If you have to take Econ 11, I'd recommend taking it with McDevitt. He's a nice guy and seems approachable. As someone who hadn't taken a math class other than Stats 10 since high school, it was definitely a rough transition for me. However, McDevitt was really clear with his examples in lecture and the old notes he uploads are helpful as well. All of the TAs I went to (3 different ones by the end of the class) were helpful too! I honestly thought I failed the first midterm but ended up getting a B and somehow pulled off a B in the course overall despite consistently showing up late and missing all of McDevitt's office hours. If you are a better student than me (go to lecture, take good notes, go to his review office hours and your discussion sections) you could definitely do better than I did :)

Mcdevitt is a fantastic professor. His lectures are pretty interesting, but what makes him so great is his explanations. I can't put my finger on why it is, but when he explains a concept, it clicks. His tests are very fair and he doesn't rush material generally. I highly recommend this course!

Grade: B-

I love Edward. So something weird happened while I was taking Econ 11. Till week 6, Carlos Armando de Jesus Cantu Garcia (yes that's his full name) taught my class. He was nice but his tests were impossible. At the end of week 6, Carlos left UCLA for another job (THANK GOD). By this time, Carlos destroyed us with 2 midterms (I got 43/100 on Midterm1 and 38/100 on Midterm2). Edward stepped in and taught with so much more clarity. He also decided that Midterm2 was TOO difficult and the scores seemed unfair so he boosted our grades 10 more points. With Carlos, our class was not curved, so I would have been failing, but Edward thought the class scores were too low not to be curved so he curved the class!! (THE REAL HOMIE). On the final, he said, "I am not going to test you on material that some other professor taught. The Final is not cumulative." (WOW I LOVE HIM). I got 84% on the final (a jaw dropping improvement from 38% and 43%).

Edward uploads his notes online, which is 95% in sync with his lecture, so you can use that. The class was bruincasted so that was extremely helpful. He also hold 2 office hours during weekend which were very helpful. He sends out a study guide for you to know what is going to be on the final. He has a messy and sloppy handwriting so sometimes it's hard to see what is on the board, but refer to lecture notes for that.
I would 100% recommend Edward McDevitt

I saw the reviews for McDevitt and realized how outdated some of them were. He is hands down the best professor I have ever taken in the Econ dept, maybe even at UCLA as a whole. His lectures are very fast-paced, so take him at your own risk (don't ever think about skipping a single lecture). With that hard work comes great payoffs. He really helps you to develop a fundamental understanding of micro/macroeconomics, and this knowledge will serve you well in the long run when you're taking upperdivs, or when you randomly tune into CNBC and figure out what the heck QE even means. Go buy his course reader at Ackerman for $15. It has all the notes you'll ever need. Use that time of laboriously copying down notes to listen, and listen well.

Disclaimer: Took 4 classes with McDevitt. Got A+ in all 4. That's why I love him so much., but real talk though, I wouldn't have taken him that many times if he taught meaningless, trifle theories

McDevitt's MC questions are the worst. He gives options a-j and you really need to understand the concept forwards and backwards to get these right. However, I love his teaching style. He writes down everything he is saying and lays out examples for every concept. His lectures and notes are very straight forward and much better than other Econ courses I have taken. Overall, good lectures but be prepared for tough tests.

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By far the worst Econ professor I've ever had. He doesn't explain anything, just spits things on the board from memory.

Also he doesn't care about the students at all. My midterm grade was changed by my TA during 6th week and it took until March of Winter Quarter (I took the course in Fall) before he recognized the change. He was completely unresponsive to any email and extremely hard to reach.

Beyond that, his tests are extremely difficult (the curve is decently generous) and he gives very little assigned problems so it's almost impossible to study.

I got a B in the class (once he finally changed my midterm grade), and I've never been so proud of a B in my life. My GPA is 3.8 if that puts that into perspective at all. Good luck if you're gonna take him is all I will say......

He is a great professor. He seems to be really challenging and hard at first, but if you keep up with his lectures, and make sure to do all the practice questions, you will be fine. He holds extra office hours before exams, and is willing to repeat his explanations multiple times. If you put the effort in, getting a good grade is possible in this class. Good luck!

McDevitt is a great resource if you want to actually learn. He relates all the theories he teaches to what happens in the real world. He writes on the white board straight from memory, and seems like a really old-times professor. His midterms and final can be tricky because you really need to understand the material, and you can't just learn the examples he does. Which is what makes him awesome. And the final is easier than the midterms, simply because the material get's easier. You absolutely should have a good TA (read: Carlos) because McDevitt's practice problems aren't enough. If your TA doesn't give practice problems, run out of that discussion as fast as you can. He is really knowledgeable though, and he can go on and on for 75 minutes without pausing, but you're sure to get absorbed if you like economics. Study hard, you'll definitely get an A. I did.

For fall 2014.
I think Mcdevitt is great. 

He is an efficient lecturer. For every class, we take 6 to 7 pages of notes in average. His lectures are also well structured. Usually it starts with a concept or definition, then he explains several possible cases and elaborates with graphs. Math is an essential part and he definitely puts effort to make it understandable. When I was reviewing for the tests, I could get to the point directly without staring at my notes and trying hard to figure out what I have written down.

Of course, his old lecture notes are avaliable on the CCLE class website, but I will still suggest every to take notes and follow his lectures, and review at the end of the day.

He holds regular office hours in the form of small classes. They are pretty helpful as the professor goes over the your question step by step. Before exams, he holds extra review sessions to answer questions collectively. 

He doesn't have graded homework. Study questions are important. Make sure you do all of those that are suggested. They are similar to test questions.

His tests, as others said, are difficult than those of many other professors. But you definitely learn and practice more when you are preparing for the tests. His multiple choice questions have 7 to 8 options, so educated guess doesn't work really well.
Just solve for the right answer and circle it. He also has fill-in-blank questions, which are worth little points but require certain amount of time. His essay questions are also very standard - given some conditions, you need to illustrate the case with graph, math, and short explanations in words.

What makes his tests difficult is that you have to know the concept back and forth. For instance, if he tells you something about increasing a tax, you need to think about the cases for decreasing a tax, increasing and decreasing a subsidy by yourself. Exploring all the possiblities will make you "invincible" to his questions.

The averages of two midterms were around 51%. There were also people who succeeded with almost perfect scores. In the end you will be ranked according to your cumulative scores of three tests that worth 100, 145, and 250 individually. Average score is probably something around B, and if you screw up one of those, don't worry, make it up later. The gap between the top A class and the average is not impossible to catch on.

There a few things to complain about the class.

First of all, it is early in the morning. You might it hard to keep up with him for 75 minutes without a cup of cofffee.

Second, he rarely pauses during the class. It seems that he has so much to teach. I often feel exhausted after the lectures and can't concentrate for the next one hour.

Lastly, the graders are harsh. Imagine they have 300 hundred tests to go over so they won't be patient to read your test. One of the TAs, simply marked off 90% points of a question if your answer doesn't appear right in the firsthand. I saw a lot of people arguing with him. I mean, graders do make mistakes, but someone who has a line of student arguing for hours isn't common. Before you argue, make sure the other parts of the questions are 100% correct, because he will grade the entire question and give a new grade to it, not only the part you want him to look at.

Overall, I find I have nothing to complain about professor Mcdevitt himself, but other things may prohibit his econ 11 to be the best. Still, I felt really happy to learn with him and I am 100% sure I will take him again.