I think this professor has very valuable lessons to leach their students. However, it felt like a drag after class. These are some pretty heavy subjects and we can tend to feel very hopeless after class. There is no resolution or whats next for any of the topics. It felt very "here are all the awful things about the world and nobody is gonna change that or is even trying". The instructor was fine, nothing special. Easy GE

I found the course overall to be relatively easy (it was the first class I took at ucla for INTRO)as an international student transferring from a community college (English is not my first language).
The weekly assignments need to write a discussion to meet the word count, I got 100/100. Her lecture doesn't need to take attendance, but the TA's discussion does(depending on who is your TA), and participation in the discussion counts for points, I believe.
She will give a study guide before the exam, the key is to understand the slides she posts and connect the keywords on the word lists. I got an A in both the midterm and final. i think i will take 191 with her. She is pretty nice.

Professor Matisoff's class was extremely informative. I would highly recommend this class to all students since it pertains to our everyday lives. Professor Matisoff has great slides that are to the point and correlate to the midterm/final (not all professors do this - they rely on the readings to teach; readings are supposed to be supplemental to the course). She's very kind, always willing to help and is a snazzy dresser!