The best aspects of the course included the interactive lectures and interesting course material. The professor was not only enthusiastic in his teaching but helpful to students. The worst aspects of the course included the early morning class time and the hefty writing/reading assignments. The course would improve if the problem sets were discussed more in class and if the readings were perhaps shortened. Prospective students should expect an interesting economics course and should stay on top of the readings.

The readings, writing assignments, and the intellectual chal enge were cited by students as the best aspects of this course. Some students thought the difficulty of the concepts introduced and the related readings were the worst aspects of the course. More feedback and guidance for the policy papers was suggested as a possible improvement. Students interested in the course should know that it comes highly recommended from students for the material covered and the intellectual challenge it offers.

The best aspects of this course included student access to both problem sets and solutions posted online at the same time. Students received ample feedback on assignments. Many course concepts were advanced and some students felt they did not know how to properly read an economic policy paper. This class could be improved by posting slides online prior to class and working example problem sets during lecture. Prospective students should know that this class is more qualitative than other economics courses.