Professor Keskinel was an interesting lecturer. He was very engaging, but he did often say a lot of random facts that he wouldn't put on the board (or if he did, they would be all over the place). Unfortunately, his exams did tend to test a lot of the random historical trivia he said in class, so if you didn't attend class you're stuck trying to guess the right answer. Although Keskinel was quite engaging in class, his exams made the course relatively tough. The class is also curved to the Econ department's standard, so it's entirely possible that the course could get curved down (90% may not necessarily be enough for an A-, for example), so beware.

I love Professor Keskinel.
There are reviews on here that complain about his accent. His accent really isn't that strong. A thing I've noticed is that once people can detect the slightest hint of a foreign accent, they act like it's impossible to understand what they are saying.
His classes are really interesting and he's so hilarious. The content is already interesting, and Prof Keskinel makes it even better.
The tests were pretty hard though. And they count for a lot since there's no homework.
I'd definitely recommend this class to anyone.

I took Econ 1 with Rojas in fall quarter and waited until spring to see if he would teach Econ 2 because i knew it was going to be a bit harder with Keskinel. Since Rojas didnt teach Econ 2 spring quarter, I had to take Keskinel. Before enrolling, I heard that he tests on small things that came up once in lecture and is super specific on some historical questions. That part was true : For example, one question asked what the unemployment rate was in 1934 and gave 4 different percentages. I wasnt fond of these types of questions because thats just pure memorizing and doesnt really test Econ 2 concepts but thats just how some of his "tricky" questions are. The class isnt very hard but you should keep up to pace with the class to avoid late night cramming. I made sure to understand the underlying concepts and ended up getting 46/50 on both midterms -- and I assume that I missed the 4 questions due to the historical BS "tricky" questions he puts in the tests. If you cant take rojas, then my advice for Keskinel is to study enough to get all the fair questions right so that missing the tricky questions wont hurt you as much.

Prof. Keskinel is pretty funny and light-hearted, but his lectures are all over the place. He's an engaging lecturer, but when I tried to review my notes after class, I could never make sense of what exactly he was teaching. He would cover maybe 10% of each chapter in class but in the most convoluted way. The tests are ok, I'd recommend going to class every single day and doing the end-of-chapter problem sets. Keskinel makes everything a bit more difficult than it really is, but it's not hard to at least pass his class.

Tests are difficult in that they look for very specific details from the textbook and various small details mentioned in class. Mindtap is a very very valuable resource.

Tests are difficult in that they look for very specific details from the textbook and various small details mentioned in class. Mindtap is a very very valuable resource.

Keskinal is a great professor. He does not use slides and just speaks at lecture with some notes on the board. He sometimes will go through some things in depth that he does not test you on, but still write it down. I did very well in this class by reading the chapters before class and then taking notes on everything that he wrote down. Make sure to stay on top of everything. However, he is very clear in his teaching and has relatively easy tests. I got a 49/50 and 46/50 on the midterms and a 90/100 on the final and got an A+.

Keskinel was pretty hard to follow during lectures because he used no slides and only wrote messy notes on the whiteboard. He gives no homework which is nice but the midterms and final were really hard and had many trivia questions about super specific things he mentioned maybe once in lecture. Also, his curve makes no sense and sometimes is lower than the grade you got which is horrible.

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Professor Keskinel was a very engaging lecturer. Although he does not use powerpoint slides, his old fashioned way of explaining the material definitely helped me retain the information more. That being said its necessary to attend class because he will often quiz you on information he discussed in the lecture that is not in the book.

He doesn't use slides, so he just talks. But he has a really thick accent, which makes it difficult to listen. My experience with the class wasn't the greatest. He doesn't require the textbook, but it helps because he does test the really small details he doesn't really go over during class. There's no homework, which could be a good or bad thing.