midterm and final were issued as a bruinlearn quiz (due to protests) and were quite difficult with "check all that apply" type questions. no practice tests so best way to study is to do the book questions.
lectures were not very engaging. If you miss class you can just catch up by reading the slides. the slides are literally copy and paste from the book tho so not very helpful unless you go to OH

This was one of the easiest economics electives. One group project and two exams. The exams are easy if you look over her practice problems and past exam material. The group project is actually quite interesting and engaging. Would recommend this class, although material can be a little boring sometimes.

I didn’t like this class at all. The content is very easy, and you don’t need to go to lectures, however, the exams are pretty tricky and the average is usually super low. She also never responds to the emails as far as my experience goes. I am a junior who only ever gotten one A- in my UCLA classes, but it’s very likely I get a B in this class unfortunately. I would not take it again if I could.

This GE was much more work than I thought going in and it was much harder than I anticipated too. The quizzes were on the harder side, and some questions were purposefully tricky. Professors slides help a lot though, even if the content felt too dense for a quarter. If you want condensed study guides used to help me get As on all quizzes as well as a final study guide for cheap, email *************

One of the few econ classes I actually liked in UCLA.
Olivia is super nice and approachable, and her class is relatively easy because she only covers a few chapters (Midterm: tiny bit of chapter 1&2, whole chapter 3, part of chapter 4) (Final: one page from chp.4, whole chapter 5&8). Compare to other econ classes that covers like 5 chapters in a test, this class is super chill.
The case study was not difficult, but don't start on it the last day since you need to gather a lot of sources.

The only thing I don't like about this class is how long you have to wait for the grades. Waited 3 weeks for the midterm grades to come out and 2 weeks for the final.

Olivia is the sweetest. If you go to her office hours just a couple of times, she'll get to know you by name and do whatever she can to help you succeed in the course. She's also one of the few Econ professors who gives projects (usually 1-2 per quarter) as part of your grade, which is great if you don't like having all of your grade pinned on a couple of exams and you don't mind putting some effort in outside of class. I would absolutely take this class with her again.

One of the best Econ professors I've met in UCLA. Engaging lectures and she tries her best to make everything clear. No regrets would definitely take her class again.

Great teacher who was very engaging and helpful. Definitely recommend class.

I LOVED Olivia and this class! She uses a free online textbook which was incredibly helpful, and it also cost you nothing. Her lectures were interesting and she made a point not to read directly off the slides to engage more, but if you had to miss lecture it wasn't hard to catch up with her slides and the textbook. Her exams were straightforward if you studied, and if you went to her during office hours she made a point to know your name and help you out. I would 100% take her class again.