Surro really cares about his students' learning and tries his best to help us by answering our campus wire questions, holding office hours 2 hours a week, providing notes and recordings, and being a friendly and fun teacher! As a caveat, his exams are HARD and the median was about a B.

Put in the work and you know what to do succeed based on the advice he gives you on the first day of his class. I did a good amount of what he suggested and ended up with a B- (sick with the flu during throughout the midterm week, less than 2 hours of sleep before the final). If you're the type of student that got in based on hard work and consistency rather than pure intellect and stuff like that, I advise that you go to as many OH (Surro's and TA's) as you can even if you think you know everything. Think about the stuff intellectually rather than knowing how to do the math.

Surro by no means is an easy teacher but he is clear and very reasonable. His class is structure in a way where you can only help yourself through doing problem sets, quizzes, and good on the midterm. Midterm is definitely a major time crunch but if you do better on the final, it will be dropped. The material overall in Econ 11 can be pretty difficult, but there is not a ton of it. Where most students struggle is with the fact that Surro tries to make students have a full understanding of the material, which means an understanding of the intuition instead of just knowing the basic steps. For the midterm and final, he gives out a practice one that is from the previous quarter that is very similar to the one that you will take. Do all the practice homeworks and problem sets. Median grade gets curved to a B.

This class is very tough, but Surro definitely provides the resources for you to be successful. You just have to really utilize all of the practice he gives you and definitely attend lectures because he goes over problems in class. He cares about his students a lot as well. His tests are definitely really difficult, but I don't think unfairly so. He is a good teacher and if you pay attention and do the practice, you can succeed in the class. You also don't really need to go to section if you can do the practice on your own.

I was so scared to take Econ 11 because of its intimidating reputation but Chris surro is truly one of the best professors I’ve ever had. He explains things in a straight forward way that makes sense. If you put in the work to truly understand the material and not just memorize equations then the tests will be a breeze. This class is a great example of the work you put in reflects your results.

For people with math-related background , this class should be quite easy. In my opinion, it’s easier than math 32a. I watched all the lectures recodings and did the problem sets. His notes were helpful. If you follow his advice, exams should be very easy.

Professor Surro is an excellent lecturer. He explains everything in a clean, concise way, his class is very organized, and you feel like you understand everything after each lecture. However, the midterm and final are challenging because he tests for a deeper understanding of the material. You can do all the practice problems he gives, yet there will still be questions that you have never seen before. Also, your grade is either 33% midterm, 67% final, or 100% final. Attendance to discussions and lectures is not mandatory, and weekly homework/quizzes are practically extra credit. This class was pretty good overall, but I wish the final wasn't weighted so heavily

Surro's class was difficult in the best way possible. His method of teaching and grading was rooted in a motivation to increase conceptual understanding rather than simple memorization or an easy A. He gives you all the tools necessary to succeed in the class, but its up to you to use them-- the problem sets, practice questions, and quizzes are optional. Follow his advice on how to do good in the class, and it will be extremely rewarding. It wasn't easy, but I have gained a deeper appreciation for the subject and broadened my intuition-- would highly recommend Surro!

Surro is an amazing professor, I am just not an amazing student. I just never went to class and crammed midterm/final a night or two before-hand so some of the edge cases that you learn about scenarios are tested heavily, and given my lack of preparedness and simple math mistakes due to my adhd, I got bad test grades.

In the end when calculating final grades, he didn't curve the upper 50% of the class but only curved the lower bottom. So basically if you were borderline B+/A- and was expecting a curve to bump you up, that would not happen. I had a B+ and stuck at the B+ in the end.