McDevitt is a great lecturer. Very concise. His tests are straightforward, but you have to KNOW the concepts backwards and forwards. There should be no grey areas in your mind or you will not do well. Go to lecture, take notes, do the study questions and go to as many TA and prof office hours as possible and you will be fine. ALSO!! I highly recommend buying his lecture notes from Ackerman. He writes so fast and sometimes sloppy that you spend more time trying to decipher what's on the board than learning the actual concepts.

I had 11, 121, 102, 101, and 150 with McDevitt (huge fan if you can't tell). His lectures are so clear and concise, and he has a really lovable quirky sense of humor. For most of his classes, he has the course readings available in the student store. Although, you should take your own notes in class and use the course-reader as a supplementary tool rather than a substitute for lecture. What's so great about McDevitt are his practice exams. The actual exams are always similar to the practice except a different scenario (e.g. if interest goes up instead of going down). If you put in the work, you should get at least get a B.

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Great lecturer. Defined his terms precisely, carefully crafted his study questions to paint students a complete picture of the topics. The tests were long but definitely manageable, curve was fair in my opinion. Not everyone that wants an A deserves one. If your major is economics, I strongly recommend taking McDevitt, you will not be disappointed.

Good lecturer when you're actually awake. Very easy to fall asleep in his class.

Mcdevitt is THE best econ professor I had in UCLA. In fact he is much better than my current econ teacher from Stanford. His midterms and finals most exactly like the study questions and examples from notes. I guess those that got really bad grades don't really understand the concept and just purely memorize the method. If we expect everything to be pure memorization, why come to college? McDevitt helps you understand econ and wants you to learn not memorize. If you love econ, please do take McDvitt, if you're looking for an easy UD GE go for Buddin or someone like that.

McDevitt is a nice man, his lectures seemed interesting to me, but I didn't do well on any of the tests. Perhaps, it's just that you need to do practice problems over and over again-- which I didn't do. I ended up with a C+, and I won't ever let myself take a class with him again.

Class was not a piece of cake, but definitely doable. SQs and lecture notes are crucial for the test. Tests were very difficult, but curves are generous. I felt like I really bombed all three tests, yet I still ended up with a B-, so you may think you're doing bad but so is everyone else. Recommended class, its hard but you'll learn a lot and he is a fair teacher, not out to get you.

Great lecture, but very hard class. Tons of work if you want to get a B or above. If you are planning to study for his class every single day and have no life, you will probably end up with a decent grade. Go to OH and ask questions, lecture notes is a must and don't buy the book.

Great professor, but hard. The way he makes his test makes you have to study everything. I think going over his lecture notes and study his lectures and examples so well that you can memorize every step is the best method. He's a great econ prof!