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Olivia Osei Twumasi
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Fall 2024 - Although the course material was relevant, the way the professor conducted lectures was so confusing and unorganized - she made the material sound honestly frivolous. Questions during and after lectures received confusing answers, and I honestly feel like the professor didn't understand what the students were asking and would give a random response. However, you can tell that she does really care about the students and is genuinely a nice, laid back, and funny professor. She held a lecture just to review content just in case we didn't understand, which shows that she cares. Personally, I only went to lecture the week before the midterm and the final, and I mostly used the slides and the textbook to study. The final was not that bad, but surprisingly the average was a 72%. There were some oddly specific unintuitive topics on there that were not on the slide, but as long as you have that on your cheat sheet, you're good. My TA Antonio Martner is the GOAT and explained everything in an intuitive way. Overall, I recommend taking this class with her.
Fall 2024 - Although the course material was relevant, the way the professor conducted lectures was so confusing and unorganized - she made the material sound honestly frivolous. Questions during and after lectures received confusing answers, and I honestly feel like the professor didn't understand what the students were asking and would give a random response. However, you can tell that she does really care about the students and is genuinely a nice, laid back, and funny professor. She held a lecture just to review content just in case we didn't understand, which shows that she cares. Personally, I only went to lecture the week before the midterm and the final, and I mostly used the slides and the textbook to study. The final was not that bad, but surprisingly the average was a 72%. There were some oddly specific unintuitive topics on there that were not on the slide, but as long as you have that on your cheat sheet, you're good. My TA Antonio Martner is the GOAT and explained everything in an intuitive way. Overall, I recommend taking this class with her.
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Fall 2023 - The course is very doable and features development economics, which is my favorite discipline in the major. The group presentation is easy if all your partners performs their duty properly, and the final exam is quite interesting but certainly not difficult. Overall I had a good quarter.
Fall 2023 - The course is very doable and features development economics, which is my favorite discipline in the major. The group presentation is easy if all your partners performs their duty properly, and the final exam is quite interesting but certainly not difficult. Overall I had a good quarter.
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Winter 2023 - I have taken classes with Olivia before, but this class was simply horrific. The material was very interesting and could be taught so much better. The class was broken down into 3 quizzes, a group project, a final, participation, and points for filling out the teacher evaluation. I have three concerns: 1. Olivia provides zero feedback whatsoever. You have no idea what you missed or could have improved upon for any free-response/essay questions on the quizzes and final. In Econ 111, the precursor to this course, she gave generalized feedback for the class, but even though this class only had ~35 people in it, she still refused to provide individualized feedback. She grades so harshly that you need to know what you did wrong, but that's impossible. 2. The group projects. The group projects took up 2 weeks of lecture time and there was no rubric to follow. The project is to evaluate a given economic development policy. That's it. There are no provided guidelines. When you ask her for a rubric or what else you should touch on, she was of no help and asked you to evaluate it. It's impossible to know what an A+ presentation would look like since she does not provide examples or direction. 3. The exams. I understand applying material from class but she expects more than that. You are expected to understand every nuance of economic development and the methodologies used to evaluate economic development even though it was never discussed in lecture, the textbook or other provided materials. AVOID THIS CLASS! You will be left in a black box staring at your grades in disbelief and awe.
Winter 2023 - I have taken classes with Olivia before, but this class was simply horrific. The material was very interesting and could be taught so much better. The class was broken down into 3 quizzes, a group project, a final, participation, and points for filling out the teacher evaluation. I have three concerns: 1. Olivia provides zero feedback whatsoever. You have no idea what you missed or could have improved upon for any free-response/essay questions on the quizzes and final. In Econ 111, the precursor to this course, she gave generalized feedback for the class, but even though this class only had ~35 people in it, she still refused to provide individualized feedback. She grades so harshly that you need to know what you did wrong, but that's impossible. 2. The group projects. The group projects took up 2 weeks of lecture time and there was no rubric to follow. The project is to evaluate a given economic development policy. That's it. There are no provided guidelines. When you ask her for a rubric or what else you should touch on, she was of no help and asked you to evaluate it. It's impossible to know what an A+ presentation would look like since she does not provide examples or direction. 3. The exams. I understand applying material from class but she expects more than that. You are expected to understand every nuance of economic development and the methodologies used to evaluate economic development even though it was never discussed in lecture, the textbook or other provided materials. AVOID THIS CLASS! You will be left in a black box staring at your grades in disbelief and awe.
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