AI Rate Professor

Economics

Herb Elliott

BUS121 · ECON103 · ECON102 · ECON121 · ECON101102 · ECON101 · BUS141 · ECON141 · FCS130 · ECON1012 · 68 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you are comfortable teaching yourself from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-taught courseHeavy readingTest heavyMultiple quiz attemptsMixed clarity
  • Students repeatedly say the course requires reading the book and teaching yourself, especially online.
  • Grades can be salvageable because quizzes and .
  • The biggest complaints are unclear , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

High grades are possible through multiple quiz attempts, copied quiz review, curves, and persistence, but trick questions and .

Online evidence is more volatile and test-heavy, while but more lecture clarity problems.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Economics is described as reading-heavy, concept-heavy, and .

Online reviews emphasize self-teaching and textbook memorization, while and hard-to-follow explanations.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

mandatory and others not, while online work is mainly deadline-driven.

but describe flexible quiz deadlines, while in-person reviews vary between mandatory, optional, and not provided.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

Many students warn against him because support is limited and tests feel tricky, though independent students sometimes find the .

Online recommendation evidence is more negative, while reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

, and occasional help grades, but trick questions and few graded items make outcomes risky.

Format shift

Online reviews often mention repeated quiz attempts, while in-person reviews , and .

Workload

Heavy

32/100

The course commonly , and sustained textbook study.

Format shift

Online workload is dominated by reading, quizzes, and self-teaching, while and homework.

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Students see him as knowledgeable and sometimes helpful, but many say he barely teaches, lacks clarity, or .

Format shift

Online reviews more often describe no lectures and no help, while and unclear delivery.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Reviews repeatedly mention quizzes, tests, finals, timed exams, few assignments, and .

Format shift

Online reviews are strongly quiz-and-final based, while , and in-class finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

33 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

knowledge and multiple attempts while others find lectures unclear, slow, hard to understand, or poorly aligned with tests.

Main concern

Lectures may not clearly prepare students for quizzes and exams.

What students said

“He barely teaches.. just read your textbook”
ECON101
“neither his lectures nor the book prepare you enough to answer ALL of the quiz and .”
ECON102
“His lectures are understandable and and you are able to take them an unlimited amount of times.”
ECON101

Remote format

Online

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are highly mixed but often negative, with students citing , and limited help.

Main concern

Online students often feel they must teach themselves from the book.

What students said

“There are zero lectures and .”
ECON102
“if you're comfortable with teaching yourself out of the book.”
ECON102
“DO NOT TAKE ECON 101 & 102 ONLINE.”
ECON101

Exam style

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Assessments are test-heavy and often criticized for trick questions, though multiple attempts make the .

Test HeavyTimed TestsTrick QuestionsMultiple AttemptsFinal Exam

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention online quizzes, midterms, an , and unfair questions, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policy.

Online QuizzesMidtermsIn-Class FinalMultiple AttemptsUnfair Questions
“9 attempts at 3 midterms, each different. 1 in-class final.”
ECON102
“ and you are able to take them an unlimited amount of times.”
ECON102
“They come from the book's author and many are VERY UNFAIR.”
ECON102

Online

Online reviews , and multiple attempts, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policy.

Timed TestsTrick QuestionsMultiple AttemptsFinal Exam
“Quizzes and ”
ECON101
“For each quiz (and the final) you get 3 shots and .”
ECON102
“it's almost like all his questions are trick questions.”
ECON101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you are looking for a class where you only teach yourself, then this is the class for you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“In short, this professor is awful due to his lack of teaching, interaction with , and testing style.”

🧪

38/100

“There are zero lectures and .”

📈 Grade Value

62/100

“you get 3 shots and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He barely teaches.. just read your textbook
  • He is VERY brilliant, but would almost get frustrated when students didn't understand something.
  • Mr. Elliott is a very knowledgeable professor.

Theme 2

📚

  • be prepared to spend a lot of time reading and memorizing the textbook to even pass.
  • It was a crazy, huge amount of reading!
  • You have to read the book and definitely understand.

Theme 3

📝

  • For each quiz (and the final) you get 3 shots and .
  • Every chapter has a quiz, but you have two chances for .
  • They come from the book's author and many are VERY UNFAIR.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

68

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years give strong , and mixed teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 524
3 out of 514
2 out of 58
1 out of 511

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 6 · A- 3

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 5

C range

2

C 1 · C- 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1