ECO 165 with Olsen

kevin_100 · Post by **kevin_100** » March 23, 2004, 2:01 pm

I was going through instructors, eliminating the instructors that I want to avoid and the one that I want to take for FA04.

So far, R. Hoppes is the less hulk-like instructor for ECO 165. The rest seems to throw too much material at the student.

Anyway, has anyone had R. Olson for Economics? If so, what did you think of this instructor?

Thanks,

Kevin

psykostitch · Post by **psykostitch** » March 23, 2004, 2:45 pm

Hoppes is ok. I'm an Economics minor and I dropped his ECO 450 class because he was covering stuff that I had absolutely no clue about (like microecon charts). He might cover it in ECO 165. I don't know anything about Olsen, but you might want to check www.ratemyprofessor.com and www.rateyourprofessor.net. They have professor ratings on them, so they might help you.

kevin_100 · Post by **kevin_100** » March 24, 2004, 12:34 pm

Thanks for replying. I checked the rateyourprofessor site and it didn't have the instructor on the site, maybe I have to pay for a subscription because it said that once you pay, you will get to see all feedbacks instead of only the most recent.

But thanks for the reply. If I can't find out what this Olsen is like then I guess I'll take the class with Hoppes.

Thanks again for the reply!

Kevin

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » April 18, 2004, 1:12 pm

i had hoppes for 165 he is really nice and mellow, prolly the most entertaining out of all of them, skips to go golfin' sometimes, overall comment on the class: meh.

solid_dave · Post by **solid_dave** » April 23, 2004, 6:22 pm

I'll don't know who's good, but I know who NOT to take

Doris Sheets is the worst ECO proff since the beginning of econ.

seriously tho, don't take her...she's an economics nazi... no truby not a real nazi, put that rocket back in yer pocket.

psykostitch · Post by **psykostitch** » April 23, 2004, 9:56 pm

I must say out of the ECO classes I have taken, the worst is Gerald Geile. He is like Ben Stein, but more boring. He keeps repeating things over and over again. Every other word is "mmmkay?" It is just a really boring class in general.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » April 23, 2004, 10:21 pm

I have Geile right now, god I think he is hilarious. Boring, yes...and strange too. But his explanation of what "money" is the other day was worth going to class.

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » April 24, 2004, 1:26 pm

i had guile, and all semester all i could think of was...

INCONCEIVABLE!!!!

(from the princess bride... member?)

kevin_100 · Post by **kevin_100** » February 28, 2005, 3:54 pm

Close to a year ago I posted a message asking about Reed Olsen. Well, I took his class and made it through it.

I took the ECO 165 and it was difficult for me but I manage to get through it. He is definately not an easy instructor, but if you know Economics fairly well, you'll probably get an least a 'B' out of the course if not an 'A'. Dr. Olsen always increases quizes and test by 10% so you have a chance of making 110% if you get all the questions correct. That 10% is a big help.

The further you get into the course, the more difficult it will get. If you don't understand any part of Economics in any way, Dr Olsen will lose you. Around eight weeks into the course he will put all kinds of stuff on the board and if you don't understand all the concepts, you will walk out of the room in a daze.

But overall, it is a good instructor to take. He is difficult, but if you make it through his class, you will learn a few things. Oh yeah, all test are multiple-choice but they are difficult. Average scores on the test are 70s.

Some things that are good about him, he knows his stuff very well, he loves to cuss. He uses words like "Damn" "Greedy" "Bastard". I guess those aren't really consider cuss words anymore, but those words still gets a reaction out of the students. Because most students are expecting the instructor to say anything that isn't professional.

If I had to take this course again or with if I had to take another economics course, it would be with Dr. Olsen.

ryp · Post by **ryp** » April 24, 2005, 10:17 pm

There is a Reed Olsen on www.rateyourprofessor.net.

kevin_100 wrote:Thanks for replying. I checked the rateyourprofessor site and it didn't have the instructor on the site, maybe I have to pay for a subscription because it said that once you pay, you will get to see all feedbacks instead of only the most recent.