This class was easy for me up until the final. Grade is comprised of a midterm, a final, and weekly quizzes and small assignments. I opted not to blow $120 on the Mindtap thing and did well on the midterm, but the final really killed my grade. Was far harder than the practice exam he gave us which I only missed a couple questions on. Besides that, quizzes and section prep assignments were fairly straightforward, although I never attended my TA section live. Ohanian seems nice enough, but his recorded lectures were just slides he got from the textbook company that he read off of, and didn't add anything to my understanding of the material, so essentially only used the textbook to study. An incredibly mediocre experience all around.

This class was just generally a pretty mediocre asynchronous class. The professor essentially just reads off his slides, which are directly from the textbook content, so I found just reading the textbook on my own to be enough to learn the material. The tests weren't super hard if you put time into studying beforehand - I would recommend buying access to the textbook website if you can afford it, as it has a lot of good study material on there, and some test questions were almost the same as or identical to those questions. However, the hardest part of the class was the curve at the end. He didn't say anything about a curve the entire quarter, and then at like week 10 chose to tell us that he would be curving the class down. I got a 95%, which ended up being the cutoff for an A. Overall, it wasn't great but wasn't horrible - just know to study for the tests, and anticipate a curve at the end.

I did not like this class. The class was asynchronous, and the professor just read off of slides based on the textbook. There were quizzes on each chapters, which were easy. But, all of the grading for written assignments was done by your TA. I did not like the section prep assignments because there was definitely more than one answer to the questions, but the rubric was strict that there was only one "right answer." I thought those assignments were graded too strictly and often lost points on those. A lot of the written answers were either full points or 0 points, so it hurts your grade a ton. You would probably have to go to a TA's office hours every week just to make sure you get the right answer. Same for the midterm and final. Some of the questions were barely covered, and I did all of the Mindtap assignments too. Maybe I'm just not good at econ, but the real midterm and final was harder than the assignments and practice exams. Plus, the class was curved down, which was even worse. 3% was added to your grade, but your grade was curved down. So if you had a raw score of 89, then your total grade was a 92. But, scores between 90-92 would be a B+, so there was no difference anyways. Professor Ohanian was nice and explained well during the live sessions and the TAs worked hard in the discussions and review sessions, so I will give credit to that. But, this class was a pain for me and solidified that I cannot be an econ major.

I never really attended lectures, but rather just read the textbook in the course because I felt that lectures were simply rehashing the required readings. The workload itself is quite easy, and the material is pretty straightforward so it wasn't too difficult to self-study this entire class.

This class consisted of weekly section prep assignments which were done in response to an article, two weekly 4-5 question multiple choice quizzes, and one midterm and the final, The curve for this class bumped my 92.3% up to a 95%. This class was asynchronous and the lectures were fairly straightforward. The econ dept is notorious for being inflexible but all of our due dates were extended by a week and four quizzes whose due dates a lot of people missed because of their dates being pushed back were reopened. My TA was Faith Ozturk and he did a phenomenal job of teaching every week, I would highly recommend him. Additionally although I know some students never purchased the Cenegage Mindtap textbook, our midterm questions were identical to the generated practice problems in it. I prepared for my final by doing three hundred of the practice problems and felt much better about it. I’d additionally recommend going to your TA discussion in person every week as the rest of the course is asynchronous. They also offered midterm and final review sessions. I never interacted with professor ohanian this entire course, so I’m not sure what to say about him. In summary, to do well buy the online textbook and use the practice test feature, and go to your TAs because they grade everything.

This class was honestly mad easy. Lectures were clear and so was the textbook. Barely any work due, grade consisted of really easy quizzes and exams as well as weekly assignments. These assignments as well as the free response questions on exams had pretty strict word-for-word rubrics though, and I felt that they make you play a guessing game for what the professor wants you to answer.

The class was pretty easy and straightforward. I took it during COVID and all the lectures were recorded and asynchronous.

Took this class asynchronously, and my overall impression of this course was that the content was straightforward. Professor Ohanian has a wonderful personality, and I found his lectures to be helpful, even if they are based on the textbook reading. Purchasing the MindTap Mankiw online access is a must, as both the midterm and the final questions are very similar to the ones generated by the practice tests from MindTap. To be successful in this course, I would suggest doing all of the textbook readings, grinding through MindTap problems frequently, and attending the TA section. Weekly quizzes should be easy if you did the readings, attended/watched the lectures, and attended the TA section. For the weekly writing assignments, I would suggest trying to connect concepts from the chapter into the article, and answering each part of the question as detailed as possible without being too wordy. I had Pat Leepipatpiboon as my TA, and she was very knowledgeable and helpful with my questions. Overall solid experience, and while some of the content is heavier, this is nowhere near what people would consider a "weeder" class. The grading distribution for this quarter was about a B curve, with an A- being 90.6-93.1% and an A being 93.2-95.5% (A+ above 95.5).

ECON 1 with Ohanian was not particularly hard or easy nor interesting or boring. It was overall just a really mid class. During Fall 2021 it was a completely asynchronous class and relied on videos for instruction so I didn't really get a feel for Ohanian as a person. For the midterm, the questions went along the material taught in class and on discussion worksheets, but there were so many questions and a lot of us didn't get through to answering all of the questions in time. The final was better and a lot easier than the midterm. I personally didn't pay for Mindtap but some of my friends said that that was helpful for both the midterm and the final. Overall it was just a mid class and I got through with an A-.

I took this class Fall quarter 2021 and it was asynchronous so it might be different if it goes back to in-person.
Anyways, the grading was as follows:
Online quizzes = 15%
TA writing assignments =15%
Midterm = 25%
Final = 45%
Before I go further, the class highly recommends that you purchase Mindtap. It's not required, but the prof essentially pulls his midterm and final questions from the Mindtap practice. I'm currently taking Econ 2 and Mindtap is REQUIRED. What you could do (and what I did) is purchase a longer subscription time. Instead of the 4-month subscription, I bought the 12-month (~$180). This way, you have Mindtap for both classes and have time in between if you choose not to take Econ 2 right after.
Back to the classes, the online quizzes were short, always 4-5 questions per quiz and there was no time limit. The writing assignments were limited 4-5 sentences per questions and the TAs were picky if you went over. Simply put, get to the point when doing the writing assignments and don't add additional fluff. Most TAs graded fairly (there were a couple TAs that graded more harshly), and if you felt that you deserved more points for the writing, then you could email your TA and explain your reasoning to get your points back.
Like the past reviews said, the midterm was harder than the practice midterm provided. You can't use the practice exam as a gauge of how well you'll do on the actual exams. However, the prof bases his questions heavily off Mindtap. If you take practice tests on Mindtap, you'll have a good understanding about the type of questions asked and when you take the midterm, all that really different are the numbers within the questions. The nature of the question is still the same as Mindtap. The same applies for the final, where it was harder than the practice final, but the questions on the final were very much like the Mindtap ones. I managed to get an A on the final after continuously doing practice tests on Mindtap and it seriously does help. I know other reviews say that you can still get an A without purchasing Mindtap, but I recommend it.
As for TAs, I was lucky in that my TA was super nice and explained things clearly. If you do take Econ 1, try to get Pat as your TA! (If she's TA-ing for the class)