Really nice professor and good lecturer. For economics this is an easy class - would recommend.

Easiest class I've taken at UCLA. Pretty interesting too.

Professor Olivia is very kind but is not clear. She is the professor who does not like practice problems or tests, and says "you either know or it don't" Which comes to be true but can be intimidating if you are nervous or just want to test how much you actually know. She will not curve or round grades, so the avg of her courses tends to be a B. Exams do not have many questions so beware bc you will miss 3 and be at a C. (lot of check all that apply making it difficult). Got screwed out of an A- bc she didn't round an 89.6 after acing the final as well. She is fun to speak with but once again, grading of projects is graded by TAs, so do not believe her if she says you did well. Also grading is based on the class, so if there is 1 group who writes 20+ pages, when the limit is 8, they will get A+ and everyone else will be held to that standard and end up with Bs on projects that are meant to boost ur grade.

This class was super full and just getting a seat was often an issue. People from all grades and no group projects also made it really hard to try and find study groups of any kind. Overall slides were pretty clear and were posted, so easy to go over. Wish I went to more student hours—I went before the final and they were super helpful so definitely recommend. Rough grading only because there are like literally 4 things in the gradebook so if you don't do well on the midterm and final you are screwed. Got an 80 on the midterm which made me have to get a super high final score to get an A so just keep that in mind.

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.