Midterm and final are insane. And TAs are useless because they assume you know all the materials. You'd better to read the books and pay attention to classes otherwise exams will destroy your GPA.

Professor Surro is a really caring and knowledgeable professor. His exams are extremely doable as long as you go to the lectures, but theTA sections are not helpful unless you don't get the materials he went over in class. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with him.

Hands down best professor I've had in the econ department, his lectures are very clear and his tests are fair. The class is hard but if you put in the work you can get the grade you want. His homework also serves as extra credit so it not only helps you better understand the coursework but it gives extra credit points. Would take any other class with Chris again.

My FAVORITE class ever!!! If you can, please choose Chris at all cost. He is the best! I really love his teaching philosophy, that it is more important for student to understand the class materials than simply getting an easy A. Sometimes it is really tempting to choose some 'easy classes' but I feel like I did not learning anything at the end of the day. For this class, yes it is not that easy, but I did feel I learn a LOT and fall into deeper love with Economics.

A few tips for this class(I hope they are useful):
1. Do all the problem sets and quizzes, even if they are not required. The quizzes are super easy, but the problem sets may be a bit more challenging, and more on the intuition side of the problem. But since the midterm and final have a bunch of questions that requires us to understand those intuition, it would be better just to do all the problem sets.
2. Go to office hours!! Chris is super helpful and approachable, and he can explain everything in a logical manner.

In short, I really really really recommend taking Econ 11 with Chris!!! You will learn more than you expected. : )

Insanely hard midterms and finals. Some of my friends got A's, and didn't think it was as difficult, but I was completely lost. If you are not math inclined, then this class will make you drop the major (I did). Professor Surro is great, and hes hot, the material will seem easy because the way he teaches make the material seem like a breeze. But then you get to the test and your brain goes blank. The tests aren't everything though! I got D's on both final and midterm and got a B+, not because the class is curved but there are other opportunnties to get points, and TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES! You'll be fine.

W professor all around. Econ 11 course material is difficult as it is, but Surro was just such a nice guy, presented engaging lectures, and was just so willing to help all his students, especially in his office hours.
Records all his lectures and there's 2 grading schemes + a curve in case you bomb the midterm (I did).
The class is rigorous and difficult I will say that; however, the professor made it worth while. If you're going to take this class, take it with Surro!

Content is tough. Midterm was okay, final was awfully hard. His lectures were sort of engaging, nothing too special. Lots of working out solutions which was cool.

Surro is the best professor you will get out there for this class. His lectures are very clear, and the workload is manageable as long as you don't miss a lecture or get behind a lesson, bc everything you learn builds off the week before. A lot of it is just understanding the practicality of the econ concepts and what it means behind the formulas.

Very hard, boring, and theoretical

surro my GOAT. great lecturer and has a real learning system if you put in the work. technically nothing except the final was mandatory but obvs there was a midterm and practice work that only boosted your grade. full page cheat sheet was allowed on both exams and he gave us his past final to study from which was nice. me personally i pulled all nighters before each exam bc i didn't put in the work but i think if you understand the concepts, the math isn't hard and you'll be fine. i think he curved at the end too.