Clair Brown - University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Professor: Clair Brown

Department: Economics

College: University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• 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:

I took this class 3 years ago and it was (unfortunately) the easiest Econ class I've taken (I'm almost done with the major). Brown is a horrible lecturer, so make sure to read the textbook. The class is what you make out of it on your own time. The midterms were okay but the final was ridiculous. Still I got an A simply because I studied.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Slides and Lecture is worthless, it's all about discussion. I know this because I always fell asleep in lecture (since I ate a big meal right before) and because I could never understand the material on the slides when I looked at them later . . .and yet I still got an A easily.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Plays country music, does pointless demonstrations, uses unnecessarily complicated examples, gives hard tests within short times...try to avoid her class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was pretty boring, she pretty much read off her slides. The tests were semi-difficult.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

completely incompetent at teaching and doesn't put too much effort into it either. AVOID!!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

she tries...but god this class is bad. if you dont have a good gsi youre screwed. nice person, probably good at her speciality but shouldnt be teaching econ 1

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The textbook and her slides prove much more valuable than lecture. Though you will need to be very self motivated, you can get an A without going to the majority of the lectures (some don't coincide with the text, particularly guest speakers).

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

baaaaaaaad professor, ****ed up tests, don't take it

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Stay away! Stay far, far, far away! God Good, this woman is a scary leprachaun of evil-ness.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really hard for a an introductory class to econ. Rambles about useless figures and the Fed Reserve. You definetely need to read the book if you want to do well. Lecture is useless she reads off the slides. She isnt very friendly and is very annoying on stage.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Probably the worst class I ever took. Lecture materials & test materials are ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!!! This class depressed me.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are boring, and her enthusiasm isn't channeled to the students, even if the class was interesting. I found reading the textbook much more helpful than going to her lectures. The dumbest thing in this class had to be memorizing numbers like GDP per capita for exams.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

After having a fantastic econ teacher in high school, she was terrible. I blame it partly on the textbook but she was not much of a teacher. The class was pretty easy though and I thought the final wasn't even that hard.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Reads directly off the powerpoint, so there's no point in going to lecture. She tends to speed through too, so it's really hard to understand. Almost everything I learned was from section. Wouldn't be my first choice for the class...

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst decision I made to take this class. Totally ruined me for Econ. I won't have anything to do with it now.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

First female econ prof at cal. *cough* affirmative action *cough*. Had to be continually corrected about basic economic theory. Sad when the students know more than the professor. I really feel her problem is a complete lack of ability. I almost feel sorry for her. Truly an idiot.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's horrible, take Train. This class gives a very superflous understanding of economics, so in the end you basically learned nothing applicable. Brown's method of teaching is simple reading off lecture slides.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECONOMICS1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She genuinely cares about her students, however, read directly off slides. Dont go to class! Go to discussion and READ yourself! Takes alot of your own time. Midterms are easy, final is difficult. I say avoid Brown altogether if possible go for Romer (Econ 2). I heard she was good and helpful.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

okay. she meant well at the beginning. however, the midterms and the final were RIDICULOUSLY hard. and she was BORING and somewhat of a psycho. god i can't stand her voice. luckily there was a really hott GSi. that's the only reason i went to lecture. SUCKY class.