Great teacher and very understanding. Everything was straight forward. Do the reading and work hard and you will get an A. Put in work people. Idk, about the other review. This was a great class, to bad he is retiring.
The professor was absent several times, lecture is not helpful. Reading is important. Final exam is tricky . It is not so easy like other comments.
The professor was absent several times, reading is very important. It is not very easy class. Final exam is so tricky.
Deacon is a great guy who brings his real world knowledge to his class. But it's also somewhat boring. He lectures loosely based on the slides he posts. I went to class and rarely paid attention cause it was just too boring. The upside is that there is no textbook, minimal work, and its a very easy class. An A- is curved down to an 87
a decent prof of a very easy class. any econ major who wants an easy A should take this class. go to section for help with hw and the exams are VERY straightforward if youve done the readings. deacon was nice and pleasant, but didnt say anything all that important in lecture.
Deacon is an excellent professor. In just a course you will get an insight on all resource economics. He makes it really interesting. Readings are very well chosen. Slides are very helpful. Content is pretty easy, but hey, who complains, it's useful stuff nonetheless. Rebecca told in section all you need to know for hw. A must have class
the final was completely unreasonable. there was a review session during one hour of the test taking time and bc of that we weren't allowed to finish or even go over the test again. many guessed answers even if you study for days.
love him-classes are pointless to go to really but section is a must! if you have rebecca she is a lifesaver when it comes to the homework and the entire class is curved so down to an 87 is an A in the class. Take it! No book just online readings which arnt to bad
Economics and Environmental Studies class - I HIGHLY recommend to both, but particularly useful for environmental majors because Deacon does a wonderful job of explaining the science, economics, and biology on many issues involving natural resource management. CHEERS!
Amazing professor and class. Grade breakdown: 20% homework. 35% midterm and 45% final. There are 5 homework assignments and he drops the lowest. If you go to TA's office hours you'll have 100% homework easy. Tests were all multiple choice for my class to make it easy to grade. Midterm was easy. Final a bit more difficult. No book.
Deacon is the kind of prof. who plays cool youtube clips before lecture starts. No textbook, posts the readings online. Homework is important, but there are only a few assignments. Easy class, he curves it to give practically everyone an A or B
Deacon is a great professor, straight forward, & well organized. This class was a realworld application of econ theory,focuses on forestry, fisheries, nonrenewables, interesting and pretty easy. Go to class, print notes, understand the homework and review before the exams you should do well. There's 1 midterm, final & 5 homework.
Extremely Helpful, a breath of fresh air. GO TO LECTURE, DO THE HOMEWORKS (ALL) AND ATTEND SECTION. You can get an A.
While the course material can be downright boring at times and lecture was often used to catch up on sleep, deacon is a nice, and very helpful professor. Its also nice that a textbook isnt required for hte class
Econ 122: I HIGHLY recommend this class! Deacon is great, the subject matter is intresting, and if you put in the effort- you can easily pull off an A in this class.
Deacon is a very nice guy he will help you with any questions you have. On his exams he will do some questions that can be very hard and blow off your grade. He can be tricky. If you study hard and understand the material well you will do fine.
awful teacher. I never went to class and when I did, I fell asleep. Easy tests, but horrible teacher
Such a nice professor. Exams are on the easier side compared to most econ classes. Professor is like a grandpa, nice and very helpful. One of the easier upper division econs! Take this class with him if you can!
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I had Deacon for 100a and thought he was an okay teacher, but he's WAY better in 122! The class is very interesting, and is one of the most relaxed econ courses to take. Deacon is by far the most personable econ prof at UCSB; really nice guy. Take this class if you ever get the chance!
Nice guy, but horrible teacher. Lectures are worthless - just go to CLAS for insight into old exams. If you study just the book and lecture, you'll be lucky to get a B+; if you go to CLAS to learn how to do problems, an 'A' is easily attainable.
As others have mentioned he is a nice person but his lectures are very boring. His lectures are very simple and sometimes irrelevant to the exams. JUST review old tests and do the workbook quizzes.
Though hee is a nice person, his lectures are extremely boring! Also, as others have said, his lectures are very simple compared to the workbook problems and the test questions. You need to review old tests and UNDERSTAND the workbook quizzes in order to do well in this class.
He doesn't seem nice at first, but go to his office hours we will be more than happy to answer your questions. Try to be friendly and show interest. On the test always 2 tricky quest, just wants to know who is an "A" student. Test is 16 quest.multiple choise, 8 TF and 8 abc. Go over his old tests.