Jeff Sarbaum - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Professor: Jeff Sarbaum

Department: Economics

College: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Would take again nothing negative to say. He alright with me!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I had him for ECO 201 and he seemed cool. As a online professor for ECO 300, I hated him. He does not reply to multiple emails and did not even post a study guide/list of topics for the final exam. The class is hard. Be prepared to read. The homework is hard because you get the average score of your attempts. Answers are not online. Read and Study!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Sarbaum is one of the best professors here at UNCG. He strikes the perfect balance between encouraging students to learn the material for themselves and helping those who are lost. He grades fairly and explains things very clearly; just put in the effort and you will do fine.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took this class online, and have mixed feelings about. I feel that I didn't learn much about the topic, but the online class is manageable. Lots of quizzes and homework (the homework is done on Cengage - a real nightmare! Graphing exercises are messy and complicated). The quizzes are based on the learning area and class videos.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pretty easy class. #1 thing--DON'T MISS DEADLINES for assignments (especially the exams)!! Always a few confusing test questions, but all are open book. Should look over book beforehand, but you generally have time to look up all of the answers--most come directly from book. Group project can be frustrating if others don't participate, but doable.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was actually not too bad. I almost had a solid A until the midterm. The final was pretty tough as well. I didn't like how hw was on Cengage instead of Pearson, but he will add a few points to your homework grades at the end of the semester. It is online and it's pretty demanding so definitely stay on top of due dates.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I honestly didn't interact with Sarbaum at all this semester. I didn't have any issues in the class (I took this online) and I did well enough. The homework problems could get overwhelming but he added points at the end of the semester to help with any issues that might have occurred from that. I recommend taking this class online if you can!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is an amazing professor and person. He takes the time to make sure you understand the content and goes above and beyond for his students. He does not judge students, and helps them the best he can. Economics was one of my hardest classes, but he is my favorite teacher. I would 12/10 recommend him as your teacher. He is amazing.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

No answers on coursehero. Homework assignments are a weighted avg to 'incentivize learning.' Cengage was only for hw so it was a waste of money. It was clearly structured for people to not cheat, not for students to learn. They made the course much harder than it needed to be. One of my least favorite courses. Be prepared to be miserable

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The professor was understanding but the course material is very difficult especially for an online course. If you try your best he will put a couple extra points towards your final grade

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Good communication with the class throughout the semester. If you do the assigned homework assignments, you'll do fine on the quizzes and exams.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took the online summer class. For people who have full time jobs and another class, this class isn't for you. There's an assignment due EVERY DAY. You'll have homework due in 1 day, a quiz the next day, and a class assignment due another day.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sarbaum is great! Took his micro class online and he made the material really understandable. He set the entire curriculum around a coffee shop. No group project, just 3 tests and homework assignments. Read the notes he posts, watch his lecture videos, and you'll be fine.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Good proffesor. He really knows his Econ. I love that the exam grades would be posted the same day it was taken. ECO 201 is more of a self learning class so people blaming failure on him are irrelevant. He provides us with tools to be succesful though

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor! Online format of learning units very easy to use. Online group project that is worth 25% of overall grade was easier than I thought it would be.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Online classes are the absolute worse place to have group projects, and someone needs to tell him that. My group never made the opportunity to meet, and when I expressed this concern to him, I got no response. Hated this class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Sarbaum is a straight shooter and his expectations are clearly outlined in the syllabus for the class. In this online class, the quizzes and tests focused more on his own notes and lecture materials than on the book. However, the online ECON Lab homework assignments were straight from the book. No useless discussion posts required in this class!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I hate this class SO MUCH. I feel like it's my hardest class ever because of the layout. I can count on one hand how many times he has interacted with the class for the last 5 weeks of class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECO201
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All the info for this class was online, with once a week meetings. Sarbaum was technically the professor, but I saw him twice the whole course. If you are able to learn independently, this class could be a nice alternative to a lecture type class, but the course is pretty challenging. If you even think you may struggle, try a non-online class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECO300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took ECO201 with him in class and ECO 300 with him online. ECO 300 felt pretty stale--he hardly interacted with the class, and the content on his website was obviously out-of-date (although still relevant for the most part). There is homework on MyEconLab and quizzes on Canvas due every other week. There is also a midterm and a final. Nice info.