Kate Antonovics - University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Professor: Kate Antonovics

Department: Economics

College: University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON139
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Makes her class accessible to many learning styles with podcasts, optional clicker grading, open discussion, and short online homeworks that reinforce concepts. It's obvious that she cares & wants students to succeed, and she designs her class around learning. Sit in front and she'll help you with the clicker questions, it's worth it to show up!

Rating # 2

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Antonovics is amazing. She explains concepts really well, is patient with the students, has podcasts and lecture slides, has alternative grading options(you can skip class and just watch the podcast) and gives loads of practice tests. She's brilliant and you won't regret taking her,

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• 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:

One of the best professors I've ever met at UCSD. Very clear lectures. She makes a lot of effort to make the material easy to understand. You'll never regret taking her Econ 1.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Antonovics is very smart and energetic professor who puts a lot of passion into the work that she does. She's very engaging and although the material itself is hard, she provides the right resources and presentation of content to perform well on her assessments. Her lectures are very concise and provide lots of examples to take good notes

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kate is a very nice and caring professor. She does her best to explain things and are always prepared to answer questions. Her tests are very straightforward and similar to lecture materials. However, if you're careless and unclear with your materials, you'll perform poorly on your exams as they're often small number of questions (each worth a lot)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great lecturer, makes everything clear. I did well on both midterms but not so great on the final which is why I got a B+ in the class (or an A- if she curves). Definitely recommend paying attention during lectures! Towards the end I would always get to class barely on time and wasn't really focused. Her final is harder than her midterms so beware!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• 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:

Amazing!

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Antonovics makes great use of clicker questions and graphical visuals in her lectures, making them very interactive and clear. You can get an easy 5% for participation through clicker questions but attendance isn't mandatory. Tests are fair and representative of material. If anything, too easy!

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Good Professor. Work Hard and you will get an amazing grade

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It's as if she integrates economic concepts for maximizing efficiency into her own class. Time rarely feels wasted during lectures, and she's extremely clear when going over the material. The homework is light, but still very effective at helping you understand economics. Easily one of the best teachers on campus - she's kind AND competent.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON139
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took her ECON 139 class on Spring 2017. It's a nightmare. The midterm way too hard, 40 points is a high D. I wish the final would be easier, but the final was even harder! I studied really hard for the final but I still do not know how to do most of the questions. Plus labor economics is a hard topic to study. And you can only miss 4 classes.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She conveys her ideas very clearly. You will get an easy A if you study.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Antonovics gives great, clear lectures which she also podcasts so you don't have to go to lecture unless you want to get iClicker points. She provides examples of previous exams so her grading expectations are very clear. A bit of online homework, but it's manageable. Antonovics is a great econ professor!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class seemed simple but if you don't go to discussion you're gonna have a bad time. The lectures only cover 40% of the material. The grades in my class were like an inverse normal curve, a lot of F's and D's with very few C's and a few A's and B's

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great lectures, and she gives podcasts. She knows the materials really well and ties it back to real life. Makes things interesting. Exams represents lecture materials. Go over old exams to do well. A really nice person, accessible during OHs if you need help Take her. I strongly recommend.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

amazing Econ teacher who makes you want to go to class. get the textbook only if you think you are not going to go to class (she does use iclickers though). She covers everything in class. Midterms both are pretty hard but the final is easy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• 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:

Antonovics was great for econ 1! Her lectures were clear and easy understand and she posts lots of old exams so the tests were easy to prepare for.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Antonovics is so nice. She really cared about her students and her job, and it shows. The class was really boring for me because the material was very easy. You can get an A if you study for the tests which can be hard. Weekly homework assignments and clicker questions provide you with a lot of easy points too.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON1
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

good professor but I feel hard to learn econ

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON2
• 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:

She's one of the best professors I've met in UCSD. Great lectures, clear syllabus, no accent and light homework. She puts a lot of old exams and all the podcasts online so that you can get good feedback without actually going to the lecture. Really love her.