There is no way you can take 10A without Hartman being the professor so here are some tips for you to survive: go to CLAS ( I would not have passed without the help of CLAS), do every problem posted on GS ( If you review for MT1 and 2, take a look at the past finals and try to solve the questions you know because he use those to make up his MTs)

Worst Professor I've ever had or even heard of. He gives you 2 midterms and a final and makes it impossible to get the B you need to get into the Econ major if you are a transfer student. He lives off of failing students so they cannot be Econ majors. Even if you do all the practice problems, get a tutor, attend CLAS and section, you could fail.

Terrible. Not much more needs to be said. If you have to take him, good luck.

Professor Bedard makes economic concepts simple and accessible to everyone in her class. I had her for both 101 and Econ 1 and I loved her straight forward criteria and teaching style. Class is definitely necessary but worth it because I truly feel like I learned a lot. She is also great for career advice in office hours!

I took Bedard's Econ1 and Econ101 and I would say she is awesome. She explained things super clear for Econ1 even though the materials are tricky. Most people hate Econ 101 because there is too much stuff. Bedard did a good job condensed materials to several slides. Even though her final was hard, she did a great job curving the class.

My advice: do EVERY SINGLE Gauchospace problem, print out lecture slides, go to CLAS, do the handouts on the CLAS websites before you attempt practice tests. Textbook was USELESS. The best way to succeed is to study & practice every Gauchospace problem & understand the concepts. Go to office hours & ask questions. Open office hours & CLAS drop ins!

2 midterms (25% each) then a final (50%). you have to work for your grade but there's a set curve which helps. my advice: CLAS, practice midterms!! try to understand the concept. It's do-able!!!

Tough class. Hartman's a decent prof, but people like to complain when they don't spend the 10+ hrs of high effort per week required to get an A in this class.

Midterms were fair, but final was super difficult. Have to read and teach yourself everything.

She literally reads off the power points in lecture. There were no previous practice tests for the class. Midterms 20% , 20% and final 60%. She said tests were like problems at the end of chapter, but the final was WAY more difficult. The solutions also had so many mistakes, which makes studying difficult and confusing.

TERRIBLE AND USELESS. Legit reads off her slides that she copy pastes from the textbook. Class is cumulative and based on WAY too much information. Final worth 60% . She tests on irrelevant and tiny details that you would not expect. Midterms were not bad but her final was designed for people to fail. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. IT WAS WORSE THAN 10a

Her test is more related to what she's talking in class, even though it's super boring. prepare to study by yourself, and her regrade process is just like even though you want to ask question from test, she will interrupt you says "write a explanation to me". OB.

gook luck, have fun :)

An embaressment to UCSBs' econ program. His lectures in the class are pointless as I could read the slides and interpret it better by myself. Section attendance helps alot and will save your grade. His goal is to weed out people of Econ and does so by acting like the tyrant of Econ and making MC questions where TAs would guess incorrect.

Kelly Bedard is the worst professor I ever take at UCSB. The lecture is pretty much reading slides. textbook is ok, but really long. no past exam, and only practices are questions on book. I would said those question are useless. the answer sheet she gave contain tons of mistakes. if u do end up taking her, study by yourself and good luck....

She just reads off the slides that she has posted on Gauchospace so you do not need to go to lecture at all. Read the book and the articles she posts on Gauchospace. Really nice if you go in to her office hours. Tests are pretty fair but can be a little tricky.

Literally reads off the slides, you could have your friend read the slides off to you and you would get the same out of going to class. No practice problems, which make preparing for the exams nearly impossible.

Reads Directly off power point so no point of going to class. Horrible teaching method, learned way more in my section than in lecture. Gauchospace barely helps any because she doesn't even post old midterms or practice questions, not sure how you're supposed to learn without any material

honestly wasnt that hard. he's an ok teacher i definitely did not pay attention in class but I did do a bunch of the problem sets and CLAS work problems and that helped me out the most. his lecture slides are online so they're good for review.

Given the time constraints of the lectures I think he does a decent job. The reality is you have to spend a lot of time working on your own or seeking outside assistance through CLAS or other means. It's just not easy material, so I don't think ripping on the guy is quite fair. You definitely want to peruse the CLAS 10A website materials .

LOL good luck, have fun

10A is set up to fail you. The department designed it this way. Hartman runs 10A, writes the tests, and is a terrible teacher. Ditto about his lectures, they aren't helpful at all. The tests are made up of trick questions and are really difficult. Go to CLAS! Transfers beware! You need a solid B in order to get into the major. It's not easy.

Hartman is dry when he teaches as he just reiterates what's already on the slides. There are two things that'll help you pass this class: Do all of the practice problems all of the time, and go to CLAS. The rest is useless. Also get ready for some tricky exams. Midterms are 6-7 questions and the final is 10. Put in the work and you'll survive.

Just avoid him he is all about slides and won't bother to answer your questions in class since he has only 50 minutes to go through over 30 slides. Go to CLAS instead and your sections. Stick real close to your TAs and CLAS mentors they will help you pass not this slide show fanatic, and if you really want to attend class go to Slaters classes.