He follows the department curve strictly:
25% A
35% B
25% C

You cannot use a graphing calculator on exams to compute calculations. Only a 'simple calculator' is allowed. It is slightly unfair as other ECON 41 Professors allow students to use one.

Homework questions are graded for accuracy, and are due weekly. All work must be shown.

Disclaimer- This was the first online quarter
Let me start off by saying I didn't like the class. This class was the hardest econ class ive taken ( and ive taken 1,2 and 11) The professors lectures were a drag to listen to and most of the time went like 10-15 mins over the designated lecture time. The lectures were recorded but they were boring to listen to, I almost never did them in one sitting. As for the syllabus, he provided 4 different grading scheme due to the different situations going on. HW was always 10%, Midterm was either 0/45/30/60% with the Final being 90/45/60/30% respectively. As for the actual content of the class, the professor's lectures weren't very clear. He stated more theorems, definitions and proofs than showed how to use them in an actual example which is in my eyes the most important part because he didn't ask any theorem/definition/proof questions on the exams. The midterm was pretty straight forward, the average was like 90-92% depending on what time you took it (he provided 8am and 8pm exams to accommodate time differences). The high average was undoubtably due to people collaborating, bc the professor did not write an easy midterm. The final averages were 85-89% (bc he again provided 2 different times for the exam). The final was 70 questions and was not easy at all. The way he calculated grades was also quite unusual because he calculated your grade compared to the people who took the midterm/final at the same time as you and not compared to the whole class. I didn't do well on the exams but still managed to get a C in the class. But it was definitely a difficult class.

Denis was a great professor, though I didn't spend much time in class because I had another class at the same time. He's very friendly and always willing to answer questions. He assigns grades based off of rank within the class, so make sure you step up when it comes to exams. Scoring above the curve is a good way to get an A. He makes the exams pretty easy, especially in comparison to the reviews from previous quarters. The downside to this is that you definitely need to get an A (or something close to that) on exams in order to get an A in the class. Averaging a C on exams however, is probably enough to get a low B or high C.
My advice is to pay close attention to the homework and do all of the practice problems he gives you. Doing all of those are probably enough to get an A in the class.

The lectures and homework assignments were extremely useful. Professor Chetverikov was very helpful and patient with answering students' questions, even right after the lectures. While most professors are unwilling to stay after class to talk to students, he makes sure that everyone who has questions gets a chance to ask him directly. The weekly homework is relatively short and very doable, not to mention, great review for the midterm and final. The midterm was easy (I got 100%), as long as you mildly pay attention in lecture and make sure to understand all the homework problems, including non graded ones. The final was slightly more difficult, mostly because its so damn long. He posted 2 practice finals, but I only did one and reviewed all the homework, which was enough to get 67/70 (I also guessed on the last 3 cause they were kinda hard and I just wanted to leave lol). Overall, one of the better classes I've taken at UCLA, even though some topics weren't that engaging.

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Before I took the class, I was worried because everyone says it's one of the most difficult lower divs for Econ. I had a pretty tough time with Econ 11 so I was prepared for the worst. The class actually turned out to be relatively easy, especially the midterm. Discussions are not mandatory but are pretty helpful because they go over a lot of problems that show up on the homework or practice exams. Make sure you take down notes because it'll be hard to find how to do a certain problem if you don't have it down somewhere. Professor has some witty jokes now and then which keep things interesting.

I highly recommend Chetverikov over Rojas because it seemed like my friends in Rojas were having a really tough time. Do the practice exams before the midterm and final and you can easily get an A!

The lectures and homework assignments were extremely useful. Professor Chetverikov was very helpful and patient with answering students' questions, even right after the lectures. While most professors are unwilling to stay after class to talk to students, he makes sure that everyone who has questions gets a chance to ask him directly. The weekly homework is relatively short and very doable, not to mention, great review for the midterm and final. The midterm was extremely easy, as long as you pay attention in lecture and understand all the homework problems (including non graded ones). The final was slightly more difficult, mostly because its 70 questions. He posted 2 practice finals, but I only did one and reviewed all the homework, which was enough to do very well on the final. Overall, one of the most interesting classes I've taken at UCLA, even though some topics weren't that engaging.

Chetverikov was very clear in his expectations and was always willing to help after class. Wookun Kim and Changsu Ko were very capable TAs.

Midterm was a piece of cake, but the final was very difficult. I wouldn't say Denis is the worst professor ever and that you should avoid him as much as possible though. Going to lecture is quite valuable. He isn't the most engaging person in the world, but he does care. He hold office hours and is willing to answer many questions. I'm kinda pissed I got a B, but the final is worth 60% of the grade and is REALLY hard!!

Denis.... sigh.
This guy spent way too much time explaining proofs during class that we didn't even get tested on. He spent so much time that we ran of time to go over a MAJOR topic (e.g: null hypothesis)... He had to rush us.... and this topic was like 1/4th of our final exam questions.
I went to 2 TAs' sections. They were both frustrated with Denis's over-complicated notations and how Denis emphasized all the wrong stuff

The practice midterm he gave us didn't resemble the midterm (eg: practice midterm barely had card or dice questions when the actual midterm was filled with them).
The practice Final is provided without solutions... Yes. It's pretty much so that you see how screwed you are.

Awful.
Denis you get a 1/5

he is the best professor for econ 41. he was extremely helpful in office hours, and was always clear with what he expected from us to know. he assigned 5-10 homework problems a week and they were extremely doable, and not graded for correctness but for completeness which was nice because some were tricky. his midterm was easy, his final required much more work, but just do a million practice tests (get from the test bank or AAP) and you'll be fine. you need to know different ways to do these problems rather than relying on what he does in class. his final is much different than anything he has done in class, it is a lot harder but it was definitely expected to be harder. I wish I could take him for econ 103. he was very good compared to other econ 41 professors.