Her class was a lot easier than my high school microeconomics class, and the professor goes at a really slow pace. The tests were very easy if you did the MindTap homework and read her slides (which she posts online), so it isn't hard to get an A in the class. There was one blog post/essay we had to write which was surprising because I think a lot of people didn't expect to write an essay for an intro econ class. She was very helpful in terms of the essay and material we learned in class, making sure to host office hours and writing sessions, and she was very nice too. I will say the TA helps a lot too with reviewing concepts (depends on the TA, but I had Tim).

However, the professor went at a slow pace (combined with a midterm printing mishap), which set us back a few chapters. Because of the easiness of the class, I didn't feel like I learned the concepts in as great of depth as I would've liked to. With the tests being multiple choice rather than free response, I didn't have to expend too much energy to think of the right answer. She does go over some real-world situations and calls on some people in class, but sometimes it applied to macro rather than micro concepts.

Overall, this was a pretty good class, but I just didn't learn as much as I wanted to.

The concept of Econ 1 is relatively easy. However, it is still very hard to wake up and go to her class. Elham is a nice person, but a below average lecturer. This class is composed of two midterms (which are easy), one paper (graded by your TA), homework, discussion participation, and a final. The final is composed of 100 questions, and you need to finish them in two hours!

Professor Elham demonstrates her specialty in macro economics and monetary policy very well during her lecture. I learned a lot from this class how capital market works and prices are determined in credit market system. Professor Elham has always brought up-to-date economic issues in to the classroom for discussion which was really helpful to gain comprehensive understanding of concepts that were taught in the class. I agree with some reviewers saying her exam questions are sometimes poorly framed, but the exam questions were still relevant to class materials and concepts, and you should be doing well as long as you are keeping up with the class materials. The reading assignment and group project can be little hectic since some people just don't want to collaborate with a team. To get a maximum outcome from her class, I strongly recommend to attend office hours and informal discussion sessions regularly. And don't be too intimidated by the workload mentioned in syllabus since it is manageable and doable in timely manner for any UCLA student .