Phillip Bohan

ECOM01 · ECON3017 · V01A · ECON30160 · MACROECON · ECON1A · ECONV02 · ECONV01A · ECONV01B · ECONV01 · ECONVO1A · ECON2 · 25 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 31/100
RMP rating: 3.3/5
Take again: 20%
Difficulty: 3.4

The decision

Avoid if you need engaging teaching; if you can learn econ from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecture-heavyHard poorly worded testsNice guy weak teachingTest-weighted gradeCurves and extra credit paper

Students widely call lectures dry, long, and full of tangents that are .
Grade depends on a ; curves and an .
Would-take-again is very low; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Passing is possible with curves and , but an A because exams are hard and poorly aligned.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Macro/micro concepts plus fast or a standard gen-ed.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Avoid

28/100

Only about one in ; boredom and and older comments.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

and an easy extra-credit paper for many students.

Format shift

Workload

Light

68/100

Only a few homeworks plus tests; little busywork, but study load for .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Nice personality does not fix dry, tangent-heavy lectures that .

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grade is driven by a small set of tests and a .

Format shift

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person econ is lecture-from-book, often boring, with , and .

Main concern

and disengaging lectures tank the experience for most.

What students said

“INCREDIBLY BORING. he went on tangents and I didn't even understand what he was talking about half the time.”
ECONV01A

“The .”
MACROECON

“your grade in the whole class depended on 7 things, 3 tests 3 homeworks and the final”
ECONV01B

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.

Exams are hard and often misaligned with the book or study guides, though .

Hard multiple-choice testsPoorly worded questionsLarge curvesStudy guides incompleteOptional research extra credit

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and frequently described as poorly worded with incomplete study guides.

Multiple choiceHard testsCurvesStudy guides with few questionsExtra credit paper

“ and the study guides only had 10 questions when the test had 30.”
ECONV01A

“The .”
MACROECON

“at least he curves his tests down, usually by 20 points or so because they're so hard.”
ECONV01A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“INCREDIBLY BORING. he went on tangents and I didn't even understand what he was talking about half the time.”
Voice snapshots generated from 25 in-person reviews spanning 2004-2022, highlighting boredom, hard tests, and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

36/100

“He's a nice guy, but not a great teacher. .”

🧪

36/100

“The .”

👍 Recommendation

28/100

“Phillip Lohan needs to retire and stop teaching. Very boring and doesn't care if you learn or not!”

📘

40/100

“Read the book, know the terms and the class is cake.”

Theme 1

😴 About Lectures

INCREDIBLY BORING
Lectures are long and can be boring
he talks way too much on certain topics and always goes on tangents

Theme 2

📈

and the study guides only had 10 questions when the test had 30
Passing isn't hard, but you have to work for an A
he curves his tests down, usually by 20 points or so

Theme 3

🙂 About Personality

Hes a
Nice guy. Dry personality
He's a super cool guy though, and is a little flexible on deadlines

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-five reviews over many years repeatedly describe boring lectures and hard tests, giving strong consistency despite sparse recent grade data.

Inside 25 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510

4 out of 52

3 out of 56

2 out of 55

1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

A- 1

B range

B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 1

Phillip Bohan

Avoid if you need engaging teaching; x x x if you can learn econ from the textbook and x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Recommended

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

🧪 x x

👍 Recommendation

📘 x x

😴 About Lectures

📈 x x x x

🙂 About Personality

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid if you need engaging teaching; if you can learn econ from the textbook and .

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