This class was easy for me up until the final. Grade is comprised of a midterm, a final, and weekly quizzes and small assignments. I opted not to blow $120 on the Mindtap thing and did well on the midterm, but the final really killed my grade. Was far harder than the practice exam he gave us which I only missed a couple questions on. Besides that, quizzes and section prep assignments were fairly straightforward, although I never attended my TA section live. Ohanian seems nice enough, but his recorded lectures were just slides he got from the textbook company that he read off of, and didn't add anything to my understanding of the material, so essentially only used the textbook to study. An incredibly mediocre experience all around.

I never really attended lectures, but rather just read the textbook in the course because I felt that lectures were simply rehashing the required readings. The workload itself is quite easy, and the material is pretty straightforward so it wasn't too difficult to self-study this entire class.

This class consisted of weekly section prep assignments which were done in response to an article, two weekly 4-5 question multiple choice quizzes, and one midterm and the final, The curve for this class bumped my 92.3% up to a 95%. This class was asynchronous and the lectures were fairly straightforward. The econ dept is notorious for being inflexible but all of our due dates were extended by a week and four quizzes whose due dates a lot of people missed because of their dates being pushed back were reopened. My TA was Faith Ozturk and he did a phenomenal job of teaching every week, I would highly recommend him. Additionally although I know some students never purchased the Cenegage Mindtap textbook, our midterm questions were identical to the generated practice problems in it. I prepared for my final by doing three hundred of the practice problems and felt much better about it. I’d additionally recommend going to your TA discussion in person every week as the rest of the course is asynchronous. They also offered midterm and final review sessions. I never interacted with professor ohanian this entire course, so I’m not sure what to say about him. In summary, to do well buy the online textbook and use the practice test feature, and go to your TAs because they grade everything.

This class was just generally a pretty mediocre asynchronous class. The professor essentially just reads off his slides, which are directly from the textbook content, so I found just reading the textbook on my own to be enough to learn the material. The tests weren't super hard if you put time into studying beforehand - I would recommend buying access to the textbook website if you can afford it, as it has a lot of good study material on there, and some test questions were almost the same as or identical to those questions. However, the hardest part of the class was the curve at the end. He didn't say anything about a curve the entire quarter, and then at like week 10 chose to tell us that he would be curving the class down. I got a 95%, which ended up being the cutoff for an A. Overall, it wasn't great but wasn't horrible - just know to study for the tests, and anticipate a curve at the end.

I did not like this class. The class was asynchronous, and the professor just read off of slides based on the textbook. There were quizzes on each chapters, which were easy. But, all of the grading for written assignments was done by your TA. I did not like the section prep assignments because there was definitely more than one answer to the questions, but the rubric was strict that there was only one "right answer." I thought those assignments were graded too strictly and often lost points on those. A lot of the written answers were either full points or 0 points, so it hurts your grade a ton. You would probably have to go to a TA's office hours every week just to make sure you get the right answer. Same for the midterm and final. Some of the questions were barely covered, and I did all of the Mindtap assignments too. Maybe I'm just not good at econ, but the real midterm and final was harder than the assignments and practice exams. Plus, the class was curved down, which was even worse. 3% was added to your grade, but your grade was curved down. So if you had a raw score of 89, then your total grade was a 92. But, scores between 90-92 would be a B+, so there was no difference anyways. Professor Ohanian was nice and explained well during the live sessions and the TAs worked hard in the discussions and review sessions, so I will give credit to that. But, this class was a pain for me and solidified that I cannot be an econ major.

This class was honestly mad easy. Lectures were clear and so was the textbook. Barely any work due, grade consisted of really easy quizzes and exams as well as weekly assignments. These assignments as well as the free response questions on exams had pretty strict word-for-word rubrics though, and I felt that they make you play a guessing game for what the professor wants you to answer.

Professor Ohanian is by far the MOST entertaining econ professors I've had at UCLA, and among one of the best! He keeps his lectures entertaining, you actually find yourself laughing at least once every lecture (and it's not because he's lame). His lecture organization are okay. Like someone else said, shop around for a good TA. I particularly recommend Inci Gumus and Keisuke (Casey) Otsu.

QUICK TIP: understand the Solow Growth Model VERY WELL!

Professor Ohanian is nice. His lecture is kind of boring because he is always reading the PPT, which is copied directly from the book. His exam is composed of all short answer questions which is hard to get high scores unless you work very hard. But he is fair with the grading, as you can earn more on the final if you have a great improvement from the midterm. Only one thing, work hard to earn an A!

a pretty nice professor and easy to talk to. not the best or most organized lecturer (complete opposite of mcdevitt). going to lecture was good for getting the basic ideas from the chapters, but if you want an A, find a good TA and know the practice midterms.

Took him in Spring 2009. He talks very "smooth", a style that you may find entertaining or annoying. I studied very hard for this class, but found my effort to be unnecessary, because his 2 midterms and final were all very similar to the practice tests. He posts lecture notes, additional notes, and homework answers online, and the way he teaches in class makes it obvious that he cares a lot about student learning. also, he lets you drop one of the 2 midterms, so if you screwed up the first one, it's okay. There really is no need to buy the textbook, because his lecture notes are taken directly from the textbook. Definitely go to TA sections, and Corey Garriott is probably the most helpful TA, because he teaches very clearly, and shows you the shortcuts to solve problems. He is also the head TA, so he's got great tips on getting the most points out of exam questions. But if you do sign up for Corey, go to section early because his section is always overcrowded. many had to sit on the floor. the only thing i hated about this class is how there are 3 versions on the material. There is the textbook version, the professor's version, and the TA's version. The textbook version is totally different from the prof's and TA's. The prof's and TA's are only different in some of their notation. Other than that, everything is quite similar. You can follow either and get a good grade. Overall, I highly recommend Ohanian because his tests are really easy.