Avoid this class if u can. There’s such few assignments that if u miss like 2 points it drops ur grade a lot since everything is graded out of 7 points. No extra credit assignments offered and midterm wasn’t bad but u had to know the lecture slides good to do well. I didn’t like how u don’t even get to see ur midterm exam after it’s graded but whatever. He started passing around an attendance sheet week 3 I’m not sure if he’s gonna continue that but attendance counts for 5% of ur grade. Overall, the professor as a person is great and was openly available after class but the assignment scale grading was absolute garbage.

I would not take this class again. The content was interesting but there are such few assignments (no extra credit) that if you get a B or lower on midterm 1 your fate is sealed. I barely skimped out an A- barely! This class ended up being more stressful than my other classes and I am a STEM major. He needs to learn to either put more assignments or curve, not an easy A class if you have more than 3 classes to take a quarter. TONS of reading

So i actually had him for human behavioral ecology but nonetheless, i do not recommend taking any of his classes. He gives out so few assignments so that your grade is heavily based on what you get on midterm or final and he doesn’t even let you see what questions you got wrong to try and get a better score. He’s also a very lazy grader and it took him until week 9 to publish the midterm that we took week 3. He’s ok lecturer but he doesn’t bruincast and said attendance wasn’t mandatory but then started counting in the middle of the quarter?????? Finally, his exams aren’t that bad upfront but the mean for both of them was a 70% with no curve .

I usually never leave negative reviews for Professors, but Professor Wood has the worst teaching style at UCLA. I’ve taken more difficult classes, but the reason I did well in those courses was the quality of my professors. He is not clear about attendance, which is a big chunk of your grade as he hands out a clip board halfway through the semester to check in. Other than attendance, the midterm and final are the primary make or break for your grade. There is no study guide and the readings are long and boring. The exams are extremely difficult as well. His lectures are boring because he has a monotone personality, but the material is not as bad as you think. However, the cons outweigh the pros in this case. I would advocate for you to not take this class as there is no clarity or overall structure.

I honestly wouldn't recommend this class; it initially sounded like an interesting course but not only is the content kinda dry, the professor is also SUPER monotone and speaks pretty quietly which makes it impossible to focus without nearly falling asleep. The midterm and final are each about a third of your grade, they aren't insanely difficult but some of the questions are structured weirdly. The only pro to this class is that the homework assignments are ridiculously easy, though there's only 5 of them and they're only worth a combined total of 35% of your grade.