Students undertake independent research project(s) under direction of faculty member. The research results are presented as an honors paper at the end of the second term (196B).

Prerequisites: Economics 196A and ECON 140B.

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Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
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BENZARTI Y C
Youssef Benzarti
3.8
60 reviews
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Winter 2024 . Benzarti Y C
NH 2111
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
Winter 2026 . Benzarti Y C
NH 2212
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12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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ECON 196B Benzarti Y C Winter 2026 Total: 15
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3.8
ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

3 tests make up 90% of your grade, and the professor disallows makeups. "No exceptions" is boldly written on the syllabus, which is generally fine unless you have an external circumstance (like me), had to drop the class due to missing the third test. Emails are not responded to.

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ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

I probably would not take this professor again because the structure of his class is very weird. There are three tests that are 30 percent of your grade, with many tricky questions. The tests are unforgiving because they are only worth 20 pts, meaning that you can drop a letter grade if you miss two questions. Avoid this prof if possible.

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ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

Go into this class expecting to be challenged and occasionally tricked. The Econ department has begun to aggressively weed out people in the major starting in the intro courses and it shows as the class average was a 70% before the curve. This class is not the walk in the park it once was. 90% exam weighting and difficult exams.

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ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

Spent so many hours studying, doing the practice tests, and still receiving c's on my tests. These test were made to trick you. During Lecture, the professor got the practice questions wrong about 80% of time. Told us there was going to be a heavy curve, then last lecture said the avg in the class was a 69% and there would be little to no curve.

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ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

90% of your grade is from exams, which is super unnecessary. Attendance not reuiqred I didnt go to a single lecture. The exams are made to trip you up

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ECON1 . Benzarti Y C A Month Ago

found CLAS to be more useful than his lectures as all the prof did was read off slides posted on canvas. 85-90% of your grade is dictated by 3 exams and the questions are deliberately written/worded to trick you. you won't really know what you're final grade will be until after the last exam due to not knowing how low or high the curve will be.

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