Professor
William Rafey
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2023 - Rafey cares a lot about this topic and applying economic theory to environmental problems. He had some interesting lectures with a couple of cool case studies, however, the class was entirely based on the midterm and final which sometimes only had one or two true/false questions relating to those case studies. The rest of the tests were on micro/macro econ questions you might see in 101 or 102 based on environmental problems, and it helped a lot to study prior tests/problem sets of his to prepare. I thought this class was interesting, but lectures did get dry at times as Rafey is a young prof who may not have a ton of experience teaching undergrads. I would also recommend taking advantage of office hours in this class as it helped a lot to understand some of his more complex problems he gives on homework/tests. I would only recommend it if you are interested in the intersection of environmental policy and economics.
Fall 2023 - Rafey cares a lot about this topic and applying economic theory to environmental problems. He had some interesting lectures with a couple of cool case studies, however, the class was entirely based on the midterm and final which sometimes only had one or two true/false questions relating to those case studies. The rest of the tests were on micro/macro econ questions you might see in 101 or 102 based on environmental problems, and it helped a lot to study prior tests/problem sets of his to prepare. I thought this class was interesting, but lectures did get dry at times as Rafey is a young prof who may not have a ton of experience teaching undergrads. I would also recommend taking advantage of office hours in this class as it helped a lot to understand some of his more complex problems he gives on homework/tests. I would only recommend it if you are interested in the intersection of environmental policy and economics.