This guy is not a good professor. He blows through the material too quickly, and he does not seem open to help other people. The two midterms 2 questions each, and the final was 4 questions, so your entire grade is basically dependent on 8 questions. Try not to take this class if you can.

Professor posts his slides but you should still go to lecture because he’s actually pretty clear at explaining concepts. This guy actually made me genuinely interested in game theory, which my friends found hard to believe. I do agree with what everyone’s complaints about how the exams have so few questions though. This class covers way more material than the exams actually test you on, and it’s surely not a great representation of whether or not you know your stuff. Overall, go to lectures, take good notes, know the slides, and try to beat the curve. Definitely nOt the worst econ professor I’ve had (by far).

His exams are ridiculous. Across 2 midterms and a final, there were 9 TOTAL questions asked. AND, a question from the first midterm was directly copied on the final (If you're already asking so few questions, why would you ever repeat a question???). So, there were actually only 8 different questions asked for the whole class.

For these types of classes that are graded on distributions (25% As, 35% Bs, etc.), only having 8 total questions asked across 3 exams makes it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to recover from even a partial mistake on a single question. I only partially messed up one question on the first midterm and I was already doomed.

Yes, he is a pretty good lecturer. I felt like I learned valuable material in his class (Especially the expanded game theory content) and he taught in a pretty clear and concise manner.

But, as we know: grades are important at the end of the day. Avoid this professor. I received the lowest grade I've ever received in an Econ class with Vogel, and I was not slacking off.

I had Professor Vogel for Econ 101 during Fall 2019. Initially, I was afraid that the reviews about him would prove to be true, that he was a harsh grader who took off lots of points for small mistakes and based your grade off of a small number of problems.

I think Vogel read the reviews on him and decided to change his style. His lectures were pretty well done, and I found him an engaging lecturer. Your grade is still based on three exams, two midterms and a final, but each exam had 6-8 questions as opposed to 2-4 in previous years.

You can get an A in this class, even if you didn't do well in Econ 11. My recommendation is to take advantage of all the practice problems he posts. My studying consisted of redoing all of the problems he did in lecture on his slides and all of the problems he posted online.

Vogel is a very charismatic and engaging lecturer, and he definitely responded to the negative feedback he was getting from previous students. The tests have more questions now, although the final was as long as both midterms, which was strange. All three tests were very easy and I was actually a little disappointed that I did not get to see more interesting problems on the exams. Highly recommend this professor.

I'm not sure why this professor has such bad reviews. He was a great professor. I was doing really well in the class up until the final which was really difficult.

Enjoyment of the course material and the grade you receive in this class are not really related. Vogel himself is a generally clear lecturer but if you find yourself confused about little details such as the math then he will brush over these things very fast. Often in lecture he explains the concepts with words only and excludes the exact mathematical steps to get there, so be prepared to do lots of self teaching. Shoutout to my TA Jack Sitarski if you take this course I definitely recommend him. He explains the concepts and connects them to the math very well and made me more interested in the material. As for Vogel's grading methods, he curves very generously but still grades based on three exams. Making the midterm so close to the final drastically reduced my motivation to study for the final which was for sure the main reason why I did the worst on it. Vogel's humor is dry and I think certain people find it condescending but for me it made lectures more engaging. To do well on the exams just work through every single problem from past exams, discussion sections, homework sets, and the lecture slides.

Vogel is a very funny guy, and his lectures are fun. However, I didn't really enjoy his class. He doesn't give any homework at all, which sounds nice but is actually frustrating because it means you have to study way more for each midterm/final. Also, he decides to give the second midterm on the very last day of class, which ostensibly helps you study for the final, but really just convolutes things. Maybe this is more of a problem with the material of the class, but the problems just suck to actually complete. They aren't that difficult, but often involve really dense mathematical computation where lots can go wrong on a purely computational front. And he is quite stingy with partial credit, making this even worse. On the first midterm, there was a 9 pt question where I did all of the work exactly correctly, and then accidentally wrote down the answer the wrong way at the very end, and lost all the points. I'm fairly sure this mistake alone was the difference between an A- and A for me, but so it goes.

Vogel has really clear lectures (all of them were prerecorded, so it was nice being able to replay any confusing parts at any time). He doesn't give any problem sets, but he has a good amount of practice problems that he gives from old exams to discussion/review questions. I still think having more practice questions would be nice, but I spent a decent amount of time going through examples from lecture and the practice he provided, and I was able to do well in the class by understanding that information. His grading scheme was 20% lower score of 2 midterms, 30% higher score of midterms, and 50% final, which was a bit intimidating at first, but he gave a pretty generous curve for the final grade.

Vogel was a good lecturer that was entertaining at times. 8.5/10 experience.