Microeconomics and Calculus 408L

[strynght01]

<p>Do yall know if Hamermesh for microeconomics is easy or hard. Or is Giovannoni better. People say its really hard to make an A in Hamermesh's class. Also, are there any professors you would recommend for 408L. Thanks</p>

[allstarwideout8]

<p>I’m also taking eco with Hamermesh and I’ve also heard that its really hard to make an A in his class. For 408L I’m taking Hamrick. I looked at his reviews from other classes he taught and they’re pretty good.</p>

[TMT90]

<p>After reading the reviews on Pick A Prof (now called MyEdu), Hamermesh has the lowest A percentage. I’m taking Wiseman. Students don’t seem to do so badly in his classes, and I hear he curves. But unfortunately there are lab reports because of the experiments in class.</p>

[Why_Two_Kay]

<p>Wiseman has a strange teaching style that I really don’t like the idea of. And only has 1% higher A’s than Hickenbottom.</p>

<p>Hickenbottom is the highest A-percentage and best grades out of all the other MicroEcon teachers. Apparently his voice is not pleasant to listen though? That’s what most of the reviews say.</p>

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[TMT90]

<p>Why Two Kay, do you mind elaborating on how Wiseman has an odd teaching style?</p>

[Why_Two_Kay]

<p>It’s mainly from reviews I read on MyEdu(PickaProf).</p>

<p>My idea of a normal teaching style for a class like Economics is lectures. I want the teacher to get up and talk and draw on a board for an hour about the topic at hand. That’s all I want for a class like economics. (This is not my opinion on other classes though, I love discussion elsewhere!)</p>

<p>But here are things said about Wiseman:</p>

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Pros:
The class was very interesting as he does an experimental approach of learning where students participate in economic experiments every week. He is funny and nice and easy to get along with. The class is fairly easy.
Cons:
He makes the test seem really easy but the actual tests are much harder. So just have to make sure to take it more seriously than it might seem. He was also not too interested in the progress of students.

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Dr. Wiseman is a great teacher. Not only that, but the structure of his course seems to be better than other microeconomics classes at UT. My class met T/TH. Generally speaking, one day we did an experiment out of the book and the other day was a lecture on that experiment. There were 11 experiments total and ten of them counted (meaning you could miss one without a penalty). Attendence was not taken on lecture days. Therefore, I generally felt that it was not necessary to go lecture (but I also had friends in the class). The experiments were fun and exciting most of the time and made class fly by. What’s more is that the harder you work in experiments (or the luckier you are) the more extra credit you get at the end of the course. Do NOT underestimate this extra credit. His class had 2 midterms (20% each), final (40%), lab reports (10%), and attendence for labs (10%). Well, I got an 81 and 82 on the midterms and an 81 on the final and still managed an A (I did get 100 on lab reports and attendence). So take this class. It’s only 1 lecture a week usually, and there is a monster extra credit chance. Beyond that, Dr. Wiseman was a very funny guy and made me laugh a lot.

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There are in class experiments that give you a better understanding of the material covered and you dont even have to have the right answers, because they’re considered completion grades…

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Pros:
He’s a sweet sweet man and he thinks that he’s teaching…Also, there are two midterms and a final and each week there are lab reports due that he says he grades but they’re just completion grades. And he only takes attendance everyother class period.
Cons:
But he’s not. His lecture’s have some information that is useful but his tests are three levels harder than the reveiw questions and the lecture. He curved the tests this semester 20 points each time, but its still really difficult. He spends too much time on irrelevant information and not enough on indepth examples.

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Dr. Wiseman really makes a borring subject incredibly interesting. Alot of majors require a social science elective, and i HIGHLY recommend Dr. Wiseman’s Economics course. Not only is he enthusiastic and funny, he structures the course in a way that makes it a pleasure to go. Every week we hold experiments where each student in the class is given a random role (such as an apple supplier or an orange demander) and then we trade among each other. The data is thus gathered by him and a TA, which we use in the homework to see that the gathered experimental trading correlates inexplicably well to a theory in economics.

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<p>I don’t like the idea of in class experiments. From what I’ve read, this helps some of the slower students understand the general ideas, but that’s not what I need. I am a Business major and I really NEED to learn the material as comprehensibly as possible. I will have to take ECO 420K - Microeconomic theory, in the future, which is apparently a very difficult class. So, I want a very strong footing in Microeconomics.</p>

<p>Also, I took AP Macroeconomics in high school and got a 5 on the AP test and had a 98 average in the class. So, I feel like I have “the big ideas” about economics down already, but I need emphasis placed on microeconomic parts, therefore I want a class where I don’t waste time learning concepts by doing “labs” and “experiments.” This isn’t chemistry, it’s economics.</p>

[TMT90]

<p>I agree, I also don’t like the experimental approach. I’m more of a lecture person myself, but it seems like his class will be fairly easy with the completion grades, curves, and extra credit. I’m planning on transferring to business and I need to make as close to a 4.0 as possible this year. So if I have to take this weird hands on approach, then so be it I guess lol.</p>

[Why_Two_Kay]

<p>It’s only a 1% higher percentage of A’s than Hickenbottom, so I’m still going with Hickenbottom. I figure, if I actually learn it, then I can do better on the test than have to hope for a curve that might just not be enough.</p>

[ikari]

<p>dont forget to check out the surveys done by UT at the end of each semester on the teachers. <a href=“https://web.austin.utexas.edu/diia/cis/results/index.cfm[/url]”>https://web.austin.utexas.edu/diia/cis/results/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>for me, it seemed that ppl were the happiest with Giovanni. And for calc, I would go w/ a class w/ an actual professor if you have a choice that way you know what you’re getting</p>