Your Best Class at UCLA

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<p>what was the best class that you took at UCLA?</p>

<p>regardless of workload or how easy or hard it was. just that you thought it was the most interesting or useful to you. And does that professor teach here anymore?</p>

<p>I'm just finding electives that I can take, so any input is appreciated</p>

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<p>I think my favorites so far have been:

  • History 100 (it’s sort of a class on the philosophy of history and how studying history became a profession) with Professor Hunt (who is an AMAZING lecturer, but I think she mostly teaches grad students)
  • Geography 5 (it’s a GE class, but the material is actually really interesting) with Professor Gillespie (he’s very entertaining but extremely liberal, just as a warning to any die-hard conservatives out there)
  • I haven’t had a chance to take a class with him yet, but I’ve also heard that any history class taught by Professor Ruiz is phenomenal</p>
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<p>CS32 with Carey Nachenberg.

  • every Winter I believe</p>

<p>Math 31B/32A with Dr. Park.

  • No :(</p>
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<p>^ Park was awesome and pretty easy. Period.</p>

<p>I did take him right after he got his Ph.D though.</p>

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<p>^ park gave review/sample exams that looked just like exams with a change in numbers :D</p>

<p>Corbin’s class was very fun, no need to study as well since everyone fails the exams :)</p>

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<p>There was a question on one of his final exams that he used as an example in a lecture.</p>

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<p>Everyone says Park was easy and I still learned the most from him :D</p>

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<p>For you Phy Sci majors (I know there are a few of you on here), I recommend Phy Sci 155 with Tidball.</p>

<p>Very experiment/research based, which was a refreshing change from all of the blind memorizing that most life science/phy sci classes require you to do.</p>

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<p>CS32 with Carey - HANDS DOWN.</p>

<p>best professor at ucla. not only do you learn SO much from him, but he makes every lecture fun and exciting (poptarts, raffle tickets, airgun, stories from college).</p>

<p>every CS/EE major should take CS32 with him.</p>

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<p>wait, did park leave?</p>

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<p>yeah, my friend was supposed to have him for 32B summer session c, and apparently he transfered to UCI. idk if he’s coming back :(</p>

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<p>ravetch. come on, he sings. how can you beat that?</p>

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<p>Park is ridiculously full of himself, but I guess he backs it up. He even posts the student evals that he gets.</p>

<p>[Dr</a>. Frederick Park - Assistant Adjunct Professor](<a href=“http://www.math.ucla.edu/~fpark/]Dr”>http://www.math.ucla.edu/~fpark/)</p>

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<p>Math 167 was pretty cool, even though it wasn’t very complex. I probably enjoyed that class more than any other class I’ve taken at UCLA.</p>

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<p>Another vote for CS32 with Nachenberg and Physics 1A with Corbin ;)</p>

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<p>Tie between ee2 w/ candler/ee 10 with briggs/math 32b with kucherenko</p>

<p>all 3 of those professors did the best job at clearly explaining the material while also making the class somewhat enjoyable imo</p>

<p>I took cs 32 with nachenberg also, but if you don’t really participate a lot then it’s not as great, but it was still a good class and well taught.</p>

<p>Also, if you’re going by which class was the most interesting regardless of the professor then I’d have to say anthro 7 so far.</p>

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<p>Can’t pick out just one at the moment:</p>

<p>Environmental Economics seminar w/ Professor Kahn (different from the Econ M134 lecture class he also teaches) : Finally, an econ class that I felt was top notch and comparable to one that you would find at, say, Stanford.</p>

<p>Sports Economics w/ Professor Rishe: An enjoyable class with an interesting professor. And who doesn’t like to read about sports or talk about it? Too bad it was a casualty of budget cuts.</p>

<p>MIMG 12 “Bioterrorism and Infectious Diseases” w/ Professor Robinson: I found the class enjoyable, the subject matter fascinating, and the professor really awesome. Too bad neither the class nor the professor are at UCLA anymore.</p>

<p>Women’s Studies 10 w/ Professor Hammer: Holy crud, this class changed my entire way of viewing the world around me. Definitely the class that had the most impact on me.</p>

<p>Oh and if I had to pick my favorite Management class, it would be Mgmt 128 “Fraud Accounting” w/ Gardner</p>

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<p>@Raychul: I took 1C with Hunt last Spring. She usually does the History of Modern Thought cluster. </p>

<p>Sociology 182: Political Sociology - I had Lal but everyone likes Jepson. I mostly like the class because it changed how I viewed politics and democracy. It wasn’t the professor per se but the subject material was fascinating. Also, I was in the honors section so we got to read more on Tocqueville. </p>

<p>Music History 135B: History of Opera (Romantic Period) - Changed my life. Had it with Scott Paulin who works at Williams College now, I think. Have been a major opera goer since then. Didn’t even want to be in this class - had a bad enrollment time and this was all that was left. Had supportive TAs too.</p>