This is my least favorite professor at UCSB. He pretty much arbitrarily gives 80-90% of the class a B and occasionally hands out an A or C. It's essentially impossible to fail, but just as impossible to get an A in. Lectures are tangential, tests + content have nothing to do with the textbook. You learn basically nothing. No work but no reward.

Instead of 9 FRQs, your grade is now based on three noncumulative 10 question MC exams (as of fall 2019). His teaching style is very old school but he gives you 90% of the information you need for exams during lecture. Textbook isn't necessary but fills in the gaps of the other 10%. Best prof I've had and overall easiest econ class I've taken.

Make sure to go to lectures because she does not post slides as she lectures with her iPad. Offers extra credit but really your grade is going to be based off the tests. Good thing the subject isn't too difficult because her lectures aren't that great.

Mrs. Benelli is interesting. She knows what she is talking about but her teaching style is not very good. Her lectures are often messy and clunky and confusing. Her graphs aren't very good. She does not use power-point slides which is a BAD thing in economics. She zooms through lots of math and assumes we know things magically. Pretty funny though.

The material isn't super difficult but Benellis teaching is terrible. Her class is very disorganized and her lectures are just math based, very little explained in concepts. She does a bad job at explaining herself and often goes against the textbook or gives us wrong information. Overall, she is a horrendous teacher.

One of the worst economics professors I've had at this university, constantly makes mistakes and confuses students. Very disorganized in every aspect of the class, including test prep, gauchospace posts, and even lecture. Often does not even introduce the subject she is going over before jumping into some abstract calculations. Would not recommend.

She is a nice person, very caring compare to other professors. That being said, lecture is very hard to follow as she writes on her Ipad and is a bit all over the place. However, you have to attend class as notes are not posted and exams have questions gone only in lecture. Overall one of the easier classes in Econ if you have good math skills.

Contradicts herself in lecture very often. Unclear visuals that shell brush off if she cant properly explain it. Slides arent posted online so youre stuck copying down slides that shell always find a mistake on. Easy test grader though so its not hard to pass, but its a hard class to excel at.

She really does try, but she's just not a very good teacher. Her lectures are cringe worthy. Too much time spent trying to be funny and she makes the concepts way more confusing than they need to be. One of my least favorite classes I took in the Econ department.

The class is graded on 9 free response questions, each worth up to ten points. Grading is more or less subjective and answers are marked up or down based on how well the reader thinks you understand the material. Because it's conceptual, it's difficult to grasp at first, but if you go over the lecture notes religiously you'll be fine. Solid prof.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Class grade based on 9 questions. NO MATH. There's no consistent grading with no rubric or anything. Purely conceptually. JUST NO.

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.