Great Teacher! Had her class in the spring and her teaching style is very clear. Easy to understand and follow. You do have to go to class on a regular basis b/c most of her test material is strictly based on lecture notes. The only way to get a bad grade is if you don't pay attention. Easy A

This professor was not that great. She got harder and her teaching is not clear at all. Her midterm was exactly the the practice one, but the final is not. It was tricky and hard. I ended with a C+. NOT easy A. She has problems with math and always makes mistakes. Take other econ electives with another professor. I highly do NOT recommend benelli.

Average professor. Only reason for bad rating is that she promises at the beginning to help you out in any way possible, however is actually very rude and seems to dislike students who come in to discuss their performance in the class.

Very likable professor. Attend class, take good notes, make sure you can do practice tests and you'll get an A. Definitely recommend! I'll be taking more classes with her in the near future.

Always attend class and take good notes. Though she posts notes online, they are very rough. Study HW, practice exams AND NOTES for exams. MT and Final (35%,55%). 2 HWs (5% ea.). If you understood 100a/100b well you will do fine. Exams will have some unexpected questions that will be found in your notes. Final harder than MT. Fair curve. Overall,A

A great professor that i've ever had. Friendly and helpful. Super enjoyable class. Go to class, pay attention, and get As. Highly recommend !!!

Must go to go to class and take careful notes. Study the old midterms and you should be cool...two midterms and final..interesting class. great professor

Prof has attitude and grading is very objective. Would not recommend her for 114.

Super friendly teacher, tested us only on what she went over in class. She let us out early most of the time, and always kept her material short and to the point. Take her if you can.

Ignore all the negative feedback from other people. Econ 114 - As long as you *go to class and pay attention* you will do fine. She has practice midterms online, and a unique grading structure that works to your advantage. And the class was interesting, besides!

I did not learn much from her. Her lecture is boring.

Benelli is one of the best econ professor that I've had in UCSB. She is really nice and helpful. Her test is not hard as long as you attend lecture and take good notes. just pay really close attention in class and you will do fine.

don't take her unless you feel like torturing yourself for a quarter. she is nice, but provides little to NO examples on problems you need to do for hw and tests. i've also never seen an econ teacher with such poor understanding of rudimentary math. this class sucked

Very nice and extremely happy. A little bit confusing, notes scattered and unorganized, but overall not too difficult.

She really needs to put her notes online!! It's so frustrating to try and write everything so quickly just from what she says. You have 2 homeworks, midterm, and final.

She seems nice and cool in the beginning, but she doesn't put her notes online, so you're scrambling during class to get everything down, and she doesn't have the best notes. She's extremely unhelpful during office hours, talks to you in a kind of condescending way and doesn't help at all.

I really loved this class and Stuart. He is extremely knowledgeable and I thought very helpful. I attended every class and never even bought the book and got an A. Make sure you really know his notes, don't just write down what he does because it can be confusing when you go back to it. Definitely would recommend this class.

Excellent and fun teacher. very smart but not cocky like other teachers in the same department. Tricky tests and very hard if u dont go to lecture. Class is easy and teacher is very helpful during office hours.

She's awesome and her tests are pretty easy except for her essay questions. And if you ask her about the essay she just dances around the topic because she wants you to figure it out on your own but even with that said, her class is not too hard and I recommend her!

Just like all the review say, you get graded on your writing, not on your answer. One of the worst teachers I've ever had.

This guy's lectures are incredibly disorganized. I don't know why economists can't teach. He is very picky about wording on tests, even when you get the answer right. Avoid at all costs!

beware: stuart is an incredibly unfair grader. very picky on answers and will not budge. doesn't matter if you know the concept bc if you use the "wrong" words, he will still fail you. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!

A very picky and harsh grader. Teaching quarlity is not very good either.

do NOT take this class!! he is extremely picky about your answers and even if you go into office hours every week you can still get a C in the class. He grades incredibly unfair even if you know the right answer.