TAZHITDINOVA
She teaches the class like she's too good to be there. Explains concepts like we are already supposed to have mastered them, and the tests did not reflect the practice problems and testing materials she provided. I would strongly advise you to avoid this professor if you are an Econ major and want a high major GPA.
Honestly, don't go to class and just review the slides on your own. The grading is very clear, however it's weird. There are 4 tests and the lowest one is dropped which means STUDY HARD FOR THE FIRST THREE. I wish I locked in harder earlier so that I didn't have to take the last test. Her questions are also harder than the other profs.
Lecture and section attendance not mandatory. Lecture slides have all the info on them so it's not crucial to attend. Homework quizzes can be taken as many times as you want. Material was quite confusing for me and tests were a lot harder than homework.
Sections aren't mandatory. Can submit hw and projects as many times as need to get full credit. Gives a lot of practice exam questions. Three midterms and final, 15 questions each and thirty minutes to complete (drop lowest score). Lectures can be fast-paced and midterms could have oddly phrased questions. Prof had fire fits though.
She is a horrible lecturer, she is convoluted, spends 20 minutes on the easiest stuff and no time on the hard stuff. She also wrote her test questions in a way that made them more of a riddle and figuring out what she was talking about not about the actual knowledge/topics. She just doesn't know how to teach.
Econ 1 was a breeze. Lectures are fast paced but content was easy to grasp. Sections aren't mandatory. You can submit homework and projects as many times as you want to reach full credit. Gives good practice exam questions. Three midterms + final (15 questions each) but you drop the lowest score. Minimal homework and I finished the class with 100%.
Goes through slides really fast, not the best explainer Lectures aren't mandatory so I learned better going through the lecture slides on my own at my own pace. Says the class will be curved then mentions on finals week it will not be curved?
She is very bubbly and funny, however very vague and not great at explaining literally anything. Goes so fast through lecture and the test questions are very unlike the practice and are so few questions it is hard to do well.
Class wasn't super difficult and she taught slides well. Put in a little bit of work and the class is fine.
My best exam grade was when I stopped going to lectures and taught myself from the slides. Going to class doesn't help. Exam questions were tricky but the practice provided was helpful. I'd recommend CLAS tutoring and finding a good TAs section if you're confused because Taz doesn't help a ton. Interesting class content and fair grading (mostly).
Cares more about what she has on then teaching Econ to students
I am not one to hate on a professor but she clearly doesn't care enough about student comprehension. She tells students she tries to make the exams harder and takes back her promise of a curve midway through the quarter. Slides are a mess and had me going to outside resources to understand. Some simple changes to this class it could be much better.