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Olivier Deschenes

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Test heavy Graded by few things Clear grading criteria Caring Hilarious Respected Lecture heavy Tough grader Amazing lectures Accessible outside class Gives good feedback Lots of homework Get ready to read Group projects Inspirational
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ECON 290
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Special Research Topics in Economics
Antony Millner 2.7 Olivier Deschenes 4.1
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ECON10A . Deschenes O 8 Days Ago

Good Lectures, midterms and finals were all very doable. Not too much homework.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O 15 Days Ago

Cool guy. On the first day he bragged ab a Reddit thread that said he was the best 10A prof and honestly, could be true. Dude knows his stuff and has a good sense of humor. as long you put in the time (go to CLAS and do a LOT of practice problems) you'll be fine.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O 22 Days Ago

GO TO CLAS! Do as many practice problems/tests as possible. Textbook not helpful; lecture also not helpful (for me). Heavy on teaching heavy calculus behind formulas when we weren't tested on them. You need solid background of basic calculus or you won't succeed. Section also helpful: went through problems similar to test problems.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O 24 Days Ago

I would definitely recommend taking 10A with him as the professor. Lectures could be confusing at times and the course is content heavy but he is great at explaining things and clearly has experience teaching the course. Take notes on textbook before lectures, go to CLAS, and do all the practice tests in advance and you will do well.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

His lectures were a bit helpful, I did attend about 80% of them. He does explain things well but every lecture he has 28 slides for a 50 min class. Honestly only learned things through the CLAS resource website. would not recommend learning from TAs they don't know anything, rely on CLAS tutors they are amazing.

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10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

Econ 10A is unfortunately not taught to you by the professor but instead on your own time by reading the textbook and doing practice tests. Deschenes is a great professor, but the course content is impossible to teach via lecture only. I skipped lectures after midterm 1 and got an A. Most important: tests are fair, so you control your destiny.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

He's a pretty average professor imo. Lectures were not terribly boring but also never did anything in particular to make it interesting. I went to all lectures but most of my learning came on my own. 10a will be rough no matter who teaches it so he's not a bad bet

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ECON10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

10A is a hard class but is completely doable if you don't let yourself get behind. The lectures and lecture slides are useful for understanding theory, but don't go into too much detail about math. Plenty of past exams are posted on canvas which is the best study material, do them all and you will pass. Overall solid class, would recommend.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

10a is a hard class but Deschenes is a great professor. Grades are heavily curved so a 50% is still passing which makes it easier. Definitely need to spend a lot of time outside of class learning material but that is just because of the amount of content in the class.

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ECON10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

10a is a hard class but taking it with Deschenes is your best bet. He does a good job lecturing— doesn't speed through. The biggest thing I will give him is his tests are fair. Some of the old exams had outrageous questions but Deschenes' questions were always reasonable (not easy but fair)

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10A . Deschenes O A Month Ago

I mean it's 10A, you're going to have a horrible time for many reasons but Deschenes isn't one of them. He makes the lectures as interesting as he can but really the main thing you have to do in this class is use external resources to learn, and use any lectures as supplementary. Tests are hilariously hard and worth 85% of your grade.

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10A . Deschenes O 2 Months Ago

Literally worst professor ever. Taking him right now and the midterms are genuinely not at all what the past midterms are, and he made this years midterms way more difficult than the past ones posted on Canvas. Midterm 2 was supposed to be mainly calculations but he made it hella theory-based for some reason.

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