Selling both “Plato - The Republic” and “Basic Works of Aristotle” (required textbooks) for super cheap! Willing to negotiate the price because I’m moving away after I graduate in June and need to get rid of these books.

(Will delete this post when books are sold so it’s still available)
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Professor Crager was extremely helpful and accommodating. His lecture materials made the actual material so easy to understand. He made time for extra office hours. 10/10

Professor Crager always gave thorough lectures with slides, he would also take questions but would take a long time to answer them. In doing that, people never had enough time to get their questions in. He was great at lecturing, but upon receiving our grades from the first assignment many students were surprised. The TA's had a much different criteria than the professor, therefore throwing off all of the students. Then, if that was not unfortunate enough, he combined the last two assignments to equal 65% of our grade which produced a lot of anxiety. I understand that this was likely because he was not used to teaching virtually therefore was not prepared. He was a great lecturer but rushed the assignments at the end which was stressful (I had TA Sahiba, she grades harsh, and does not give helpful feedback). No tests, just problem sets and participation which is earned in sections.

There was supposed to be 3 problem sets (similar to an essay), but due to poor planning, the last two problem sets were combined to be worth 65% of our grade. The class was curved (87% for an A- and 91% for an A) and he offered a chance for you to re-write the first problem set if you got below an A-. Your grade is entirely dependent upon your TA. If your TA grades harshly, sucks for you. His pre-filmed lecture videos and slides are very concise but he takes a VERY long time to answer students' questions during live lectures.

Professor Crager has very particular and unique ways of speaking that make you fully believe he is truly providing his fullest intellectual effort to the matter at hand. In answering questions during lecture, it always seemed as if he really took the time to address them at the highest level possible. But he also seemed to make sure he phrased his answer in a way that was truly able to be understood.
This class dealt with quintessential philosophy topics; ones that surely everyone in the room had been exposed to prior to the class. However, I left this class with a stronger confidence in the new level of mastery I had developed over the quarter. I strongly attribute this to Crager's lecturing ability and seemingly high level of mastery himself. He gives one of the most, if not the most, engaging lecture I have have in the department.
He is one of those professors that would make me sign up for a class I wasn't really interested in just because I knew I could be confident in following his lead while trekking through any material.

So I'm going to be honest. i took this class during my first quarter at UCLA (I'm a first year transfer), during COVID-19, and i stopped showing up to lectures and discussions after week 3. We only had two graded assignments, both were essays, but one was worth 65% of our grade. This scared me because i fell really behind and stopped doing all the readings but I'm honestly great at working under pressure so i managed to leave the class with an A-. I can't really speak much of the professor but my TA was extremely helpful and the version of Plato's Republic that we read was easy to understand. From my experience, it's honestly an easy A just keep up with the readings and watch lectures and videos (I still managed without watching any tho, but i don't recommend it).