He is one of the laziest professors at UCSB - he requires McGraw Hill + Connect for his classes, a $133 service, and then you just do hours of busywork. On top of all that, the homework assignments are poorly written and often contradictory. Aside from the lack of effort put into the class, he is likable, knowledgeable, and grades clearly.

Professor Rupert is a nice guy who wants his students to succeed. There are 3 equally weighted exams and the lowest gets dropped. Do the work for the first two exams and then you're basically done with the class 2/3 through the quarter.

I love Peter so much! My only complaint is McGraw Hill, but other than that the homework was easy (and on quizlet), and his exams are manageable, not to mention his lectures are hilarious, even tho the topic is not the most interesting. My class only had 3 noncumulative exams and one was dropped, as well as light homework.

I love Peter so much! My only complaint is McGraw Hill, but the homeworks are easy, everything is on quizlet too, and his lectures are hilarious and easy to follow. For my class there was no "final" just 3 non cumulative exams (and hw) and the lowest was dropped.

You'll get a 0 on an R assignment if you make one mistake and theres no late work allowed. Light math needed since the whole class is MC based. Lots of HW and readings but they'll prep you for the midterm if you also go to class. You need to put in work but its not a bad class. The prof is very responsive which is helpful.

He is very nice and accommodating and teaches the conceptual/intuitive aspects of labor economics instead of throwing equations and formulas at you. His reviews are mostly negative, but Econ2 is a weeder class and designed to challenge you no matter the professor. Don't let the reviews stop you from taking other classes with him. He's great!

do not get me wrong, peter is a smart prof and you will get a good score if you work for it, other than that he is one of those arrogant econ profs in colleges and most of the quantitative questions on exams were never taught in lecture, lectures were useless. clas and ta's couldn't even do these questions when I showed them exam 2. worst econ prof

The prof himself is fine but he actually never talks about what would be tested and he's hardly accessible outside the class. For homework and exams u have to study by yourself with Mankiw's textbook/other macro materials. Past exams only have keys w/o explanations, so just try ur best on those tricky questions, which are usually not clear enough.

worst econ professor in ucsb

Expected the worst because the things I've heard about him, but he wasn't all that bad. Worst thing I can say was that at times I didn't know what was going to be tested and I had a hard time reaching him by email (he also jumps around from chapter to chapter at random). Recommend going to lecture since lecture notes may be hard to understand w/o.

Exams are hardly related to the lecture. Many extra staffs you need to self-study outside the class. Overall, a good professor who explains concepts clearly, but u really need to prepare yourself.

Econ 2 and Econ 1 are DESIGNED TO BE WEEDER CLASSES. Rupert is a very knowledgeable guy and he does well explaining the concepts. HOWEVER, he goes off on tangents a lot after giving us real data as examples for class concepts so it's hard to keep track of what we really are going to be tested on. All things aside, he's a cool guy and funny too.