Took Econ 2 with Chris and boy, he's a good teacher. There's no need to buy the textbook at all, everything he tests on are within the slides he uploads and teaches with each class. He's pretty young I think a phd student and without a doubt I would sign up for any class he teaches tbh.
There were weekly quizzes that were extra credit (if I'm remembering correctly) on the final grade/test. He's super clear in the concepts and easy to talk to if you want more help after class. I'd say going over his slides and using mind tap practice questions are the best way to ace this class.

I took Surro for 11 and 102. He is consistently clear and helpful. He is THE best econ professor at UCLA. Tests are tough but there is more than enough opportunity for extra credit. I recommend doing ALL of the extra credit he offers. Campuswire is also a helpful tool he uses to quickly respond to questions/concerns. The Solow Excel Assignment is rather tedious, but if you start early and do the bare minimum, you are guaranteed at least a B. Would recommend!

Chris Surro is probably the best professor I've had in the Economics department, maybe even at UCLA. I think what sets Chris apart is his willingness to improve. After our first midterm, he gave us a survey asking for feedback on how to become a better professor. He gives very clear lectures and always answers questions. On top of that, he always tries to connect the concepts to ideas outside of class, allowing the material we learn to be a lot more applicable to real-world scenarios.

The class is out out of 400 points, and there are no curves (up or down), but class participation is rewarded with an additional 100/100 points. It isn't extra credit in the traditional sense, but this means that if you participated a lot in class, you have a bit more room to get the grade you want. 25% of the class is homework and participation in online discussions, 30% is the midterm and 45% is the final, though he'll let you replace your midterm grade if your final grade is higher.

Personally, I believe that Econ 102 is one of the more easy classes in the major, at least compared to Econ 101, 11, 41, and 103, and Chris does a good job of helping you out. I would definitely recommend taking him again if possible, as all of the work he assigned us was reasonable and helped a lot.

Extra credits. Very helpful. It ready for long exams.

Definitely take a class with Chris Surro. One of the best Econ profs, he makes you realize that Econ isn’t just graphs and memorization but actually something people use in the real world.

Unlike most people jere, I actually don’t find his lecture to be super engaging; however, the content is naturally on the dry side, so I can’t blame him. However, he is super helpful with the class, provides tons of material to study for and make extra office hours and review sessions for the final. He also makes fair tests, problems are pretty similar to his practice problem sets throughout the quarter. My advice would be to study his practice problems hard to prepare for the exams. Overall, I’d say I will take the class with Surro again.

Surro basically went over slides that he created for each class. I felt that the examples he used on his notes were very easy in comparison to the problem sets and exams. The exams are super long for the set duration of time. I recommend to find a great TA. Definitely try to understand and how to do the problem sets. I would have done better in the course if I sacrificed the sufficient time necessary.

Professor Surro is the best professor to take a core Economics class with! He genuinely cares about learning and tries to show students how theoretical economics concept apply to the real world. He also gives out a lot of extra credit and it always willing to help. While most Economics class grades are based solely on exams, Surro encourages and awards participation, attendance and an effort to learn. He is also very open to feedback and does his level best to improve and help his students. Consider yourself lucky if you are able to get into one of his classes.

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Surro is hands down a solid professor. He explains the concepts of economics so well and genuinely makes it easier to understand. That being said, DO NOT underestimate how hard the exams are. He makes them challenging, but they are definitely manageable if you study and utilize all of the quizzes and other practice problems he assigns.
He is very fair with grading and gives you multiple opportunities to not have the exams totally destroy you. I didn't do great on the midterm, but that was my fault, and I got my crap together to do better on the final. Make sure you know all the formulas and understand the math behind the questions he's asking—it'll make the midterm much more manageable.

Highly recommend this class. Chris is an excellent professor who is genuinely passionate about teaching. All his assignments were very reasonable and clear, and he's really helpful during office horus too. This is an essay-based rather than exams-based class which is a nice change from the Econ prereqs. I wish he taught more electives, I would take every Econ class with Chris if I could!