Prof Twumasi was all over the place with the lectures. Often sped through the slides and would end class 30 minutes early without explaining much of the content on the slides. That being said, content and tests were very straightforward, just not a lot of good instruction in the lectures. Overall easy class.

I was a little nervous about this class since I’d never taken an economics course before, but Professor Osei made everything so clear and easy to understand. Some topics are more complex than others, so I definitely recommend staying on top of the readings and lecture notes. After midterms, the class picked up when we started learning about the graphs and how everything works together. That part was a little tricky for me since I’ve never been great with graphs, but it’s manageable with some extra practice.

The final was worth 50% of our grade, which really scared me, but it ended up being fine—though some of the questions were worded a bit poorly. There’s also an Excel project worth 20%, which takes some time, especially if you’ve never used Excel before. I hadn’t, but a few YouTube tutorials got me through it! The online midterm and discussion are worth 15% of your grade.

One great thing is she offered 1% extra credit, which bumped me from an A- to an A. I didn’t do my best on the final (88%), so it brought my grade down from a 98 to a 93, but an A is totally achievable. I highly recommend this class, especially if you can take it with Professor Osei.

It was supposed to be an easy class for me, considering that I am pretty good at economics and completed the equivalent course in the high school. BUT the class was hard to follow, and tests were unfair. Do not take this professor, if you have an opportunity to.

Boring lectures. NO practice exams :( you just have to know the material. Not recorded lectures. Group project is very important, instructions r not super clear so just do a bunch of extra work and make yours look the best. Open note final. 1% ec for course eval. easy B, hard A.

This class was super interesting and teaches you about developing countries. You learn about ways that people measure poverty and about incentives on how to reduce poverty. It is genuinely the most interesting economics class I've taken. The professor is also really passionate about it and cares about her students and the learning which makes the class even more interesting. She will gladly answer questions during class and offer extra office hours if needed. Tests are on the computer and open notes.

The only downside was the grading. The tests had very few questions, and some were unclear or poorly worded. Since there were so few questions, each one was worth a lot of points, so it was hard to recover from any mistakes. The grading also seemed unfair. For instance, during class someone pointed out that one of the test questions wasn’t graded correctly, instead of adjusting the grade or offering everyone an extra point to make up for it, the professor simply said it was too late to change the grading.

Super kind woman. The whole class is basically the final (50%), midterm, one project, and section participation. Excel project and participation is an easy 100. Midterm is online, but really study for the final. She doesn't throw curveballs and everything is very straightforward but it's easy to slip as there's no homework and lecture is pretty useless. If you want to succeed, read the textbook and do the practice multiple choice questions.

I would not recommend this professor. I try to keep a good mindset for the classes I take, but this professor made it extremely difficult for me to be dedicated to the class. Her lectures were all over the place, the slides were never in order of how she would explain topics, and there were often times when she would go completely off topic and waste time. This made it so that we did not get through all of the information listed in the syllabus, which was also organized strangely. It simply felt like I wasn't listening to an expert, which made me not respect the class. Clear questions asked in lecture would receive unhelpful answers, which again was strange. The workload itself was easy, the projects were interesting, but being in lecture was difficult. Maybe it is different for someone who is actually an economics major, because for me this was just a GE, but the professor did not feel like a professor and it felt like she was reading off of someone else's notes for a presentation. I learned the most in my discussions, which unfortunately never felt long enough to make up for the lectures.

The instructor made sure to cover every portion and topic that was covered and discussed throughout the class. The exams tend to be tricky, but are straight forward. However, it does take a lot more studying than expected for this class, especially since for 4 straight weeks the only interaction you get with the class is just lectures, would recommend the teacher since the resources are there. Strengths: resources, punctual, knowledgable Weakness: boring, class itself, little revision

Mid-class. She didn’t provide a practice midterm or even tell us how many questions would be on the test, which was frustrating. That said, her tests were reasonable. This class is just okay. I don’t recommend it, but I don’t have strong negative feelings either.

My review of other professors: https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/comments/1gmshzu/review_of_econ_professors_as_a_transfer_student/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Mid-class. She didn’t provide a practice midterm or even tell us how many questions would be on the test, which was frustrating. That said, her tests were reasonable, and the course content was interesting. This class is just okay. I don’t recommend it, but I don’t have strong negative feelings either.

My review of other professors: https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/comments/1gmshzu/review_of_econ_professors_as_a_transfer_student/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button