Professor Min is a very engaging lecturer! He is also very humorous and often tried to incorporate jokes relevant to the material into the lectures. He provides the lecture slides before class and has edited them to have blanks for students to fill in as the lecture progresses. The class itself has a fairly light workload with the final grade being based on 8 quizzes (one almost every week), a proposal paper, discussion section participation, and a final paper. The quizzes were all very straight forward and as long as you watched the lectures and followed along with the lecture slides the quizzes were often easy. The information that is presented in the class is also very interesting.

AMAZING class, the content is SO interesting and useful and every single lecture is just so interesting to learn about. The lectures are recorded and participation is not required for lectures so I always watched them later because of my time zone and this made it 100x better. Professor Min is an amazing professor, is always helping, and just genuinely loves the content. The weekly quizzes were easy if you pay attention and take good notes, I got my first A+ in this class. I am not a Poli Sci major but the content is SO interesting I loved every single topic. The analysis paper is a huge part of your grade but it is honestly so easy if you pay attention in discussion and work on it over the weeks. Participation in discussion is a part of your grade and you actually have to contribute so pick a proper timing for your discussion section. There were no midterms or finals for this class this quarter. It was easy and the content was amazing, there is literally no reason why you shouldn't take it as a GE (or major requirement).

Dr. Min is the best professor I had so far at UCLA, he is so generous and lenient (records all classes) and his slides are always so organized and helpful. Do not hesitate to take this class. The topics covered are so interesting, from wars, to race and gender, to terrorism, to trade, and so many interesting and useful topics. Favourite class at UCLA so far and it was also easy!

BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST PROFESSORS I'VE HAD AT UCLA! Professor Min was so so prepared every time he came to lecture. He uses slides and explains the material very clearly (so you really don't even have to read the textbook). Covid Edition classwork: weekly multiple-choice reading quizzes (but he covers everything so clearly in lecture so reading really isn't necessary), an analysis paper, and section participation. Pretty easy coursework and homework. ALSO Professor Min is so funny in lecture (he played nicki minaj & elevator music). He was definitely one of the clearest professors I've had. 1000/10 recommend <3

Quizzes were straightforward and simple if you watched the lectures. The essay is quite difficult in my opinion since they basically ask a bunch of very young adults how to deal with one of the biggest problems in world politics. They probably grade easier than they could though. Lectures are incredibly engaging and interesting. One of the best classes I've taken at UCLA.

Eric Min is an AMAZING professor. He has very well prepared slides and posts them online along with youtube videos of his lecture. He is engaging, entertaining, and funny. His material is really interesting and he is great at explaining. The class is super easy with a quiz every week, 15 questions, 30 mins open book open notes. Everyone gets atleast a B+. I highly recommend this class!!! also Julien is a great TA, and his office hours are pretty fun

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Professor Min is so nice and helpful! His lectures are always very structured and clear and his slides are very detailed. I can tell the attendance definitely went down over the quarter because it was easy to understand everything just from reading the slides, but he is a great lecturer who is very funny and witty. I enjoyed his lectures a lot. He is very encouraging to his students and was ready to help whenever possible. The class consists of 20% participation, midterm and final and a group project white paper. Participation was just showing up, the white paper was pretty easy too. I recommend bringing you a draft to the TA before turning it in and taking his advice will definitely secure you a high grade. The exams were pretty hard, the average was an 82% because it was very dense and reading-based. However, if you go to the lecture, you can definitely tell which concepts are more important and likely to be on the test and which are just unnecessary details. The readings were very dense and heavy and that's the only downside of this class. Professor Min is very helpful during his office hours too, he is very approachable and sincere. All in all, if you go to lecture, study the materials (make a quizlet), browse through the readings, you will get a good grade.

Really really really enjoyed this class. The grade is the midterm, final, an analysis paper, and section participation. I literally got like a 97 on the paper and I'm pretty sure most people got a high grade like that on the paper. Really great professor, very interesting lectures, it was my favorite class. You definitely do not need the book I didn't even open it and I passed with a B. The tests are not EASY, I'd get a B/C with hours of studying. The vocabulary in this class is very important so for tests really study the vocab words.

Eric Min is a great professor and a funny, kind, interesting person. He puts real effort into making the class fun (including jokes and pop culture references). The class content itself is also pretty interesting. Your grade comes down to 3 things: the midterm, a 5-6 page analysis paper, and the final. The midterm is easy if you study his lecture slides (which he very plainly tells you to do). This makes the textbook completely unnecessary and not worth buying in my opinion. The analysis paper is done over the course of the first 8 weeks and peer-reviewed several times, meaning you should not stress over it. I don't consider myself a very good writer or very knowledgable in current events and the paper was still very doable. The final is the same format as the midterm (multiple choice and a few short answer) and again, if you study his lecture slides and listen when he tells you to pay extra attention to something, you'll be fine. Overall, this class was a great GE and easy enough in my opinion. Professor Min is truly a gem of a human being and I looked forward to his lectures. I would 100% take this class again & I would very highly recommend it.

Min is one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. His lectures are engaging and easy to follow, and the material itself is pretty straightforward. You don't need the textbook, although it is good at explaining concepts you may not understand right away. The tests were not hard at all as long as you studied the slides. I went into this class not really being interested in international relations and came out of it with a lot more interest in the topic!

This class was really interesting and highly recommend if you need a social analysis GE. Min is a very funny professor and gives really engaging lectures. I rented the textbook because I thought it was essential to read it but stopped around the 4th week or so and honestly don't get the book. It does highlight some material we cover in class more in depth but as long as you go lecture and grasp the material you should be fine. He blanks out some notes from the slides he posts online to motivate students to go to class to see the blanked out parts but honestly lecture wasn't that bad.