The professor is extremely condescending, just as a previous comment mentioned. My score is well above the A boundary (some 10-ish points out of 100) but got a B for the final. As I have already left the country for a gap quarter, I asked the professor if she can do a virtual paper review but she said no because it is arranged in person. I understand that I probably did worse in the final and it is not common to misgrade the papers, but it is ridiculous to refuse a request of viewing my paper by Zoom or other means. This class literally dragged my GPA from 3.92 to 3.86 and made me make up my mind to quit econ major and learn something I really like, as I have decided that accountant is the last job in the world I would do after this class. I truly recommend anyone who just select econ/bizecon major randomly/because of your parents to find what you really like. Good luck! :)

I took this class half online and half in person. The online portion was really boring, but Gardner was very fun to interact with in class. When she's not actively going over the notes on the big screen, she is down at the bottom of the lecture hall walking between rows of students and talking to us to get us engaged. She answered almost every question students had as long as they were tangentially related to the subject, and was very clear in what she expected us to be able to do; she would tell us on week 3, for example, that a specific chart we were going over would be on the midterm in that specific format, and it was. The tests are not easy, per se, but they are fair. Gardner tells us exactly what will be on them about a week in advance, and her notes offer plenty of examples that you can redo to get practice. The textbook is not required for this class, but I found a version for $8 and purchased it. It is very helpful as she "assigns" many practice problems that aren't due but help you to get a feel for what the midterm/final will look like. I saw some comments saying that only 5 people finished the tests, but that's not true. She does curve substantially if she feels its necessary, but honestly I think a lot of people just don't do the practice assignments. The projects were annoying, especially the 14-page Berkshire Hathaway assignment, and the two group projects were somewhat time-consuming, but the deadlines are reasonable. Her notes are very clear and straightforward, and she always posts a pre-recorded version of her lectures in case you want to review something or couldn't make it to class. Note about the final: it's not cumulative, and I reiterate: she literally tells you what to study. Overall, I would rate Gardner very highly. I am taking her right now for 1B, and hope to be able to take more of her classes in the future.

This was a great class. I was scared to take it based on some of the Bruin walk reviews but I ended up absolutely loving it. The professor is kind and we ended up spending a portion of lecture time just talking, answering questions, or submitting assignments. The notes are printable and to the point--very easy to follow. A lot of people agreed that the tests were hard but she sent out an email telling exactly what was on each exam. She also gives a solid curve on each exam. There are a lot of projects assigned (some of which are pretty time consuming) so it definitely requires some solid time management but overall I would recommend.

Although not the most interesting subject, this class was made interesting by prof. Gardner. I had this class half online and half in-person for the winter quarter. Online was admittingly boring to watch lectures as it was asynchronous, but in person Prof. Garder was a great lecturer and very engaging. She did give some long and somewhat tedious homework assignments, but they were not that bad and pretty manageable. She also taught very valuable financial information and seemed to genuinely care about helping her students succeed financially outside of the classroom. I would definitely recommend this class.

Expensive textbook that is largely unrelated to the content in the homeworks and exams.

Homeworks that are not related to the field of study or the content on the exams.

Professor brings her (right wing) politics into the content of the class, one of the answers to a question on the homework was to find a specific quote she wanted us to know from a specific interview with Warren Buffett and list the quote, the quote was "I became a capitalist and it felt good".

Exam was 14 pages and had to be completed within 90 minutes, less than 5 students completed the exam and the exam had to be curved by 20% due to massively bad performance. The professor proceeded to be massively condescending about how lazy and "unprepared" and "bad at test taking" the class was. Most condescending and least empathetic professor that I've ever taken. Passable class but I dropped as I couldn't stand her as a person.

As a student, I typically earn A's in my classes at UCLA, the lowest B's. I took Mgmt 1A in hopes to learn about accounting since it is a very useful tool and to possibly enter into this field. I can say, without a doubt, that this teacher does not teach at a level she should be, given the content that she tests on. I took this class in Winter 2021 and your grade consists of two projects that are worth 10%, one extra credit worth 3%, and the midterm and final that are both worth 40%. For the midterm, you have to type in all of your calculations into the text box which takes up the majority of your time. If you choose to take this class, be mindful that you should be starting each project at least two weeks in advance (working on them everyday) since they are extremely extensive and you will have to reach out to the TAs for guidance.

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As a lecturer, Prof Gardner is very good at explaining the concepts, and as long as you go to all of her lectures, you'll get a pretty firm grasp on the material. However, my main problem was that she would spend a good amount of time each lecture going over things that has nothing to do the class, most of them financial advice, and some about her fraud class she definitely recommends us taking (which sounds really interesting and I think I actually will take it, but I wish she wouldn't spend so much class time talking about it).

Her assignments, too, really didn't have much correlation with what we're taught in class (except for assignment 2). For 2 of the 5 assignments, we had to calculate the financial ratios for a company of our choice, but we were never taught anything about the financial ratios. These financial ratios were also on the final, which wasn't bad since all we had to do was to memorize the formulas, but I really wish she could've went more in-depth into the meaning behind the financial ratios, or just not assign those assignments at all because the rest of the class had nothing to do with financial ratios or financial analysis.

Other than that, I actually really liked this class - all of the accounting was really interesting to me since I had no prior background in accounting, and all the exams were very, very fair. She tells us right before the exams what was going to be covered in the exam, and as long as you review those concepts, you'll do great. One thing I do have stress though is you MUST do the practice problems in the textbook - she doesn't use the textbook or assign the textbook problems for grading, but you really, really HAVE to do those practice questions on your own because her exams are pretty time-crunched, and if you didn't practice enough, it's really easy to make mistakes. The class is curved with 20% on the assignments, 35% on the midterm, and 45% on the final.

The professor wanted students to learn but this class was so much work it was awful. Wait a quarter to take 1a with another professor because I literally didnt have a weekend off where I wasnt working on one of her 4 projects or studying for a Midterm or final. Shes also crazy and screams during class which is actually good because you remember what she says but like that atmosphere isnt for everyone. Overall I would wait until another professor teaches this class who can give you a more simple and easy approach to intro accounting.