Ayhan Talu - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Professor: Ayhan Talu

Department: Economics

College: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talu herself is AMAZINGLY funny and entertaining. The course is good if you're interested in material, a bit tough for me but I ended up with an A because she offers extra credit for attendance. Three tests and a group project - tests are tough but if you study you can do it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Talu gives off so many extra points in her tests to encourage students to read the short news articles she provided. She has another layer of extra credit for attendance, which is a bonus of 5% to the final score. I would've gotten a C and give up if I weren't in her class. This intro class is definitely worth taking.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Do all the assigned homework online and you will have a better grasp of the concepts that she teaches. Sometimes she phrases the terms differently in class but just read the textbook and everything will be okay. She gives away a lot of candy in class for participation. The bad thing is the textbook (online access) is really costly.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's friendly, but confusing and irritating. The questions she uses for homework are inconsistent with the ones on the tests. She told my class there would be no calculations on our final, and 40% of our test was calculations. I usually got nothing out of her lectures. Wish I would have dropped.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON373
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talu is cool. Her tests are pretty difficult, but she grades them easily (still giving you a point or two if the answer is totally wrong). I learned a lot in her class and she is a nice woman. Also, she didn't give us a final, we just had a regular test on the last day of class instead.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Although a little hard to understand with her accent, this teacher is an absolutely excellent source. Explained a lot in class, put up guides online, and prepared you for the test. Work consisted of a weekly homework and five tests

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very easy class!! Just dot he assignments and pay attention to her!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good Teacher, helpful, though attendance is not mandatory it is strongly reccomended.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

it's an easy class. You should take it if you want an easy A. I would recommend you to go to all lectures and dump the book completely. And don't get too serious about the material. She sometimes gets confused

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hahaha a very nice lady...lucky I take her class...don't read ur book because it's sometimes confusing. Make sure u attend her class...she went through everything in class and its extremely helpful!!! And she has a really fun personality!! Make sure u take her class whether u r Econ major or not...I'm an engineer anyways

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

With professor Talu you either like her teaching style or you don't. If you go to her class, you will do well in the class. The exams can be hard but she is one of the better Econ teachers at CWRU.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Talu is very nice. If you listen to her lecture carefully, you will definetly get A. Also, you will be given a lot of extra credits if you do the bonus questions at each exam.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

nicest teacher ever - sometimes it is a bit confusing but she is very helpful if you go talk to her - she cares about how the students do in her class - only down side is the online aplia homeworks

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

We had total of two exams before the final. Averages were 85 and 88. Is this class hard and tiresome? Those people who complain, probably didn't come to the class at all. Now you do the math

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Talu is very nice teacher. Even though she has an accent, she lived so many years in America and ,to me, it was not hard at all to understand her. Nice thing about her class is the class does not solely depend on the textbook, which means you don't have to read for the test. Just go to the lecture. She points out every detail you have to know.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Talu knows her stuff. It is not difficult to achieve a good grade as long as one is willing to attend class faithfully. The class is taught at a moderate pace, which gives time for material to sink in, as well as covering a substantial amount.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talu is a very nice lady, and she liked me which i think helped me out in the end. She has an accent and it is hard to understand her at times. Not an easy business class, assigns a lot of homework, but overall the course wasn't too bad, I got an A and was satisfied

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talu is very excited about the material, but sometimes I think the depth of her knowledge of the material doesn't extend beyond what she states in class. She seemed easily confused by the slightest of advanced questions. Lectures are boring and hard to sit though. Not and 'easy A'. Avoid unless you like superfluous work.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice lady...that being said, DO NOT take this class. Her tests seem easy until she grades them. It would be an easy, very very boring, class without her strange ability to take points off in a test even though one has put the correct answer along with the proper explanation.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I really like Talu. She is very friendly and helpful. I was in a different class initially, and I transferred into her's because she teaches so well (I had her last semester for micro). Anyway, she is very informative and knowledgeable about the topic. You can't help but like her.