I don't understand the hatred directed at this professor. I would say that he was the least problematic and difficult Economics professor I've had at UCSB. All the materials are simple and easy to understand. I ended up with a B because I didn't attend the lectures or prepare for the midterms, but that also proves that this isn't a hard class.

A student's dad recently passed and the professor provided zero accommodations for their upcoming final. Do I need to say more about the type of professor and person he is?

If you have to have to displeasure of taking a course with this “professor” I pray for you. Truly one of the worst educators I've had much to my chagrin. Pays no mind to students or their needs, and thinks he has the most important class in the world. If you want to learn from someone with an ounce of empathy, I would avoid him like the plague.

This professor is one of the least caring professors I have ever had in my life. He has no empathy for students and doesn't care at all about a students success.

Professor Rupert is a great lecturer - his classes are engaging and the exams are manageable. Using resources like Quizlet and unstuck ai made studying a breeze. Overall, a solid class!

He is one of the laziest professors at UCSB - he requires McGraw Hill + Connect for his classes, a $133 service, and then you just do hours of busywork. On top of all that, the homework assignments are poorly written and often contradictory. Aside from the lack of effort put into the class, he is likable, knowledgeable, and grades clearly.

Professor Rupert is a nice guy who wants his students to succeed. There are 3 equally weighted exams and the lowest gets dropped. Do the work for the first two exams and then you're basically done with the class 2/3 through the quarter.

I love Peter so much! My only complaint is McGraw Hill, but other than that the homework was easy (and on quizlet), and his exams are manageable, not to mention his lectures are hilarious, even tho the topic is not the most interesting. My class only had 3 noncumulative exams and one was dropped, as well as light homework.

I love Peter so much! My only complaint is McGraw Hill, but the homeworks are easy, everything is on quizlet too, and his lectures are hilarious and easy to follow. For my class there was no "final" just 3 non cumulative exams (and hw) and the lowest was dropped.

You'll get a 0 on an R assignment if you make one mistake and theres no late work allowed. Light math needed since the whole class is MC based. Lots of HW and readings but they'll prep you for the midterm if you also go to class. You need to put in work but its not a bad class. The prof is very responsive which is helpful.

He is very nice and accommodating and teaches the conceptual/intuitive aspects of labor economics instead of throwing equations and formulas at you. His reviews are mostly negative, but Econ2 is a weeder class and designed to challenge you no matter the professor. Don't let the reviews stop you from taking other classes with him. He's great!

do not get me wrong, peter is a smart prof and you will get a good score if you work for it, other than that he is one of those arrogant econ profs in colleges and most of the quantitative questions on exams were never taught in lecture, lectures were useless. clas and ta's couldn't even do these questions when I showed them exam 2. worst econ prof

The prof himself is fine but he actually never talks about what would be tested and he's hardly accessible outside the class. For homework and exams u have to study by yourself with Mankiw's textbook/other macro materials. Past exams only have keys w/o explanations, so just try ur best on those tricky questions, which are usually not clear enough.

worst econ professor in ucsb

Expected the worst because the things I've heard about him, but he wasn't all that bad. Worst thing I can say was that at times I didn't know what was going to be tested and I had a hard time reaching him by email (he also jumps around from chapter to chapter at random). Recommend going to lecture since lecture notes may be hard to understand w/o.

Exams are hardly related to the lecture. Many extra staffs you need to self-study outside the class. Overall, a good professor who explains concepts clearly, but u really need to prepare yourself.

Econ 2 and Econ 1 are DESIGNED TO BE WEEDER CLASSES. Rupert is a very knowledgeable guy and he does well explaining the concepts. HOWEVER, he goes off on tangents a lot after giving us real data as examples for class concepts so it's hard to keep track of what we really are going to be tested on. All things aside, he's a cool guy and funny too.

The professor and his course are so boring, and the test is not strongly related the lecture. In other words, although you review the lecture, the notes, the PPT, you still cannot have a good grade. This sucks!

Worst professor Ive ever had

The worst teacher i've ever had in ucsb. Taking his class is the worst choice for me ever. I need to think about repeating this course because obviously i won't pass

Worst and the most overrated professor ever seen. I would give him zero if I could for his terrible lecture and poorly written exam

Do not do this to yourself! He teaches stuff that is hardly relatable to midterm 1 and suggested to not using textbook, then we had a midterm 1 that is strongly relatable to textbook, so we, a couple of people who got A in Econ 1 started to read the textbook. However, for midterm 2, he tested lots of things from lectures...

He is absolutely the worst professor in this whole world. He does not care about the class or the students, and he doesn't hide it. Dont go to lectures nobody does they are confusing and boring (waste of time). The lectures have nothing to do with the test, actually, maybe 1 question out of 40 is. Get a textbook online! Doesn't provide u with one.

I won't take his lecture ever cuz what he teaches in the lecture has barely relation with the exam contents and the tests are tough. You may fail in the tests even you carefully review the contents.