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Jennifer Jay
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Fall 2024 - I took the cluster course, but the courses clarity, workload, and "easiness" - depend on which instructor you have. Fall quarter is taught by Dr. Cleavland and Professor Jay. Professor Jay was all over the place with her instruction, and was probably the most difficult lecturer to grasp from all. Her quizzes were more difficult compared to all 3 other lecturers throughout the course. The slides were confusing, and she brought many guest lecturers, which kind of repeated the same thing. Her final project is actually a little fun, as you get to create your own online "website" style presentation (pretty chill tbh). Overall, she isn't the best lecturer herself, and probably had the most challenging "course" in comparison to the entire food cluster professors.
Fall 2024 - I took the cluster course, but the courses clarity, workload, and "easiness" - depend on which instructor you have. Fall quarter is taught by Dr. Cleavland and Professor Jay. Professor Jay was all over the place with her instruction, and was probably the most difficult lecturer to grasp from all. Her quizzes were more difficult compared to all 3 other lecturers throughout the course. The slides were confusing, and she brought many guest lecturers, which kind of repeated the same thing. Her final project is actually a little fun, as you get to create your own online "website" style presentation (pretty chill tbh). Overall, she isn't the best lecturer herself, and probably had the most challenging "course" in comparison to the entire food cluster professors.
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Fall 2024 - She's very knowledgeable in her field, but her lectures weren't very engaging and I wasn't a fan of the assignments. The "labs" she assigned were a lot of work and meant to teach us how to create a project by the end of the quarter, but everybody was confused about what was expected by week 10. It was fine, but I felt that I didn't learn much of the skills that we were supposed to pick up. The grading is lenient and the quizzes are easy. She brings on a few guest speakers, which are more interesting than the lectures
Fall 2024 - She's very knowledgeable in her field, but her lectures weren't very engaging and I wasn't a fan of the assignments. The "labs" she assigned were a lot of work and meant to teach us how to create a project by the end of the quarter, but everybody was confused about what was expected by week 10. It was fine, but I felt that I didn't learn much of the skills that we were supposed to pick up. The grading is lenient and the quizzes are easy. She brings on a few guest speakers, which are more interesting than the lectures
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Fall 2023 - Professor Jay is very enthusiastic about the topic and attentive to our learning, but her classes are a bit disorganized. Homework are readings that are usually research papers and a detailed reflection about the reading. Her quizzes that we are supposed to take with no notes have questions that can only be answered if you memorized every single detail from her slides, almost like trivia. Her lectures and slides are decent but sometimes it is difficult to know what is the main idea we're supposed to take away. However, you can tell Professor Jay cares about whether you are learning or not because she is very thorough when you ask her questions. But it would be easier if she made the main idea of the lessons clearer in the lecture and slides with the quiz questions reflecting those.
Fall 2023 - Professor Jay is very enthusiastic about the topic and attentive to our learning, but her classes are a bit disorganized. Homework are readings that are usually research papers and a detailed reflection about the reading. Her quizzes that we are supposed to take with no notes have questions that can only be answered if you memorized every single detail from her slides, almost like trivia. Her lectures and slides are decent but sometimes it is difficult to know what is the main idea we're supposed to take away. However, you can tell Professor Jay cares about whether you are learning or not because she is very thorough when you ask her questions. But it would be easier if she made the main idea of the lessons clearer in the lecture and slides with the quiz questions reflecting those.
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Winter 2025 - I loved this professor. She was very nice, reasonable, and engaging. She did a great job of connecting the lecture material to relevant things to students. For example, when we were learning about units and the effects of toxic gaseous CAFOs give off- like methane and ammonia- she showed us a n episode of Bill Nye the Science guy that SHE WAS IN. So cool. Her material was also great. Definetely take the class. She is one of my favorite professors at UCLA so far.
Winter 2025 - I loved this professor. She was very nice, reasonable, and engaging. She did a great job of connecting the lecture material to relevant things to students. For example, when we were learning about units and the effects of toxic gaseous CAFOs give off- like methane and ammonia- she showed us a n episode of Bill Nye the Science guy that SHE WAS IN. So cool. Her material was also great. Definetely take the class. She is one of my favorite professors at UCLA so far.
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Winter 2022 - This is the continuation of the food cluster, and while it's still amazing and better than the rest of the clusters, the material becomes slightly more challenging. I still highly recommend, because it's the best way to knock out a bunch of GEs freshman year while having one class to worry about during registration (because you're guaranteed a spot all three quarters). It's just something to be aware of, as the writing demands grow and the content becomes more challenging. The professors are still amazing!
Winter 2022 - This is the continuation of the food cluster, and while it's still amazing and better than the rest of the clusters, the material becomes slightly more challenging. I still highly recommend, because it's the best way to knock out a bunch of GEs freshman year while having one class to worry about during registration (because you're guaranteed a spot all three quarters). It's just something to be aware of, as the writing demands grow and the content becomes more challenging. The professors are still amazing!
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