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Edward McDevitt
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Winter 2023 - Maybe I am different from most of the students, I am not really like this professor. He will curve but not round up 0.1 ever. He never replies emails after the final exam, and usually in rude or confusing words, like " I told this balabala" instead of Yes or No. Recording has a blurry quality, too.
Winter 2023 - Maybe I am different from most of the students, I am not really like this professor. He will curve but not round up 0.1 ever. He never replies emails after the final exam, and usually in rude or confusing words, like " I told this balabala" instead of Yes or No. Recording has a blurry quality, too.
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Summer 2025 - I would strongly recommend avoiding Mcdevitt. If mastery of a subject is shown by explaining concepts clearly and concisely, then he does not display mastery of this subject at all. I did very well in Econ 11, 101, and 102 and Econ 134 teaches concepts/topics that are very similar. Yet Mcdevitt goes out of his way to teach these topics in an unnecessarily convoluted way. He's clearly an intelligent person who understands the concepts well but it seems that he has taken 0 time and effort to think about how to teach these concepts with the students' best interests in mind. If you enjoy sitting through lectures where the prof seemingly talks in circles without reaching a significant conclusion, draws 25 unreadable graphs (not exaggerating, he drew 25 graphs in a single lecture), and writes extremely verbose exams to the point where the instructions are extremely unclear, then you should take this course with Mcdevitt. Mcdevitt, if you read this review and care about students' enrichment in their studies, I strongly urge you to take a step back and evaluate the manner in you instruct undergrad students and your approach in how you teach. With all due respect, your instructing abilities can improve a lot by reflecting more on how to instruct with conciseness in mind.
Summer 2025 - I would strongly recommend avoiding Mcdevitt. If mastery of a subject is shown by explaining concepts clearly and concisely, then he does not display mastery of this subject at all. I did very well in Econ 11, 101, and 102 and Econ 134 teaches concepts/topics that are very similar. Yet Mcdevitt goes out of his way to teach these topics in an unnecessarily convoluted way. He's clearly an intelligent person who understands the concepts well but it seems that he has taken 0 time and effort to think about how to teach these concepts with the students' best interests in mind. If you enjoy sitting through lectures where the prof seemingly talks in circles without reaching a significant conclusion, draws 25 unreadable graphs (not exaggerating, he drew 25 graphs in a single lecture), and writes extremely verbose exams to the point where the instructions are extremely unclear, then you should take this course with Mcdevitt. Mcdevitt, if you read this review and care about students' enrichment in their studies, I strongly urge you to take a step back and evaluate the manner in you instruct undergrad students and your approach in how you teach. With all due respect, your instructing abilities can improve a lot by reflecting more on how to instruct with conciseness in mind.
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Winter 2023 - I think the class was not as hard as other reviews say. Do not follow the bruin walk grade distribution because it is misleading. The professor is a good lecturer and he knows what he's talking about, during his class he'll make references to other Econ classes (from Econ 1 to Econ 106). The exams are pretty tricky for the multiple choice but if you do all the study questions and practice problems you'll be more than fine. the grade is based only on three exams. I personally took very good notes (do not try to understand the notes without the lecture because he provides exams questions during the lectures). I studied for this class probably for 8 days the whole quarter. Go to the regraded sections that he holds after each exam, my grade improved by 8/10% for every single exam after the regrade section.
Winter 2023 - I think the class was not as hard as other reviews say. Do not follow the bruin walk grade distribution because it is misleading. The professor is a good lecturer and he knows what he's talking about, during his class he'll make references to other Econ classes (from Econ 1 to Econ 106). The exams are pretty tricky for the multiple choice but if you do all the study questions and practice problems you'll be more than fine. the grade is based only on three exams. I personally took very good notes (do not try to understand the notes without the lecture because he provides exams questions during the lectures). I studied for this class probably for 8 days the whole quarter. Go to the regraded sections that he holds after each exam, my grade improved by 8/10% for every single exam after the regrade section.
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Winter 2020 - Easily the most disorganized professor I've ever had. His lectures were hard to follow in class and his handwriting was extremely messy, which made reading off the board confusing. As a result, I didn't bother going to class and would simply read through the typed up notes posted on CCLE. Every single document he sent out, whether it be notes, exams, or anything else, would be filled with typos, including one on the final which put my grade at risk. With that being said, he genuinely does care, and provides many extra office hours before a test to ask questions. Had he organized the class better it would have been great, but it was too chaotic to be enjoyable.
Winter 2020 - Easily the most disorganized professor I've ever had. His lectures were hard to follow in class and his handwriting was extremely messy, which made reading off the board confusing. As a result, I didn't bother going to class and would simply read through the typed up notes posted on CCLE. Every single document he sent out, whether it be notes, exams, or anything else, would be filled with typos, including one on the final which put my grade at risk. With that being said, he genuinely does care, and provides many extra office hours before a test to ask questions. Had he organized the class better it would have been great, but it was too chaotic to be enjoyable.
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