This man did not care about educating. I am upset that my tuition even went towards something as loosely put together as this class. I did not learn anything, I instead had to teach myself everything through a loose collection of lectures he posted over 5 years ago, a textbook meant for law students, and ONE old test he provided.

He post "lecture slides" that are photo copies of his notes from the reading that are impossible to read bc the ink is so faint and his cursive is extremely sloppy. But he will also get on you about your hand writing not being legible and will threaten to not grade your tests. Lecture is awful, he is too quiet and you cant read his writting.

Mr Frech is different from most UCSB professors. There is not a lot of hand-holding, and a lot of focus on the independent research abilities of the student. To some, this seems unstructured. To others, this made his course feel more like a post-graduate course. To do well in Mr Frech's class, you need to have a genuine interest in the subject.

Prof. Frech is very nice, and very knowledgeable of the material. This course suffered from a lack of organization, as well as a lack of practice materials. Had to read the textbook to learn because lecture-while interesting-didn't provide an expectation for tests. That being said, this is college - you'll have to open up a textbook eventually...

He is the worst professor you can possibly get in UCSB. There is no homework or practice questions. The only thing he provides is one past exam WITHOUT CORRECT ANSWERS. Midterm 40% and final 60%. The lecture has almost nothing to do with the exam, so you literally have to educate yourself by reading the textbook.

He doesn't teach with any kind of structure, so it's nearly impossible to know what to prepare for on exams, or how you should even approach studying. On top of that, his class is very tech-unfriendly, as there is no GS page (and thus no resources to help study) and he teaches off of a blackboard, which makes it very easy to miss important info.