Professor
William Zame
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Thinking of a way to cut the school budget? FIRE THIS GUY!!! One would expect a university of such standing to at least hire a half decent professor to teach an important course but they wasted their money on this guy. They even had the audacity to raise school fees when they provide such a low level of educational value in Zame. Seriously, someone should knock some sense into this institution.
Thinking of a way to cut the school budget? FIRE THIS GUY!!! One would expect a university of such standing to at least hire a half decent professor to teach an important course but they wasted their money on this guy. They even had the audacity to raise school fees when they provide such a low level of educational value in Zame. Seriously, someone should knock some sense into this institution.
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Winter 2021 - I'm only writing this review because I saw a review from my class (Winter 2021) and don't think its fair. Also, I would've appreciated an honest and comprehensive review like this instead of an angry rant from someone who didn't get the grade they wanted. Grading: - 25% HW (1 HW per week, lowest dropped) HW assignments were like 8 problems each, very doable if you just attend lecture/follow his slides. Occasionally there will be problems that the lecture can't answer, so you have to attend a TA's office hour. After each HW is due, the solutions are posted. - 25% Midterm (covers HW 1-4) If you understand how to do every HW problem you'll get an A - 50% Final (covers HW 1-9) Same as midterm, just study the HW and you'll get an A. The final and midterm are just HW problems. - No curves, but for our class overall scores 85+ were given an A. 35% of the class received an A. Course Content: You start off by learning budget sets, which is those basic problems where you pretend you have x money and then figure out how much of Good A and Good B you can buy. Then you learn to solve these algebraically. The entire class is just maximization problems and revolves around this concept. Then you start to use partial derivatives to solve more complicated problems. You're not required to understand anything conceptually. If you know how to do a partial derivative, U substitution, the chain rule, and simple algebra, you're set. I only spent a few hours per week on this class. Overall Thoughts: Even though I got an A, I have to agree Zame isn't the best professor. He just reads off the slides. This class will require self-studying and patience. I advise you to think about what type of person you are. If you're fine self-studying, you will get an A in this class. It's easy and straightforward, don't worry. If you expect the professor to hold your hand, don't take this class. Random Thoughts: I wouldn't take the review from the guy/girl with a B+ seriously, and any other angry reviews that get posted after I write this. My class had a GroupMe, which was just people constantly trashing Zame. It just became rude and toxic towards the end. I suspect that review was from one of those people lol.
Winter 2021 - I'm only writing this review because I saw a review from my class (Winter 2021) and don't think its fair. Also, I would've appreciated an honest and comprehensive review like this instead of an angry rant from someone who didn't get the grade they wanted. Grading: - 25% HW (1 HW per week, lowest dropped) HW assignments were like 8 problems each, very doable if you just attend lecture/follow his slides. Occasionally there will be problems that the lecture can't answer, so you have to attend a TA's office hour. After each HW is due, the solutions are posted. - 25% Midterm (covers HW 1-4) If you understand how to do every HW problem you'll get an A - 50% Final (covers HW 1-9) Same as midterm, just study the HW and you'll get an A. The final and midterm are just HW problems. - No curves, but for our class overall scores 85+ were given an A. 35% of the class received an A. Course Content: You start off by learning budget sets, which is those basic problems where you pretend you have x money and then figure out how much of Good A and Good B you can buy. Then you learn to solve these algebraically. The entire class is just maximization problems and revolves around this concept. Then you start to use partial derivatives to solve more complicated problems. You're not required to understand anything conceptually. If you know how to do a partial derivative, U substitution, the chain rule, and simple algebra, you're set. I only spent a few hours per week on this class. Overall Thoughts: Even though I got an A, I have to agree Zame isn't the best professor. He just reads off the slides. This class will require self-studying and patience. I advise you to think about what type of person you are. If you're fine self-studying, you will get an A in this class. It's easy and straightforward, don't worry. If you expect the professor to hold your hand, don't take this class. Random Thoughts: I wouldn't take the review from the guy/girl with a B+ seriously, and any other angry reviews that get posted after I write this. My class had a GroupMe, which was just people constantly trashing Zame. It just became rude and toxic towards the end. I suspect that review was from one of those people lol.
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Very smart and a bit quirky. He's not as horrible as previous reviews claim. I think most people that post bad reviews are really really stupid and can't handle learning from intelligent professors. I think the awesome TA's made a huge difference as well. A lot of students avoided Econ 101 Winter 2011 because of his negative reviews. Bad move, he taught econ 101 well. I think most of the class got an A or A-. His test were straight forward and resembled what he taught. Some homework assignments were difficult and long but if you did them you'd do well on the tests.
Very smart and a bit quirky. He's not as horrible as previous reviews claim. I think most people that post bad reviews are really really stupid and can't handle learning from intelligent professors. I think the awesome TA's made a huge difference as well. A lot of students avoided Econ 101 Winter 2011 because of his negative reviews. Bad move, he taught econ 101 well. I think most of the class got an A or A-. His test were straight forward and resembled what he taught. Some homework assignments were difficult and long but if you did them you'd do well on the tests.
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Winter 2020 - I don’t know why undergrads are giving bad reviews to such a nice professor. He is so nice, kind, caring and patient. Although he sometimes go on tangent in class and start talking about irrelevant stories, he is such an interesting person and extremely enthusiastic. He even asks us to call him by his first name, and gives extra lecture on interesting topics. He is so enthusiastic that he send email almost five times a week, haha.
Winter 2020 - I don’t know why undergrads are giving bad reviews to such a nice professor. He is so nice, kind, caring and patient. Although he sometimes go on tangent in class and start talking about irrelevant stories, he is such an interesting person and extremely enthusiastic. He even asks us to call him by his first name, and gives extra lecture on interesting topics. He is so enthusiastic that he send email almost five times a week, haha.
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