Martine Lussier - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Professor: Martine Lussier

Department: Economics

College: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Dr. Lussier is one of the best professors I've ever had. She realizes it's hard to pay attention in lectures, so she revisits important topics and also gives you a packet with all of her notes each section. She puts up practice problems, which are sometimes the same questions on the tests. Do the problems, and you'll be fine.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lussier is one of my favorite professor at Case. I have taken her ECON102&103&307. If you do the practice questions she gives and review all the notes, homework and quizzes, you will get an easy A. The way she teaches makes you understand the materials easily. If you skip classes, you will be fine as long as you read the class notes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a really sweet and lovely professor. However, she has a pretty thick French-Canadian Accent which can sometimes be difficult to understand what she's trying to say. Martine is really helpful during office hours. I STRONGLY recommend going to them if you're even the slightest bit confused. BTW Don't be on your phones, she hates that the most!

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Martine is friendly and really cares about her students! Her lectures are clear and I felt confident in the material pretty much always. This being said, her exams are rough. They are often LONG to the point of being unfinishable (and I usually take exams quickly), though the questions are not a surprise based on what she tells you to review.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her accent makes it difficult to understand her, also shes a terrible grader. Her grading makes absolutely no sense and she constantly brings her political views into class as she is unable to be biased at all.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a really passionate and genuine person. However, her accent makes it tough to understand her wordy lectures. She is also a really tough grader and her tests and quizzes are pretty hard. You need to meet with TA office hours to pass this class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Lussier is so nice and just wants what is best for her students. She can lecture quickly sometimes and her accent may initially be confusing but she is one of my favorites. There are weekly quizzes that cover things she discusses in class so do not skip class. Her quizzes and tests are long but she lets you stay after class to finish.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a good professor and her lectures make the material clear. She has practice questions online which usually wind up being homework or test questions. She can be a bit unnecessarily difficult with her grading, but otherwise she is a great professor!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very sweet, very caring, and while she's only on campus M/W/F, her office hours are clearly posted and she's available then. Homework can be long, and you can lose points on tests/HW for not explaining exactly the way she did in class. However, the test problems are almost identical to the ones covered in class/ assigned as practice problems.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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:

Lots of lectures, doesn't always answer questions clearly, tells you most of the questions on quizzes and tests before hand

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you don't have prior knowledge of macro don't take this class. she's a sweet lady but entirely confusing and does not know hot to explain anything. her tests are extremely long and difficult as well with drawn out problems that are impossible.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I would not recommend Professor Lussier's class. She is not very clear or lucid in the way she presents the curriculum and course materials. She deviates substantially from the textbook and unnecessarily convolutes relatively simple topics. Her tests are insane - they're nothing you'd expect from doing all the assignments, worksheets, and quizzes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gives three midterm exams and no final. Gives extra credit for attendance and gives extra credit on exams as well. Sadly, you'll need every point you can get considering that her exams are much more difficult than what she says they'll be. You literally need to know EVERYTHING about the material, regardless of if it was covered in class or not.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I really wish I had a chance t avoid her. Class material is easy but her lecture is wordy and she likes to make easy stuff fairly complicated. Exam questions are not very related to course material. One of her habits is to cover some stuff during the class and design exam questions covered in one of the requested reading cases

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Lussier has a comfortable teaching style but uses her own notes so don't buy the book. She is not open to office hours right after class and even by appointment I felt rushed when talking to her. She has the students best interest in mind, but the course is difficult for a 100 level course.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Lussier is a wonderful person and teacher. Her tests are very straightforward and similar to the quizzes. She hints a lot during lecture. She is very invested in her students and she cares that we do well. She also has a French accent. I loved her and I will definitely take more classes she teaches.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. A fun class with a fair grading policy.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a really, really nice person. However, as a teacher, she is difficult to follow. I never felt like I fully understood any topic before she moved on quickly. Also, she is a picky grader and her tests and quizzes are difficult.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: USSO285K
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She kinda just sucks, extremely liberal to the point where it is annoying. If you agree with her points made during discussions she tends to like you a lot more than if you take the opposite views. Her sages class is easy, 12 page paper at the end takes a while but thats really it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher that goes out of her way to help students. Pay attention in class. Read the textbook. Do all the practice questions she posts on Blackboard. If you have questions, ask her. Guranteed A.