Great teacher. Really hammers the concepts home. Funny as hell. Best part is that he cracks a joke and doesn't even know it, because he always speaks in his unique monotone. He is really concerned about his students, although not too many people have problems because he teaches well in the first place. I mean, he gives out his cellphone number and even told us it's ok to call him at 3 in the morning and leave a voicemail. I never got up enough guts to drunk-dial him. Quizzes are fair. Nothing surprising but he does add a bit here and there to make sure you really understand the material. Only bad thing is that the curve is pretty high because everyone goes to class and gets at least 75%+ on the quizzes. I had an A- going into the final, kissed it good-bye when I forgot how to do part of a calculation problem. Although he can be a bit ambiguous about the grades. On the syllabus he says that the online textbook and lecture notes are optional, when in fact he factors them into the grade total. I guess he had to in order not to inflate the grades. Great teacher, take him. I, myself, am looking forward to his Econ 160.

professor sproul is one of the coolest teacher's on campus. he's downright hilarious sometimes, and he makes the course interesting by providing relevant analogies to the material and examples when what we're learning has been used in real life scenarios.

a very solid teacher, thoroughly enjoyable class. he has three quizzes per quarter worth 60% of your grade with no surprises on any of the quizzes. there's a lot of material in the class, but he goes through each topic and gives examples to make sure you understand the material before moving on.

You simply won't meet a better econ professor than Sproul. If you don't take him, you'll regret for the rest of your academic career.

Mike Sproul is a great professor. He teaches concepts well, and his class wasn't hard. The quizzes were pretty straightforward and not too difficult. He had no midterm, just 3 quizzes and a final. He's also pretty humorous and talks in a monotone, nasally voice, which I think is pretty funny.

Just make sure to go to every lecture, and take notes, because that's all he tests on. You don't need to read the text, and you don't need to go to TA section. Very easy class.

I took the course with Sproul over summer 2001. He made his cell phone available to students who wished to contact him about the course. The class was straighforward. He gave three quizzes (18% each) and a final. Sproul's course was very computer-oriented. He asked the students to recreate two hours of lecture via word, or some other program then upload the notes onto a website. (you were only required to do this once) He also required the students to do a small assignment usuing spreadsheet software. Lecture is the key to this course, the book is a great supplement though. This course is very math-based (implementing elementary calculus a lot of times). Overall, Sproul was a good professor. He could have made his exams a lot tougher than he did. Seems like a down to earth guy too.