ECON 111
Theories of Economic Growth and Development
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses 11, 101, 103. Corequisite: course 111L. Application of theoretical and empirical tools from microeconomics to provide insights into problems confronting low-income countries today and to evaluate policies that are likely to be effective in improving well-being of poorest on globe. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2022 - (I will edit my review to show my grade once grades have come out. But if she doesn't curve the raw score B's up to an A, I will edit my rating to reflect that). EDIT: She did not curve Econ 111 with Olivia was mostly chill because the material isn't overly difficult and I felt like the topic of developmental economics was pretty interesting. All econ majors should learn about developing countries because it takes what you learned about macroeconomics from core classes to apply to real countries. We had a case study (4 parts, 10% each), two quizzes (10% each), class activities (10% each), and a final (30%). However, the way the grader graded the case studies was odd because it was subjective. They graded it on a secret rubric and even though you try your best and put all of your effort into your case study while going above and beyond to answer the questions about your country, you only get an 8 which is considered "good." If you get an 8 for all of the case studies, you are missing out on 8 points. That brings you down to an A minus already, assuming you don't make any mistakes on the quizzes or the final. I really dislike not being in control of our grades and feeling like the grader is just giving us random grades based off of a random number generator because there is no individual feedback. Would I take thing class again? F*CK NO. I really enjoyed the overall vibe of the class and I loved the material and how Olivia taught the class, but I feel very discouraged about my knowledge and mastery in the subject since we get marked down a lot with no realistic opportunity for extra points (we were offered a point of extra credit if we created a WTO proposal that everyone in the class agreed with, but of course no one would all agree with everything due to tradeoffs and what their country would realistically do, and also because no one in the class wants other people getting extra credit when they don't get any). I deserve an A and I only got a B even though I understood everything. Her grading is ridiculous. She may be nice, but she screwed us over and she definitely will do the same to you. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS.
Fall 2022 - (I will edit my review to show my grade once grades have come out. But if she doesn't curve the raw score B's up to an A, I will edit my rating to reflect that). EDIT: She did not curve Econ 111 with Olivia was mostly chill because the material isn't overly difficult and I felt like the topic of developmental economics was pretty interesting. All econ majors should learn about developing countries because it takes what you learned about macroeconomics from core classes to apply to real countries. We had a case study (4 parts, 10% each), two quizzes (10% each), class activities (10% each), and a final (30%). However, the way the grader graded the case studies was odd because it was subjective. They graded it on a secret rubric and even though you try your best and put all of your effort into your case study while going above and beyond to answer the questions about your country, you only get an 8 which is considered "good." If you get an 8 for all of the case studies, you are missing out on 8 points. That brings you down to an A minus already, assuming you don't make any mistakes on the quizzes or the final. I really dislike not being in control of our grades and feeling like the grader is just giving us random grades based off of a random number generator because there is no individual feedback. Would I take thing class again? F*CK NO. I really enjoyed the overall vibe of the class and I loved the material and how Olivia taught the class, but I feel very discouraged about my knowledge and mastery in the subject since we get marked down a lot with no realistic opportunity for extra points (we were offered a point of extra credit if we created a WTO proposal that everyone in the class agreed with, but of course no one would all agree with everything due to tradeoffs and what their country would realistically do, and also because no one in the class wants other people getting extra credit when they don't get any). I deserve an A and I only got a B even though I understood everything. Her grading is ridiculous. She may be nice, but she screwed us over and she definitely will do the same to you. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS.
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Fall 2019 - This class is ridiculous. A significant portion of your grade in the class is completely irrelevant to the lecture material and solely based on outside knowledge. If you are a hardworking, independent student who likes to study material and be evaluated solely on that material I would avoid this class. I don't think background knowledge on the United States and/or another country should weigh so heavily in your performance in a class.
Fall 2019 - This class is ridiculous. A significant portion of your grade in the class is completely irrelevant to the lecture material and solely based on outside knowledge. If you are a hardworking, independent student who likes to study material and be evaluated solely on that material I would avoid this class. I don't think background knowledge on the United States and/or another country should weigh so heavily in your performance in a class.
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ATTENTION!.. disregard the previous comments!.. people! you do ur work you'll be finE!.. u dONT u'll end up w/ a bad grade! thas how it works. his lecture is TOTALLy straight forward.. EXACTLY as the book! he'll add little things here and there to the reading (his own comments). NOT much reading!!!! - do the reading (KEY b/c his lecture is exactly the same and exams are same also) - outline it (or take notes as u go along) - study ur notes - don't focus on minor details - know concepts (flash cards help) - BULLET on the exam.. he really does NOT care aobut nice essays.. it's an ECON class !!! not english.. - that's how i did it.. and i'm on my way to an A in the class! as a teacher: - NOT even all that bad! ... WEIRd sense of humor.. but made us laugh SEVERAL times, which in turn makes class more fun... exams: TOTALLy straight forward. nothing weird.. You'll even be able to tell what is going to be on the exam.. Reading the previous comments i was TOTALLY scared to take him!.. but he turned out to be one of the BETTER teachers. it's a kick back class. do readings when due.. outline.. memorize .. u'll be finE! good luck
ATTENTION!.. disregard the previous comments!.. people! you do ur work you'll be finE!.. u dONT u'll end up w/ a bad grade! thas how it works. his lecture is TOTALLy straight forward.. EXACTLY as the book! he'll add little things here and there to the reading (his own comments). NOT much reading!!!! - do the reading (KEY b/c his lecture is exactly the same and exams are same also) - outline it (or take notes as u go along) - study ur notes - don't focus on minor details - know concepts (flash cards help) - BULLET on the exam.. he really does NOT care aobut nice essays.. it's an ECON class !!! not english.. - that's how i did it.. and i'm on my way to an A in the class! as a teacher: - NOT even all that bad! ... WEIRd sense of humor.. but made us laugh SEVERAL times, which in turn makes class more fun... exams: TOTALLy straight forward. nothing weird.. You'll even be able to tell what is going to be on the exam.. Reading the previous comments i was TOTALLY scared to take him!.. but he turned out to be one of the BETTER teachers. it's a kick back class. do readings when due.. outline.. memorize .. u'll be finE! good luck
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