This is by far the best part of Cluster 70. My TA, Hayley, was clearly passionate about her topic and the class became fun because of that. We had to writing assignments and essay often (the workload can be significant sometimes), but the grading scheme is super reasonable across the board. I don't think a single person got less than an A- in this class, and I'm pretty sure the vast majority had an A or A+. If you can deal with the first two boring quarters of this cluster, the third quarter is rewarding!

In the spring, I took the geology of mapping seminar with Travis Gilmore and it was the best class I have taken. Weekly assignments were doable, classes were enjoyable, and no long, unnecessary papers were involved. The form of grading was through presentations, which could be geared in any direction you wanted them to be.

Cluster 70B was an incredibly fun quarter where you revise aspects of evolution that you've learned before and also learn a lot of new information. Overall, content is decent, quizzes are biweekly and based on content taught in lectures. The class is recorded, and my favorite point is that there is no final exam, you submit a final paper after selecting a topic out of several choices at the end of the quarter. The paper is 4-5 pages, and double spaced. I enjoyed this class and would definitely recommend as a GE!

This was by far the most fun yet most difficult class Ive ever taken at UCLA. A group of 3 students get a part of a cadaver and a portion of your grades goes to how well you clean and dissect the cadaver. This class is disgusting and be prepared to dissect the bodies. There is a quiz at the beginning of each lab, and is based off of the lab manual which is pretty dense. The class is divided by lower limb unit and upper limb unit. And each unit has a written exam and a practical. This class is incredibly dense, you will need to memorize all the muscles(including their innervation and actions), all the nerves, blood vessels( artery and veins), and bones. Imagine 107 but 10x harder. BUT getting an A is doable and has been the most rewarding class Ive ever taken at UCLA.

The cluster was interesting but I got an A- because of the final paper. My advice would be to use office hours religiously, it greatly helps. The workload for this class is very manageable if you stay on top of your assignments and the scoring of the participation grade is based on weekly labs which you will be guided through by your TA.

The material focuses on biology and chemistry, and it is somewhat easier than CLUSTER 70A yet still hard. That said, if you follow instructions, you can get the grade without learning; this class is very obviously designed just to knock off GEs. The lecture and discussion are two separate classes. There remains a quiz (online, half multiple-choice and half free-response) every other week, and they are hard. Everything else is in discussion and again graded primarily on completion.

Cool and easy cluster, definitely recommended if you need to get your science GEs out the way

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This is a great class for freshman looking for a way to get rid of all their science GEs. First quarter is a little harder and more work, but the rest are super easy. It's also so clutch that it gets rid of your Writing II prereq as well.

TL/DR: Decent class. I preferred Friscia for the lecturers and he is pretty funny. Class is very similar to Cluster 70A. For more on the grade breakdown and experience I had with it, see my link (didn't want to clog this site) https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vILblHwWrnV7KnB-sOFzTRnQE2QPA7nmHxj4gdNKBU/edit?usp=sharing