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Social Science

Boo Chun Su

ECON1 · ECON02 · ECON1ONLINE · ECON1MICRO · ECO · ECON1N2 · ECON20000 · MACROECON · MACROECONOMICS · ECON2ONLINE · ECON · ECON2ON · ECON2 · 52 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
23.53%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you can self-teach economics from a dense textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest HeavyConfusing EnglishTextbook Self-TeachTough GraderAvoid Online
  • Many students say lectures and and English is
  • Grades often
  • Workload and expensive materials frustrate students who wanted guided teaching

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

As and easy grades appear rarely; most recent comments describe tough, high-stakes tests and .

Both online and sounding especially severe.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Economics content plus unclear lectures and and logistically hard.

Online reviews stress self-teaching from the book; and material difficult.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Some sections list attendance as optional or not required, while .

Online and in-person both show mixed attendance .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

and many students explicitly .

Online reviews are more consistently negative; but .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students , and little room to recover after a bad test.

Format shift

but also appears in person.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of reading, multi-sentence homework answers, and .

Format shift

Online short-term sections especially report double workload and .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Dominant theme is weak teaching clarity, poor English delivery, and students learning mainly from the textbook.

Format shift

A minority of in-person and a few online reviews praise lectures, but most recent comments contradict that.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Course grade often rests on a few exams plus homework, with limited alternative assessment cushion.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize tests; online comments also stress textbook-based grading.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

but still lean , and weak instruction, with a minority praising clear lectures.

Main concern

and students find the lecture useful.

What students said

“This is the . Exams are so complicated and hard, also questions are impossible to understand.”
ECON1
“His lecture and and helpful to learn economics. Highly recommended!!!”
ECON02
“If you are looking to understand the material even slightly, you will not with this professor.”
ECON1

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and .

Main concern

Tests and almost no instructor support.

What students said

“If I could give this teacher a zero I would. Terrible teacher does no teaching at all and cannot speak English well at all.”
ECON1
“Awful class the with some questions not even being in the textbook.”
ECON1
“All questions in the and so short amount of time limit that will kill you.”
ECON2

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and poorly aligned with lectures or notes.

Test heavyHard timed quizzesTextbook-based questionsLittle extra credit impact

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person , and test-heavy grading.

Complicated examsTest heavyUnclear questions
“Exams are so complicated and hard, also questions are impossible to understand.”
ECON1
“The course only has a few exams and .”
ECON1

Online

Online tests are described as extremely hard, short on time, and sometimes unrelated to the book or lectures.

Hard timed testsQuestions not in textbookFew graded items
“the with some questions not even being in the textbook.”
ECON1
“ and there's only 1 minute per question.”
ECON2
“All questions in the and so short amount of time limit that will kill you.”
ECON2

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and workload. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Terrible teacher does no teaching at all and cannot speak English well at all.”

👎 Recommendation Rate

24/100

“ !! Unless you are a genius.”

📝 Test Pressure

28/100

“ unless you are already genius on macroeconomics.”

📚 Workload and Self-Teach

28/100

“This class has no lecturing, you just read the textbook and she grades you off of that”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • cannot speak English well at all
  • Lecture notes
  • does no teaching at all

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • questions are impossible to understand

Theme 3

💸 About Cost and Materials

  • the price of the textbooks is absolutely RIDICULOUS
  • Requires students to purchase the most expensive (newest) version of the text
  • Learned a lot from the textbook, but the professor's lectures and information are hard to understand

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

52

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with rich detail; recent comments strongly cluster on poor teaching and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 55
3 out of 58
2 out of 57
1 out of 521

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

2

B 2

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1