Professor
Daniel Posner
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Spring 2018 - Do not take this class with Posner. You may be tempted to because of IDS 120, which he teaches very effectively. However, you will be severely disappointed with IDS 191. The subject matter may sound interesting, but it is far from it. You will have an average of 150 pages of reading a week from difficult sources. These include 30+ page studies from economics journals. You will then have to show up to a 3 hour class (only once a week) to talk about these boring readings. Posner is a really nice professor and he cares about his students, but the subject material will make the midterm and final take home essays difficult. The prompts are not straight forward or easy, they are more like puzzles you have to figure out. It would help if the subject matter was more interesting than it seemed, but as a senior, you will not enjoy this class.
Spring 2018 - Do not take this class with Posner. You may be tempted to because of IDS 120, which he teaches very effectively. However, you will be severely disappointed with IDS 191. The subject matter may sound interesting, but it is far from it. You will have an average of 150 pages of reading a week from difficult sources. These include 30+ page studies from economics journals. You will then have to show up to a 3 hour class (only once a week) to talk about these boring readings. Posner is a really nice professor and he cares about his students, but the subject material will make the midterm and final take home essays difficult. The prompts are not straight forward or easy, they are more like puzzles you have to figure out. It would help if the subject matter was more interesting than it seemed, but as a senior, you will not enjoy this class.
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