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Rodney Swanson
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No one wants to hear him at 8 in the morning. I made the mistake of taking him my Freshman year. Now, I just hate econ. His midterms are hard and his final is even harder. You will need all of your 3 hours to take the final. He basically lectures the book word or work. His "hence" and "therefore" are annoying as hell. If you want to take Econ, DON't take HIM. I got by because I had a tutor, if I didn't I would have died.
No one wants to hear him at 8 in the morning. I made the mistake of taking him my Freshman year. Now, I just hate econ. His midterms are hard and his final is even harder. You will need all of your 3 hours to take the final. He basically lectures the book word or work. His "hence" and "therefore" are annoying as hell. If you want to take Econ, DON't take HIM. I got by because I had a tutor, if I didn't I would have died.
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he covered the topics well but BORINGLY. didn't really show any concern for students. no interaction with students. in general NOT a nice guy. lots of unnecessary chalk throwing at students and yelling students that are sleeping. i DO NOT recommend. any other class would be better
he covered the topics well but BORINGLY. didn't really show any concern for students. no interaction with students. in general NOT a nice guy. lots of unnecessary chalk throwing at students and yelling students that are sleeping. i DO NOT recommend. any other class would be better
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ATTENTION!.. disregard the previous comments!.. people! you do ur work you'll be finE!.. u dONT u'll end up w/ a bad grade! thas how it works. his lecture is TOTALLy straight forward.. EXACTLY as the book! he'll add little things here and there to the reading (his own comments). NOT much reading!!!! - do the reading (KEY b/c his lecture is exactly the same and exams are same also) - outline it (or take notes as u go along) - study ur notes - don't focus on minor details - know concepts (flash cards help) - BULLET on the exam.. he really does NOT care aobut nice essays.. it's an ECON class !!! not english.. - that's how i did it.. and i'm on my way to an A in the class! as a teacher: - NOT even all that bad! ... WEIRd sense of humor.. but made us laugh SEVERAL times, which in turn makes class more fun... exams: TOTALLy straight forward. nothing weird.. You'll even be able to tell what is going to be on the exam.. Reading the previous comments i was TOTALLY scared to take him!.. but he turned out to be one of the BETTER teachers. it's a kick back class. do readings when due.. outline.. memorize .. u'll be finE! good luck
ATTENTION!.. disregard the previous comments!.. people! you do ur work you'll be finE!.. u dONT u'll end up w/ a bad grade! thas how it works. his lecture is TOTALLy straight forward.. EXACTLY as the book! he'll add little things here and there to the reading (his own comments). NOT much reading!!!! - do the reading (KEY b/c his lecture is exactly the same and exams are same also) - outline it (or take notes as u go along) - study ur notes - don't focus on minor details - know concepts (flash cards help) - BULLET on the exam.. he really does NOT care aobut nice essays.. it's an ECON class !!! not english.. - that's how i did it.. and i'm on my way to an A in the class! as a teacher: - NOT even all that bad! ... WEIRd sense of humor.. but made us laugh SEVERAL times, which in turn makes class more fun... exams: TOTALLy straight forward. nothing weird.. You'll even be able to tell what is going to be on the exam.. Reading the previous comments i was TOTALLY scared to take him!.. but he turned out to be one of the BETTER teachers. it's a kick back class. do readings when due.. outline.. memorize .. u'll be finE! good luck
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During the summer session term C, both of us (German exchange students) took Econ 160, Money and Banking. Unlike some of the other ratings, we would highly recommend people to take this class. It is rewarding and inspiring in so far that you really get a very humorous insight in American politics as well as FED monetary policy. If you are able to handle Mr. Swanson's undoubtely strong love for ironic remarks, you should not miss the course! The material itself is not that hard as well as the difficulty level.
During the summer session term C, both of us (German exchange students) took Econ 160, Money and Banking. Unlike some of the other ratings, we would highly recommend people to take this class. It is rewarding and inspiring in so far that you really get a very humorous insight in American politics as well as FED monetary policy. If you are able to handle Mr. Swanson's undoubtely strong love for ironic remarks, you should not miss the course! The material itself is not that hard as well as the difficulty level.
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do not take swanson. he talks way to fast in lecture and does not explain anything. it is very hard to follow along and becomes extremely boring. you are expected to read everything and then know eveything in the book and from lecture for every test. he wont give a review sheet or even a hint at what might be on the test. he tries to make jokes that arent funny and just confuses you even more, its a good thing there is a curve
do not take swanson. he talks way to fast in lecture and does not explain anything. it is very hard to follow along and becomes extremely boring. you are expected to read everything and then know eveything in the book and from lecture for every test. he wont give a review sheet or even a hint at what might be on the test. he tries to make jokes that arent funny and just confuses you even more, its a good thing there is a curve
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