As a class, 10A isn't too bad (as long as you aren't a transfer). If you do a ton of practice tests (and you understand what you're doing) you should be fine. As for Hartman, he's super unenthusiastic in lectures and a lot of the things he says are vague/ unnecessary. I found myself relying much more on the TAs than I did Hartman for help.

I cant even get myself to watch his lectures, he speaks so monotone and just reads off the slides not explaining anything in depth! Its super frustrating and makes me not want to learn the material . Ive gone to his office hours for questions on old exams and he just rambles on about test taking strategies and doesn't answer the actual question

The worst professor I have ever had. I hope the econ department removes this man because he has no clue how to teach a class. He teaches you nothing, you need to teach yourself virtually everything in this class.

Harsh man who cared little about fairness and his students. The course was even worse than before: raise curve for A from 87% (before pandemic) to 93%; set sequential navigation in tests (must finish one question before proceeding to next one); increased toughness of tests, making doing past papers futile. BTW he's not even a professor yet.

Not great at explaining and just breezes through so the class is a self study course basically

You're going to have to teach yourself all the material, however they did change the class set up for COVID and it was a bit easier to obtain a B however the test's are very hard. They do give you old midterms to use to study, but do not rely on the teachers to actually teach you the material. Good luck.

One of the worst professors Ive ever had this past semester. The way he has gone about Corona has been to pre-record everything, hold only ONE 30 minute lecture per week to ask questions. Only about 50% of his teaching is on the tests so try to ace everything else and be prepared to fail those. Class averages for the last 3 tests were Fs.

Gave boring lectures that provided surface level knowledge of concepts. Did not teach much beyond that. Best way to pass this class is do all the practice exams and problem sets. Maybe he would have been better in person, but he was a dull professor online.

Terrible. Definitely worst lecturer I met in UCSB. And he's not willing to help cause he don't care about the students.

Unhelpful. DON'T take his class!!!

He teaches nothing and expects students to know everything.

WIth an online class, the grading policy was reasonable since they had a drop for every category. I didn't read any of the textbook and only watched the lectures from which you could get As. The material is tough but there is enough practice to score well. Hartman could answer questions better and he is quite annoying but it is a doable class.

He gives terrible lectures. He just read the PPT quickly and lack of clear explanations. He just assume students know everything and he does not answer academic question through email outside the class. The course content is relative easy but how can we pay for a professor who offers such limited help.

His lectures just go over the slides and talks about the general theories of micro-economics. However, every question on the tests require you to apply those concepts to solve problems with numbers. The math isn't hard at all but its knowing what to do for each problem which he doesn't cover. MT1: 100% MT2: 100% Final: 96%

The class is hard, there is a lot of material but the underlying concepts are really the same. A 72% in the class is a B which is what transfers need to pass. Even then you can take the final twice in order to get in. Frankly, most people don't get in because they aren't studying enough or weak math skill. Practice exams are the name of the game.

This class was super hard because the class is just all tests. If you miss one multiple choice question, you lose 3% of your total grade!! Hartman is a super boring lecturer and hes just a robot that reads off slides. Also you do not need to go to the 5th hour lectures. Just read the slides and you'll be good.

get ready to study, Hartman's doing a good job teaching the class. The questions are very tricky so I suggest doing every old test he posts

Horrible lecturer. Definitely knows the material well but he just reads what's on the slides, so going to lecture isn't helpful. 5th hour was also useless 90% of the time. Reading isn't necessary to understand the material. Do practice tests over and over and understand all the steps and you'll be fine!

Really great guy! At times, funny during lecture but always stressed that the material is going to be hard at first. Lectures covered concepts but not the math based examples or questions we would face on midterms & final. I ended up retaking my final exam twice to get a 92. But self-learning & doing practice exams are a must to get a good grade.

Yeah, 10A sucks and yeah, he's not the most engaging lecturer, but he's honestly pretty fair. Giving us the option to take m2 after Gauchospace was down and making the final optional was thoughtful. His lectures are dry and lack solid practice problems- definitely go to CLAS. The material is hard, but doable if you put in lots of time.

The professor was repetitive every single time at the end of the class. I stopped reading halfway through the class but took HEAVY notes on the PowerPoint slides.

Okay, yes 10a sucks but at least Hartman is not a heartless, evil professor. He kinda grew on me, especially since a) he gave us the option to not take the midterm when Gauchospace went down and b) he cancelled the final due to coronatime. Honestly, the material is super hard- you just have to put in the work

I took 134a with a TA, but Hartman writes most of the source material. This class is SO MUCH BETTER THAN 10A!! Solving problems for this class is like a puzzle, and it is honestly really fun (but that might be because I am an accounting major). Do all of the practice exams and you will be good to go!

just terrible. reads from lecture slides. learned more from CLAS than his class. met more people retaking than first timers. he's more concerned about how difficult Econ10a is rather than teaching it. you'll see other students hating him. seems like his goal is to fail 50% of the class. changed my major cus of him. WORST professor at UCSB. BEWARE!