Great professor, very helpful, knows her material. You do have to study hard to do well in her class.

Course material is hard, but she did a good job teaching. She took time to reiterate points and made sure we understood. Exams were tough, but she bumped everyone's marks up. Keep up in lectures and do the tutorial questions and you'll be fine. Went into the final with 113% overall (because of her extra marks) and came out with an A+.

she does a good job explaining the work. She gets a little confused, her tests are fair and she's generous in her marking. Econ 105 is a difficult course so you have to study alot to get a good mark, she does her best explaining the material, the rest is up to you.

Class ended up with students on two extremes, ended up with lots of A/A+. She does get confused over her own notes sometimes, but not too bad. She could use some improvement in intonation when teaching. Tests are straight out of tutorial hw and notes, very fair. If you read the chapters taught you should have no problem.

I Don't care what anybody says. Gulritz is a Great teacher. She gives you all your notes ahead of class via email. Then she fills in the blanks with graphs in class. She goes pretty slow, and if you know your notes, you will ace the class. I've had her 3 times. I would take a class from her any day!!!!!

Good prof. Passionate about teaching. A bit rushed but covered a lot of ground. The letdown for me was the text, not the prof. Wish the Nicholson text (Summer 2010) had been used.

Go to her office hours, and ask for help. I had 105, 290,301. she is awesome, but you must attend her classes and try to do assignments. I give her A+

Good prof. Like any other 'weeder' course, if you don't pre-read and don't do the problem sets, you will bomb. If you do put in the effort, you'll do well. I give her a B+

Likeable person, really cares about students, but not the right prof or text for 301.

She is such a great teacher! She explain things really well. Not like others who only read out the slides. Do go to lectures, because it helps you a lot! Not many assignments, but do try your best. I want to take more course with her. Don't know why others say bad about her.

She is such a great teacher! She explains course content pretty well. But her writing is kinda unreadable. Want to attend her higher level classes.

Her notes are also from the book, and sometimes unorganized. Very strong accent. Do advanced reading so you won't get lost in her lectures. She sometimes branches out to other topics (or chapters) and make it look more complicated. Seems scary but approachable.

she's good, not so well organized though. just do the pre-reading and write down the notes before she move on, and you will be fine. got an A+. The korean TA is nice

Provides pretty good explanations and notes, even if it does take some time. But am still glad she did took the time to explain stuff. I think she is a fairly good prof.

Good prof. Very fair exams and clear interpretation and helpful. Someone who fails her class must have not studied hard. Her exam is much less challenging compared to other profs.

Good prof. Always encourage students to answer her questions. Very informative. The good thing is she gives a lot of A+ and As in her session, compared to other profs in econ. It is the easiest econ courses I have ever taken.

A fairly good prof. Dont know why a lot of people give negative feedback on her. Those who fails her class must not have studied at all. Her exams are super easy

She's such a great prof!Don't know why others say bad about her. Yes,she has accent, but it's understandable;she has the most explicit notes;she cares about students and always ask if we are ok with the materials.She treats us like friends and gives encouragement.Go to her lectures,do the assignments and you'll be fine. I'm satisfied with my B+ :)

She definitely could be my top3 pros at SFU. She is really helpful and would like to receive feedback from students. She cares about her students and her midterm and assignments are fairly corrected. If you want get a great grade on this course, do to choose her

If you want to learn MacroEcon, take this course with her. She really cares about students. Her notes are great, easy to follow and they relate to the textbook quite clearly. Barkin is super; will miss having her as a professor. Assignments, midterm and final are fairly marked and neither too hard nor too easy.

VERY GOOD PROFESSOR, IF YOU PRACTISE CAREFULLY, THE EXAM IS SO EASY~

Midterms and finals are more then fair. The assignments were not too hard either. Overall not an overly difficult class. 30% of the people in our class got A's although the class average was still in the C+ range. Her ability to communicate the material needs some improvement but her fair exams more then compensates. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

She was so helpful. If you want to do well, you just have to attend lecture, and do the problem sets every week. I learned the most from her tutorials. She is really nice and wants her students to do well. She is happy to help you if you are stuck on anything.

She's a good teacher, very straight forward. Tests were more than fair and assignments challenged your knowledge of the subject but not too hard. I would definitely take another class with her !

she's nice and highly knowledgeable. best choice for 201/301. the textbook is optional

very good prof

If the class average is very low, she will add marks to everyone to increase class average. She is nice, TAs are also good. Final is hard, but if you done in midterm, you'll be fine.

Good prof for 103, very different for 201. Some people find her confusing, its just because she has so many ideas in her head but can't get them out properly. Only talks in one tone of voice . Midterms were fair, final was fair. Overall average- good course and prof.

Had her for 103, very different prof for 201. She is probably one of the easier 201 profs. Her lectures are all theoretical but then when it comes to the tests you need to know the numbers and derivatives. Pay attention to the tutorial assignments and practice midterm and you'll do okay. Practice derivatives before you start the class.

Had Gulriz Summer 2014 for Econ 103, and took econ 201 in the fall with her. She is a great prof I don't know what everyone else is saying. These are fundamental courses in economics, and if you work hard and follow the book and her lecture notes hand in hand you will do well. Just have to beat the average.

If you go to class every day and listen you will do well. If you do Econ 103 or Econ 105 you have to have to take it with her. If you try the class could be a GPA booster.

To pass this class you really need to stay on top of things. Her exams are always fair but it's a lot of info. Overall, a pretty decent class.

I passed this class with almost 100 % and I had never taken an Econ course in my life. That said, it's because I attended every lec, asked lots of Qs, listened to the lecs and went to office hours. Prof Barkin is very helpful if she sees you have put in the effort: very approachable, clear explanations and always puts in extra time for students.

She really wants a lot of her students to do well, and encourages everyone to ask questions. Homework is optional but highly recommended to do because it's really similar to what will be on the exams, which were not too bad, and were far from being unfair. If you keep up with the homework you should do alright in the course.

Solid choice for ECON 103. Her exam questions are pretty fair and her teaching is pretty decent. If you show up to class and take notes, you probably won't need to read the textbook.

Attending class will not make much of a difference in your learning. Reading the textbook/youtubing topics will get you a good mark considering her tests are based on material covered in her notes. As long as you get the notes and her answers for the tutorial questions you'll be set. She marks fairly and will only give deserved marks.

She is one of the best proffessors ever. she teaches in a way that you learn everything for good. You just have to go to all her lectures and listen carefully. She tries to engage students and you will learn a lot this way. I took Econ 103 w another prof and I failed but when I took it with her I got A+. Can't emphasize more on how great she is .

Professor Barking is clearly passionate about ECON and I found her lectures very engaging. Her emphasis on particular concepts during lectures DO show up on exams so I would highly encourage attending lectures and participating. Fair grader for a potentially challenging first year course.

Dr. Barkin is an incredible professor. Her lectures are engaging and her notes are easy to follow. In Econ 201 be prepared to do a lot of practice questions as the class was entirely exam based when I took it. As long as you work hard outside of class, participate in lectures and show up to tutorial you should do well.

Specific lecture notes. Participate in every class and do tutorial questions. Go to office hour before exams. It's not that hard as you think.

She is an awesome professor. She teaches the hard classes so it's not her fault its hard. If you go to her office hours and put the work in you will do good. She cares about her students, you won't know that until you start going to office hours. In my opinion she's a really underrated professor. I would definitely take a class with her again.

She has really good teaching skill. Just attend every lecture and do not miss any tutorial class then you should do well. Her way of explaining concepts is efficientbut it might be hard for those who have weak economic basis to follow. However trying to ask questions during office hoursdo not be shyEcon201 is not that hard as you image.

She is one of the best profs I have taken at SFU. To be honest, I was about to quit this course because of her accent but I chose to stay. I love the way she teaches the course, as she always explains the concepts in terms of "english" words, not economics ones. Please go to office hours/ask the prof/TA if you have any questions and you'll do well

She made me really love Economics as you can tell she really enjoys teaching it too. She's an inspiring and enthusiastic educator. I can see why she'd get bad ratings as the courses she teach are all very challenging. Don't miss any lecture, ask questions, do all homework yourself, read lecture notes before and after classes and you'll do well.

Great teacher, had her for 2 classes, sometimes hard to understand and requires a lot of effort but definitely a great teacher of economics

Good professor overall, she has very engaging lectures. Very accessible outside of class too, responds to emails very quickly. Class attendance is mandatory with her. We covered some important materials that were not uploaded to canvas.

Barkin is an amazing prof if you actually care about learning. If you want an easy grade then don't take economics. She is very passionate about teaching the RIGHT way as she won't take half-thought-out answers. If you engage in lecture you will have success. After failing the first midterm from lack of effort, I begin to engage myself and flourish

Thanks to Prof. Barkin, I got an Ace in her course and beware of Environmental Economics. Thus, studying how humans should deal with the environment has been a part of my work. I still appreciate Barkin's caring replies and objective ratings in the course. Her lectures inspired me.

She is a nice person, even though the test is harder than the other classes.

She's really nice, really passionate and loves to teach. BUT, her exams and tutorial questions are so different than her course material. They require a lot of interpretation and dissection that she doesn't directly teach you how to do, but expects you to be able to do. I enjoyed the material, but it's hard to follow her in lectures.