This class was okay, the professor is nice and funny, but the midterms and finals were pretty difficult. The midterm ended up being curved by a couple questions which helped but the final tanked my grade... I had an A prior to the final then ended with a B+. She also did most lectures online which was nice in the moment but when it came to the final I probably would've learned better in person.

As someone who got a C+ in Econ41 I got an A in this class so its possible to do well if you didn't do well in 41. There's a midterm 30% and final 40% both multiple choice and 4 projects 30%. I just found it to be less mathy than Econ 41 so it was possible to do well. This is my third time taking Boswell as I took her for Econ 1 and 2 and I will be taking her again for Econ 104. Solid grading scheme and fair midterm and final. The projects can be a pain though if you have no coding background.

I absolutely love Professor Boswell's teaching style. Her slides include everything you need to know for the exams, and she provides ample cheat sheets for both the midterm and final. She is also passionate about teaching and is very understanding of students' circumstances. I paid less than 50% attention in lectures, but reading through her slides allows me to learn everything by myself. She also gives practice exams and weekly practice problems from the textbook, definitely recommend doing to get familiar with the concepts. On the downside, the group assignments we had to do were very time-consuming. I was fortunate enough to have teammates who each contributed something and always stayed on top of tasks, so choose your teammates wisely and don't procrastinate on the group assignments.

i highly recommend taking 103 with professor boswell! she's a very straightforward and entertaining lecturer and provides a strong foundation for the 103 and 104 series. the grading scheme is 30% assignments, 30% midterm, and 40% final. she is extremely generous with cheatsheets (3 doubled sided sheets)!!!! i found the midterm to be very fair and pretty similar to the most recent exams. i thought the final was extremely difficult (was honestly hoping for a 50%) and got an 82% so it was pretty chill. assignments consist of both math problems from the textbook and a little R, and you can either do it in a group or on your own. overall, i'm super glad that i'll be taking 103 and 104 with boswell!

Boswell is a great professor and provides plenty of resources for student success. The way I studied for this class was by doing her weekly ungraded practice problems, as well as my TA’s weekly discussion section problems. Then, about 2-3 days before the midterm, I would do all of Boswell’s practice midterms and time myself to ensure I could complete them within the 1 hour and 15 minute time window. I used this same approach to study for the final. Also, for each lecture, I would watch the recordings instead of attending them live, and I would probably spend an average of 2.5 hours on each lecture, taking in-depth notes. If you follow this weekly routine, it may only require 8-10 hours of dedication per week, and you’ll be able to retain the lecture material very well. I also never read the textbook, I only relied on her lectures.

Professor Boswell was amazing, she really will give you all the tools necessary to succeed in her class. Econ 2 overall personally felt easier to me than Econ 1, she does a great job in explaining topics thoroughly and provides SEVERAL previous midterms and finals so that you can study for your current exams in her class. She is relatively generous in her grading and curving, if 3% of the class brings it to her attention that a question on an exam was misleading, unfair, etc, she changes and adjusts the points for the whole class. Lectures are in person but also streamed through ZOOM to accommodate students who are sick that day or can't make it to class. Discussion is not mandatory but VERY helpful. Assignments can be done in groups or independently and are not time-consuming at all. I would recommend you take her, she was really helpful and an overall great professor.

Boswell's lectures became ramble like at times, but the midterms and finals were very reasonable, and ample study resources were provided. If you go to office hours, she is very helpful, and is very interesting to talk to about stuff outside of the curriculum. No one really went to office hours outside of the week before the midterms, so Boswell was a good professor to be able to spend time with.

This class is pretty standard for an Econ 2 class. I would recommend taking it with Boswell because she really cares about student learning. She is very receptive to emails and will teach you a bunch of information in a pretty clear manner. I didn't attend lecture for the last half of the class and ended up with an A by just studying on my own, but if you go ahead and go to lectures this class will be a breeze.

The class breakdown is three group assignments which are worth a total 15% of your grade. You are in a group with three other members which makes the three question assignments go much quicker. There are two midterms which count for 25% of your grade each. They are 30 questions and you are allowed a cheat sheet back and front. My advice is to handwrite each cheat sheet verbatim from the slides and you will do perfectly fine. The final is worth 35% of your grade and is 60 questions. I would recommend doing the same strategy as the midterms. She will also give you points back for ambiguous questions which is awesome.

Overall I would recommend Boswell for Econ 2!

Boswell is one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. She truly cares about her students and is very helpful, clear, and understanding. There are 3 projects worth 15% each, 20% midterm, and 35% final. She provides all past midterms and finals since 2021 for studying and allows 3 pages front and back for a cheat sheet for the midterm and 4 for the final. The coding projects aren't very time consuming compared to other teachers and they are helpful for understanding the questions on the exams. Only need to know R for the projects. I recommend taking notes by either copying and pasting the slides beforehand and adding notes during the lecture or downloading the slides and writing notes on them. She records her lectures and does them on zoom so I would type the notes beforehand and listen to her explanations / read the transcript and add those separately to grasp the information more rather than taking notes at the same time she's lecturing (because she can go pretty fast). Definitely take this class with Boswell if you can!!! Also don't need the textbook.

Class is pretty tough if you're not good with stats, but workload was very light.