I wish I had more classes with Ratner! Your overall grade is based on a video presentation, midterm. and final. Exam questions were fair and were based heavily on lecture material and readings of papers that he assigns. He's a great explainer, and he provides a lot of examples in class to help you understand the material. Take him if you can!

Class graded on vid. presentation, midterm, and final. Ratner is approachable and very excited about answering students' questions during lecture. Content is straight-forward and applicable to daily life, and the assigned papers (despite being sometimes dense) were insightful and interesting (featured as test questions, too!) Ratner was great!

he gives great lectures, provides slides before class and recordings afterward, moves through content at a very reasonable pace, and always is open to questions. He is very kind and makes class an enjoyable and interactive experience if you want it to be one. the grade breakdown was midterm, video presentation, and final.

He is terribly boring, and goes over 10 examples per topic, without actually teaching anything, I personally would avoid like the plague. Probably my least favorite proffesor I've had at UCSB.

AMAZING. Ratner is very passionate and caring professor. The grade breakdown of this class was very intimidating because it was heavy on one midterm and the final. If you go to lectures, read the readings, and study a fair amount you should do great in this class.

Ratner is an amazing professor and genuinely cares about his students. He is so amazing, I had to come on here and write a positive review for him! His class was interesting and clear. For tests, he doesn't try to trick you. Class is graded only by a few things. He is a really awesome professor and teaches really well. Super caring & wants to help