This class was great. Andalon is a great instructor. He cares about the students and it was easy to get an A if you turned in the assignments. He divides the research paper up into 4 parts, and each part leads up to the final paper. He doesn't try to trick you - he just wants the students to learn and be passionate about the subject matter. I would definitely take a class from him again.

I feel like Professor Andalon is one of the best professors at UCLA. Although he is a well-known and reputable professor, he is very kind and respectful to his students. He is very organized, and his lectures are very clear. One thing I want to point out is that he always dresses in business-casual clothing (dress shirts and suit jackets) to give lectures. He always speaks to his students in professional tone (as if he is speaking to his colleagues). He never demands respect because he is a professor. All his students love him and highly respect him because of his character. Regarding the grade composition, it is made up by 10% attendance, 20% main exam (OPEN book/multiple choice), 55% group project, and 15% individual assignment. He also gives you 5% extra credit opportunity at the end of the quarter! Professor Andalon wants you to learn and cares about what you will take away from his class. So, instead of assigning unnecessary busywork, a crazy amount of readings/papers, and nerve-wracking exams, he focuses to engage students in the course material by group collaboration work. I wouldn't say it's a super easy class (because you do have to put in extra hours to work with your group members), but it's rewarding. As long as you put in your work, you are guaranteed an "A." I really enjoyed his class.

This class is so helpful if you are starting to look into your career after UCLA. Professor Andalon goes through everything in detail you need to prepare and anything you could possibly face. I reworked my entire resume and was successful in getting a much-needed internship. I also looked into alternate career paths too, which will be helpful. Great class with material you can definitely use.

Super doable light class, plus it can be pretty useful. Final is basically just compiling all the assignments you did earlier in the quarter and submitting it as a portfolio. Sample resumes, cover letters, interview thank you notes, etc and some reflections. Overall would recommend!

This class is good for the most part! My biggest issue was that Professor Andalon doesn’t teach, and I mean that literally. He started lecturing week one material on week three, and then just kinda stopped? He assigns us a book to read (which he provides) but then never once talked about it in class. I gave up reading the assigned text after he said the only thing that’ll be on the midterm is lecture material, nothing from the textbook.

That being said, his class is an easy A. There is 100 points total for his class, here’s the breakdown:
ATTENDANCE: 20 points total. You don’t have to show up for class to receive these points because attendance is taken on BruinLearn via an “attendance quiz” which he literally provides the answers for in the description of the quiz.
MIDTERM: 30 points total. The midterm is open note/open BruinLearn AND we got three days to do it (we could enter and exit the exam as much as we’d like). 10 multiple choice questions, one essay question.
PROJECT: 50 points total. Broken down into 3 separate assignments, so assignment 1 is 15 points, assignment 2 is also 15 points, and assignment 3 (the final draft) is 20 points. This project is done all throughout the quarter. He always extended the group project dates, so if it was due on Friday, he would change it to Sunday. It can be done either alone or with a group. I recommend a group to lessen the workload.
EXTRA CREDIT: He also offers 4 points of extra credit at the end of the quarter. The only way to get an A+ in his class is to have 101 (or more) points in his class, and you can only get over 100 points if you do the extra credit.

Andalon is super nice too. He always comments on our assignments, encourages students to go to office hours, and is always willing to help if you needed it. He almost always replied to emails the same day. He is also a quick grader, usually getting your assignments back within a week. Overall, I’m grateful that the class was easy, but I still wish he lectured! It was nice not worrying about a class though. I would recommend if you need the units or just want an easy A, but don’t expect to learn much.

Amazing professor who cares so deeply about his students. I would take any class with him. 10/10 would recommend.

This class is an easy A there is pretty much no way you cannot get an A in this class. It is not possible to get an A+ in this class because the department has deemed it too easy a class to justify an A+ (according to the professor himself). It's 2 easy assignments, 1 easy midterm and 1 easy final. Attendance is encouraged but vaguely optional.

The professor is awful. Awful. The BruinLearn is disorganized, he just spends lectures rambling about things and showing YouTube video after YouTube video.

The worst thing is if you have to email him for an extension. His emails are unhelpful and rude, he does not reply to the actual question you asked.

He asked for my personal mobile number after I asked to submit an essay early because he wanted it submitted on a saturday but I would have no Wifi on that saturday (it was a group project all of us had to submit individually and my groupmates were not able to finish it until Saturday morning). I said I wasnt comfortable with that. Another student told me he did the same and yelled at her on the phone after she asked for an extension. I had to cancel my weekend trip as a result so I could submit the project on Saturday.

This is what he sent me after I asked to submit it a day early:
"I've been available quite a bit in class to clarify and provides extensive
I'm not understanding the request if you are in a group cannot give special additional time to some and not others students
We've provided a lot of support and flexibility
Please do as you plan and need to given your contexts and requests
We'll figure out
Thank you
Best wishes"

He then sent me 3 other emails in the space of 5 minutes, none of which answered my question or made much sense.