Thinking of taking ECON 105 in the spring. Anyone have some feedback on the pros/cons of each prof? (Too many mixed reviews on ratemyprof, although scrounging around these forums it seems Cox is better)
i love Cox.. he actually made econ interesting for me to listen and come to all his classes.. so Cox hands down..=)
now a note about his exams.. i've talked to a couple of other people who've taken him.. and it seems that's he likes to kill either your midterm or final.. for my semester it was kill the midterm and breeze in the final.. which isn't that bad.. you can't have the best of both worlds right? =P
I'm taking Marshall's 105 class now. For this semester ONLY, he decided to allow the midterm to be shifted; so the final could be worth 80% of the grade. The average midterm mark was 48%~ or something. The tutorials have no participation marks, so not much enthusiasm in the tutorials; the TA's just spoon feed- IMO thats good. And yes, there is no scaling!
He distributes lecture notes before the lecture; so its easy to follow. He makes his lectures electronically available too.
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now a note about his exams.. i've talked to a couple of other people who've taken him.. and it seems that's he likes to kill either your midterm or final.. for my semester it was kill the midterm and breeze in the final.. which isn't that bad.. you can't have the best of both worlds right? =P
ya i pride myself on being mature
i took cox last fall and he was OK
notes are really organized but i thought he was really boring
i thought his mt was easier than the final
(that kept me awake for the first 15 mins of first lecture)
He distributes lecture notes before the lecture; so its easy to follow.
He makes his lectures electronically available too.
Thanks for the great feeback, guys