A lot of material is covered. Lecture pace is high speed and doesn't allow much time to digest material while in class. Too busy scrambling to type notes. For exams, potential essay prompts are given in advance. Study those. Massive amounts of reading are assigned. Frustrating when not all is useddiscussed. One book was never discussed.

I took this course expecting history, not lectures on obscure economists. Once I figured out her esoteric angle on twentieth century America the course became more manageable, though never close to enjoyable.

Incredibly excited coming into the class but wow...I will never take another class with Furner again. She is rude and her lectures are entirely pointless..I felt like I learned more just from reading the uploaded PP's. Tough tests, and 1 longer paper, excessive unnecessary reading.

Most of her lectures are bewildering tirades against obscure economists. She repeatedly asserts her affinity for "Neo-Pragmatist" philosophy and "Institutionalist" economics, but you will never ever care why. Sometimes mean and suspicious but often her head is in the clouds and out of the classroom. Avoid her at all costs.

She is a very sweet teacher, and has good lectures but at the end of the day her midterms/final was IMPOSSIBLE! atteneded every class, studied, and still didnt get a good grade. she is helpful for the paper though

The most awful class I have had at UCSB! She spends at least 30 min. before every class talking about things that don't relate to lecture, and she never gets through all of her lecture. She assigns an insane amount of reading, and expects you all to have completed it. I would NEVER take a class with her again.