She is a really great teacher. Quite approachable, and very humorous. Her slideshows lectures are informative and are posted on the web. However, one feels compelled to attend her lectures because she adds more to the slideshows by giving insightful information as we are copying down the notes. She also interacts with the class by getting our input. Our midterm was a take-home essay which was quite doable. And she gives us loads of useful stuff to review for our inclass final/essay. On her "bad days," she is still approachable which says a lot for a UCLA teacher. Take her because she is a pretty decent professor.