Gary is my favorite econ professor here. He is very entertaining and his class is really enjoyable. He's the first econ professor I've had that tries to know your name and actually remembers stuff about you. The class is made up of negotiation scenarios you go through w a partner. It's fun and you can improve at it, just talk to him & ask questions

Professor Charnesss Negotiations class will be the most applicable-to-the-real-world class youll have in your time at UCSB. At the beginning, the cases definitely feel predatory, but as the quarter progresses, things become more collaborative. Despite it being online due to COVID, Ive ended up making a few great friends in this class as well.

Every time you see this professor's name on gold you should take the opportunity you have at UCSB to take him.

easily one of the most interesting profs ive ever had. hes all over the place and very spacey, but also a funny lecturer who knows what he's talking about. this class was a joke-- an easy A and a guaranteed B.

Charness is hands down the best professor I've ever had in my 4 years! Its unfortunate that I didn't get to take more of his classes. Class was incredibly fun and interesting. He's a bit of a scatterbrain but so am I so I understood everything he was explaining lol. He is extremely helpful and approachable. Homework is hard but getting an A isn't.

This class takes on questions like the game show question in the movie 21. It can be fun but its much more difficult too. This is not a class you can just breeze by in. You must put in effort. Luckily Charness is a fun professor who tells jokes and is very laid back. The material is difficult but he has a very generous curve so almost half get A's

Cases are really difficult and can be very cut throat. Only take if you're really interested in taking a class that will prepare you for a MBA program.

This guy is hilarious! He is super smart and the stuff you learn is really interesting unlike 100A, 100B, and 101. Your grade is pretty much based on a paper and an experiment which is pretty easy and interesting at the same time. A MUST TAKE CLASS!

The teacher is legit! 50% A 50% B. Go to class and u'll be fine. Midterm no final just 4 problem sets.

Hard class, but the professor is one of the best!

Course is abstract, of no real world relevance for either a business or econ student. The questions are painfully difficult. Doing them feels humiliating, or like being tortured. He is smart and good, but I question the wisdom of taking this course--especially from this professor. Let's just say most students didn't get A's, if ya know what I mean.

As long as you do the assignments (very few) and attend class for the weekly "negotiations", you are pretty much guaranteed an A or a B. But getting an A is not necessarily easy unless you naturally a good negotiator, or get lucky and have an easily manipulated partner(s). Interesting class though, definitly take this as one of your Econ electives!