He teaches nothing and expects students to know everything.

I have never taken an econ class before and I did great in Bedard's class. Her lectures were amazing, the homework was easy and quick, the tests were very similar to her practice tests/lectures, and the projects were really interesting (but difficult). Go to every section, take extensive notes on everything in the videos/lectures, and you'll be ok

As long as you watch the lectures and do the work, you will be fine, not heavy reading though. She is a very nice professor. She is always happy to answer you questions during her office hour.

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.

Great woman but her lectures are far too hard to understand. AP Econ in high school will not prepare you for her course. She moves way too fast and is too vague. She is the type of professor that assumes you know everything so she glosses over everything. Get ready to go to tutoring big time if you want to pass. Participation heavy!

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.

Lectures were slightly confusing in that her explanations were hit or miss. I don't think I would've been able to do relatively well just with lectures. Be ready to do a lot of outside practice/learning and go to CLAS!

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

in class explanations are extremely vague, have to look online for simple economic concepts that she fails to explain in an easy way. all of the topics/past quizzes give extremely vague and lazy explanations for the questions. not enough practice material to do well on her quizzes for an econ beginner because of her extreme specificity on quizzes

Bedard's lectures are very straightforward as she explained the fundamentals of economics in a detailed, step-by-step manner. While the concepts I learned in this class took a lot of time to fully absorb, Bedard provided many resources such as practice problems to help me along the way. The class is hard no doubt, but Bedard simplified it.

She does not follow the textbook at all. Each lecture has readings due but she explains every topic completely different from the book. Not much help with my dyslexia either. Tried to go to office hours and was given the wrong location or something cause I couldn't find the place and ended up missing my office hours looking for the room.

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!

Hartman explains things pretty well but sometimes goes a bit fast. Either way, lecture slides are available and the book explains well too. He really does care about students doing well in the class.

Never went to lecture or section (seriously). Do each past test at least twice. Read the slides. Read the textbook when you don't understand something. The class is literally all algebra and derivatives. If you have to memorize the formulas, you're studying wrong. Formulas can be derived intuitively. I did poorly in Econ 1 and 2 but got an A in 10A

He gives you everything you need to succeed. It really is up to you to make sure you take advantage of it. Going to his and Ta's office hours is the best thing you can do for your grade. I will say that he is a little unapproachable in office hours, but it's YOUR grade. ASK THE QUESTIONS you want answers to in lecture and office hours.