Econ100B is a very standardized course, and a lot of practice is helpful for you to study. You gonna miss him once you take other ECON classes immediately. Prof.Qin made this hard course manageable to learn. I think he is largely underrated somehow right now.

Tests are hard but the class is manageable. I had a hard time focusing in his lectures, but once I switched to watching his lecture videos you can see he goes through the topics and each example very step-by-step which I found helpful. Just keep on top of the topics and you'll be fine.

One of the worst professors I have had at UCSB. All the material must be learned on your own and lectures are useless. Does not care about his students in the slightest.

made 100b so hard for no reason. lectures unhelpful. midterms way too difficult. gonna have to complain for a curve hopefully

Qin seems like a good guy, but as a professor he is not hitting the mark. I mainly used CLAS rather than the lectures to actually teach me the material. The practice final (only one was given) was a little strange with the wording of their questions but the actual final this quarter was HORRENDOUS. Get ready for lots of independent learning

Went to class 3 times total, prof is adorable but the tests were lowk hard

Doesn't know the material or how to teach. Honestly just a useless class taught with no help from the prof. or TAs. Nobody can understand why the Econ dpt consistently provides awful, awful classes with some of the worst professors one could imagine. Don't worry if you're in the major and have to take it though, you'll never use this material again

Dear god this class was hard. I struggled with lecture, he seems like a sweet old man, but it's so hard to learn in his class. It is a continuation of 10A and only is based on two midterms and a final. Average for final was horrible and they almost didn't curve it until everyone complained. If you have to take this good luck.

Our final exam was worth 50% of our grade and the average was 14/25. With this in mind he does not curve the final or the overall grade of the course. In preparation for this final I completed every practice problem provided for the exam however the final was incredibly different than what he gave us to practice. Do not take his course.

Had a B going into the final. Ended with a D. I could have prepared better but I found the class difficult as I had two other upper divisions to take with it. My advice is spend more time than you feel necessary on practice and remember every fact possible.

The fact that its split 25/25/50 for midterm midterm final is already brutal, but on top of that you could do really well on both midterms like I did, but get screwed over on the final because of how much stuff there is. By the way not curving the final when the average was basically failing is absurd, so now the class is sitting an average of a C

Terrible class. The median of the final is 14/25. The final is worth 50%. No curve.