ECON 93
BEDARD K L
Kelly Bedard
3.0
100 reviews
HARTMAN J L
John Hartman
2.4
150 reviews

250
2.7
ECON10A . Hartman J L 3 Months Ago

He isn't as bad as people say he is. His lectures are decent and the exams are very similar to past exams. So as long as you stay on task and practice throughout the entire quarter you will be fine.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

I thought Bedard was a great professor! Yes, the exams are difficult, esp if you put minimal time in studying, which a lot of my friends did, but if you take this major class srsly you'll be fine! Bedard drops ur lowest test score (very generous imo) so I didn't have to take the final to get an A. HW was simple & she answered Qs I had about topics!

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10A . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

Hartman's exams are extremely similar to prior final exams (which he gives out). Good professor given how rigorous + fast paced ECON10A is. He sends out Canvas announcements, reminding students about going to OH, Section, and getting help in general. He also offers regrade requests and wanted all of us to succeed (while also putting in the work).

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10A . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

Hartman honestly isnt that bad, he just teaches a hard class and talks with a boring voice sometimes. The practice tests are exactly like the tests. Lectures are helpful if you are lost in the class but they aren't really essential to succeed in this class. If you are decent at calc then youll be fine.

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10A . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

the class itself was not terrible, you just have to self teach and do all the past exams, but he was no help at all. he is an unfair grader and spends most of his time talking about how hard the class is and only reads off lecture slides

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

She made all lectures mandatory with iclicker quiz questions, but I do not mind this at all. I thought the tests were easy for the most part, there were a couple questions here and there that were poorly worded or confusing, but overall good.

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10A . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

I had a good experience w/ Hartman. I love how he provides >60 PAST exams for you to practice (they're EXTREMELY similar to his exams). His test questions were VERY PREDICTABLE & REASONABLE. He also encourages you to study early & is accessible after lectures. The lectures are dense b/c of amount of course content. TAs & CLAS were VERY helpful too.

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10A . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

I had Harman for Econ 2 and Econ 10A. He reads off the slides and is a boring lecturer. I never understood a single thing he said. I self taught myself the entirety of both courses. For Econ 2, read the textbook as it will cover everything if not more that Hartman touches upon. For Econ 10A, do all of the past exams and you're good.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

This professor makes the exam questions completely different than the practice exams.She also makes the exam so difficult for no reason at all.The wordings can be so confusing that you waste time figuring out what the question is asking, by the time you understand the question, you don't have enough time to do the calculations or check ur answers.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

Kelly Bedard may be knowledgeable about economics, but she is terrible at teaching. Not only did I have to re-learn all the topics, I would spend 10+ hours studying for her tests, only to see questions that were completely unrelated to the course material. There was nothing I could do to prepare for the questions, they were so off-topic/confusing.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

She wasn't a good professor. Taught us one thing then the tests were 10 times harder and most of the time there wasn't much you could do to prepare for it. The class is simple but she makes it hard. Not fun I wouldn't recommend taking Econ 2 with her.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

Goes over slides so fast, exams are extremely difficult, practice exams do not help, and cares way too much about IClicker.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 4 Months Ago

Her lectures and her slides are the same thing, she adds nothing extra to what is already on the slideshow. Also, half of her tests were the most confusing thing ever, you will spend more time trying to figure out what the question even means, rather than trying to solve the question. Be on time in class, or else you won't receive attendance points

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

The exam are x100 harder than what she teaches in class! She will explain the basic of the basic in lecture and will ask the hardest and trickiest questions on the exams.Also, the weekly Data Assignment for some reason is impossible even though you can take as many attempts as you want, and is also totally different from what she teaches in class

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

Wording of the test confuses me a lot as an international student. I am sad

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

The lecture slides are disorganized and aren't useful. It's a lot of self learning and doing practice problems/reading the textbook. She gives practice problems that only test conceptual understanding. But the tests are hard bc problems are long and worded in a tricky way. Lectures are interesting but all over the place.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

lowkey tough as hell for no reason. don't know why it was designed this way, don't understand why she does not work to change this crazy tests. each test, I read textbook, do all practice problems, finish all homework, I still do not understand her tests. so frustrating.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

Paid 50+ for an useless textbook, idk why this should be allowed despite our huge tuition fees. Tests are so unreasonable and designed in a way to trick students. She took off the regrade option so it is impossible to argue for a grade. She does not consider opinions of students. ATROCIOUS experience.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

Does not explain class content well. She really cares a lots about iclicker. Some words in exams are confusing. Bad experience!!!!

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econ2 . Bedard K L 5 Months Ago

The tests in the class are unreasonably hard, the questions were hard to understand and there is no extra credit/curves

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134A . Hartman J L 6 Months Ago

I've had him a couple times but this is finally the last time. Class grades are mostly test based and you would think that 50-60% test averages would be a sign for him to fix something. Honestly better off not going to lecture since he just reads off the slides anyways. Expected to know way more then whats covered in lecture so keep that in mind.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 6 Months Ago

Doesn't give us enough time for tests.

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econ2 . Bedard K L 6 Months Ago

In no forms of disrespect, my honest feedback of the course is listed below: 1. Wording of the test is confusing and unfriendly. The phrasing is designed as if it is meant to confuse students. 2. Tests are super fast paced, we are given around 1.6 minute per q with various calculation. The confusing wording only makes it harder 3. unreasonable

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econ2 . Bedard K L 6 Months Ago

She cares way too much about iclicker and does not teach the content on the tests.

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