Lectures drag on. After the first week, we were getting about 2++ hours of lecture time (including "homework" problems after lectures) on T and R. Look, there isn't any homework in this class, but if you want to know how to take Surro's tests you gotta do them. The midterm was tough. People generally did better in the final. You're gonna see other people saying that Surro grills us on application-type problems, but he did that just to prevent any sort of cheating. Generally, know the math and know how S&D graphs work and shift. — it gets more interesting when you look at LR and SR shifts. Surro says you don't have to read the textbook bc he tests on the stuff in his lecture. I found myself taking more notes from the textbook than his lectures, expect for like one chapter. I feel like either way works.

Professor Surro is one of the department's best professors for sure! I'd take any courses taught by him as he makes even the driest topics interesting. He is a bit tough on essays, but reasonable. This was a great class, from the structure to the grading to the material itself.

Every econ major should take this class. Whether you strongly oppose Capitalism or strongly support it, Chris will make you second guess your opinion. This is my 3rd time taking Chris and I'd take whatever class he teaches. Also, the majority of the class is writing based, which is refreshing for an econ class. Take him!

He was highly accessible through CampusWire (online discussion board system with a live video chat, office hours). If you have questions, you'll have them answered! Seek help early.

Before each exam, he'll share one past exam (mock exam). Class averages for each exam were in the C/B range; don't rely on a curve.

One of my favorite classes I've taken at the school. Very interesting and not too difficult in terms of work load. Chris is amazing.

very highly recommend any cs major take this for sci tech.

The homework was optional. We got full points for submitting an attempt. They were occasionally long.
Lectures were prerecorded. During the lecture, multiple choice questions would pop up for us to try to answer, as a comprehension check. He went over them afterwards. Each lecture is followed by a short, optional, 5 question quiz that we got full credit for so long as we got 1 question right. Chris was pretty monotone, so I could see people feeling finding his lectures unengaging, though the multiple choice questions helped with that. If you don't like listening to the lecture, he also posted each lecture typed up as a LaTeX document.
Tests (one midterm and a final) were multiple choice (he switched to this format because of Covid. I believe he will switch back to FRQs once we're back in person). They were pretty conceptual. If one understood the lectures and homework, they probably did well.
He had a nice grading system. If you do a homework or quiz, you get points and the number of points you're graded out of in the end increases. If you don't do a homework or quiz, you aren't losing any points because your grade never included them to begin with. The effect is if you have to miss a quiz/homework, you're good. If you feel confident in your understanding of the material, no need to do any homework or quizzes - just ace the midterm and final. If you're insanely confident, you could even skip the midterm, since if you do better on the final than the midterm, your final grade replaces your midterm grade.
He held live sessions once a week on a service called Campuswire where he went over several example problems. He seemed more lively here than in the prerecorded lectures. People could post questions on Campuswire for everyone to see and (in my experience) he responded within minutes.
Having a strong background in math is very helpful here. We used several results from multivariable calculus (ex. Lagrangian multiplier method). I can see someone who's not so familiar with multivariable calculus struggling.

I really enjoyed taking this class with Professor Surro. His lectures were posted all online, but he made sure to keep up with his students and make classes engaging. When I took it, there were reading quizzes that were fairly straightforward and made up a good portion of your grade. There were also data requirements, two assignments that were basically data reports. Overall, I would 100% take this class again and would recommend this to any econ major.

Chris is the best! This is the second class that I took with him after Econ 102. And the reason why I wanted Chris to be my instructor again is I just love the way he teaches. Even the driest and boring topics like the history of capitalism can be fun, with all the projects involved, like making data reports, essays, and final presentation. Overall, I’d say Chris is still the best instructor in the department, who actually cares about his students, wants his students to go beyond the limits (not just prepping for midterms/finals), that are often not useful for our future. I would definitely recommend Chris for any classes that he teaches.

Surro is very sweet and understanding. All his assignments are reasonable and considerate. He also explains concepts clearly. Comparing with other Econ professors with horrible attitudes he is a true blessing.

Surro is a really nice professor who is always willing to help you. I took this class his first quarter teaching Econ 11 and it was fairly difficult but doable if you put in the time. The class was made up of a final and a midterm and he gives you practice sets that are recommended for these exams.