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Hannah Landecker
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Spring 2025 - Professor Landecker is super nice and very understanding. Even though I didn’t do well on one of the exams and was worried about my grade, she made it clear that she wants students to succeed and not feel defeated. She offers up to 4% extra credit, which really helps. The class had three reading tests and a final exam, and writing assignments. For the final, we were allowed a typed one-sheet of notes (double-sided). I even brought a magnifying glass to fit more on the page! At first, I was nervous about the format, but it turned out to be manageable and fair. This course is cross-listed in three departments, and Professor Landecker clearly understands that for many students it’s taken as an elective. She doesn’t want to see students fail or do poorly, but at the same time, you end up learning a lot from the readings and discussions. Overall, she’s a kind and supportive professor who makes the material engaging, gives you the tools to do well, and genuinely cares about her students’ success.
Spring 2025 - Professor Landecker is super nice and very understanding. Even though I didn’t do well on one of the exams and was worried about my grade, she made it clear that she wants students to succeed and not feel defeated. She offers up to 4% extra credit, which really helps. The class had three reading tests and a final exam, and writing assignments. For the final, we were allowed a typed one-sheet of notes (double-sided). I even brought a magnifying glass to fit more on the page! At first, I was nervous about the format, but it turned out to be manageable and fair. This course is cross-listed in three departments, and Professor Landecker clearly understands that for many students it’s taken as an elective. She doesn’t want to see students fail or do poorly, but at the same time, you end up learning a lot from the readings and discussions. Overall, she’s a kind and supportive professor who makes the material engaging, gives you the tools to do well, and genuinely cares about her students’ success.
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Dr. Landecker is awesome. Luckily, this was one of the smaller classes. I was extremely nervous about taking this course because of the natural/biological science content. Im a soc major - I know NOTHING about biology or technical, scientific stuff and this course initially scared me. I actually expected to drop the class on the first day (I was THAT intimidated), but I'm SO GLAD I hung in there! Before taking her class, I would have been just fine going through my life not knowing what a genome is or does. Landecker really changed that. She doesnt expect you to have in-depth knowledge about science and she makes that very clear. The readings are long - some are difficult, but many are actually very interesting. She gives really good prompts for papers and makes them fun to do. I actually enjoyed the research I did for 2 of the papers - learned alot. She's a fair grader. Reasonable amount of assignments. She's strict on attendance, students browsing the internet during her lecture, and insists EVERYONE participate. She will randomly call on people and ask questions about the readings, etc, so you HAVE to do the readings, or you'll look like a dope. But like I said, the readings are interesting. If you're a soc major, I definately recommend taking her class - very informative, unlike any soc course I've taken. She's a great asset to UCLA - the woman knows her stuff and designs a great curriculum. Overall, it wasnt exactly the easiest class, but it wasnt the most difficult either. It will force you to really think about some things you may not have really thought about. Lastly, be NICE to her -aside from her taking a great interest in her students, she really is a nice person.
Dr. Landecker is awesome. Luckily, this was one of the smaller classes. I was extremely nervous about taking this course because of the natural/biological science content. Im a soc major - I know NOTHING about biology or technical, scientific stuff and this course initially scared me. I actually expected to drop the class on the first day (I was THAT intimidated), but I'm SO GLAD I hung in there! Before taking her class, I would have been just fine going through my life not knowing what a genome is or does. Landecker really changed that. She doesnt expect you to have in-depth knowledge about science and she makes that very clear. The readings are long - some are difficult, but many are actually very interesting. She gives really good prompts for papers and makes them fun to do. I actually enjoyed the research I did for 2 of the papers - learned alot. She's a fair grader. Reasonable amount of assignments. She's strict on attendance, students browsing the internet during her lecture, and insists EVERYONE participate. She will randomly call on people and ask questions about the readings, etc, so you HAVE to do the readings, or you'll look like a dope. But like I said, the readings are interesting. If you're a soc major, I definately recommend taking her class - very informative, unlike any soc course I've taken. She's a great asset to UCLA - the woman knows her stuff and designs a great curriculum. Overall, it wasnt exactly the easiest class, but it wasnt the most difficult either. It will force you to really think about some things you may not have really thought about. Lastly, be NICE to her -aside from her taking a great interest in her students, she really is a nice person.
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Spring 2025 - Topic was ultra-processed foods and cosmetics. We used the UCLA archives and focused on food technology advertisements from the 1950's onwards. This class was pretty straight forward and the professor was always willing to help. The main goal of the class was to produce a 10-15pg research paper using the archives on our chosen topic. The professor outlined what was due each week and had us do it in chunks so we weren't overwhelmed when the final due date came. She also had us submit a first draft so she could give us a lot of feedback since it was a small class (20 people). There were some readings towards the beginning of the quarter but by the end we were mostly focused on the paper. We also did a 10 minute presentation on our paper that everyone did well on. Professor doesn't give A+'s in this class (even if you get above 97%) which she doesn't tell you in advance but isn't that big of a deal. I would definitely take another class with her! She is very passionate about the topic and provides extra resources to help with everyone's chosen topic!
Spring 2025 - Topic was ultra-processed foods and cosmetics. We used the UCLA archives and focused on food technology advertisements from the 1950's onwards. This class was pretty straight forward and the professor was always willing to help. The main goal of the class was to produce a 10-15pg research paper using the archives on our chosen topic. The professor outlined what was due each week and had us do it in chunks so we weren't overwhelmed when the final due date came. She also had us submit a first draft so she could give us a lot of feedback since it was a small class (20 people). There were some readings towards the beginning of the quarter but by the end we were mostly focused on the paper. We also did a 10 minute presentation on our paper that everyone did well on. Professor doesn't give A+'s in this class (even if you get above 97%) which she doesn't tell you in advance but isn't that big of a deal. I would definitely take another class with her! She is very passionate about the topic and provides extra resources to help with everyone's chosen topic!
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