Professor
Michael Manville
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2025 - i have mixed feelings about this class. i really enjoyed lectures and thought manville was very engaging but the lectures felt very disconnected from assignments. the writing assignments were graded harshly with little feedback. when i asked for clarification my ta's explanations made little sense and it made me feel discouraged to ask for further clarification. i understand why manville chooses to grade harshly so that we can learn and improve but its hard to learn when the ta's feedback is confusing. discussions felt useless, they occurred a couple hours after lecture and my ta basically spent the whole time reiterating points that the prof made in lecture earlier that day. the readings were interesting and imo very easy to skim so i wouldnt feel worried about the pop quizzes but once they occurred a lot of them felt like they were purposely worded to confuse even those who did do the readings. all this to say, lecture was genuinely very interesting and i think every student regardless of major should take a class like this because manville makes a lot of important points. i just wish grading was handled differently
Spring 2025 - i have mixed feelings about this class. i really enjoyed lectures and thought manville was very engaging but the lectures felt very disconnected from assignments. the writing assignments were graded harshly with little feedback. when i asked for clarification my ta's explanations made little sense and it made me feel discouraged to ask for further clarification. i understand why manville chooses to grade harshly so that we can learn and improve but its hard to learn when the ta's feedback is confusing. discussions felt useless, they occurred a couple hours after lecture and my ta basically spent the whole time reiterating points that the prof made in lecture earlier that day. the readings were interesting and imo very easy to skim so i wouldnt feel worried about the pop quizzes but once they occurred a lot of them felt like they were purposely worded to confuse even those who did do the readings. all this to say, lecture was genuinely very interesting and i think every student regardless of major should take a class like this because manville makes a lot of important points. i just wish grading was handled differently
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Fall 2020 - Professor Manville is a very straightforward professor and I learned a lot about economics in the context of urban planning. He is friendly and helpful, particularly during office hours. He is receptive to student feedback too. I would take courses with Prof Manville again.
Fall 2020 - Professor Manville is a very straightforward professor and I learned a lot about economics in the context of urban planning. He is friendly and helpful, particularly during office hours. He is receptive to student feedback too. I would take courses with Prof Manville again.
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