I honestly thought this class was very difficult. I had taken ECON 1 and ECON 2 at community college before taking this course but still felt that the class was fast-paced for me without enough time for me to fully understand and be able to actually apply the material.

The class consisted of lecture quizzes, participation, research exercises, midterm, final, and a final paper. Both the midterm and the final were open-note, but even so I felt so underprepared and thought that the exams were very difficult, especially to complete within the allotted time. (The study guides provided were not very aligned with the actual exams)

I also personally did not really like his lecturing style as it was a little too fast and very often scatterbrained. The only things that really kept my grade together were participation, the lecture quizzes, and the research exercises (he also dropped a lot of the lowest grades of these assignments).

One thing I will give the professor is that he is very willing to answer questions and help students during office hours, but even so, I feel like the pace at which this class is taught requires that you either understand the information super quick or already have somewhat of a foundational understanding of the subject. I think I went to his office twice during his office hours over the course of the quarter (I would've loved if we could've gotten extra credit for even just doing that just because I was ever so desperate :/ )There was also 1% extra credit for completing the instructor evaluation at the end of the quarter.

Overall, I would not say that I strongly recommend that you take this class.

There will be times when you don't understand the concepts and will have to ask your classmates. Make someone your study buddy. There are weekly readings for this class with 2 quizzes every week. The exam can be hard especially if there is not enough time. Good luck

This wasn't my favorite class I've taken (I'm not a big fan of econ), but I definitely think the previous reviews are a little extra. This class had a pretty big workload with a ton of reading each week, reading quizzes before every lecture, research memos, problem sets, and a midterm and final (which I didn't take because it was optional). However, Roberts was really understanding about how overwhelming it could be and extended the due dates for problem sets and research memos a few times. In regards to the midterm, the multiple-choice questions are pulled from the quizzes and the other section is from the sets and memos, so as long as you make a quizlet or some form of study guide AND review your assignments (assuming you do well on them), you'll do fine. Just a heads up, he is a quick lecturer, but he posts the slides online and they're really detailed so you can always go back and review! Overall, I like Roberts and the material was kinda interesting (again, not a big econ fan to begin with), just beware that the class demands a lot, but it's definitely manageable.