Stanley Sedo - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professor: Stanley Sedo

Department: Economics

College: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Grading is a bit unclear. although I understand everything, it's near impossible to get an A. He's an amazing guy, very charismatic during office hours, but lectures are somewhat dry and unentertaining. He will make time for you and your questions, he truly does try. I would recommend him just because the topic is interesting. Class is exam based.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Impossible to get a good grade even if you understand the material

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AWFUL. I had to drop this course because it was so dry and difficult with no clear direction. The lecture slides lack information, yet he says to use those to study. The textbook is good- if only he tested on that!! The ONLY things graded are the exams, which lack a clear grading rubric and information. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you think Chad Hogan is bad, DO NOT take labor economics with Stanley Sedo. He is by far the worst professor I have had at this university. His lectures are extremely boring, the lack of content on his lecture slides make studying from them impossible. He has no sense of humor and he is not very friendly in office hours. I could go on and on.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class has a lot of potential to be interesting, but Professor Sedo makes it more difficult than it needs to be. Lectures are dry and confusing. Very unclear grading criteria for exams. I have blatantly answered exam questions correctly, but they are still marked wrong. Take another 300 level class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sedo is without a doubt the worst professor I have ever had. You never know what to expect on exams, and you never know if he is even right with his answer key. I have known the material for both of the exams yet have gotten curved C+/B- grades solely because what he is asking for is not clear, or he does not know what answers make sens

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

How this guy has a PhD in economics is beyond me. He seemingly has no idea what he is ever talking about and his lectures are the worst I've ever been to. He "teaches" the same exact material for consecutive lectures and I'm convinced it's because he forgot what he taught in the previous lecture. Worst professor I've ever had.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

As soon as you get the syllabus, you will know that this is a wrong option

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 320
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took labor Econ with him this semester. He's really funny and helpful during office hours. He's a really interesting guy in and out of class has worked a lot with data and the census. I'd definitely recommend taking this class

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON503
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No one can be worse than this teacher. He doesn't care about anything in the classroom.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON503
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't care about the students and is a very confusing teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Too bad he had to leave the course midway because even though he was pretty bad at teaching, his exams were supposed to be reasonable. Instead what we got was a course taught by a GSI and a PhD. student who gave incredibly hard exams and were no better at teaching than Sedo.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Unfathomably disorganized professor. Unless you have the patience to suffer through excruciating lectures that fail to follow a coherent sequence, you will have to teach yourself the material. Good thing it's not that hard. It's a shame because he really does care about his students and their success.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Poor organization and terrible class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Sedo is so unorganized I could not believe it. He only gives you 1 practice exam and does not even put the answers online. I had to tell him we did not have answers. And he did the same thing for the final. Does not respond to email fast at all. Terrible class. Take another 300 level class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor is awful. Unorganized at all times and lecture is as boring as could be. Literally taught class to myself out of textbook. Got B+

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst professor you could ever take at the University of Michigan, can not see his scribbles on the chalkboard, or understand his blabberring about material unrelated to the exam, i would have rather woken up at 6am hungover everyday and gone to any other class for 5 hours every day then to have experienced what UM considers a class

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Digresses and goes on many tangents during class. Actual material isn't hard, but plan on learning it yourself. Also, have strong principles to get through his tangents and digression.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Worse professor in the university. Worse prof I've ever had in my life. The notes he provides on the board are all scribbles, practice exams have more errors, mistakes, and typos than you can possibly imagine. Take his class and it's a guarantee that you'll regret it. I'm surprised that he hasn't been fired from the university.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this course, even if you think the topic will be interesting-there are far better 300 level econ courses. TAKE ANY OF THEM over this course. Prof. Sedo is completely unorganized and gives little to no exam preparation. (don't be fooled by his practice exams "with answers" because the answers are incomplete and useless)