Ozler's lecture slides are unclear and full of mistakes. Oftentimes, she includes terms/concepts without defining them, or repeats information unintentionally several times across different slides. The tests are based purely on memorization, and ask for detailed explanations of topics that were not discussed in class or covered in any detail on the slides. In class, when students ask clarifying questions, she often answers them by merely reading the information off of the slide, without adding any additional valuable information.

The one positive fact about this class is that there is no homework. Other than that, I would not recommend taking it. I didn't learn much at all, and what I did is largely useless when it comes to the real world/ future econ classes.

This is definitely one of the easiest econ classes I've taken at UCLA. It just requires a lot of memorization, which isn't too bad. Ozler isn't an ecstatic professor or anything, but she is a good one. She does 10 minute reviews every lecture on what we learned the previous lecture, which I think is very helpful. Some of the material is dry, but this was probably my favorite class this quarter. I recommend Ozler, I would take this class with her teaching again.

This is the first time I've ever written a review for a professor while still in their class, but I feel like it's my duty to help the next generation of UCLA econ students ASAP and tell them this- do NOT take this class with Ozler!

As the review below me says, the grading distribution is literally laughable. I went to every lecture, studied my ass off for two nights before the midterm, and got a 93%...somehow that's a B+?? Come on.

The one bright side is there's no homework other than to study (no required reading either). But when I said the "one" bright side, I literally mean that that is the ONE AND ONLY good thing about this class.

Her lectures are disorganized; there are slides, but they don't give you nearly enough information, and she has no logical train of thought as she speaks. She's flat-out rude to her students. Her tests are meh. Overall, she's one of the worst professors I've ever had.

tl;dr: curve is idiotic. Professor is condescending and disorganized. There's no homework, but tests aren't easy. Don't take this class with her

She is very unavailable; she canceled her regular office hours permanently for the quarter because no one went to her office hour FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OR SO. (Dude, students would go before the midterm/final, not in week 1.) So I made private appointments 3 times, but she called off ALL 3 TIMES.

Also, exam questions are heavily based on what she says during lecture. THOSE ARE NOT WRITTEN ON PPTS. Below me, someone said he/she self-studied before exams, but that is absolutely not possible. Because bullet points that she speaks orally come up a lot on her exam, it's very imperative that you go to the class and take notes on a laptop.

Moreover, 2% of the grade is writing the class evaluation. This is BS and shouldn't be allowed. (Never had a professor who did this before.)

She also very strictly follows her grading scheme. For the Winter quarter, grading distribution for the midterm was this (she sent out an email):
Section 1
100 A+, 94-99 A, 92-93 A-, 90-91 B+, 88-89 B, 87 B-, 84-86 C+, 78-83 C, 75-77, C-, 72-74 D+, 67-71 D, 64-65 D- 54 and below F.
Mean 85.27, max: 100, min: 52.5

Section 2
100 A+, 99, A, 97-98 A-, 94-96 B+91-93 B, 90 B-, 81-89 C+, 74-80. C, 65-73 C-, 62-64 D+, 59-60 D, 57-58 D-, 53 and below F.
Mean 84.05, max: 100, min: 42.

Most of the professors don't put penalties on his/her students for he/she giving an easy exam. When many students do well, most professors would grant A+- for above 90, B+- for above 80, C+- for above 70, etc. I think the current grading distribution cares about judging and sorting students by ranking, not educating them. An instructor should care for providing quality education and balancing between sorting and educating.

In the interest of my fellow UCLA econ majors, I have to say that as an upper division elective this is a class you definitely want to take with Ozler. To be perfectly honest, I probably only attended 3 or 4 lectures the entire quarter because although she purports that her lecture material is different from what is on the provided notes, what she ends up testing on is by and large on the notes she posts online. I self-studied before the midterm and final a few days before each and got an A in the class. You learn some pretty interesting information, but none of it was from anything Ozler had to add.
Overall, this class isnt difficult because all you have to do is study the lecture notes and youll be good. I never read any part of the textbook.

It is kinda true that class is quite hard and has a lot of material.
But, if you are really interested in economics and want to learn how the theories are developed, you should definitely take this class.
Also, she does concern your learning and grade.
For example, every time I went to her office hour, she asks me hows lecture and how can she develop it.

I really liked taking Professor Ozler last quarter. Different from some of the below comments, I found her really knowledge and helpfull. She is always there to help you looking to questions at different angles. Also, I liked how she put things into historical context, making some psycplogical analysis sometimes. If you read the slides you are pretty much set for the exams. It is not a big deal at all. Highly recommended for those interested in Economic History

Ozler really does try to help her students. She puts in the effort and it is visible. However, many students are big babies and can't study without all of the notes explicitly in the slides. Ozler excludes some information from the slides to try to encourage students to attend her lectures and yet half of the class was always missing and later complained. Really? The exams were super straightforward. Just study the practice questions that come with each economist. I got an A in her class by doing this. I finished the midterm and final both in 30 minutes each and was confused because of how easy it was. My advice: suck it up and be an adult. Attend the lectures and record them if you have to. All of the necessary information is in the slides and lectures, NO CURVEBALLS.

Contrary to most the majority posts below me, I found Ozler's class very interesting. It was my second course taking her as well. She is very knowledgeable in economics and her teaching is very straight forward. Her exams are more than fair--everything coming from her lectures with no outside research needed. She even gives past tests with answers as well as posts questions that end up on the exams.

Overall, I found the material interesting. She knew how to explain the material well and would always emphasize what was very important in the course. Her slides were also very straightforward, something I prefer rather than writing on the board. I liked the class and her style of teaching. I would definitely take one of her classes again.

Professor Ozler is enthusiastic and always tries to answer questions from students. Her exams are also not as terrible as what other said - everything she asked in midterm and final are included in her lecture. Questions are straight forward. If you memorize the materials that she gave you then you are good. No more additional researching is needed.