10A is difficult no mater what, but I really liked how he has sooo many practice exams to go through. If you do all of them twice and you are confident on the practice exams there is no reason you can't pass this class. You just gotta put it the time cause about half of you will fail so take that class seriously.

Econ 10 with him wasn't as hard as people make it seem. Midterms aren't bad if you study and put in the work. Lectures weren't that boring and tried to interact with the students.

Bro is actually so funny

I took him Fall 2022, course was tough but also everyone expects that going into it. Review old tests and study a lot and you'll be fine. Deschenes is probably the best econ professor I've had at UCSB so far and explained the topics of 10A pretty well. good luck

GO TO CLAS. 10A does not depend at all on the professor. They just read off the slides. CLAS highly reccomended.

Awesome professor! 10a is a super difficult class but he is a great lecturer and a fair grader. Definitely take his class for 10a!

deschenes is a good professor. his lectures are helpful but his slides are even better - you can never show up to lecture and easily get an a in the class. his tests are really straightforward, and spamming old practice tests will make sure you do well.

Lectures are decent but are not super helpful. I like how both of our midterms are MCQ only so we don't really need to study the short response questions. Finals are tough though. Make sure to sign up for CLAS and do ALL practice exams from the past. As long as you do all the practice and understand it you will be fine.

He is a very funny and good professor but the class itself is psychologically taxing. In my experience the first two exams were fine if you do the practice exams but the final was very hard and different from the practice exams

Lecture is not the best. CLAS is the key to the class. They cover all the chapters/topics. Go over all the previous midterms. They give you great insight into the type of questions you will see for your exams. There will be two midterms in the class and a final. The second midterm is the one that most students find difficult.

He is the man! ECON 10A is a PITA for econ related majors, but if you (unfortunately) have to take it, go ahead and take it with Prof. Deschenes. He really cares about his students and answers all the questions patiently.

Prof Deschenes is a compassionate professor, but this class is really just independent work. Do EVERYTHING that is assigned, if not more. The content in this class is straightforward, they just make the class hard to pass with the weights and shortness of the tests. Prof Deschenes is a cool guy, this class is just a pain.