Professor Sadzik is an amazing professor who is extremely passionate about the material he’s teaching. He makes his lectures very interesting and talks to you as an excited person that has emotion, not a Robo-Prof like the rest of the Econ department. Very easy homework assignments that can be done off of the slides alone. I highly recommend attending lecture, it makes you more engaged in the class if you interact with the professor and boost out with him. Group research project for the lab that is fun and easy. Midterm and final were easy due to amount of prep material he gives. Understand the content and the way the prep and homework questions work and you’ll ace the class. I studied for four days total (two days for the midterm and two for the final) and clapped the class with an A+. Professor Sadzik is hands-down my favorite professor in the Econ department and makes the class super interesting and fun. He doesn’t downcurve and might even bump a borderline grade if you participate and interact in class. Take the class

This was a great class. Professor Sadzik has a real passion for game theory, and I personally found the logic and reasoning this class covered fascinating. In my own experience, the earliest topics were mostly covered during Econ 101, but the later topics built upon the more basic concepts significantly and were very interesting.

I really enjoyed this class. Learning about game theory was super fun and interesting, and Professor Sadzik did a great job of using funny and relevant examples in his lectures. The class consisted of HW (20%), a midterm (30%), and the final (50%). I do wish the lectures went a bit more in depth on certain topics, since it was often straight theory followed by examples without much elaboration on what certain terms and concepts were. The class was a bit disorganized; we were supposed to have 4 HWs and only ended up having 2. But Professor Sadzik was very helpful, understanding, and passionate about game theory and was always willing to explain concepts further when people asked. He also provided extra practice for exams, which was very useful. The exams themselves were pretty straightforward and the question would walk you through the steps you needed to take to get the right answer. I would definitely take this class again!

The lab portion of Econ 106G was a lot of fun! There was lab lecture with Professor Sadzik, which was an optional session where he discussed experiments and applications of game theory concepts from regular lectures, and the lab section run by the TAs. Our grade depended on a group project, which was a presentation about any concept in game theory, and participation in the lab section. In the beginning of the quarter our TA ran experiments and everyone participated in them, which was a lot of fun. At the end of the class we would discuss the outcomes. Later in the quarter, we spent lab sections working on our group projects with help from the TA. My group chose to run an experiment in lab section, which went well but there was very little time for everyone to run their experiments. We presented our projects at the Econ in Action conference at the end of the quarter, and grading was very lenient; everyone who put in effort received As. This lab was a great complement to the game theory class!