Katherine Wolfe - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Professor: Katherine Wolfe

Department: Economics

College: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON0200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was thrown into a bad situation this semester with the scheduled professor having a heart attack. Having said that, much of the semester was disorganized with the lectures and there were frequent mistakes on the answer keys and notes. She was caring and helpful to her students. The tests were pretty straightforward and similar to practice tests

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON0200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The material is not explained well, nor does it correspond to the material in the textbook. All notes are written on the whiteboard, but there are frequent mistakes and the message gets lost between that and the corny jokes. The lectures are very disorganized. She is kind of enough to offer retakes, however.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON0200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her GTP class was very unorganized. Sometimes she did not do well at teaching her students primary concepts of the course, which led to the class as a whole failing her exam 2. She was kind enough to allow the class to retake the exam in the form of two quizzes; however, many students seemed to go into her exams "taking a shot in the dark."

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON0200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Knows the material, but she just can't teach. Homework is 40% of the grade but is infinitely harder than the tests. Lecture didn't match the book at all, tests didn't match either. Corny jokes and examples, often tries and fails to stimulate working with classmates, who are just as confused as you are.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Recitations are important part. If you do the homework and quiz, everything shouldn't be too bad.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you dont want to go to class then just read the book and pay attention in recitation. Her tests were fairly straightforward.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• 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:

Lectures weren't terrible to sit through, the homework wasn't too hard if you took your time and did the reading, the tests were super easy if you went to recitation. Good class, easy A.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I would take another teacher if at all possible. Makes extremely corny examples. Only good thing is that recitation isn't mandatory if you do well on weekly quizzes. Homeworks are a pain, but they are worth 40% of your grade so if you do them well, you'll do well in the class. Only two exams the entire term. Take someone else if possible.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

quizzes and online homework weekly. tests are easy if you pay attention to the lectures. lectures are fairly boring. good all around teacher

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GMTHR222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good Professor, useful reviews and class examples. Take good notes and you'll get an A

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

long homwork...book was usless...The test had nothing to do about what we learned in the class. WTF

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BUSEN1040
• 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:

BAD

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BUSEC1040
• 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:

Probably worst professor I've had at Pitt yet. Homework takes well over 3 hours to do, and doesn't correlate to tests at all. Not willing to help when you go to her office hours or email her. Book is worthless and she is aware of it but doesn't care. When the entire class gets the homework incorrect laughs about it and says "oh well."

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I got a lot out of this class. I was afraid coming in that there would be a bias to the class because you're obviously dealing with capitalism and she looks very crunchy granola, but she stuck to the facts very well. Maybe things have changed since I had her, but there were times when you could tell she wanted to add social commentary but didn't.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took macro with her, really easy to cheat. uses the same test for all her classes and lets you keep the exam booklet. you can just get it from an earlier class and study before yours begins.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She never teaches the material that appears on the homework, which accounts for 40% of the grade. The tests aren't too bad, especially compared with the homework. I would suggest taking a different Intro. to Microeconomics prof.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MICROECONOMICS
• 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:

This was a very difficult class and her examples in class HAVE NOTHING TO DO with the homework. So if you understand the class, be prepared to do badly on the homework. TA's also hardly talk English. Staying after class can help some, but tests are still next to impossible.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MACROECON
• 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:

Wolfe is not a good prof. Although her lectures are interesting, you will find it hard to answer test questions with what you just hear in class. Also, the test questions are poorly worded. More importantly she does not hide her Liberal Democratic agenda. On the final she had a question that was based on a political cartoon making fun of Bush.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Just read the book. The notes are so ugly and confusing going to class will probably make your grade worse. So boring.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON0100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

First half of the semester is pretty easy. After that, it gets really difficult. Homework assignments are impossible. Lectures are interesting. Recitations are absolutely pointless--We learned how to graph a line about 6 times. I recommend having a study group, as she doesn't explain a lot of the concepts very well. Very difficult class, but doable