I was really interested in taking the class because people had mentioned it being a good one. It ended up being really boring and the tests were seriously some of the hardest I've taken. The book & lectures might be the same material but the questions on the test are pulled from nowhere. He might have the knowledge but he doesn't explain it well.

It's like Finding Nemo, without the Nemo, and without the family fun.

an easy course taught by a bad teacher.... not interesting and made a lot of people suffer

Book material easy to understand. Lecture material not even close to as easy. Exam and quiz questions much more difficult than anything found in the book. Exams much more difficult than study guides.

At first, I thought if I worked hard at Econ I would find success. However, this all changed the second I stepped into my first lecture with Chad. He's boring. He does not prepare you for his tests. He does not answer emails. Even if you study for weeks, you could still fail an exam due to the trickiness. Do. Not. Take. This. Class.

This first couple of lectures maybe misleading. He seems good at first but hes not even close. His lectures are really long and boring. (funny from time to time). He does not prepare you for the exams at all. Only half the class comes to lecture. You could study for days and still fail. All and all, dont take this class if you dont have to.

Prof Hogan is a nice man but a horrible teacher. His accent entertains you for a while, but then lectures become EXTREMELY boring. Homework assignments and quizes have nothing to do with what he has taught, and the practice exams are way more straight-forward than the actual exams. Do not take econ with Hogan!

Terrible professor. Lecture puts everyone to sleep - most don't attend. Tests are not about understanding economic concepts, they are about decoding his paragraph long "questions" and finding the "least wrong" answer. Completely unfair and un-enjoyable... do NOT take this class with him.

There are several ratings that all share the same scores, grammatical style, and refer to Hogan as Professor Hogan or Dr. Hogan.

Chad likes to wear sweaters to every single lecture. the most interesting part of lecture was getting there early and trying to guess what color sweater he would wear that day. his tests are pretty hard but most people end up sucking so you can do pretty well since he curves them so much.

Chad doesn't really care about anything. He teaches straight from the book. Lectures are not mandatory at all to attend. He also has a tendency to post answer keys very late.

I went to U Sydney with Chad ('81), and let me tell you, he is a flat shrimp on the ol'barbie. I remember we would be drinking kegs o fosters and skinning sheep to make bales of fine wool. I sat in on his Econ 101 class this semester and let me tell you - he is as vivacious and vibrant as a dingo on the outback. FINE AND COARSE WOOL!!!!!

His lectures are slow, dull, and repetitive. A significant amount of people who actually went usually fell asleep. His exams really hard, so much that the curve makes it seem like you're taking orgo or something.

His lecture is not worth it and they didn't make a difference to my exam scores. His lecture slides are as repetitive. He covered material so slowly that we had to do the last chapter in the last lecture. He posted an assignment answer key to his verbose, confusing homework 3 hours before the final exam! He's an embarrassment to the econ department

I haven't even been to lecture yet and probably won't until right before midterm 1. He'll probably have a review session (slow and boring, of course) like he did in 101. That's about the best thing i have to say about him. This post below is clearly him sprucing up his image before school starts. READ DEEPLY INTO THE OTHER COMMENTS. Ridiculous.

I feel the need for a second post to clarify that i got an A- in 101 so I'm not recently bitter from getting a poor score and thus posting negatively because of it. Again, read about 8 pages after this post to see a couple PERFECT scores (and grammar). oops...

Awful. Terrible teacher. Exams were hard, lectures were stupid, and quizzes and hw did not help at all. Complete waste of a teacher. I will never take another class with him as the teacher.

Pros: A lot of office hours were available; he did test you for the readings you did. Cons:Lecture was a little bit boring and could put you into sleep (it was 8:30 in the morning)He talked to himself a lot and forgot to change the lecture slides while talking.

I had him for 395 and 310. He doesn't assign much homework and grades easy. If you learn easily from a book and by yourself, you will do fine. His lectures are boring and he seems disinterested. Final exams are based on the "lectures" and he expects some profound answer, so don't bank on the final.

Horrible class. Very unclear in explaining concepts and does NOT prepare you for the BRUTAL exams! DONT TAKE THIS CLASS FROM PROFESSOR HOGAN!

the class was awful. chad is very arrogant and inconsiderate professor. (posting practice exams and homework solutions right before the final exam, being extremely late in getting our exam scores back: when they are only SCANTRONS!). he doesn't really teach you anything about econ/exams in lecture. do the homework, go to section, read the book.

Doesn't answer his emails OR his phone, leaving students who need to contact him high and dry. His lectures consist of him monotonously reading off his slides. Rather than testing economic concepts, he makes long-winded, page long questions just for the sake of it. More than a week after the final, we STILL don't know our exam OR our final grades

I took this class with a genuine interest in the material and he is the reason I hate this class. He shows up late, cancels his office hours, is completely unhelpful and extremely lazy. He reschedules exam times at the last minute, never gets grades back quickly and is the most frustrating professor to deal with. If you can avoid him, do it.

The most unorganized professor I have ever had the displeasure of having. Posts exam grades weeks late, never responds to emails. Dont pay any attention to exam dates in the syllabus as he changes them all a week before exams. The only thing interesting about his class is his australian accent, gives the class a crocodile hunter feel.

I have never had such a verbose lecturer. Professor Hogan manages to turn simple concepts into quagmires through his incredibly circuitous examples and lack of proper context. Take this class with Gerson or Malone. Our final lecture was on the same material covered in Gerson's third lecture.

Explains things very slowly so good for slow learners, too repetitive and boring for most people. Slides are not clear at all, and the man is very unorganized and doesnt use email... On slides, says sample exam is up, actually posts it a week later, doesnt post the answers for sample exam, doesn't respond to email asking for answers. Overall bad.

His the teacher I really loved, especially the way he taught!Although sometimes the content is somehow abstract, but it really help me understand something~!

Bad class. Sample exam questions/answers are sometimes posted just hours before the actual exam. Takes forever to explain a slide

He's not a very good professor but the class isn't that hard. You can read the textbook if you want, but what I did was watch chapter reviews and concept videos on Study Edge. They helped summarize everything for me and made it click. There were also practice problems that were VERY helpful and similar to exam questions!

he himself is helpful, but the lectures are just horrible, he only talks about fundament stuff in lecture and the exams are super hard. worst of all he doesn't give you additional practice exams (only one for each exam). i feel i'm learning 1+1 in lectures and doing integration in exams. don't take his class

don't, just don't take his ECON 101 class. He's a nice guy I'll take it, but his lecture is very terrible and not any helpful at all. I learn most of the stuff by roaming the internet. About the exam... oh, it doesn't even reflect what he actually teaches in class, so no wonder why the average is around 60%.

The worst teacher I have ever had. He's always show up to class fifteen minutes late and expect us to stay an additional 15 minutes after. His take home exams were ridiculously hard and tested concepts not learnt in class (also no textbook, so there was no opportunity to learn it!) I ended up getting an A in the class but it was stressful.

He is not a good lecturer. The lectures put me to sleep, and it's a good day if our class got through 10 slides in an hour and a half. The tests are very difficult, but his class is also curved to an A- so as difficult as everything is, it isn't that hard to do decent in this class

Nice Guy, bad teacher. Refuses to communicate in any way that isn't face to face talking or a phone call. Very unorganized with posting assignments. Tests are hard and have little to do with his lecture, more on the slides, which have almost no information at all. Won't shut up about Robinson Crusoe.

Hogan is a cool guy, but his class is pretty difficult. He throws a lot of information at you during lecture, without clearly explaining it. His slides are confusing. He's very unclear during lecture. The quizzes are hard, and the exams aren't much better. A lot of what's said during class isn't relevant for the exams. Take anyone else for econ.

This has been the worst class and worst professor I have had thus far at u of m. Does not follow along his lecture powerpoints and does not change the slides to what he is actually talking about. 25 question multiple choice exams are the worst format to be tested on. Really looked forward to the money and banking topic, but very disappointed.

Chad is a brilliant guy, but not a great professor. He is awesome in office hours, but the line is always at least a 30 minute wait. He just rambles in class, provides insufficient review materials for the extremely difficult exams.

Chad's an OK guy, he's just incredibly boring and doesn't connect well with his students. Don't be surprised to get through 2-4 slides over the entire 80 minute lecture. Tests are impossible (testing Econ with 25 multiple choice questions is absurd), section is pointless (don't go, unless there's a quiz), and class is miserable. Try to avoid him.

lectures were boring and long. he repeated himself constantly and would spend 30 mins on one slide. most of this class is self taught- if you have taken AP econ its not too bad but if econ is new to you switch into a different section immediately!

Horrible professor, you don't need to attend lecture at all, he doesn't put any effort into them at all. That being said, if you read the book, you can get a B+ A- easily.

The worst teacher I've ever had in the history of schooling, but I still did well on the tests by taking old practice exams

Chad Hogan is easily the worst professor I've had at the University of Michigan so far. Lectures are beyond boring and cover material totally unrelated to the questions asked on the exams. The format of the exams makes them mind-blisteringly difficult and the averages of each exam leave you wondering how he still has a job at the university. AVOID

Chad Hogan is not the most clear or inspiring professor but he is alright. You really don't have to show up to lecture but it is certainly helpful. There are 3 exams, and 5 quizzes. The whole class is on a curve so it is hard to get an idea of your grade. If you are struggling you have to go see him in office hours and then he is super helpful.

Lectures are boring and he spends weeks hardly going over anything at all. Don't expect him to get through all the powerpoint slides. The practice exams he assigns are nothing like the real exams, so there's no surefire way of studying. If you can take Econ 101 with any other professor, do so, or maybe think about waiting a semester to take it.

Econ 101 is generally a tough course. Lectures very boring, hard to pay attention even if I wanted to. 3 tests, including the final. All hard. Quizzes like every other week aren't too bad if you know the weekly assigned problem sets. Tests are just very hard. Bombed first one and decent on second. Final means a lot. Bell curve kinda sucks

He drags on and on and on about stupid crap for the longest time on a slide with three sentences on it, then the problem set or exam comes and it's not like the easy crap he talks about and you have no idea how to do any of it. He also has the most annoying accent with the most annoying vocabulary. Expect repetition

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Lectures do not clearly discuss or define material in relation to tests. Problem Sets are extremely long, without clear answers, and do not reflect lecture. Quizzes are over material you haven't had a chance to discuss yet. Exams are extremely difficult by design and sometimes hold material not discussed at all.

Chad will help you, I guess. But he makes the material complicated and gives unclear answers. Half of the second midterm was stuff he never taught, and I went to every lecture. I recommend taking this class with friends so you have people to get by with. Though, my best advice is to avoid Hogan's class.

Our grade is basically three exams that are only multiple choice questions. The first exam was 15 multiple choice and the last two exams were 25 multiple choice. Which sounds awesome at first, but when the professor makes no sense in class and posts very unclear PowerPoints then it is really easy to fail the exams. Would NEVER recommend him!

Chad is probably the worst lecturer at the University of Michigan. He constantly repeats himself on material that is extremely basic and tests on a different level. Try to get old exams because he recycles his questions. A lot of questions.

Chad clearly knows his stuff when it comes to 101, but he's a god-awful teacher. His lectures are extremely long and boring. He'd often have something like 20 slides to cover in a day and then only cover 10, since he got off on some tangent giving a useless example over and over. Doesn't follow any book, tests are worded poorly.

Hogan doesn't deserve a position at The University of Michigan. Course is incredibly disorganized and the man can't teach for his life. You will learn more on your own by reading the textbook. I went to class and relied on his notes and slides, which was a mistake. Better hope for a great GSI if you want to do well. DO NOT RECOMMEND. SWITCH OUT!!

DO NOT TAKE 101 WITH HIM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Your semester with be an absolute suckfest if you do. My 3 friends had to drop halfway through the semester. I stuck it out and got an awful grade. He can't teach. Got a A- in AP Economics in high school.

Oh God, Get Ready for a Roller Coaster. Chad can't teach for his life. Many drop, fail, and get horrible grades. Want Ross??? Good luck in Lorch with Chad!!!!

Sat through every class, did all the problem sets, attended every discussion, and went to every review session. Worked my butt off for a low A. Chad is very knowledgeable, but don't expect him to actually teach you what you need to know. The material and exams are unreasonably challenging. He does have beautiful blue eyes though.

Chad Hogan is a terrible lecturer. Economics is an interesting subject, but he makes it more dry and boring than I thought possible. He talks in circles about the most basic examples and concepts, then expects a deeper level of understanding for the exams. That being said, it isn't difficult to do well in the class.

His lectures are terribly dry and boring. I didn't go to lecture once. Just read the slides before the exams, take practice exams, do homework and you will be fine. Do not go to lecture or you will fall asleep. He spends like 30 minutes on one slide where I can knock out a slide at home for like 5 minutes. Class is fair, just bad professor.

Chad is not the most horrible professor ever, but he's not great either. He spends too much time on one subject and explains things strangely. Be sure to read and do the homework for understanding. His class is way harder than the other 101's at UM. However, he really does care and puts so much effort into helping you if you just ask.

Chad is a nice guy and very willing to help outside of class, however, I found myself before exams using youtube to teach myself all of the content. I enjoy econ and think I'm not bad at it but Chad's tests proved otherwise. There are teachers at Umich that will be significantly better for getting a better grade and increasing your understanding.

For the first two exams, it is fine if you read the textbook and see his slides. But for the final exam, go to his office hour and ask about the questions in sample exam that you don't know how to solve! But beware that his lectures are extremely boring and hard to concentrate. You have to learn by yourself, but he is willing to help in office hour

Going to lecture and discussion is pretty much useless. His lectures are very boring and he never gets through the whole lecture. But with that said, he's not as bad as everyone makes him out to be, most people hate him because they don't put any effort in. The material is pretty easy so if you actually take the time to learn it, you'll do fine.