Econ 10A is a notoriously difficult class. Deschenes is a good teacher, but my main issue is that he explains the material like we know what's going on. Most of us have no clue what is happening. To further engage with students, I think he needs to tone it down a bit. Less complex wording, and more understanding of us not knowing what is happening.

I thought that he was a great professor for such a notoriously tough class. He definitely tried his best to teach the material to get everyone to a level of understanding. Not much busy work, just be sure to pay attention in lecture and study the practice problems to succeed.

10a is a hard class filled with random information that are irrelevant to life regardless of which professor you have. I can tell he tried his best to make this class more engaging but the content is very dry and hard to understand at many times. Tests are worth 85% of ur grade and the only way to study is to do practice exams over and over again.

Good Lectures, midterms and finals were all very doable. Not too much homework.

Cool guy. On the first day he bragged ab a Reddit thread that said he was the best 10A prof and honestly, could be true. Dude knows his stuff and has a good sense of humor. as long you put in the time (go to CLAS and do a LOT of practice problems) you'll be fine.

GO TO CLAS! Do as many practice problems/tests as possible. Textbook not helpful; lecture also not helpful (for me). Heavy on teaching heavy calculus behind formulas when we weren't tested on them. You need solid background of basic calculus or you won't succeed. Section also helpful: went through problems similar to test problems.