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.

Professor McDevitt is definitely a smart guy and knows his material well, but his lectures can be hard to follow if you don't have a good view of the board--his handwriting is messy and he doesn't use slides, so sit up front. He does post notes that are pretty thorough and useful for studying though. The practice tests are good examples of what the exam will be like, so if you understand the concepts covered on the practice exams, you should be fine. Overall I thought this class was decently interesting and I got an A for the first time since Econ 1 (and I got a B when I took Econ 11 with McD, so that's saying something)