Do not be deceived by the grade distribution this class is impossible (quizzes are so hard and group project graded so harshly)

Do not take this class. It was one of the most ridiculous electives I've taken, and having had Professor Osei for multiple classes prior to this quarter, I was honestly surprised at how bad this class was. She broke down the class into two part, the first 4 weeks were taught by her and we had two quizzes that were kinda challenging but manageble (open note). Then, the rest of the quarter was GROUP PRESENTATIONS that were a significant part of your grade, and so many people I know got stuck with terrible groups and got pretty bad grades on their presenation. Not only that, but this information was on the final, and made up most of the final. So, she didn't even teach 60% of the course and yet we were tested on it. She also makes the class out of 100 points and doesn't curve. So, take with that what you will but I would avoid.

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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I took Olivia over the Summer for Econ 1 and I was pleasantly surprised by her class, especially given the other reviews that are there on Bruinwalk. I felt like she was super caring and explained the material quite well. Thankfully, Econ 1 is pretty straightforward in terms of material, so as long as you keep up with the slides and understand how to apply the concepts you'll be fine. The graded assignments consisted of weekly quizzes, a report, course evaluation, and final exam. The open-note quizzes and final felt very fair and, if you understood the material and her slides, then you could easily get an A. She did mess up some of the questions on the first quiz because they included material we didn't really know yet, but she was super responsive and gave us extra points on the quiz to compensate for the mistake. She was always really nice in her office hours and taking it over the Summer was actually a great experience because there were a lot less people than there normally would be in an intro class. Overall, I felt like she was a great professor and I would highly recommend taking her for this class.

One of the best econ classes ever!!! I am so happy I took this class. Professor Osei is so wonderful, knowledgeable, and kind. She was always willing to explain concepts very well during the lecture or even after reaching out to her. There were practice questions posted about every week to practice concepts and math learned during class. There was also a live discussion to facilitate understanding and discussion. My favorite part was the case studies we individually worked on through the quarter on a specific country. There were also 2 midterms and a final. The questions were extremely fair. I felt the level of difficulty was very very appropriate with what we learned and I sincerely appreciate that. I am not sure how the course would be structured if this was a regular quarter; however, I felt summer was perfect for it. I didn't feel rushed and I genuinely learned so much that I had felt I was missing as an econ major. Good luck!

I enjoyed this class overall. The professor is a clear and engaging lecturer. My issues with this class are that the student presentations got very repetitive (the same question was answered twice by two different groups) and the grading was very arbitrary. The quizzes and final exam had written portions which, in my opinion, were graded hastily and inconsistently. Since, they're a big part of the grade, this made it hard to do well, especially since we weren't given any feedback. The group presentations (20% of the grade) weren't graded until many weeks later and the grades were arbitrary with only 1 sentence of feedback. For those reasons, I wouldn't take the class again, even though I enjoyed the content.

I have enjoyed this class so far as it is engaging and the professor really cares about the understanding of her students. The class goes pretty slow for a college course as it is only an introduction to Microeconomics. The readings assigned are a little confusing as to the dates it is due, but none of the readings are mandatory, although they help reinforce the ideas learned in class. The class usually gets out early as well which is really nice. The excel project is also a little confusing, but no experience in excel is needed and you will figure it out. Professor Olivia is also very sweet and seems like she loves what she does.

While Osei is clear and a good lecturer, the past two reviews of her W22 class are highly accurate. The class was graded very flippantly and the fact that student presentations took up half the quarter, while a novelty, made for redundant lectures. The final was also surprisingly hard compared to her weekly quizzes and also graded without much clear feedback. Honestly, I'm a little bummed because I really enjoyed the class and the content, but the way it was graded and the feedback I garnered was not worth the effort I put in.

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.