Great class, very smart professor

I wish Min would teach more undergrad classes. That might be his only flaw. He is the best professor ever and keeps you engaged in lectures with only one research paper that you work on throughout the quarter in section. Grading on the research paper is dependent on your TA, but mine was chill. Min as a prof is the best and sets up the easiest grading system ever. Take him if he ever teaches any undergrad class.

POL SCI 20 with Professor Min is a great introduction to international relations. Professor Min himself is a great lecturer, providing entertaining examples, engaging slides, and an infectiously upbeat demeanor. He and his TAs are also very accommodating in office hours and willing to guide you through any difficult material or questions about the paper. Lectures are recorded, so attendance isn't required, but I would recommend going only because it's easier to digest the information in person. Speaking of lectures, everything that is covered there is what makes it onto the exams. DON'T BUY THE TEXTBOOK. Studying the slides was more than enough to prepare for tests.

This class has one midterm, a final, and an analysis paper. The midterm and final are mostly multiple choice with a few short answers at the end, of which you only need to answer your choice of a selection of questions. They're extremely fair and you will likely get a near-perfect score if you study the slides. The paper is very interesting. It has you give a policy proposal about a current event in foreign policy. This quarter, it focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Though it doesn't directly relate to course content, you are expected to integrate what's taught in the class into the paper. It's graded relatively softly, but don't count on it boosting your grade like the midterm and final. Overall, the grade is set up like this: 15% participation/attendance in discussions, 5% analysis paper proposal (a 1-page write-up that functions as an outline for the paper; graded for completion), 20% midterm, 30% final paper, 30% final.

The workload for this class is very light. Paying attention in lectures and glancing through your notes shortly thereafter will be all the preparation for the exams that you need, and the textbook reading is not required (seriously, don't waste your time with it). Discussions are easygoing and sometimes have a fun activity, like a debate on a current policy issue. They're mostly used for paper and exam preparation, though. The only major time commitment outside of class is the paper, which is only five to six pages long and stretches over most of the quarter.

In conclusion, take this class with Professor Min! It's a great way to fulfill pre-major requirements for the political science major and is a pretty easy social analysis GE (though there are probably options that require even less work).

Professor Min is amazing. Not only is he one of the few professors who can actually captivate my attention, but he also just a great dude. He has a good teaching style, decent slides, and interesting lectures. His class isn't pretty difficult, in my opinion. I would recommend doing the textbook readings to back up what he goes over during lecture. The exams in my opinion are kind of common sense so you don't have to study a ton if you understand what he goes over in lecture. Definitely know the important key terms though and put in some effort on the analysis proposal paper. It is not hard to get an A in his class; you just need to put in a tiny bit of effort.

Easily the best class I have taken at UCLA. Not only was the course content interesting, but the delivery was well-organized, engaging and easy to understand. Professor Min has a clear explanatory tone, and even when the concepts got a little bit confusing, everything he said made full sense. Professor Min has a genuine passion for the subject and for teaching to undergraduates, especially those who are coming into the realm of politics and international relations for the first time.

Every assessment component, from the balance between objective evaluation in the form of multiple choice questions and subjective evaluation in the form of essays to the coherent and transparent process of the analysis paper, seemed reasonable and effective. He was understanding and empathetic toward students, and made accommodations to every slight issue that we faced in the process of progressing through this course.

Professor Min was also very approachable in class and at office hours, and always made sure to articulate thoughtful answers and suggestions, no matter how far-fetched or irrelevant a question was. I normally only attend office hours when I need help with the course content, but I signed up for Professor Min's office hours 4 times just so I could go to him for any discussion I wanted to have about world politics.

If Professor Min is teaching any class in the future, I am taking it.

Professor Min is honestly amazing. His class is pretty simple, midterm and final and one analysis paper. The paper was structured in a way where there were proposals and outlines due in advance of the paper so when the due date came, I had already completed most of it and had also received feedback on it. He mostly just reads the information straight off the lecture slides which can be annoying in class, but it is helpful come the final as all the information is accessible there and he often will state when things will "definitely be on the exam". Even though he does just read off the slides, his lectures are always engaging and he himself is easily approachable in office hours.

Professor Min is a very engaging, straightforward lecturer. The class itself is not very hard. The grade breakdown is as follows: Discussion Participation 20%, Weekly Quizzes 30%, and one Final Paper worth 50%. Quizzes are online and open notes; you can use lecture slides. The final paper is worth a chunk of your grade and is 4-5 pages. The topic is different every year. My class was on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I have heard that the topics for prior years included the Iran nuclear deal and North Korea nuclear control.

10/10 class. The only "challenging" part of the course is the final paper, but it is totally doable and the TAs are extremely helpful. 100% would recommend.

Professor Min is an amazing teacher, also the GE is pretty cake and is really interesting.

TAKE THIS CLASS. IT IS AMAZING.

Pol sci 20 with professor min was, hands down, the best class I've taken in my entire life. I thought that his lectures were engaging, hilarious, and very topical the to the online, open note quizzes (they were super easy as long as you take your time). Also, there's little to no work that you need to do outside of paying attention in lecture and showing up to discussion.

In my opinion, there are 4 things that you need in order to do well in this class.
1. Firstly, take great notes in lecture on everything he says
2. Take your time on the take home quizzes because some questions can be tricky (especially the first quiz that one was the hardest imo)
3. It's really important to listen in discussion because that stuff is fair game too
4. MEET WITH YOUR TA ABOUT YOUR PAPER before you submit it if you can because that's the easiest way to lose points in this class

11/10 experience would take again