This was probably the worst professor I have ever had at UCLA. She doesn't care about students at all. Students would ask to meet with her out of class but she was extremely unapproachable and would not give any sort of assistance at all. I would rather have to take the whole LS and Chem 14 series over again then have to take this class.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS, OR ANY CLASS, WITH THIS PROFESSOR.

This class was by far the WORST class I have ever taken at UCLA; not because of the horribly boring material, but because of the professor. To be honest, it seems as if Dr. Cusack is VERY unmotivated and does not want her students to do well. She barely ever answered emails, was very unclear on assignments and was all over the place in lecture. What made this class unbearably difficult was that she made the class read, take notes, and learn hundreds of pages in the textbook for her exams. 90% of the material covered in the textbook she never even talked about in class, so I don't know how it's even possible to accurately learn that much information in such little time. One poor girl in our class voiced her concerns about not being able to learn every single thing in the textbook because it gets confusing since she's never talked about it, and the professor basically made her feel stupid. She said that this would never fly in the ivy leagues; well NEWS FLASH I'm not getting a degree from Harvard I'm getting a degree from UCLA. And if you really want us to learn every single little thing in the book, then maybe you should touch on the subjects in class. I think if she really wants her class to do well and actually learn, she should just test on the material covered in lecture as this will maximize student learning and students can actually take something away from the class. Long story short, I ended up getting an A but it was not worth it since it cost me my sanity. Do not take this class, just don't.