Decent professor. Introduces concepts and expects YOU to put in the time and effort, along with TAs assistance, to learn how to apply them to the exam questions. Conceptual understanding is an imperative, memorization won't suffice. The foundation, first 4-5 weeks, are most critical. Master those principles and the rest of the course will be simple

Hartman botches what is a very interesting topic. The class and text book material are very interesting but he knows absolutely nothing about teaching or the subject. Just reads off memorized slides. UCSB need to hire a finace facility member to an Econ phd hack to teach this class. Frustrating to listen to and look at, great topic, terrible prof.

Bedard is very nice and approachable. The class is meant to be hard to weed out people from the Econ major so the course's difficulty is not really related to her. Out of all the 10A teachers, I'd suggest Bedard... Her lectures can be confusing sometimes but she does very well to simplify complicated material for the class.

Good Professor, very clear on the subject , but goes just a little bit of too fast. Other than that, pretty good!!

She is an OUTSTANDING professor & this is coming from a student that worked hard but didn't get a good grade. She's a really helpful and understanding person. Yea its a HARD class, but if u study and DON'T STRESS OUT u will be fine. Material is very interesting. Seriously don't let the stress of doing well get to you because u will just do worse.

Professor Bedard is a nice person and tries to help her students, but her lectures are very confusing. I attended all lectures and studied a lot, but ultimately did poorly. Since I got a C, I am banned from the Econ major forever. My advice would be to get a good tutor from CLAS(I found out too late).Lindsay Appell was a great tutor. Good luck!

Textbook sometimes will confuse people, so focusing on the slides will be better. Don't memorize the answers. You need to understand how to solve the problems and why solve it this way because the exams will test you how to solve for a condition which you used to have in the questions.

Her practice materials are not helpful. They are just basic concepts and whatever you see the most on practice WILL NOT be on the test. I enrolled into CLAS, which he (Ed) doesn't help at all. Luckily, I got a good TA (Christine) that explains well or else I couldn't get another chance to petition into the major. Good luck future students.

Professor Bedard is awesome. She is very helpful and patient and funny. No need to buy the textbook. There are enough practice problems for this class but you dont have to do them all. Its the best econ class ive ever taken.

I did not find this class easy like other people. I understood all the material and learned a lot but couldn't do well on his tests. His tests and class can be very frustrating, and he is not a great lecturer. But the material is very interesting and practical. So even though my grade didn't turn out great I'd still recommend this class

Clear on what she expects and posts extra problems online. DO ALL THE PROBLEMS SHE POSTS. They're a pretty good representative of the tests. And enroll in CLAS! Super helpful

Bedard truly has no idea how to teach a class. Get enrolled in CLAS ASAP. Her tests are unfair and the material useless. She at least tries to help students but in the end, she doesn't understand that she needs to teach what's actually gonna be on the test. Speak up about it!

I got an A+ and A on Econ 1 and 2 and I have a C- currently in this class. Her slides are usually the most basic concepts and leaves the students to figure out the harder concepts. Every single tests there are 2-4 questions I have never seen before.

Her class average score on her first midterm was 61.5%. Maybe someone here can explain how or why any professor would possibly think they are any good at teaching if a class of students, all of whom are very bright, are performing so poorly on her exam. Thank goodness for the curve. Most students will end up with Cs and not learn a thing. Sad

10A isnt incredibly difficult, but the pressure that transfers are under while taking this class (get a B or get kicked out of econ) absolutely sucks. My first quarter was absolutely miserable because of this. Professor Bedard does everything in her power to help students succeed. Would highly recommend for 10A, best of luck getting into the major.

She's a nice lady and explains things well! If you pay enough attention on the lecture and attempt to do every iclicker question, you will get at least a A-. I didn't go to a single office hour or CLAS but i still manage to get a good grade because her slides and practice tests are really helpful.

Not too hard but a real incompetent unerroringly boring professor. He also never gives a straight foward answer to a simple yes or no question.

Very hard class. There should be a textbook to consult rather than having to go to office hours every time something is confusing, lectures move VERY fast, tons of material covered over the quarter. Professor is helpful and friendly, but if you aren't the kind of person that likes to go to office hours regularly, avoid this class.

Very hard class. She is approachable and friendly. Sometimes she explains things well and other times leaves everyone more confused than before. I used the slides and didn't use the book much. Sign up for CLAS and go to section if you want to do well

Literally the worst professor I have ever had. His tests are a review of micro and macro econ, but you won't know what to study as he wastes your time giving an overview of things like healthcare and social security that anyone with half a brain already knows. If you are suckered into taking this class stay at home and do practice tests. Horrible

shes a nice lady but she tends to make assumptions e.g. she'll skip steps on some of her slides and then explain a slide too fast. i suggest clas (ed is a beast) and ta office hours (i had a pretty good ta). do problem sets ahead of time and understand how to do a problem in multiple ways. also lecture slides>book

Terrible class. His lectures are extremely boring and useless- he talks about anything except what will actually be on the test. I learned most of the material from the TA's rather than the professor, which shows his inability to teach. His tests were nothing like the practice exams he posted online, and he definitely is not flexible when grading.

I thought she explained the material very well for not having taught it in a while. The book is not necessary at all, but CLAS is a must for this class. Make sure you freshen up on calculus because I think the math throws off a lot of people even though it is very basic.

have to go to class because of clicker, slides very confusing and she makes lots of mistakes. read the book and do all the practice problems she gives. you have to actually understand how to do the math, cant just memorize formulas. office hours help alot, shes nice and trying to help just not very effective lecturer.