She made the lectures pretty fun and the class was very easy. I guess that's what you get with a bunch of morons going into business school though. Great class.

Great teacher :) I had fun in this class.

Great woman! Love that she really enjoys her job. Tries to make class more stimulating by offering 'econ dollars' but usually this just causes excess noise. Cares if you learn and encourages attendence at CLUE. Wonderful class!

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She's a little weird but overall she does a good job of getting the concept through. Going to CLUE and quiz section helps reinforce the concepts though.

great teacher, but bad TAs.

Ok she may be funny, but she treats her students like children. She'd be better as an elementary school teacher.

Didn't think she was difficult to understand, but my class was significantly smaller (35 tops) rather than the econ 201 crowd (600+ kane hall?), so that may have made a difference. She knows her subject well but gives more homework than I would prefer. It was the grader that sucked for my class, I think he/she was grading our homework stoned.

Clear teaching, quite accomodating on a personal level. Great class.

Because of this class i actually thought about becoming an ECON major....Loved the teaching, TAs were helpful, and everything was explained quite clearly.

She's a great professor. She knows what she's talking about even though the work "third" becomes the word "turd".

Awesome lectures. I love the way she says "bonds."

I like how she lets us be engaged during the lectures by having us answer questions. It's also pretty awesome that we get extra credit for answer questions in class.

i love her and her iranian accent !!!! affarin !!!

Get Econ dollars!!

She was so cute and funny all the time, what with all the tech problems and diagrams she drew during class ("Where does the green pen go? It's a mystery!"). She makes Econ fun, really, and her stories are relevant and interesting.

She is an awesome professor! She was very personable and extremely organized in her teaching and material. I'm not a huge fan of econ, but she did a great job teaching it. I highly reccommend her.

Haideh is a great econ prof! If you go to your TA sessions and focus on understanding the topics you'll do great on the quizzes and exams. Plus you can receive extra credit (econ dollars) and the textbook is free online!

Great class, great lecturer! Lots of extra credit, pretty easy to get a good grade.

She is so awesome! I went into the class not knowing anything about Economics and came out with a new outlook on life (seriously)! She almost made a Econ major out of me. She made the subject interesting and easy to understand. It's a easy class to get a good grade in. Just be sure to read the book and do the practice probs that she suggests.

She was a nice teacher, and she made the subject as interesting as she could have. I had low expectations for the interest level of this class but I was pleasantly surprised.

I liked Econ200 more. This is usually an 8:30 class so staying awake was pretty hard. Participate in quiz sections & do the in-class writing for extra credit! I bombed my midterm (less than 50% on the exam) but got 3.1 thanks to extra credit, hw, & quizzes. For Quizzes, use Nielsen's Review, her notes, TA's notes! Its word for word! goto CLUE!

Very easy class. Nice teacher although sometimes lectures, quiz questions can be a little difficult to understand. Everything is online (lecture notes, podcasts, quizzes, articles, hw assignments). However I'd recommend going to class for the extra econ buck$.

Great professor for introductory courses. She is very enthusiastic, nice, and will try her best to get you to understand the concepts. Lectures are actually interesting and interactive, and she asks the students many questions to help them pay attention (and rewards them too). Oh yeah, econ bucks rock!

Honestly, I mostly hated the subject, but Haideh was excellent! She's so enthusiastic and really wants her students to learn. I must admit that I did (even against my wishes). Just go to lecture and section... don't bother with the book.

She's a good teacher. Kind of crazy in all honesty. She really cares about her students and will help you with anything you need. The class is a little boring, that's the only thing you should worry about. Put the effort in and you should do well.

She is a very good lecturer. Very enthusiastic and helpful. Class isn't too hard, as long as you do some examples from the book. Very useful class, because alot of concepts we learned are applicable in our daily lives.Overall, a good class to take.

She is a nice professor, very enthusiastic. The class was way more interesting than econ 200 for sure but doesn't say much. Be sure to learn the concepts; helpful on the exams and there is extra credit. Go to clue. Be sure to take the class with a friend or make friends.

Microeconomics is extremely boring no matter how you cut it. Take Haideh over Silberberg or Ellis, answer questions and get Econ dollars. Do the problems she assigns and you will do fine. I was lazy and still managed to do okay. Her lectures are fun and her stories are interesting.

Tough class. You need to put a lot of effort into it. Read or at least skim through the book. Go to CLUE because that helps tremendously, not to mention the quiz is basically the same from what they teach you at CLUE. Econ moolah is useful, TA's will never give you that .1 or .2 boost, haha. Pay attention in class and keep up to date.

Wonderful teacher, full of enthusiasm

I really like this class!!! Always go to CLUE! Sometime this class is confusing but if you get it, you will like it a lot. read textbook not to get a concept but to get a example that she will always put in her quiz!

I think the easiness of this class depends on what you put into it. I feel like you have to read the textbook to understand the concepts - I couldn't just go to class. Try to go to CLUE often, I hear they have very good predictions of what the quizzes will be on. Also, the TA will either make/break your experience. Haideh is overall a good teacher.

This class is one of the most difficult I have ever taken. Haideh is cool and effective, but the grading is so strict. My T.A. was completely useless. The CLUE sessions were most helpful. Just make sure to do as many practice problems as possible because sometimes she reuses them on tests.

Easy class! Just go to class every morning, go to every section and clue section and you will do well. Also keep up with the reading, as they give you more detail about the concepts taught in class. Book is actually pretty interesting. It just sucks that 1percent can raise/lower your grade by .1 - however I'm very satisfied with this class!

This was the professor that influences me to major in econ. If you do the online quiz practice, then you will do fine on the quiz & exam. Also, she gives out extra credit w/out limitations. As long as you answer the questions during LC (even if you get it wrong), you can still receive Econ money (extra credit) at the end of class. :]

Excellent professor. Offers extra explanations and help. Wants to know students and wants them to learn.

Slides posted online, so I never went to lecture. Interesting class, she kind of has an accent, but she is really nice and her class was relatively interesting. GO TO CLUE and then you'll do fine with the quizzes. Exams are blue book.

It's true that this is a hard class. There isn't any busy work, but the concepts take time to understand. Her lectures were fairly helpful & well organized. She offers extra credit for answering questions in lecture. If you don't want to go to lecture she has recorded lectures & outlines online. Quizzes & tests are tough so do the practice probs!

I am not a fan of the subject but I had to take it for other credits. She is a nice lady and great when you talk to her in OH. She makes the class structure basic so that it is easy to get a good grade. Granted I will admit what makes the class is your TA. You can get away with reading the book and just going to quiz section if you have a good TA

I adore Professor Salehi-Esfahani! She cares a great deal about her students' learning and spends great effort to get to know her students! She was always available for help either via email or in person! Highly recommended!

This professor was very helpful. You could tell that she cared for what the students were learning. I did go to most of the lectures so I did pretty good on the quizzes and exams. Quizzes and Exams are pretty straight forward she covers everything very well

She is a good teacher and explains things well. Don't take this class if you want something easy, but it is a very rewarding class. I suggest doing practice problems at the end of the chapters.

This class is really challenging! She's a nice lady, but lectures are long and pretty hard to sit through. The homework projects are pretty extensive and challenging, and you really need to know what you're doing to succeed on tests.

I love her! Very nice and I thought she explained things well. I always learned something from lecture. Grading is a bit specific. Definitely do book problems. HW is online and SUPER easy to 100%. Her accent is not even bad people, stop complaining. She is very willing to help students in OH. Definitely recommend for 200.

Very funny and informative teacher. She seems to go off on tangent stories but they usually serve a purpose. Quizzes can be annoying but the exams were ok. Very helpful and nice. Easy class overall.

The class is significantly different and more difficult than ECON 200. Explanations are less clear. There are a ton of formulas that are all really hard to keep track of. Some lectures were really clarifying but others just repeated the text. Quiz section was terrible and quizzes were rough. Don't take if you don't need this class as a prereq

She's awesome. If you keep up with the readings and do the recommended problems you will do extremely well. She's really helpful during OH's so definitely take advantage of that. My one tip to do well in this class is to not take it as a joke.

I like Haideh. She explains things in a clear manner and her accent is not a problem at all. I actually like her accent. I recommend doing the readings, printing out the lecture notes and following along, and doing practice exams. If you work hard and take this class seriously, you will do well.

Haideh was a great lecturer. She used clear examples to communicate the concepts presented in the extremely wordy book. However, her tests try to trick you. Definitely go to C.L.U.E. because it will tell you what you will be tested on.

Good class overall. Neither too easy or too difficult IMO. Go to CLUE session though for Quizzes and Exams.

Very sweet. Easy to understand, regardless of accent. Understanding. But often goes very slowly over very easy concepts, probably for less math-inclined people.

Haideh is really one of the best econ professors I've ever had the pleasure of knowing! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I took both 200 and 201 with her. She really takes her time explaining concepts and making everything relevant. Her accent is NOT a problem! Attend class, take notes, do practice exams & Qs in book and you will succeed!

I love Haideh but she can be so unclear sometimes. Going to her office hours definitely helps though. She was so willing to help her students even though she slipped and broke her ankle in the middle of the quarter. Such a sweet lady

I love Haideh so much. She might just be the sweetest professor I've ever had. Unfortunately her tests can be REALLY unclear though. I remember getting back my first test with a 74/90, I got almost all of the points off on one question because I thought it was asking something else. Check our her page in the course evaluation catalogue. Do it!

It is not hard to get A in this class. Her lectures may be boring, but she gets her ideas across. I studied only 2 hours per week to get A. Her videos were boring and long, but she promised to rerecord them for 2013. I would recommend her class!!

Haideh is an extremely nice professor. Although I was a novice in economics, she really stretched my thinking. I recommend that you read your textbooks; however, if anything becomes unclear, her lecture videos are very helpful. You can also visit her during her office hours. I highly recommend this class! it was such an amazing class!

This is the easiest class I have taken at UW. No teacher gives extra credit AND a review before exam! Coming from bio/chem, this class is a vacation. She might not be crystal clear but if you take time to ask her, she WILL explain! Students that recommend dropping this class simply have not taken a college level class yet.

The topics she introduced to class were interesting. I believe she could have squished her lectures a bit so that she could cover more topics since I felt like many of the topics were repeated. She is extremely helpful and always makes sure everyone is on the same page! Exams were mostly straightforward.

Great teacher. Presents concepts clearly and allows students to be fully prepared for exams. Very organized; really enjoyed her class.

Professor Haideh was wonderful! She teaches extremely well and gives crystal clear examples. Her lectures are really helpful, and not too boring! So that's a plus :D

I enjoyed her class! I didn't know anything about econ coming into the class and didn't find it difficult.Her lectures are very example-based and most of the test questions resemble the ones in lecture and on the extra problems she posts before the tests.The book is really repetitive, but the practice problems are helpful and resemble the quizzes!

Her stories are pretty interesting and she lecturers very clearly. Getting a good TA in this class is vital. They are the ones grading the tests and quizzes. I had Inhwan So as my TA. His accent was a bit heavy, but he went over the exact questions on the quiz right before the quiz itself, which was nice!

I thought she was a really good lecturer. I liked the fact that she would give us a 5 minute break in the middle of her long lectures. Make sure to read the book before class, I never did and now my grade is paying for it. Also, my TA was HORRIBLE. So make sure you get a good TA. Other than that it was a good class!

Awesome professor. Really enjoyed her. Her class was very interesting, although you do have to keep up with the readings. If you keep up with the readings and do the homework and do well on clicker questions, you'll do fine in the class.

She was always there for me. She was very helpful in office hours. The lectures were very informative, clear and used very good examples. Overall an amazing teacher!

She made this class a lot less quantitative, thank you Haideh. She knows her material very well, clear at explaining, but also throws curve balls for exams. Interestingnot difficult class, not much reading is needed. Fair grading, no assignments. If you go to class and study before exam, this class is a breeze.

The textbook is INCREDIBLY redundant and not helpful. Lectures also tend to be slightly repetitive, but it's really important to listen because the content is helpful. Haideh is a very tough grader and demands a lot of specificity in quizzes/exams.

Haideh was a good experience but some things about this class made me itch. One was the grading system which made it hard as a rock to get a 4.0 but I still persevered and realized Haideh is a pretty great teacher even though she over explains everything.

Haideh has a really adorable personality. While she does have an accent, I did not have any trouble trying to understand what she was saying. Lectures are very helpful. Your grade depends on your TA, mine graded tests/quizzes hard, but will tell you exactly what you did wrong. Study the quizzes and you will do fine on the exam.

The material was very interesting and she had very good examples to help understand concepts. She is a TOUGH grader! Expect to answer questions from the textbook and go to office hours FREQUENTLY! I went to office hours every week and managed to get a good score on the quizzes. She is very friendly!

Haideh is extremely nice! Lectures are crystal clear mainly because she is so redundant... Tests are pretty easy but graded extremely tough! If you have a good TA, you're set; if not, GG. Read the book, do the practice problems, think like an economist !

You can answer every question right on the exams and quizzes, but still get a low B on them because she focus a lot on the correct usage of terms. Overall she is a great professor, her lectures were not the most interesting but she was clear and easy to understand. Don't expect a 4.0 in this class.

She is very good at lecturing! Even though lectures were an hour and a half long it rarely felt like time was dragging on. The main problem with her teaching is her grading which felt very nit-picky at times. Make sure you pay attention in lecture so you know exactly what she's looking for or you will lose points! Overall she was good professor!

A great professor. Good at explaining materials. But exams are tough.

Her lectures are clear and make sense. However, the tests are graded ridiculously tough and will be the reason why you don't get the grade that you think you deserve. Clickers in class and quizzes in quiz sections (sometimes). Use the book and don't forget to do the online homework.

She is clear in lecture and set her expectations clearly. It depends on your TA on grading and review as well, you can get a really bad one who does not help much. There were 5 quizzes a midterm and final. She does use clickers in class. The text book is encouraged but not required. If possible take a different Econ 200 professor.

Nice lady and great teacher. Econ 200, however, really depends on your TA. I nearly failed econ while my friends all got great grades. Econ doesn't really come naturally, but my TA was a tough grader so that didn't help. Regardless, Haideh is very respectful and helpful, almost motherly. You could go to her for questions and she wants to help you

She tries to make her lectures interesting, but her grading criteria is really tough. You can get marked down even if you have the right answer if you don't use the words she is looking for. Getting a good TA is very important as they grade all your quizzes and tests.

Haideh is a wonderful person who genuinely cares about her students and will go to extra lengths to provide help for her students. However, the grading is impossible and I felt the lectures were hard to follow most of the time. A very tough class due to the harsh grading, I would try to take a different section if possible.

She explained all the topics in class clearly and really emphasized important ideas. There are a few quizzes (5) in the class but she drops the lowest one which is really nice! Reading the textbook wasn't mandatory all the time since most of her lectures came from it directly, but it helps! Go to class and use vocab words! And lots of graphs!

She is a FAIR grader, not a tough grader. She may test you on something that stretches your thinking, but never tests you on something she never taught. As long as you do the assignments and the readings, there is no way you will get anything below 3.5. If you got a bad grade, you should blame yourself, or your TA if you are taking ECON 200.

Just going to reiterate that she's a tough grader. Lectures and hw are easy to follow but her multiple choice questions are quite difficult, nothing at all like the homework. She provides a LOT of practice material and is very accessible, so take advantage of these resources. She tells interesting stories as well and makes lecture enjoyable.

This course, per department policy, is a zero-sum game - the average must be set between 2.8-3.1 within every section. Lectures are consistent, if boring, and attendance is required with proprietary digital clicker questions graded by accuracy. This is a challenging course, but Haideh is very caring and helpful in Office Hours. TAs can be hit/miss.

Great lectures, and super helpful if you go to her office hours with questions. She uses specific examples that are easy to remember which is a lifesaver when it comes to remembering material for the tests.

Ok honestly Haideh is super caring and nice and tries to help you understand the material as much as she can. Obviously Econ is going to be a hard class so don't expect to go in not trying at all and getting a good grade. As long as you go to office hours and genuinely try to learn the material, you should be fine.

I honestly really liked Haideh. Lectures arent boring and she explains things well. Office hours help a lot too with topics you are confused on, as she will take the time to help you understand. Her tests were a little rushed but reasonable content, same with quizzes and HW.

You must attend class and have access to an internet connection for the MyEcon during class (a smartphone is good enough). Otherwise the professor was very helpful.

Her lectures are incredibly engaging and informative, and she is very easy to learn from, but you definitely have to put in the work to do well in the class. Furthermore, while the professor is amazing, your grade in the class will be much more dependent on who your TA is for your quiz section, as some TAs grade much more harshly than others.

Haideh is an amazing professor and gives clear examples during lecture that are easy to remember for the exams. The concepts weren't very hard but she sure is a tough grader. I would recommend her over the other professors, she is very organized and cares a lot about your learning.

Haideh was such a great professor, especially with the shift to online learning. She took time outside office hours to meet with me and was very fast at replying with thought-out emails to any questions I had. She is a tough grader, but if you get to know her and talk to her outside of class she is so kind and wants the best for students.

Haideh is a very wise and kind professor, and you can tell that she really cares about her students. However, her strategy to motivate students is through fear. She gives quizzes every week that worth 30% of your grade and they are graded almost word by word. It's as if walking on the thin ice. Don't take other weed out along with it.

professor definitely gave excellent classes, however the grading is too hard and you need to be absolute carefully to get a good credit...

She is a good teacher, good lectures and always willing to help. But there is lot of homework and exam, 20 questions as homework and an exam every week, very tough on grading, recommended that you learn something ahead of taking the course.

Was expecting this class to be harder than it was honestly(STEM major). Lectures are long and pretty dense but she has Q&A sessions and you can get away with not really paying attention if you go to them. Your TA grades everything, if you get lucky they'll give you specific feedback. One homework a week, six quizzes with a drop, two tests.

I was scared of the quizzes because of the reviews about being a hard grader. I do agree with it, they have strict grading expectations, but overall I really enjoyed the class! She is a very good lecturer and has a passion for teaching, the way she explain things is very helpful as she connects it with her own personal experiences! Great professor!