Unfair and harsh grading (deserved an A, got an A-). I don't recommend unless you have no other classes to choose from.

(I will edit my review to show my grade once grades have come out. But if she doesn't curve the raw score B's up to an A, I will edit my rating to reflect that). EDIT: She did not curve

Econ 111 with Olivia was mostly chill because the material isn't overly difficult and I felt like the topic of developmental economics was pretty interesting. All econ majors should learn about developing countries because it takes what you learned about macroeconomics from core classes to apply to real countries. We had a case study (4 parts, 10% each), two quizzes (10% each), class activities (10% each), and a final (30%).

However, the way the grader graded the case studies was odd because it was subjective. They graded it on a secret rubric and even though you try your best and put all of your effort into your case study while going above and beyond to answer the questions about your country, you only get an 8 which is considered "good." If you get an 8 for all of the case studies, you are missing out on 8 points. That brings you down to an A minus already, assuming you don't make any mistakes on the quizzes or the final. I really dislike not being in control of our grades and feeling like the grader is just giving us random grades based off of a random number generator because there is no individual feedback.

Would I take thing class again? F*CK NO. I really enjoyed the overall vibe of the class and I loved the material and how Olivia taught the class, but I feel very discouraged about my knowledge and mastery in the subject since we get marked down a lot with no realistic opportunity for extra points (we were offered a point of extra credit if we created a WTO proposal that everyone in the class agreed with, but of course no one would all agree with everything due to tradeoffs and what their country would realistically do, and also because no one in the class wants other people getting extra credit when they don't get any).

I deserve an A and I only got a B even though I understood everything. Her grading is ridiculous. She may be nice, but she screwed us over and she definitely will do the same to you. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS.

One of the best econ classes ever!!! I am so happy I took this class. Professor Osei is so wonderful, knowledgeable, and kind. She was always willing to explain concepts very well during the lecture or even after reaching out to her. There were practice questions posted about every week to practice concepts and math learned during class. There was also a live discussion to facilitate understanding and discussion. My favorite part was the case studies we individually worked on through the quarter on a specific country. There were also 2 midterms and a final. The questions were extremely fair. I felt the level of difficulty was very very appropriate with what we learned and I sincerely appreciate that. I am not sure how the course would be structured if this was a regular quarter; however, I felt summer was perfect for it. I didn't feel rushed and I genuinely learned so much that I had felt I was missing as an econ major. Good luck!