ECON 2
Principles of Economics
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 1. Not open to students with credit for former course 100. Introduction to principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of economic policy. Emphasis on aggregative economics, including national income, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could possibly suggest this professor. I legitimately had the worst learning experience I've had since being here. His lectures go way too fast, and he literally skips over entire slides but expects you to know the material. While macro econ is pretty basic and easy to understand, he automatically assumes that it comes easy to everyone. Also, you better not ask him a question in class because ANYTHING that steers him off course, even a little bit, throws him completely out of wack and he just sits there and cannot think of an intelligible answer. Brown may be an expert on the topic but he is absolutely TERRIBLE at communicating his knowledge to the class. That being said, the tests are fairly easy, and the final is a joke. almost 80% of it came straight from the previous two tests. One annoying thing though is that he puts random, unrelated questions about what he mentioned in lecture. Instead of testing the material he tests whether or not you wrote down every word he says in lecture. In all, I would highly recommend NOT taking Brown if at all possible.
I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could possibly suggest this professor. I legitimately had the worst learning experience I've had since being here. His lectures go way too fast, and he literally skips over entire slides but expects you to know the material. While macro econ is pretty basic and easy to understand, he automatically assumes that it comes easy to everyone. Also, you better not ask him a question in class because ANYTHING that steers him off course, even a little bit, throws him completely out of wack and he just sits there and cannot think of an intelligible answer. Brown may be an expert on the topic but he is absolutely TERRIBLE at communicating his knowledge to the class. That being said, the tests are fairly easy, and the final is a joke. almost 80% of it came straight from the previous two tests. One annoying thing though is that he puts random, unrelated questions about what he mentioned in lecture. Instead of testing the material he tests whether or not you wrote down every word he says in lecture. In all, I would highly recommend NOT taking Brown if at all possible.
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Spring 2021 - This class was a pleasant surprise, and I found it to be much better than Econ 1 last quarter. Convery is very straightforward, and goes over many real world examples to make the content more applicable and interesting. The workload is light, with the only weekly deliverables being the homeworks, which are a guaranteed 100%. The midterm and final were nearly identical in difficulty to the homework, and he also offered multiple timeslots to accommodate people in different time zones. Would definitely recommend this professor for anyone taking Econ 2.
Spring 2021 - This class was a pleasant surprise, and I found it to be much better than Econ 1 last quarter. Convery is very straightforward, and goes over many real world examples to make the content more applicable and interesting. The workload is light, with the only weekly deliverables being the homeworks, which are a guaranteed 100%. The midterm and final were nearly identical in difficulty to the homework, and he also offered multiple timeslots to accommodate people in different time zones. Would definitely recommend this professor for anyone taking Econ 2.
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I only attended 3 lectures for the entire quarter not because I thought I was too smart, but because I didn't understand anything Professor Harding was trying to explain. He was ridiculously confusing. The class was at 8:OO AM, so I would rather sleep than listen to him. Reading the book and doing the study guide problems were absolutely essential for doing well. He wrote study questions that were helpful for the essay portions because he asked bascially the same thing. He followed the book like the bible. Although he didn't admit it, I think he used the questions provided by the publisher. I thought his test questions were very tricky--20 MC and 3 essay questions to be completed in 1hr15min. As for section, I recommend going--the TAs handed out practice problems that could be helpful. Maybe I didn't have the knack for econ, I found the class really hard. I studied a lot for the second midterm and final because I did really bad on the first midterm. I guess all ended well because I got an A.
I only attended 3 lectures for the entire quarter not because I thought I was too smart, but because I didn't understand anything Professor Harding was trying to explain. He was ridiculously confusing. The class was at 8:OO AM, so I would rather sleep than listen to him. Reading the book and doing the study guide problems were absolutely essential for doing well. He wrote study questions that were helpful for the essay portions because he asked bascially the same thing. He followed the book like the bible. Although he didn't admit it, I think he used the questions provided by the publisher. I thought his test questions were very tricky--20 MC and 3 essay questions to be completed in 1hr15min. As for section, I recommend going--the TAs handed out practice problems that could be helpful. Maybe I didn't have the knack for econ, I found the class really hard. I studied a lot for the second midterm and final because I did really bad on the first midterm. I guess all ended well because I got an A.
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Honestly, people who did bad in this class really didn't put the maximum amount of effort into trying to do well. Economics 1 and 2 are about being able to do well on the multiple choice. The Jack gives this to you by putting a lot of past exams online. In fact, the final's short answer questions were all from previous tests. I took this class Winter 2009, it was my first econ class I've ever taken. Sure, I sunk a lot of time into drilling past tests, sometimes drilling each practice exam more then once. Going to class helps with big concepts, as the book sucks. However, in order to do well on the multiple choice, you need to read the book, because sometimes small details are tested (due to using a test generator.) If I remember correctly, everything that came out of The Jack's mouth actually came up in some form on the test. People don't like him because he goes off topic - but hey. You're getting entertained? AND NOT SLEEPING? INCENTIVE TO GO TO CLASS? Overall, I strongly recommend that you get "THE JACK" hou experience sometime at UCLA. Honestly, if you think this material is tough, you won't survive Econ 11 (especially if you have Zame like I do right now.)
Honestly, people who did bad in this class really didn't put the maximum amount of effort into trying to do well. Economics 1 and 2 are about being able to do well on the multiple choice. The Jack gives this to you by putting a lot of past exams online. In fact, the final's short answer questions were all from previous tests. I took this class Winter 2009, it was my first econ class I've ever taken. Sure, I sunk a lot of time into drilling past tests, sometimes drilling each practice exam more then once. Going to class helps with big concepts, as the book sucks. However, in order to do well on the multiple choice, you need to read the book, because sometimes small details are tested (due to using a test generator.) If I remember correctly, everything that came out of The Jack's mouth actually came up in some form on the test. People don't like him because he goes off topic - but hey. You're getting entertained? AND NOT SLEEPING? INCENTIVE TO GO TO CLASS? Overall, I strongly recommend that you get "THE JACK" hou experience sometime at UCLA. Honestly, if you think this material is tough, you won't survive Econ 11 (especially if you have Zame like I do right now.)
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