Professor Morstein-Marx is a super caring guy but I had a super difficult time following all of the material in his course. He expects you to know a lot for the exams and he does not post the slides online so all you have to go off of is your super rushed notes because he goes through the slides so quickly.

The reading help but the lectures are practically what you see on his quizzes and exams. Just listen intently and take some notes to review and you're fine. I took this class to avoid the lefty nonsense classes on campus.

This class has been one of the best classes I've taken at UCSB. I'm an Econ major and needed an UD elective and chose this one kind of randomly. He's such a cool professor and his lectures are super interesting. The readings are pretty easy and entertaining. I'd recommend this class to everyone

My favorite professor at UCSB thus far. I went to every single 9 am MWF lecture simply because he made the lectures so interesting and I didn't want to miss one! Midterm and final were straightforward-identifications and short essays. Lots of reading is required, but you could get by with skimming if you pay attention in lecture. Would take again!

Great teacher. Very easy class if you go to his lecture and take notes. The midterm and final are all based off of his lectures. You probably won't have to do a lot of reading either, because he reviews and summarizes it all in class.

Easy class. Just go to lecture and you will do fine. I recommend doing some readings based on the fact you need to at least know the overall concept of the course. Tests are reasonable. He knows what he is talking about and is very articulate. Overall he was very easy, just go to lecture, get the overall concept and you'll get an A.