The class was difficult sometimes but incredibly interesting. A lot of quizzes and midterms but it will allow you to drop your lowest scores. I was even able to drop the final because my midterms were good enough. She usually responds very fast throughout the course.
Attendance doesn't count so just read the textbook instead of going to class because she is so boring it's impossible to pay attention. She tells you what to study then tests you on different material or makes the questions way harder than they were before. Also, if you have questions, don't even bother emailing her. She will not respond.
Attending lecture gives you 10 free percent overall. Predictable schedule. Material is sometimes presented in a confusing fashion. Overall ok.
Worst ever! You will Experience Different Levels of Sucks in her class. I got a solid B+ 89.48 rather than an A- coz of her retarded grading scheme. No curve. No cutoff. Ur expected to wake up at 3 am to attend the lectures if ur an international student. Final has a few unnecessary wordplay questions. Avoid her at any cost! Anyway, I wish NMSL!
25 HW 25 MT1 25 MT2 25Final, if you attend lecture you get 10 free and makes MT count for 20 each. No practice test. HW does not teach you what you need to know for the exam. Poll questions in lecture do not prepare you for exam. The online format of this class for this professor is impossible. If you can't teach yourself from the book do not take.
Attendance wasn't mandatory but if you go to lectures then it makes the midterms weigh less (super helpful). Didn't read the textbook at all so it's not necessary. Tests are very fair compared to other econ tests. Math problems are very straightforward and practiced in sections/quizzes. Tests are 50-50 math and concepts
Good teacher, she goes slow and thorough with her lectures and her test questions are pretty straightforward from what's been taught.
I would say her class is fair, two tests and a final, weekly quizzes, and two activities. You do also have to go to lectures. It wasn't bad, but she does have a tendency to change material on her tests even though she'll claim that it'll just be like the quizzes. Your TA is really going to carry you with learning the math, so utilize it!
Maybe the transition to online learning has been tough but Kathryn is terribly boring, does not explain information clearly and leaves a lot of work to the student to do on their own. She does give weekly quizzes that are easy and you get points for attendance but you wont leave if any useful information that you didnt figure out on your own.
Don't take any class with her, tough grader, heavy lectures, she teaches slowly, never respond to your email, the only person that will get back to you is her head TA. All her lecture quizzes were hard. I asked her to drop me from the class and she did not even respond to me, I rather get D to get the class again.
Prof. Marshall's Econ 101 class has been somewhat tough, although she has had the best transition to online class out of all of my Econ classes this quarter. Lecture's can be slow and long but I find the material and her teaching to be interesting. Biggest issue is no office hours with her, only sections provided by TA's.
Terrible grading system, she spends around half the time not going into mathematical concepts when they really make up most of the exam. She talks so low it is like I'm being sedated.
boring teacher. tests are hard and does not provide the resources to do well in this class
She was an okay teacher. I went to office hours she was helpful, but near finals she got overwhelmed by all the students asking questions, so I didn't get all my questions answered. Biggest take away: I ended with an 89.85% in the class and I asked her to round it up and she said no...I don't know any other teacher that wouldn't round that.
Honestly, her class is not that hard if you can study by yourself. Attendance is mandatory because of the quiz. Make sure you fully understand her practice exam, then you should be fine. Definitely an easy class compared to other ECON upper-division classes.
Marshall manages to make simple math and econ concepts nonsensical. Don't expect to learn anything from lecture, which is mandatory, as she wastes time on her hand-made graphs and books she's read. Someone who labels herself as a "guider, not of a teacher" should be in an instant red flag.
Super hard , unrealistic tests, attendance and section both graded yet useless. DOES NOT CARE ABOUT STUDENTS, did not tell us whether test is ongoing or cancelled for coronavirus , although she cancelled finals for the Thomas fire quarter, truly unfair
Super irrelevant lectures which attendance is 15%, doesnt even give us full credit for attendance even if we go. basically doesnt respond to emails actually. really evil and unfair, cancelled finals during the quarter of the Thomas fire but did not get back to us yet for the coronavirus even though its way worse than the fire. Unrealistic tests
Its just a disaster her lectures are useless and also gives irrelevant and hard tests
Lectures are less than useless, focuses on things more appropriate for a class that's non math based. Seeing as this class's tests are all math based, that's a big problem. She seems nice enough but she doesn't explain anything you actually need to know, tests for understanding, and throws weird curveballs on exams.
Seriously useless lectures
She's nice enough, but I've had for two different classes, and she just isn't a good instructor. Her lectures lack organization, and she has a tendency to go off on tangents that distract from test-relevant material. Be prepared to teach yourself. Her tests are also borderline random, and may or may not cover material focused on in in class.
she is a very nice person. I am a straight A student, read all of the readings, did all of the practice tests and problems (& understood each one), yet still managed to fail the final. She does not teach the material we are tested on, pulls random questions, and has quizzes for attendance (so you may not get full credit even if you go to all lects)
Tests are not at all similar to practices and lectures are extremely tedious and unhelpful