you have to teach yourself everything outside of class. Prof is kinda mean in the way that she says the exams are easy when they really aren't and she keeps saying the class is curved, then in week 9 sent an email like baby there is not curve -- fits are fire tho

IDK what the negative reviews are about. She lectures well and is kind to students. If you don't get a good grade, it's entirely on you, tests are not hard, 15 Qs each and worst of 4 tests is dropped. Pro strat: review the slides before tests. She answers questions about tests immediately after them, which is nice. Honestly no complaints.

Continuing with the previous review, it's unreasonable to blame the professor for your poor grade. She lectures, provides practice questions, and exam review notes, and holds exam review sessions. Everything is there you just have to be willing to use those resources. Econ is conceptual so focus on really understanding the material.

I feel like all of Alisa's bad reviews reflect the person's grade in the class. 4 exams, 15 q's, and the lowest score gets dropped—simple and clear expectations. Not saying the class is easy but it's like any other class. If you put in the work an A is definitely within reach. Only you know how hard you worked. Nothing on the test is unreasonable.

take the other professor if you want an A, if youre ok with a B stick with her. what she teaches is on the test but her questions are confusing and nothing like the practice exams she gives. youre basically teaching yourself the whole time. tests are MC but she makes mistakes and tells you half way through the exam to correct her mistake.

Worst professor. Rushes through material to spend lecture time on examples that don't explain the lecture material she rushed through in the first 15 min of class. Claims the course is going to be curved before every test and during week 9 emails that there will be no curve. Gives 30 min for difficult 15 Q exams that require critical analysis.

Lit your teaching yourself everything, her lectures are useless when it comes to the exams.

Probably worst professor at this school, I have never heard a good thing about her or her class. Has stopped lecturing because she was BORED. Has said on multiple occasions that she has been reported by students and even said “You can try and report me it wont work,I always win.” She is the PROBLEM!

Don't this professor. She goes thru lessons extremely fast and vaguely goes over important stuff that will be on the exam. All the practice midterms she gives you are useless because they are nothing like the actual exams which are 10 times harder. You have 30min to finish a 15 question midterm that is very wordy and tricky and needs more time.

Love the fits, love the bob, she's chill, lecture and section are not mandatory, honestly focus on the practice exams.

Honestly, it's a tough class but I thought she was a good teacher with a good sense of humor.

All I have to say is if you can take this class with a different professor please do by far the worse professor I've had here at UCSB.

There is no way people are giving this women a good rating. I feel bad for everybody who had to go through all of that, honestly thinking about switching my major because she made me dread the class. Also one more thing to add DON'T EVER SHOW UP TO AN EXAM LATE, I saw her screaming at a dude who tried to sneak in which was funny but scary.

Where do I even start her slides aren't even helpful she should really highlight what is important because I feel like I'm reading a bunch of useless slides that don't even help for the exams. Two PQ's didn't really help surprisingly. Three TA's don't even know what they're doing and I don't even blame them. Her outfits are good though.

Beware of this professor she breezes through her slides and it's so annoying you basically have to teach yourself. None of the PQ's actually helped with the final exam in my opinion it was a bunch of complex problems. What irked me the most was when she said she took the exams that we had to do and she found them "easy".

OMG PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH MISS ALISA, Jesus Christ she needs to get her slideshows together it's a BUNCH of information crammed into one slide. I like how she says "we don't have to memorize anything" but that's the complete opposite. You do have to teach yourself for this course so beware. Her BOB and her outfits are fye though!!!

Was honestly a very confusing class. Have to teach yourself most of the material, not even TA's are very helpful as they do not know the material themselves. If you study hard you can do well but large percentage of grade is from tests

Class is graded by weekly online quizzes (can take as many times as possible) and 4 in-person tests. The lowest quiz and test is dropped, so I ended up not having to take the final. She goes through material very fast in lecture but if you look over the slides on your own time and put in the work, this class is an easy A.

This class was very easy. If you study and practice you will do well on every exam. Her lectures are interesting and entertaining and she explains the material fairly well.

this mf does not care at all abt her job. she breezes thru content, randomly decides to leave stuff to next class, and kicks mfs out if they're a minute late to exams. exams aren't hard and lowest grades gets dropped.

Lecture and section were never mandatory, and I liked how accessible all the TAs always were during office hours/with discussion posts. If you pay attention in lecture and don't study last-minute, you will do well. The weekly quizzes were reasonable and had unlimited attempts. Lowest exam score/quizzes are dropped too, so there is leniency.

Everything is very clear as to what assignments and stuff is needed. 4 tests all weighted the same, they'll pretty much be your whole grade. 6 projects and weekly practice questions. all very manageable. as a professor she isn't very memorable, but seems nice enough and knows what shes talking about. basic course, not an easy A but manageable.

By far the worst quality class I have taken at UCSB, the material honestly seems like it would be quite easy to learn if we had some decent instruction, but we don't. The Excel projects are confusing as there is typically a huge lack of instruction on the material provided. . MUST ATTEND OFFICE HOURS to be confident in any of the material. ITS BAD!

I took AP Micro in High School, and maybe its just that I had a really good teacher, but listening to this woman lecture, I felt like I was losing knowledge. Do anything but listen to her. She is rude, confusing, and overall just unpleasant. Feel mean writing this but I just feel bad for all of us who had to go through that.