good that proposal is)

Quizzes are very straightforward and based off the slides & lectures. Also, you are guided through the paper bit by bit with each section so it's really not that intimidating! There is also a clear rubric provided for it, so you know exactly what you need to do in order to get a good grade.

The textbook wasn't even necessary in my opinion because Professor Min covered all of the content clearly and concisely during lecture. It's great to read for some extra context though.

Overall, I would highly recommend this class. It was very manageable for me and it was my first quarter at UCLA!

There were no tests in this class, just weekly quizzes which were online and open-note (no collaboration allowed). Super easy and most of the info you could find on the slides. Lectures were pretty helpful.

The big project was this essay worth 50% of our grade on a topic we didn't learn about. That was pretty stressful but I ended up receiving a 97 on it even though I felt like I didn't know what I was doing. The prompt was "What should the United States have done differently in Afghanistan, if anything?" and relating it to class concepts, and I felt overwhelmed because I knew nothing on the topic beforehand.

Professor Min is hands down one of the most clear and engaging lecturers I have encountered at UCLA so far. The format of the class includes a final paper but NO midterm and NO final. Weekly quizzes make up the rest of your grade, but they are very doable if you just go to the lectures. They are also open note/online so you really should really be able to do well on them. I would highly recommend this class if you are interested in politics or just wanting to take a fairly simple GE. You cannot go wrong with professor Min!

Prof. Min has such good reviews for a reason! He's an amazing lecturer, super engaging, and an overall super funny/nice guy. His slides were very clear and he seems to actually care about his students learning. Overall, I think he is super fair and a great teacher.

That being said, I did not enjoy my TA's section at all. The atmosphere in the room was tense and kind of just sad. My TA was kind of harsh I feel in terms of grading and was not very helpful with the paper. The instructions were kind of vague and my TA did not leave any feedback at all. I talked to my friends and they all seemed to have easier/more helpful graders than me, so it might just be luck of the draw. I ended up getting only one question wrong on the final out of 90 questions, so I know it wasn't just me being a bad student, my TA was just very harsh!

You don't need the textbook. Prof. Min's slides tell you everything you need to know. Just review his slides before the final/midterm and try to memorize the key terms.

While I do think it was more difficult than some of my other introductory classes, I still really liked it. Take this class its amazing!

I absolutely loved this class. The professor is a fantastic lecturer and the units were super interesting (at least for someone who loves political science). His slides are very clear and so are his explanations. I went to class every time and took diligent notes. He posts the recording and slides! I had an online quiz every week. If you actually understand the topic, the quizzes will be fine. I usually got a 13-15/15. I never once read the textbook. We had one big paper that was worth 50% of our grade. I worked very, very hard on it and got a 90%. I think an A in this class is very feasible if you put in the work.

Professor Min is a great professor and lecturer. It was a great overview of international institutions and processes. Midterm and final were fair, and though the final paper was daunting, it was a very good experience and I am very glad I had to write it. This class is very useful and you should take it!

I genuinely really enjoyed this class! I took it as a G.E. and as someone who enjoyed taking AP Government, I think this class is similar to (just at a different scale). The lectures are interesting and Professor Min is a super sweet, approachable, and quirky guy! You can tell that he really cares about his students and overall, the class structure is good as well. Your grade is based on a midterm, analysis paper, final, paper proposal, and discussion section attendance/participation. For some people, the analysis paper may be a lot to manage but as long as you pace yourself properly, it should be fine. The TAs and professor also help you with this by setting deadlines for peer reviews and whatnot in sections. The midterm and final are also pretty straightforward. You need to make sure that you go through the slides, memorize/understand the vocab and general concepts, and have an understanding of the history (you don't need to know dates, but just know the overall order (it's pretty easy) and basic idea of what happened for significant events). In sections, attendance is required and you should participate as well as your grade is based on that largely. You might be able to find another G.E. that involves even less work, but I don't think this was bad at all. I took this class as a freshman my first quarter along with a math class, economics class, and another G.E. so I think it is very manageable! Good luck!