I entered this class thinking it was just an easy english class, like in high school. Of course, coming into my first quiz, although they are open note, I received a check minus in about 80% of my quizzes. There was a quiz on the reading in just about every lecture and the questions will be on the tiniest little details that I definitely overlooked most of the time. That being said, if you transcribe the entire book into your notes, you'll be fine. She assigns a few short essays (a page or a page and a half) and she gives you either checks, check pluses, or check minuses. There are two essays, and no midterms or a final. The final paper is worth about 50% of your grade, which is basically what saved me because my quizzes were mostly all fails. I recall her saying sometime in the 3rd quarter or 4th that if you were failing most of the quizzes then you should consider dropping the course. This scared the heck out of me but I stayed in the course because I had no choice. I got a 92% on my final paper and an 89% on my second paper, my final grade was an A, shockingly. Other than the quizzes and the TREMENDOUS amount of reading, this course is not as hard as I made it seem while i was in it. Oh and the theme is on the food industry, which was interesting but at the same time scary because I love fast food and junk food and all sorts of bad foods.

I had this professor during my first quarter here at UCLA. People write really ad reviews about her, which I think are wrong and totally unreasonable. At first, when I read those negative reviews, I was really scared and wanted to change my professor. Luckily, I counldn't find any other openings in other classes. If you do all the readings and talk to her about your papers after class, your grade will reflect that. She is a kind of person who wants intertaction with all her students and want to know how everyone is doing in the course. I got an A minus and a B on my papers and ended up with a A minus in the class. It was not a hard class but make sure to keep up with the readings because there are quizzes on readings almost every time we meet in the class. She gives extra credit and that helps a lot too. So, overall take her! She is a good professor and cares about her students. Don't let the negative reviews (that other students have written about her) change your decision.

A very good professor! I loved the food unit that was the theme of the class. i feel that i have learned something that I will take with me for the rest of my life. The reading amount is fair. Just be sure to understand the material because there is a quiz almost every class on the previous nights readings. There are two papers in the class and Moe meets with you personally to make sure you know what she expects on the papers. My writing improved significantly due to those conferences. Some people feel overburdened by the class but it really is not that bad. Just participate in class and show her that you are making an effort and the grade will take care of itself.

I really loved this class... It made a huge impact on how I felt about the food industry and made me think twice about what I buy at the supermarket....
Dr. Moe is an extremely nice teacher and makes herself easily available...
YES... she gives daily quizzes on the reading but they are OPEN NOTE... the quizzes are super easy if you read what was assigned.
Class is made up of discussion ... and Dr. Moe is very informed about this topic making it a really interesting class
There are NO MIDTERMS OR FINALS.... just two essays
and there are two group projects but they aren't too difficult... its basically watching documentaries (Food inc, and The Cove and answering a few questions about them)
It is NOT impossible to get an A... AT ALL... she is a fair grader.

If you want to be more informed about what you eat I'd take this class... you'll be surprised at the process the industry goes through to give us the food we eat...

I recommend it.

WARNING!!!!!!! I had this professor for eng comp 3 and it was the worst experience EVER!!!! She gives you an overwhelming amount of reading during the weekend as well as in the two day period from tuesday to thursday. Minimum of 120 pages, plus films to watch, a one-page paper on what you saw and read, quizzes everyday without breaks about all the items mentioned, very subjective in the papers (Midterm paper 30 percent and final 40 percent and the rest participation and presentation). The presentation was pretty stupid since the topic was watch a movie that contained a food theme and when she grades the presentation, she does not provide a rubric but gives you whatever she feels like. Even on the papers we have to do, she gives you whatever grade depending on her mood. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS unless your an attractive white guy beccause she loves to hit on them. IDK why, but thats creepy and tends to put down certain minority groups like females, blacks, people from the ghetto, asians, and latinos. My friends and I who took the class felt very offended how she overlooked at us and let the white guys answer the questions for us and thus our participation grade was low. I ended up with a B plus and some of my white guy friends got A minus or above.

The most unreasonable professor i have had. she does not give any reading from thursday to tuesday but forces you to read 80 pages in the 2 day period between tuesday and thursday. She is not a fair grader. She does not curve and its impossible to get an A. Unless you are really interested in reading about animal cruelty, and why fast foods are bad go ahead but dont expect an A. My advise pick a different professor.

A very nice teacher with a good subject (food), but she gives quizzes that are really hard to work through, she sometimes gives crazy amount of readings to do, there is no real focus on writing, and its almost impossible to get an A.

Not a fair grader and does not give like ANY A's. Subject may be interesting but don't expect any higher than a B

This class was definitely interesting in terms of the subject. I really enjoyed all the readings that were required, which were all on food. She gave random quizzes though from really nit-picked information so we were basically forced to read but the load was really not that bad. Professor Moe basically talks about her life stories for half of the class, and the other half she talks about her interpretation of the readings which is generally interesting in my opinion. The essays however were tricky. We had two essays for this class, with pretty interesting topics. However, writing them would not be that bad, except when she gave us back our rough draft, she would be really ambiguous about her feedback. We were required to have one on one sessions after she gave us back our rough draft which would be REALLY awkward. She's super lively in class but in those one on one sessions she was just really weird and quiet and completely unhelpful Seriously, in that 10 minutes, all she would do is ask so what do YOU think you can do to improve this essay? But anyway, it's really not that bad. Its not an easy A class, that's for sure. Overall, interesting topics, manageable workload, but you have to work hard on those essays.

Enjoyed her class. Our topic was on Food so the articles and readings were all interesting. However, the amount of reading we would be assigned was a bit much at times. She isn't an easy A. Don't expect to get an A in her class. She's a great professor and very articulate, but if you want the easy way out, it isn't this class. We have quizzes every class based on the readings that were assigned. If you really want to gain an enjoyable experience then this class is good for you, but if you can care less about truly intelligent professor and want to opt for the easy A then I'd go with someone else.