Best professor I took at CC. I heard a lot of bad things about econ at CC and I was very worried, however I took micro and macro econ with her and she inspired me to change my major. 2 years later here I am with a BA in Economics from UCSB. Thank you Cindy. (I took the class over 2 years ago so a class description report would be inaccurate. )
To be credit, she tries hard. Not much in the way of effective teaching or inspiring her students
Professor Stuart gives solid lectures and is very detailed, therefore he expects the same amount of detail on exams. 2 midterms and a final that are 3 free response questions each, non cumulative, and weighted equally. If you attend lectures, section, and do the practice problems, you should be good.
Pretty terrible class. 100% of your grade is based on 9 questions so messing up on a single question is costly. Also the graders are extremely tough. Avoid this class if you can!
2 mid/1 final (noncum)- 3 questions free response. class is curved. You not only have to know the material (easy part) you have to be able to explain so in the tests clearly (hard- especially with subjective TA grading). i found stuart to be a good lecturer/fair tests. the hard part is the grading.
Professor Benelli was a really nice professor that really taught you everything you needed for the quizzes and final. Make sure to do all the practice problems to be able to do well on the exams that she gives you. Everything is straightforward as long as you attend class and take notes on everything she says.
Benelli is a great professor, and personable, She really cares for her students and does everything in her power to get the best out of them. Attending class is important for preparation of the quizzes. She goes over the models and possible exam questions only in class, and if you don't attend you miss out on information that's not in the book.
Hes a really tough grader and his lecture isnt really student friendly. However, you should go to every class and make sure that you really understand what he is talking about. Go to the OHs! Hand in a few written example answers of his final question hes providing online. If you do so, there wont be a problem to pass with an A.
She's only good for 10A. The worst upper div prof ever. 3 quizzes + final. When she says "This won't be on your text", it will. She wants to smart talk but messes up so much in the lecture that she confuses more people. If she says the second quiz covers D-F, you have to study B-D. She's not good at teaching this class. Take 114A instead.
Cindy is literally the best professor in the econ dept. She actually cares about all her students and is really straight forward with whats gunna be on her tests. She's really nice and would recommend taking her to anyone thinking about taking her class. Also took 150A.
Professor Stuart is a great professor but a bit old school. His lecturing skills has allowed me to further my knowledge in microeconomics. Somewhat easy B but extremely hard to earn B+ or higher. I received a 33% on the first midterm and still ended up with a B- with the curve.
I never encountered a professor who had such a distasteful personality. She's extremely sarcastic and enjoys to be the queen of a hostile environment. Don't bother raising your hand cause she probably doesn't know the answer. Instead she will give a smart ass remark trying to embarrass her students by preventing them to ever ask another question.
Its pretty clear, if you study, you will like her. If you dont, you wont like her. Be prepared, listen and study. If you do all of that, you will pass, because she explains things well. I never asked for help, but my housemate did. Not many professors are as helpful as her.
The tests are pretty straightforward if you take good notes during lectures. Just make sure to do all provided practice problems posted on GS, as they are pretty representative of some test questions. Reading the book can help fill in the blanks if you miss lecture. If you stay on top of things, it shouldn't be too much work.
Her lectures is really disoranized. That's it. Most of materials and grpahs are uncelared , but midterms are not that hard.
excellent lecturer but tough grader! : ( I learned a lot and my GPA is ruined by this class.
She's very friendly and is clearly passionate about what she does. Econ 10A is a really difficult class in general and she does her best to make the concepts understandable. Her lectures are fast but she will slow down if you ask.
As mentioned above, only a final of three short answer questions makes up your grade. He cares too much about logic and wording. If he thinks your answer is not clear enough even though you the ideas acrosed, you gonna get dinged. Simply going to lecture and writing down notes are not gonna be enough.
Best 10A professor it's a shame she won't be teaching this class anymore. Takes the extra step and physically works out practice problems during lectures. Though you obviously need to do a lot of studying on your own, she is by far the most helpful, & truly cares about the students.
I think Benelli is one of the best professors that I've had at UCSB. She shows you how to do problems step by step, making sure that you truly understand the material.
Only went to two of Benelli's lectures. She wanted to help and also made sure that you understood the material if you went to her after class for help. Very enthusiastic and did her best to make the mundane material interesting. Got an A, but only self studied and spent countless hours on practice midterms.
Cindy was hands-down the best prof I've had at UCSB. She was very available and approachable for help and she went above and beyond in explaining the material for her students. In addition, she is very passionate about the subject, which helps a great deal in keeping the class engaged. If you take 10A, I highly recommend her. Do CLAS with Lindsay
Really just not a good professor. Cannot stand listening to her talk, also she isn't very smart. Probably the worst professor I've had at UCSB. Material isn't too hard if you can stand listening to her yelldictate at you 3 times a week.
only sign up for this class if you want to take a final that is 100% of your grade and consists of 3 short answer questions that are each a paragraph long.