Professor Frank is a great prof and human being. His classes are among the easiest and most laid back of all of upper division history. That doesn't mean you won't learn a lot, however. Lectures are packed with information and organized thematically. Prof Frank is easy to approach, friendly, and extremely helpful in office hours. The reading is plentiful. The writing is also abundant (simple weekly 1-2 page responses). Midterm (which is sometimes optional) is the hardest part, but, if you have done the readings and paid attention in class, you won't have a problem. Final is 2 take home papers, around 7-10 pages each. Which, again is easy if you have kept up on the readings and went to class. This class is hard if you don't do any work and leave everything to the last minute, so you know, be a UCLA student and do the work.

I've never had a lecturer whose lectures was even half as disorganized and unclear as this class was.

This was my first upper division history class, and while I would not take it again, I did learn a lot. Professor Frank is extremely knowledgeable but is often disorganized which could impede the helpfulness of lectures. I recommend visiting his office hours. He is really friendly and eager to help and offers very clear explanations. Grading was VERY unclear until the midterm, but it included 5 reading responses (1.5 pages), an optional midterm (short answer), and a two final papers (5 pages each). I chose not to take the midterm, and it sounded like most did poorly on it. The essays are very easy, but it’s imperative that you keep up on the readings. It will make the final a breeze and help your grades on the reading responses! Overall, if you have to take it, this class is not as bad as it sounds and you’ll learn lots of interesting info and enjoy his history puns.

I try to be respectful, but this professor is outrageously terrible. He did not care about his students at all: didn't know anybody's name, went off topics all the time, gave out completely unimportant information, make disgustingly corny jokes, outdated syllabus...

I learned nothing in this class, probably besides the crop yields and illiteracy rates of each european country (to two decimal places, how useful is that information huh)

The professor does not take role, although the syllabus states. The syllabus did not match course material or organization. The slides were simply pictures, rather than any text to gain concrete understandings. The professor would ramble on about nothing important to what is required to know. There was never any information of what is required to know and understand in order to succeed on the midterm. The final paper was assigned 1 week before it was due during finals week. The paper was 10 pages and had to use course readings, which were by far the most ive ever been assigned. The readings hardly adhered to what is required on the final paper and midterm exam. The midterm was simply terms, which he still graded very harshly. The professor has 0 organization and no understanding on a proper way to instruct to engage students into understanding course material to be successful on his work.