Beth Yarborough - Amherst College

Professor: Beth Yarborough

Department: TBD

College: Amherst College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Yarbrough was the worst professor I've ever had - she's the reason why I quit the econ major.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 227
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Just don't do it. Tests are awful, and grading is very unbalanced. Go off campus.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: INTTRADE
• 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:

There are particular ways you have to prepare to take her tests - figure them out! Because she will cut you no slack. She really knows her stuff, but the lectures are quite dry. She seems like a great person, but the class is disappointing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON33
• 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:

I can imagine that she is incredibly well-versed in her subject matter. However, this was by far the worst class I have ever taken in my life. Unfortunately, the material was badly presented and her inability to effectively measure students' abilities is simply appalling. I would NOT recommend her to anyone.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: DEATHOFGPA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

For the love of (insert your deity here) the micro median for the 2006 spring semester was a 65. Her quizzes are terrible. If you get one part wrong anything afterward is null-void. Partial credit does not exist in any of her testing. Her lectures are so bad they made me just walk out of class. Just wait for Kingston in Spring of 2007.

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Boring teacher who has a nice way of setting up the class. As long as you do the work its easy and clear just really really boring. Also you will get nothing you did not expect to learn out of the class except for the application articles (on blackboard) which are intersting.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MICRO
• 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:

sounds like Ben Stein, the "Dry Eyes"- she bores you to sleep, is weird, and not as easy as people say

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON33
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Go to class and you'll learn a lot!!!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: INTLTRADE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This Professor gets the job done. She gives monotonous lectures, but is helpful and clear. This trade class, on the other hand, is awful. I learned very little of use in this class and there are virtually no insights I gained that I wouldn't have from reading the text on my own.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Take a class with Beth! You can't go wrong. Go to class, take notes, and you will walk away with great knowledge.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Had mini-exam system which was amazing - grade consists of 11 mini-exams which were pretty easy and you could drop 2 of them. If you read the book and listen in class it is the easiest class, but you still learn a lot.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's a good teacher. She really knows her stuff.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The manner in which she lectures would make it seem as if the exams she writes up are very hard. She overprepares the students for the exams, which I guess is good if you want to really know the material and/or if you want to be an econ major.