AI Rate Professor

Economics

Pam Coates

ECON1201 · ECON120 · MACROECON · ECON121 · ECON · ECON200 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you want excellent econ teaching and and a tough personality.

Best fit · Effort For RewardEnthusiasticCritical GraderWritten TestsNo Textbook NeededPolarizing Personality
  • Many call her an outstanding, enthusiastic econ teacher who makes the subject click.
  • Written exams and material.
  • Personality complaints exist, but strong learners often thrive and even change majors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Attendance and note-taking can yield A/B, but As.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

She simplifies econ for many, yet tests and expectations keep it from feeling trivial.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

Showing up and paying attention is repeatedly tied to success, with .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Majority recommend her for strong teaching despite personality and .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

38/100

and exact-word expectations make scores harder than content mastery alone.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Light

68/100

Class time covers material; some say no book is needed and workload is manageable.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

High enthusiasm and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

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Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Mostly strong praise for enthusiasm and clarity, with a minority calling her harsh, short-tempered, and .

Main concern

and a sometimes condescending classroom tone.

What students said

“She made me change my major to econ. That's how great of a professor she is.”
ECON
“ multiple choice”
ECON120
“if you show up,pay attention and write down what she has on the board you will get an A or a B.”
ECON121

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams are write-in and critically graded, which many find harder than the lectures.

Written testsNo multiple choiceCritical grading

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tough grading.

All write-in answersNo multiple choiceCritical grader
“ multiple choice”
ECON120
“ ; even if you think you know the material well...watch out! She's a .”
ECON120

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“She made me change my major to econ. That's how great of a professor she is.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 in-person reviews, highlighting . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Impact

78/100

“One of the best teachers I've ever had, Pam Coates can actually turn Economics into an interesting subject”

📝

34/100

“ multiple choice”

👍

72/100

“She is one of the . She's very sweet and helpful.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • makes learning easy with her enthusiasm
  • uses all class time to discuss course material
  • pretty easy teacher if you listen

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • it's wrong
  • you will get an A or a B

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • very enthusiastic and energitic
  • really short tempered
  • Yeah she is pissy and annoying but the woman can taech the hell out of econ

Data context

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Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen mostly older reviews are consistent on teaching strength and test strictness but lack recent breadth.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 52
3 out of 54
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

ECON1208 reviews
ECON2 reviews
1211 review
ECON12011 review
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ECON2001 review
MACROECON1 review

Reported outcomes

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