Probably the most unprofessional professor I have ever had at UCLA. I wish I had filled out her evaluation so that she could see this. She's a decent lecturer and has engaging activities during class to help us learn but do not listen to a word she says about what will show up on the exams. For our midterm, she assured us she would provide us with a list of ratios and we would NOT have to memorize them, only know what they do and whether we prefer that the ratio is high or low. Specifically, this is what her email said: "For Chapter 13, I do not expect you to memorize ratios introduced here. If such ratio is provided in exam you should be able to identify ratio and it's purpose and conclude as to it's meaning for company." Guess what? Big fat lie. She did not give us the ratios. One of her TAs told me that when she learned that students were pissed off about this, she told the TA she did not care because it's her exam and she can do whatever she wants.
Bottomline, not a good professor at all in terms of honesty. I would not take her again. Still better than Gardner though I guess.

i wouldn’t take this class unless if you really need to. the exams are harder than it should be and she doesn’t give us any type of useful study guide/practice exams. just felt like we had to memorize EVERYTHING. however, she does curve the final grade by almost a letter grade and a half which also depends on how well your class did overall. i felt like all i did was spend 80% of my time studying for this class while i had other classes that i needed to study for.

there are better accounting professors than this one. she is nice as a person but sucks as a professor. all she does is read off of slides and sometimes doesn’t even know what the slides even say. it just really shows how she isn’t prepared for the class. it is a bit unrealistic in terms of wanting us to memorize everything but doesn’t know what she’s teaching on that day.

Her exams are extremely hard for pretty much no reason. The midterm 1 average was 57% and the 59% for the final. The content is not hard at all, but she just makes the exams tricky with exercises that are not on her slides or on the homwork she gives. I would not recommend her at all.

Just to start off, I have never written a single review prior to this class, but I feel like it's necessary for other UCLA students to know how terrible this professor was.

In my quarter, the class was composed of a single midterm, final, and project, so there wasn't a lot of flexibility with grades, which is fine but it means that our grade were composed of the exams that were unrealistic, seen by the test averages of the class that were never above passing. Just to give some context, I took 1A with Gardner and 1B with Woo and received As, but I decided to take this class P/NP.

Berges is a great person; this review has nothing to do with her character but just her poor teaching. Her lectures are all powerpoints with no application of the material, which I feel like is one of the most important parts of learning accounting, and as a student, I didn't feel supported by the professor at all.

I highly recommend taking 120A with either Lu, Woo, or literally anyone else. Avoid Berges at all cost, unless you really need to take the class and are taking a very light class load. The class is not impossible for sure if you self teach yourself and spend a good amount of time every week studying (6-8 hours of studying per week of the quarter minimum), but if you're handling any job or harder class load the class would be a huge time waster.

I got a good grade, but wouldn’t recommend the professor. She would be a good mentor and person to know otherwise, but she will mess with your mind as a professor. Expect all of her quizzes to be filled with trick questions. Don’t bother with the textbook problems (I never even looked at them), just study the examples on her slides. Do the tax return project with your peers, because she will pick it apart viciously.

This class was extremely difficult for no reason. Pairing a ton of material to cover, with a professor that only reads off of slides will be your worst nightmare. The class is composed of a midterm, final and project. While professor provided a list of topics that would be on the exam, it was completely up to the student to find problems that would help them understand that topic. And if you think you know it, you probably don’t. The final project required 20-25hrs of work that didn’t help at all on the tests. The midterm and final were very difficult, mostly because there were no practice problems given to guide us to succeed on the test. While the curve was generous, the amount of stress that I encountered made this class very uncomfortable.

Lecture-wise, Berges is a pretty mediocre professor (just repeated info on the slides with little to no expansion) but is generous with extra credit/the class curve. Although her EC opportunities were nice, the only way to get an A on the exams was to grind your ass off. I studied at least 30 hours for the final alone just because we had to memorize eight chapters of material on a 65+ question 3-hour final.

The material itself is not difficult to comprehend if you put the time into it, and while she gives no practice exams, the "quick study" and "exercise" type questions in the textbook (John Wild, Ken Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta - Loose Leaf for Financial and Managerial Accounting-McGraw Hill) were pretty helpful.

I'd avoid taking this class with this professor if you can since she makes the class much more difficult than it needs to be to effectively teach the material. However, an A is definitely doable if you grind hard. Best of luck to anyone taking this course :)

Horrible. Horrible. Horrible. Never met a ruder person who DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF HER STUDENTS. It does not matter how hard you will try! Very soul crushing, honestly. Anyway, good luck keeping up with the business econ GPA requirement :( cuz she will tank your GPA.

Bad, bad, bad, bad. Professor is an actual witch, I wouldn't be surprised if she disintegrated if you threw water on her. Incredibly rude to students and her own ta's. Midterm was actually the worst test i've ever taken and there was no way to review because she doesn't give ant practice tests. The final was easier but that's only because I spent 40 hours studying for it. Worst professor ever, if you do have to take 1B with her study for her tests for a very long time, but at all costs avoid this woman.

The first half of the class was a mess. Two TAs of the class were extremely unreliable (one of the TA told students that ratios will NOT be provided on the midterm, but Professor Berges later sent an email to us indicating that ratios will be provided), not know what they supposed to do, and horrible at teaching the materials. Btw, I’ve emailed twice to the TAs and Berges, but they never respond to my emails, so I guess you better go to their office hours for any questions.
In terms of grading, there are 300 points in total, in which midterm is 125pts, individual project is 25pts, and the final worth 150pts. The mean of midterm was 63%, while the final mean was 82.2% (including extra credits). The midterm was harder than the final, but the final includes 8 chapters, so you will have to memorize a lot more for the final.
Homework problems were recommended but not graded, yet I’d say to do the problems for practice since accounting require many practice to memorize the materials. Some questions on the final were also similar to the homework problems.
Overall, the class material is not difficult, but you do need to pay the effort for an A. Fall 2023 is her first time teaching lower division class, maybe that's why this class is harder. However, if you have the chance to take another professor, go for that choice instead.