Keskinel was pretty hard to follow during lectures because he used no slides and only wrote messy notes on the whiteboard. He gives no homework which is nice but the midterms and final were really hard and had many trivia questions about super specific things he mentioned maybe once in lecture. Also, his curve makes no sense and sometimes is lower than the grade you got which is horrible.

I took his 8 am class and wasn't "able" to attend most lectures. His lectures are good but quite skippable if you read the slides he posts online. And PLEASE review the slides and do the practice problems in the textbook. The best and only way to do well in this class is to do many practice problems. (Good news: any single problem doesn't take up that much time) My TA gave us good exercises that really helped. As is the case with many Econ classes, 102 seems straightforward and even intuitive at times but don't let the appearance fool you. He had 2 midterms and a final which had many easy questions and a few tricky ones that were tricky because you confused one concept with another. Doing well in 102 demands you to be extra careful and not get fuzzy with the seemingly easy stuff. For example, review the difference between endogenous and exogenous variables, it helps a lot.

He expects quite an unreasonable amount of material to be memorized and his multiple choice will be poorly worded or based off of something he barely mentioned in class. Fun. Reminds me of ravetch and that wasn't pleasant, but at least ravetch knew how to teach and explain things.

He is one of the best professor at ucla. His lecture is Crystal clear and the book he offers is so helpful. He is always available and give a perfect lecture which make the reading more easier . Very fair grader.

Probably the worst Econ professor in UCLA. He seems very confused when he teaches. Plus he has strong accent, which makes he's lecture more confusing. he might be knowledgable, but i don't know how did he get the job with such low communication skills.

Keskinal is a great professor. He does not use slides and just speaks at lecture with some notes on the board. He sometimes will go through some things in depth that he does not test you on, but still write it down. I did very well in this class by reading the chapters before class and then taking notes on everything that he wrote down. Make sure to stay on top of everything. However, he is very clear in his teaching and has relatively easy tests. I got a 49/50 and 46/50 on the midterms and a 90/100 on the final and got an A+.

Tests are difficult in that they look for very specific details from the textbook and various small details mentioned in class. Mindtap is a very very valuable resource.

Tests are difficult in that they look for very specific details from the textbook and various small details mentioned in class. Mindtap is a very very valuable resource.

I took Econ 1 with Rojas in fall quarter and waited until spring to see if he would teach Econ 2 because i knew it was going to be a bit harder with Keskinel. Since Rojas didnt teach Econ 2 spring quarter, I had to take Keskinel. Before enrolling, I heard that he tests on small things that came up once in lecture and is super specific on some historical questions. That part was true : For example, one question asked what the unemployment rate was in 1934 and gave 4 different percentages. I wasnt fond of these types of questions because thats just pure memorizing and doesnt really test Econ 2 concepts but thats just how some of his "tricky" questions are. The class isnt very hard but you should keep up to pace with the class to avoid late night cramming. I made sure to understand the underlying concepts and ended up getting 46/50 on both midterms -- and I assume that I missed the 4 questions due to the historical BS "tricky" questions he puts in the tests. If you cant take rojas, then my advice for Keskinel is to study enough to get all the fair questions right so that missing the tricky questions wont hurt you as much.

Prof. Keskinel is pretty funny and light-hearted, but his lectures are all over the place. He's an engaging lecturer, but when I tried to review my notes after class, I could never make sense of what exactly he was teaching. He would cover maybe 10% of each chapter in class but in the most convoluted way. The tests are ok, I'd recommend going to class every single day and doing the end-of-chapter problem sets. Keskinel makes everything a bit more difficult than it really is, but it's not hard to at least pass his class.