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Mi Kim
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Summer 2018 - this class is now just Anthropology 133. Prof. Kim is great and extremely knowledgeable on the subject. I think this class is only offered during the summer so there are no discussion sections. Participation is important through class discussions and clicker questions. She did assign a good amount of reading but it was doable and most were very interesting. also there was a short research paper open prompt but related to class. she was friendly and willing to make herself available to help with our essays and any other questions/concerns.
Summer 2018 - this class is now just Anthropology 133. Prof. Kim is great and extremely knowledgeable on the subject. I think this class is only offered during the summer so there are no discussion sections. Participation is important through class discussions and clicker questions. She did assign a good amount of reading but it was doable and most were very interesting. also there was a short research paper open prompt but related to class. she was friendly and willing to make herself available to help with our essays and any other questions/concerns.
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Fall 2018 - This class would have been interesting, but the main reason I had issue with this class is because this professor picks favorites. She is clearly bias towards certain students, and treats other students like shit. Also be careful if you plan to record lectures because she will call you out. She is rude and honestly seems like she hates her job. Obviously take this with a grain of salt considering I got a C in the class. If you're looking for an easy A, don't come here. Her exams are multiple choice, but are so detailed, its impossible to know everything. And her final paper asks you to come up with an original research topic, without really having time to do the research. Also, this class was much more STEM based than I had anticipated, and I am a north campus major soooo yeah, not for me.
Fall 2018 - This class would have been interesting, but the main reason I had issue with this class is because this professor picks favorites. She is clearly bias towards certain students, and treats other students like shit. Also be careful if you plan to record lectures because she will call you out. She is rude and honestly seems like she hates her job. Obviously take this with a grain of salt considering I got a C in the class. If you're looking for an easy A, don't come here. Her exams are multiple choice, but are so detailed, its impossible to know everything. And her final paper asks you to come up with an original research topic, without really having time to do the research. Also, this class was much more STEM based than I had anticipated, and I am a north campus major soooo yeah, not for me.
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Fall 2021 - Not gonna lie, when I saw the syllabus and watched the first lecture I was intimidated and thought the class would be difficult, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Overall it was a pretty good class. The lectures were pre-recorded and the instructions to assignments were all extremely clear. The readings are a lot, but not too hard to get through. Personally, I used a text-to-speech website to help me read them faster. Some articles are very interesting whereas others are very dense and even when I re-read them I still didn't understand them. There are assignments related to the readings that help you understand the material and honestly keep you from procrastinating. The final essay instructions and rubric are very clear. There were no quizzes/tests, just the assigned sources reading assignments, 3 reflections about COVID/personality/culture, and the final essay. She's very straight-forward. Discussion was cool and helped breakdown the week's reading and overall main points. Ty was my TA and he broke things down really well and was super helpful.
Fall 2021 - Not gonna lie, when I saw the syllabus and watched the first lecture I was intimidated and thought the class would be difficult, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Overall it was a pretty good class. The lectures were pre-recorded and the instructions to assignments were all extremely clear. The readings are a lot, but not too hard to get through. Personally, I used a text-to-speech website to help me read them faster. Some articles are very interesting whereas others are very dense and even when I re-read them I still didn't understand them. There are assignments related to the readings that help you understand the material and honestly keep you from procrastinating. The final essay instructions and rubric are very clear. There were no quizzes/tests, just the assigned sources reading assignments, 3 reflections about COVID/personality/culture, and the final essay. She's very straight-forward. Discussion was cool and helped breakdown the week's reading and overall main points. Ty was my TA and he broke things down really well and was super helpful.
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Fall 2019 - This was probably one of the worst Professors I have ever taken. It was such an interesting topic, yet she made it so difficult. The class considered of 2 exams worth 25% of your grade, along with a final paper that made up for 30% of your grade. Her exams were multiple choice, however they were so subjective that no matter how much you studied, it was still so difficult. I spent 2 weeks studying for her exams only to receive low B's on both of them. The TAs also had a hard time dealing with her so it wasn't only the students. Thankfully I had a wonderful TA who actually cared about the effort his students were putting in. However, there was only so much he could do. The multiple choice options consisted of A, A and B, A B and C, all of the above, none of the above, etc. (very irritating). Before we took the exam, she sent out a mass email saying that she's not trying to trick us yet it was so obvious by the end of the quarter that she really was. She showed the TAs the first exam before she gave it to her students, and then switched it up last minute to her own benefit. The TAs themselves even said they couldn't have taken that exam because it was way too difficult. Essentially, please try taking any other professor but Dr. Kim. Although the subject is super interesting, it just isn't worth it. I cannot explain my level of hate for this class. She's just a bitter lady who wants to watch her students receive low GPAs because UCLA was difficult for her.
Fall 2019 - This was probably one of the worst Professors I have ever taken. It was such an interesting topic, yet she made it so difficult. The class considered of 2 exams worth 25% of your grade, along with a final paper that made up for 30% of your grade. Her exams were multiple choice, however they were so subjective that no matter how much you studied, it was still so difficult. I spent 2 weeks studying for her exams only to receive low B's on both of them. The TAs also had a hard time dealing with her so it wasn't only the students. Thankfully I had a wonderful TA who actually cared about the effort his students were putting in. However, there was only so much he could do. The multiple choice options consisted of A, A and B, A B and C, all of the above, none of the above, etc. (very irritating). Before we took the exam, she sent out a mass email saying that she's not trying to trick us yet it was so obvious by the end of the quarter that she really was. She showed the TAs the first exam before she gave it to her students, and then switched it up last minute to her own benefit. The TAs themselves even said they couldn't have taken that exam because it was way too difficult. Essentially, please try taking any other professor but Dr. Kim. Although the subject is super interesting, it just isn't worth it. I cannot explain my level of hate for this class. She's just a bitter lady who wants to watch her students receive low GPAs because UCLA was difficult for her.
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