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ECON2444 - 2.0 rating“Delia Furtado is a true failure as a professor”
ECON2201 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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I thought Prof Furtado was really nice, though not as clear as she could have been with answering people's questions. She was really good at giving examples that college students could understand, and she would always take class time to go over Aplia assignments. Overall a good class, though we didn't cover as much as we should have.
Interesting class. Presents slides every class so attendance is important. Goes through things thoroughly and gives many examples. Tests are pretty much straight forward, from her class notes
Good teacher.... Exams are tricky and she ends up curving them. After half the class her voice becomes unbearable though
I felt she was very good at explaining everything that she went over. Didn't do so hot on the first exam but actually spent a couple hours studying for the second one and got a 93 so they are really not to bad if you put in a little effort. I would deffinitely take another class with her, a 1000% better than martel.
One of the best professor I have had at UConn. She teaches very clearly and shows a passion for the course.
She is a good professor and is truly interested in what she is teaching. To do good you must take good notes and listen in class. Exams can be tough, no study guides but she does curve
One of the best professors I've had at uconn. She doesn't post the slides but if you go to class you'll do well. She uses lots of examples to make the material easy to understand and I genuinely enjoyed going to her class. You can tell she loves teaching. Exams are fair and you will do well if you review notes & aplia homework.
Homework is really hard. She really grades difficultly on your exams. It's so much information to take in. Also, exams were pretty long for only 50 minutes time given. Just a very time consuming class
Don't need to buy the textbook, just the online part. I ended up dropping the class because it was incredibly difficult and changed my plan to minor in Econ. Class was very dry and she doesn't put slides online, homework was also very difficult!
Do not take unless you want your whole semester to revolve around this class. Her examples in class seem simple enough but then you get to the test and you realize that you haven't learned a thing. She seems like a nice person, just not the best professor.
I don't know why everyone taught she was hard. If you did the work in the class it was an easy A.
Great prof, very nice/helpful/straightforward. Attendance @ lecture a must, exams can be tough, gotta study hard. Great prof though.
Very difficult course. The material requires a lot of studying, but is not onerous.The homework is online and it relatively easy. It helps a lot with understanding the material. However, her exams are extremely difficult. You are limited in studying homework for an exam because the exam is so much harder than the homework itself. Don't recommend.
Not a good professor and is very unclear. I used to try to get help with her and her explanations were confusing. Shes one of those professors who care only about their research rather than their teaching. Her exams are ridiculously hard. She curves SOMETIMES. She teaches a lot of stuff not in the book and is hard to understand. Take someone else.
Furtado goes through slides very quickly, she does not post slides, so going to class is fairly important. Though everything is in the book. Her exams are pretty difficult, the short answers come from class examples for the most part, but the multiple choice are very difficult. The class seems easy until the exams.
Good teacher. Exams are difficult but got a D on the 1st one and got a B+ in the class, so she does curve. Take good notes. She is willing to help too.
She wasn't very helpful during office hours and her examples weren't really clear. Would NOT recommend - take with a different professor if you can.
Going to class is not technically mandatory, as she doesn't take attendance, but if you want a decent grade, you HAVE to go to class and take good notes. If you do that and really study for her exams, you can do really well. She's helpful when asked questions and great at being clear on topics and on what she expects you to know. Would recommend
The entire class was very unclear. Examples were not clear. Everything was confusing. Office hours were somewhat useful but the book is definitely relied on a lot. Homeworks were very hard and there was only one attempt. Would not necessarily recommend.
Straight forward. Exams were pretty easy.
Loved her!! Tests were hard but I actually learned lot ... Not confusing at all very clear about everything
She was one of my favorite economics professors. Nice, funny, and answered questions clearly. I got an A in the class so I personally can't say the tests were hard but I also always went to class, took notes, and read.
Delia expects you to really learn the material, but if you pay attention in class, take good notes, and do the homework, you'll do perfectly fine. She's so energetic and adorable, and you can tell she's very passionate about economics. I really enjoyed her class!
Very hard, homework at a minimum is 6 hours per week. Avoid at all costs
Tests are heavily weighed in your grade, and are very difficult compared to the homework assignments and in class examples. Homework is online, and generally is about 3-4 hours minimum per week. The course itself is one of the hardest Econ courses, more so than 3000 level classes. I would personally avoid Furtado. She's very difficult.
The course overall is hard, but the speed at which Delia Furtado goes through the material is way too much to handle for one exam. You need a VERY strong foundation in the principle course (1201) to find success in this class. The tests are very hard, and the homework is online and is very time consuming and required every week for a grade.
I took this class last semester as an honors student, and it was much harder than any of the 3000 level econ class I have taken to date. There is a ton of online homework due each week, and 3 tests (2 midterms and a final) that calculate most of your grade. The exams are in my opinion, overly difficult. Even top tier students should not expect an A
This class was HORRIBLE. Li aterally had topply to the communications program as a backup because this course scared me. I would not recommend taking this course with Furtado. Try David Simon, or Paul Tomolonis, if they are still teaching.
Had her for women & labor economics. The course was interesting, but very fast paced, and the tests were too difficult. She made an enjoyable course harder than it needed to be. Basically if you take her just don't expect a GPA booster.
Avoid. Way too difficult. Too much homework too
Hardest thing i've ever done. No luck of getting a solid grade in this class. Remember, all Econ majors must pass required major courses with a 2.0 (C). I would not advise you to take this class with Delia Furtado for that reason. Take my advise, future econ students.
You must know calculus, and be very good at advanced math in order to understand this class. It is very difficult. Delia is an ok professor. Shes easy(on the eyes) and thats about as easy as it will get. There is alot of homework (approx 4-6 hrs/week) however it varies by week. If you havent taken 1201 in a few semesters, I do not recommend
Class overall was pretty hard , professor wasn't "horrible" as some people have said, but moved very quickly through a lot of new material. Her favorite quote is "and you know this from your principles class" - which no, we really don't. It kind of seems like she assumes this class is a review class when really the new material doesn't compare.
Avoid this professor at all possible costs. Do not put yourself through what we former students mistakenly did. It's not worth it. The class is awful. The homework load is unreal. You need to know calculus and higher level math for her class. After the first exam, 12 people dropped the class. The class size was only about 45 to begin with. Terrible
Horribly difficult professor. Assigns about 5 hours of homework per week, and that is not a joke. Seriously it's 5 hours. Tests are impossible. AVOID AVOID AVOID BEING AN ECON MAJOR IN GENERAL UNLESS YOU CAN DO HARD MATH AND CALCULUS.
Like how most of the other views says, Professor Furtado makes a relatively easy topic hard and unreasonably hard to comprehend. The problem sets she gives out are ridiculously hard and require a lot of thinking just to complete. Just imaging what her exam might be may one cringe. Word to the wise: avoid this class at all costs.
She's the reason I dropped Econ as a major, worked really hard to get a C+ and learned nothing, not worth it, avoid at all costs
Just shoot me. That's how I feel about this class. End of story...
Shes awful. The class is hell no matter who you take it with, but especially if you take it with furtado. She's made it so difficult to the point where you want to drop the major. The grades are not good, the homework is every week and time consuming. A miserable class
The worst microeconomics professor you can choose. Her exams are out of this world hard, the homework load is every week (even during breaks) and takes me on average 3 to 4 hours to complete, graded automatically every monday at 11, and is 20% of your grade. She makes the class so unfair, unenjoyable and difficult. Alot of calculus too. Avoid 100%
I am going to be as objective as possible here for the benefit of future students. I would not recommend this class if it was your last option. Professor Furtado is an extremely difficult tester, and has designed the course with a very heavy homework load. It is difficult to pass this class. There is a good amount of math/calculus involved as well
Delia Furtado is a true failure as a professor. She reiterates a textbook publisher created powerpoint, assigns hours of online homework, and cannot be accessed for help. She has a poor overall attitude, and the outdated coursework which is not her own should be under review by the department. There is no curve on exams, which can be very tricky.
This professor is a swindler, and fails to teach in the best interest of students. She is preoccupied with her "research" and is inaccessible for help, and has no concern for student success. I personally would never recommend a class with her as it is mentally unbearable. "Professor" Furtado should be ashamed in the way that she conducts her class
Absolutely under no circumstance should this professor be teaching microeconomics. She is by far the toughest and most illiterate economics professor at the University. Your entire semester will revolve around her class, and by attending her lectures you can truly tell that she is not concerned with the welfare of her students.
The problem sets for "Woman And Minorities In The Labor Market" are so time-consuming and difficult! I expected this class to be interesting, yet for some reason I feel like I am in graduate school. I highly disagree with the way that Delia Furtado teaches. She completely takes away any interest in economics.
Would not recommend at all. She doesnt do a good job a teaching, in fact she doesnt do a good job at anything. This class screams RUN AWAY. I seriously wonder how she is even a professor?
Find another professor, this one is useless. It is evident a few days into the course that she simply does no care about the course, or the students. It is a very sad situation. Whats even worse, is that the University has no idea what she gets away with. The homework is long and difficult. Ive never seen a class so horrible in my life. Run. Far.
One of the main reasons I would advise you to avoid this professor is the fact that you need to get a C (2.0 gpa) to pass. It's nearly impossible even as an honors student. Professor Furtado is a backward witless instructor that serves no purpose at the university.
Love Delia! She is such a nice teacher. Exams are easy and straightforward. I can always get grades above 95. About homework, clear and helpful, you can find a lot of blind points while u doing homework. Lectures are pretty clear. She always gives us a lot of examples to explain a concept. U will not get an A if you do not review the class notes.
I took Delia's Econ2201 last semester. She taught everything clearly and used her special case to explain economical situation. I did not think her test is tough unless you did not review lecture notes. She was a really nice professor, and taught me many basic economical knowledge.
I have heard many things about this professor but still took Woman and Minorities in the labor market because it sounded enjoyable. Boy was I wrong. This professor is a disaster. The problem sets are not doable. Take a different class. This professor is one of the worst ive seen.
Don't take her... theres too much work. Homework feels like "busy work" simply because there is such a large amount of it. The two midterms are equally difficult to pass with the amount of analytical framework she requires. Her classes are a time consuming effort that will not pay off. Take somebody else.
Her teaching style is embarassing. Walked away with no knowledge. A complete waste of time! Aplia homework will consume a large portion of your semester, so be prepared to work on the problem sets for many hours.
Shes a disaster. The single most painfully difficult clasa at UCONN. Most professors dont require advanced calculus, but she does for most assignments. Homework assigned every week, typically between 40 and 60 econ math problems. Very difficult!
She is very clear although the homework and tests are tough. One of the better professors ive had
Just awful. Her lectures ppts are taken from the textbook and does not know how to speak clearly. Was impossible to get for OH, and the tests were more than impossible. Yes lecture slides were easy, but tests were 25 times harder. I lefts exams confident but came back to get 60s. She curved the class 8 points but i still got a C-. Avoid at all cost
She was a good professor, really nice and wants the students to do well. The tests weren't show up and pass easy but definitely fair and reflective of the material. I would definitely take a class with her again.
Might be the hardest course in my undergraduate career at Uconn, her class lectures are easy and simple while the tests are incredibly difficult. I spent hours studying and felt confident but got 60s on the tests. She knows how hard her tests are and takes pride in making students suffer.
Only took her class bc it fit my schedule - big mistake. Not like traditional economics courses and almost forces you to unlearn some basic principles. Problem sets are difficult and she also does nothing to prep you for exams. I recommend avoiding this course with her.
She's a great professor, very friendly and understanding. If you pay attention in class, take notes, and read the chapters on your own, you will be fine. I thought the exams were fairly easy as well, as long as you knew the basic principles.
There's a lot of aplia assignments so beware. It can take up a lot of your time but emailing for help would be best. She's a great lecturer and really wants her students to learn. The exams can be tricky so looking over the slides and notes from lectures are helpful. It's a tough class but she makes it entertaining.
Honestly I read these reviews and went nah Ill do fine in her class. She is smart her exams are fair, but there is a serious disconnect between what she teaches you assignments. Your entire grade will be made up of 14 total homework assignments worth 30% of your grade, the midterm will be worth 30% of your grade, and the final will be worth 40%.
Heavy use of advanced calculus in her 2201 class. Taking the principles class is really not enough to prepare you. Take someone else as most other professors are more theory based. Heavy on homework too, 45 econ math questions per week that are auto graded at the deadline (every Sunday night). Very time consuming!
The problem sets are VERY difficult and even chegg can not answer
Absolutely awful. Shows up energetic and ready to teach but teaches nothing. Reads back lecture slides, which are pulled from the textbook. Exams are impossible and she offers no extra credit or curves. Wish I dropped it because she is actually terrible.
Doesn't post all slides online, but flies through them in class, so hard to take notes. Makes the problem sets so hard that the Chegg experts have to Chegg it. Exams are brutal and extremely long for no reason. This class is worse than the American Athletic Conference.
Delia is an awesome professor that really cares about students' success. I ended up in her class by accident and was really scared after seeing all of the bad ratings, but as long as you come to class and put in some effort on the homeworks, her exams are really fair/doable. It's clear she cares about what's she's teaching and I learned a lot.
Great professor with great lectures, gets slammed a lot because she teaches an inherently difficult class. It is a math intensive class (with any prof), and there's a difficult weekly homework assignment (7-20 questions). However, doing those homework assignments will tell you exactly what to expect on the test, and prepare you immensely.
Maybe it was the remote semester, but as a first-year student I did not have a good experience with Delia. She used Achieve for literally everything (weekly quizzes and exams) and it is the most frustrating website I have come across as an online student.
Prof Furtado is really passionate about econ as far as I can tell. She really gets into her lectures and isn't as monotonous as some other professors I've come across. The class, being online, uses Achieve for pretty much everything, including hw, quizzes, and exams. She's really friendly though and more than willing to help if you ask for it.
I'm not sure why Prof Furtado's reviews are so negative - taking her class this past semester convinced me to become an Econ major. Her lectures are thorough and she makes sure you understand, and she really cares about her students. The homework and tests are definitely pretty hard, but I learned so much in the class that totally makes it worth it
I don't get all the bad reviews. I really enjoyed the class and the difficulty was fine if you did the work. The tests were sometimes a bit tricky, but there was never any information on it that wasn't in the textbook.
She was really an awesome teacher that did care. She is a tough grader, but she wants to see her students succeed. She went on tangents a lot, which did make things confusing sometimes with weird idiots and such. She also curved the grade at the end by like half a letter or so. All around awesome person and not a bad teacher.
Delia is a great professor and does a really good job at explaining the course material. She says she's a tough grader, but I found her grading, problem sets and exams to be fair and clear. You definitely need to go to class and take detailed notes, but if you do the work this course is not as hard as everyone else says.
legit the best professor i've had at uconn. literally love this lady. would def recommend taking for honors credit if possible since it's no different than the regular version just a smaller class. two exams each worth 20% of your grade and the final is 35% but weekly homework is easy and a grade booster.
Professor Furtado is clearly passionate about econ, and does keep lectures engaging. However, the content in her honors econ class is very challenging and unreasonable- your grade is almost entirely tests, with a cumulative final worth over 30% of your grade. This class will likely be my first B+ ever, even though I did not sleep before the final.
Professor Furtado is very passionate about economics, however her tests are extremely confusing. They are directly from the
Professor Furtado is a sweet and passionate professor. However, in contrast to other UConn Professors, I will say that she does not care as much about students doing well in her class. An intensive percentage of your grade relies on the two midterms and final. She does not scale or curve any tests. This class will tank your GPA...
Her homework problems are so confusing that it will have you staring at the screen for hours trying to figure out whats being asked of you, do not take her class.
This professor has no idea about what she is teaching. Her class is disorganized. Her explanation is unclear. This is the first time I doubt the credibility and the skill of a professor at UConn.
Don't take Delia! Although she is caring, energetic, and nice, it's tough to get an A. On the midterm the highest grade was a 91%. It's an intro level course and although I put a ton of time in, my grade sits at a 91% after homework slightly lifted my grades. Take Owen Salvestad forget the honors project.
She is super kind and passionate about econ, but getting a good grade is difficult because the grading is all online, poorly worded questions a lot of the time. If you miss a lecture, you are basically on your own, but she makes her lectures as fun as econ can be. Pretty good professor, just a hard class.
Her lectures were usually pretty easy to follow and she's very approachable. However, there are very few grades that go in so exams count a ton. Also, the homework questions were really hard a lot of the time. I enjoyed taking her class but I was so stressed before every exam. Cheat sheets were also allowed and encouraged for exams.
One of my first Bs, she is not accessible, she is not good at teaching. please consult youtube if you have any questions, much more helpful. a lot of technical difficulties that caused errors in grading, she doesn't create the quizzes or exams and doesn't look over the material in them, which causes a lot of confusion. I couldn't recommend her less
Dr. Furtado made the tests unfairly difficult. It was the honors section, so when a question was worded weird and a majority of the class got it wrong, she would just call it an "honors question" and refused to give any credit back. Her lectures were boring and she used examples straight from the book instead of providing us with more information.
I strongly disliked this class. I only did as well as I did because I read the book. Grade is basically dependent on the exams and End Of Chapter hw. Exams are ridiculous-she tries making her own questions but they either don't make sense, have multiple right answers, or have many spelling errors. When you point it out she says it's "honors level"
Professor Furtado is a very passionate teacher and knows what she is talking about, but her class is tough. It is very exam-heavy and her questions are very difficult. homework was never too bad, but unless you do very well on exams it is nearly impossible to get an A. Unless this class is a requirement I would highly suggest not taking her.
I took the honors section of this course and as far as I know the only difference was that there were some harder questions on the exams. This class is all lecture based but Prof. Furtados lectures are generally engaging and she teaches directly from the book. Grades are made up of HW and exams which are difficult and make it hard to get an A.
Nice lady, doesn't deserve all the low ratings. I will say the exams are graded very heavily and are tough, but her lectures are great and she explains everything very clearly. Just get ready to study a lot and take exams that are worth nearly your entire grade.
All of the bad ratings don't make much sense to me. Yes the class is mostly made up of exams, but they are manageable and she allows you to bring a cheat sheet to them, making getting an A very feasible. The class is fair, and just because it is not considered an "easy" class doesn't mean she should be getting bad ratings.
one of the hardest classes i've ever taken, the questions on homework are insanely hard and do not even get me started on the exam questions. the way she words the questions on exams are meant to trick you or just do not make any sense at all.
To be honest, I feel like she has no idea about what she is teaching.
When she tries to give examples about what we are learning, it's not really clear what's right or wrong. The homework is confusing, but the homework is similar to her exams. You can tell she wants you to do good, but I find her lectures boring and confusing.
The end of chapter question are the worst part of the class. If you hit submit without doing every part of a question it will take 50% of the grade off for the unanswered part. If you don't get a question on the second attempt 0 credit for the question. Read very very carefully.
Lectures can be boring and repetitive, but important to pay attention because you're less likely to be tripped up by the wording on tests. Weekly homework assignments can be tricky, but the textbook helps. Not very good at explaining things in different ways, but gives a lot of resources and is very enthusiastic.
Brilliant professor with great lectures!
I have to doubt the reputation and integrity of the university's Economics department after seeing how unnecessarily difficult and time consuming this course was, considering what it was, solely because of it's instructor. Reads from textbook/slides, homework is hours worth, unfairly graded and test weighted course
Be prepared that the slides and work goes very fast. End of chapter questions are tough with 50% taken off if you get the question wrong on the first attempt, 0% given if you get the second attempt wrong. Gives random pop quizzes in class. Tests are reasonable if you read the text and understand the material, but study study study.
The lectures can be interesting at times but at other times they are very boring and repetitive. She sometimes over explains things making it confusing, but she seems to be passionate about economics. The class grade is test heavy with two midterm exams and the final being 35%. You need to really pay attention in class and study A LOT.
She was quite boring, but very passionate about her work. Test questions didn't make a lot of sense because she tries to make them relatable to things happening in the world, and it's confusing. Question to time ratio on tests is too close to one another in my opinion. Homework counts for a lot, and are long, timely, busy work assignments.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
40%
Textbook Required
90%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
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Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
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ECON2202
5.0
(1)ECON1201
3.2
(25)2444
3.0
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3.0
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2.7
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2202
5.0
WLECON
5.0
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2201
4.5
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