*If you hate math skip this professor at all costs.* I would have rather taken this class with Peterson or Kernell. Lamberson is super unorganized and unclear. And for the love of god, please do not save 150 for your last quarter at UCLA. Not a fun note to leave off on...

I really wish that I never took this class with Lamberson and took it with Peterson instead. The second half of the class was strictly math without a proper incorporation of relevant class concepts from the first half so it felt completely pointless. OH AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CALCULATORS ON THE FINAL so that was such an enjoyable experience! He also just expected us to know the area of a triangle without even mentioning that a homework problem would require such prior knowledge. The lectures and homework did not overlap as much as they should have. The homework was completely different from the exams, which was quite frankly a waste of time and annoying since they were due every single Sunday so my weekends were always stressful. He also should have had powerpoint slides for the formulas instead of writing on an old school chalk board that was hard to read at times. I basically had to teach myself the entire second half of the class via YouTube videos or videos on Khan Academy, so I was basically paying over $1,000 to teach myself for a mandatory class, let that sink in.

As for the GROUP PROJECT: Since the T.A. assigns the groups based on discussion, I was stuck with lazy fellow classmates who lacked a strong work ethic and creativity for the research proposal group project so I basically did the whole project with one other member while a third group member (a smart ass, sexist guy in my group) tried to take credit for everything during the presentation and would barely let me get a word in. Although, my group did well on the project, I did not have enough time to prepare for the final so I ended up getting screwed in the end and my grade dropped from an A.

Overall, Lamberson seems like a nice man. However, unfortunately as a professor, he was disengaged this whole quarter, he lacked passion for teaching this class. However, in fairness, he might have been going through some difficult personal issues so hopefully the next time, he teaches this course, things will change.

This class is incredibly straightforward. Simply going to lecture, taking notes, and reviewing them is enough to do well.The homework assignments will probably take about 5-6 hours per assignment, but you will have plenty of time to do them. The professor is really mindful of people's workloads and he will often move deadlines around to accommodate people.

The midterm was simply a repeat of many of the quiz questions. If a concept is too complicated, feel free to stop him and he will happily spend a whole lecture clarifying it. He doesn't let anyone leave his class confused and he welcomes questions. He uses slides, but the slides are not very helpful unless you go to class so lecture attendance is important. He also has weekly quizzes, but they are pretty easy if you review the lectures about 10 minutes before class (and they also help you minimize study time for the midterm/final).

All in all, I recommend this class.

The title of this class is very misleading as it is about literal social network graphs of people and connections. I personally thought this class was going to be about social media but I honestly feel like I learned some cool stuff about how things go viral etc. Lamberson is a nice professor but the weekly quizzes were not my favorite. They did serve well as a midterm and final study guide, though. When Lamberson explains concepts it’s not always super clear at first as he is very analytical and smart so I feel like I was able to fully grasp concepts working with other classmates and studying in groups. I’m glad I didn’t drop this class after seeing what it was all about on the first day because I feel like it was genuinely interesting but don’t take it if you’re not ready to study hard for the tests. Also the graph assignments take awhile to do, the final project took me 3 whole days alone but I actually enjoyed doing it and seeing the graph come together at the end was weirdly exciting. Overall: good but challenging class that isn’t that difficult to get an A or B in if you study!

8 in class quizzes, during the first minutes of class. they're pretty easy to nail, although wording can be a bit confusing. midterm is harder than final. try to memorise or write down quizzes as he tends to reuse questions for the tests. 3 assignments in total, using a program called gephi. overall, this is one of the easiest classes i've ever taken. just be sure to take good notes!

This is probably one of the most interesting classes I've taken so far at UCLA. Lamberson is an amazing professor and takes time at the beginning of each class to answer questions and engage with students. He says he teaches the course as a modified MBA class so there's a heavy focus on marketing and how social network structures can inform marketing strategies, which was really cool. There's a midterm, final, and three homework assignments (no required readings). The software you have to use for the homeworks can be buggy and difficult, but is overall interesting to use. Would definitely recommend taking this class as the technology and digital systems core requirement!

I think overall Professor Lamberson was pretty understanding and reasonable, which was nice. However, he also made our weekly homework unnecessarily hard and half the time covered concepts he never talked about in his lecture. I also felt that a lot of his quiz questions were designed to trick you rather than actually testing your understanding. As well, the class was listed as synchronous but he actually gives asynchronous recorded lectures and then holds office hours once a week in the scheduled class time. This class is meant to be around 2 hours, but he intentionally kept his lectures short so they were generally 20-30 minutes. I didn’t mind this and I appreciated that he realized it’s hard to sit through long recorded lectures, but at the same time he barely covered the topics which made doing the homework difficult. His tests were fine, we were allowed to use calculators unlike some of the previous times he taught this class. The one issue was since the test was on CCLE, he made it so that you could not move throughout the test and as soon as you submitted an answer it was locked in and you couldn’t go back which was stressful. There was also a group project which he gave very little guidance on and basically completely relied on his TA to work with us on it. The TA Andrea was AMAZING - so helpful and kind and she made section pretty fun. Without her help and her review sessions I think the whole class would’ve been a lot more confused as she was way more hands on than the professor. Overall the class was ok, I think it’s dumb that it’s one of the mandatory classes for the Comm major but since we all have to take it I think Lamberson is fine for getting this requirement out of the way as it wasn’t too hard to get an A.

I took this course fully online, so it may be different than in-person. Professor Lamberson seems like a really nice guy and he is pretty good at teaching. He made the material pretty easy to understand and kept his lectures short and to the point. There is one textbook that is assigned and it is pretty helpful for tests, especially when you want to understand concepts in more detail; however, you can definitely be fine in the class without even touching the textbook. There is a three-question quiz after each lecture, and these points add up! I did not take the quizzes as seriously as I should have, which is the cause of my B+. There were also about five homework assignments, a midterm, a final, and a group project. The homework is really simple and straightforward, the tests were pretty tricky and made you really think, and the group project was quite easy to do. I would recommend taking this course with Lamberson.

As you can see, the ratings for this class are utterly dismal. I enrolled with very low expectations. But it turned out to be my favorite class this quarter! Asynchronous 20-30 min lectures, optional discussion sections, no readings, reasonable homework, easy quizzes, and just two tests. There is a group project (which would normally get a class docked a point) but we were able to complete it fairly quickly.

The content itself is not difficult and neither is the workload. The first half of the class focuses on social science research, while the second half focuses on statistics. But DON'T LET THAT SCARE YOU. It's easier than Stats 10. This is coming from someone who hasn't touched a Math since high school.

Lamberson doesn't beat around the bush when he lectures, nor does he waste time talking about things irrelevant to the class (unlike other instructors). He gets straight to the point and supplements every new concept with examples. Really pleasant and understanding guy. His cute lil daughter even made a cameo during our midterm :') As much as I enjoyed the minimal human interaction this class offered, I wish I had taken it in person.

Because of Bruinwalk, I dragged my feet coming into this class in Week 1. But it exceeded my expectations, and then some. Fellow Comm majors, do not be afraid. Disregard the ingrates who left bad reviews. Don't let them scare you.

I personally had a breeze in this class and really enjoyed it. I thought Prof. Lamberson was very reasonable, clear, and trying to help us out. I also really appreciated Andrew's efforts as TA to help us out as well. Even though I didn't really have a hard time with this class, I made the effort to go to all the discussions and the coffee talks on Wednesday, and it was nice to just chat with the instructors.

I didn't open the textbook ever, all you need to do is take really good notes on the lectures and you'll be set. For the online recorded lectures, he had mini quizzes just to prove you watched them (super duper easy) and one mini problemset each week for homework. One midterm, one final exam, and one mini group project which wasn't too bad (shoutout to my amazing group).