Professor
Mark Karlan
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2021 - prof. karlan is a real estate professional and it shows. he has a lot of industry experience and i enjoyed hearing his stories, deals he'd made, and take on current market trends. the topics in this class are very applicable for people that want to go into the industry (and honestly just pretty interesting in general in my opinion). i liked the structure of lectures, which often went discussion of key terms/topics --> news article or personal experience he had with said topic --> clicker/participation question. that being said, even though i got an A in the class, i disliked how heavy an emphasis he put on learning the financial calculations and real estate computations. if you memorize how to use the 4 excel spreadsheets he gives you, you know how to do half of the problems of his tests already without using your brain.
Fall 2021 - prof. karlan is a real estate professional and it shows. he has a lot of industry experience and i enjoyed hearing his stories, deals he'd made, and take on current market trends. the topics in this class are very applicable for people that want to go into the industry (and honestly just pretty interesting in general in my opinion). i liked the structure of lectures, which often went discussion of key terms/topics --> news article or personal experience he had with said topic --> clicker/participation question. that being said, even though i got an A in the class, i disliked how heavy an emphasis he put on learning the financial calculations and real estate computations. if you memorize how to use the 4 excel spreadsheets he gives you, you know how to do half of the problems of his tests already without using your brain.
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2020 - Real Estate Finance (now called MGMT 170) with Karlan was really great. He was a very engaging lecturer and well-prepared for remote instruction. Little to no technical issues, clearly presented and organized material, and lots of resources posted on CCLE to help with exam review and further reading. He always recorded the lectures and posted them very promptly. Originally participation was graded based on easy in-class polls (graded on completion), but he gave everyone 100% for participation due to COVID. No homework at all, and midterm (50 questions MC) and final (100 questions MC) were not too difficult but quite the time crunch. Attend the TA review sessions - you’ll see over half of the types of exam questions there. Karlan is super experienced and shares great anecdotes of his industry experience. Would definitely recommend this even if you have no prior experience in finance/economics. A lot of practical and fascinating topics were covered without feeling like information overload.
Fall 2020 - Real Estate Finance (now called MGMT 170) with Karlan was really great. He was a very engaging lecturer and well-prepared for remote instruction. Little to no technical issues, clearly presented and organized material, and lots of resources posted on CCLE to help with exam review and further reading. He always recorded the lectures and posted them very promptly. Originally participation was graded based on easy in-class polls (graded on completion), but he gave everyone 100% for participation due to COVID. No homework at all, and midterm (50 questions MC) and final (100 questions MC) were not too difficult but quite the time crunch. Attend the TA review sessions - you’ll see over half of the types of exam questions there. Karlan is super experienced and shares great anecdotes of his industry experience. Would definitely recommend this even if you have no prior experience in finance/economics. A lot of practical and fascinating topics were covered without feeling like information overload.
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Spring 2016 - took this class with Karlan the last time he taught it.. its no longer enjoyable and easy. He's changed his grading scheme so that class was much harder for us. The above grade distribution is over a year old.. so don't be fooled. Definitely wouldn't recommend this class, you'll have to work your a** off for a B
Spring 2016 - took this class with Karlan the last time he taught it.. its no longer enjoyable and easy. He's changed his grading scheme so that class was much harder for us. The above grade distribution is over a year old.. so don't be fooled. Definitely wouldn't recommend this class, you'll have to work your a** off for a B
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