I came in having taken AP Macro in high school, so I knew all of the content before the first midterm, so I stopped going to class after Week 2. However, Prof. Boswell's lecture slides were enough to understand the course content, so I had no issue with studying. Tests were generally fair, and she chose not to curve the class down, which was great. Overall decent class, even though I went all of seven times.

This class is very doable and would recommend to anyone. Boswell is a good prof, but there's nothing that is stand out amazing about her, she is just very fair. 25% midterm1, 25% midterm2, 35% final and 15% assignments and 2% extra credit on your final exam if you fill out course eval. The assignments are done in groups and there's only 3 for the whole quarter (5%) each and are all graded on accuracy. They're not that bad but there can be a few questions that really get you.

Midterms and final are all multiple choice. 30 questions for the midterms and 60 questions for final. Let me just say that there's SO MUCH CHEATING on those damn midterms. Both midterms were held in person and there was still so much cheating. Let me preface this by saying this class was 440 people so we took it in Moore 100 and everyone sat next to each other (some profs make you sit every other seat but we would not fit if we did that). There were 3 different versions of both midterms but all the versions had the same questions, just different order so the entire midterm everyone is just looking over at everyone's paper to check answers. It's also scantron and you don't need to show work to get credit so that why people are able to pull this off. It was sooooooo frustrating because everyone was worried for the down curve, but she didn't end up down curving but only because of the TA strike. There were so many people who would walk out of the midterm saying they couldn't focus because their friends were just looking at their paper the whole time.

With all of that being said, the midterms and final are very fair. She bases all the problems from mindtap and she posts 3 practice tests for each midterm and final. The average for the midterm is decent, I think mid 80's for both. The final was pretty easy but I just didn't prepare enough. Overall pretty fair and doable class

This class is easy for people who have prior knowledge of economics. Professor Boswell is a really patient and generous professor, she pays attention to students' needs and is willing to do whatever she can to make the students' lives easier. However, the course is designed to have only the top 30% of the class get an A and 35% of people would get a B, the rest are either C+ or lower. The grade boundary changes each year. There are three group assignments for the class and are graded on accuracy, so make sure you find a reliable group to work with. One double-sided cheat sheet is allowed on midterms (there are two midterms), and 3 double-sided cheat sheets are allowed on the final. The professor gave us extra credit for completing the course evaluation as well so this year's average was higher than the previous. The key to success in this class is to do the discussion practices and the MindTap problems, like every single one of them, and you need to understand the concept behind them in order to score well on the exam. The MindTap is around $70, but I know people who still succeed without the MindTap by simply reading the whole textbook and doing the textbook practices.

I really liked the TA. The professor is extremely accommodating. I feel like that last 2 weeks of material was not covered as extensively as it should have been. Before the last two weeks, material was covered pretty well and it got confusing.

The class is easy if you stay focused and are on top of your assignments, go through past tests for midterms and finals.

Professor Boswell is a good professor for this class. Her lectures are recorded and everything she covers in the lecture are on the tests. Personally, her class was not super fun or super interesting, but I think that is just the nature of the class, not the professor. If this is your only option for Econ 1, I would recommend taking it with Boswell. She is very fair and super helpful, always willing to teach you a concept you aren't completely sure about. Her class is structured with 3 group assignments (which are super easy), 2 midterms, and 1 cumulative final. Her tests sometimes have tricky questions that make you think (not as straightforward) but if you study, there is no reason you shouldn't get an A in the class. Overall, I would recommend taking Econ 1 with Boswell as you don't really need to read the textbook and the class is pretty easy with a light workload.