AI Rate Professor

Economics

Bruce Silverman

ECON102 · ECONECON · ECON101 · ECON121 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you must take economics and and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecturesDifficult testsLong class timeBlackboard reviewsNot recommended
  • Students repeatedly call lectures boring or endless and .
  • Would-take-again is 0% where reported; .
  • Attendance is often not mandatory, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

Lots of studying needed for an A; and difficult.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and made-harder-than-needed lectures raise difficulty.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

75/100

, though .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

and 0% would-take-again dominate recent reviews.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

and reported C grades suggest limited grade cushion.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Piles on work and requires heavy studying for .

Format shift

.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Boring long lectures and .

Format shift

.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

; he avoids homework because .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person econ reviews describe , and low recommendation.

Main concern

Difficult tests and unengaging lecture style.

What students said

“Boring classes and difficult tests.”
ECON101
“ . .”
ECON102
“The much you read and study.”
ECONECON

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

; Blackboard reviews help but do not remove the pain.

Difficult testsBlackboard test reviewsConfusing examsStart-of-class quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and confusing; quizzes can start class and reviews live on Blackboard.

Difficult testsBlackboard reviewsEarly quizzes
“ . .”
ECON102
“very good review for .”
ECON121
“ so don't be late.”
ECON121

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Most boring class I have ever taken. ... . .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person economics reviews, highlighting boredom and . Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Boring classes and difficult tests.”

👎 Recommendation

18/100

“ .”

📝

32/100

“The much you read and study.”

⏳ Long Lectures

35/100

“some of the lectures seemed as though they wouldn't end.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He lectured on his trip to Cuba 20 years ago for the first 2 classes.
  • long lectures

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Lots of studing if you want an A
  • Made the class harder than needed to be
  • piles on the work

Theme 3

📋 About Class Policies

  • Lectures and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

42/100

Evidence confidence

Only five reviews spanning 2008-2016 with sparse grade data and mixed age reduce confidence.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

ECON1212 reviews
ECON1011 review
ECON1021 review
ECONECON1 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values