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“Worse prof of UW Economics”
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Reviews (123)
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Good prof, helpful outside class, not teaching where his strength is though.
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explains well; very enthusiastic
enjoyed the class
great course
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Don't ask this guy for help, if you want to keep any of your pride
very accomodating
Good Guy very helpful hard course
Very helpful in class and outside class......very sociable person
Enjoy his attempts to be funny
How could anyone say anything bad about JD, he's my Economics Hero
Nice prof, helpful and fair.
Got an A in course and haven't a clue what it was about. Strictly memorization.
Take as given
Enjoyed the course. Prof's great
hard to know what to study for, should teach more in areas of his strengths
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His classes were so helpful, I never even had to open my textbook.
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no nonsense professor
learn real macroeconomics in his class
Stays close to text. Very nice guy. No tricks whatsoever.
Fair. Just go to class.
Go to class and get help from him at his office hours and you'll do very well.
not too bad!
Great professor.
excellent prof
Easy class, don't learn anything useful for real life application, presents theory as if it was the only one, thinks Canada and US are one and the same country, will call your name in class to answer questions, math & neoclassical aprroach to macro
The Lipless Wonder. Will fail you if you don't use his format to answer questions, even if the answer is right; makes you pay $70 for his "textbook"; does not teach much in class, but talks all the time; loud and hard to understand some times.
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Not clear nor helpful for a fourth year class. DOes not encourage students to try.
Course material seems not too bad..that is until you get to the midterm and final! Pure memorization and 100% math. DeJuan is a smart guy but hides it really well.
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He is not very considerate nor helpful. Boring lectures. no need to attend class because he just read off the textbooks. Horrible midterms. 3 questions for 30% of the final grade, so 10% for each questions! insane!
His exams are not indicative of what the majority of the course and lectures are based on. Basically designed to fail you, they focus on minute details he may have mentioned in passing. Only saving grace is he tends to bell.
What a bonehead. Do they get any worse ? Does this guy have a brain...NO. He can't think for himself. Don't deviate from his "sample solutions" or he'll find ways for you to lose marks. A complete waste of time. This guy should retire.
I skipped most of his class, still managed 80s. Thing is, he knows I skipped his class and he still wrote an outstanding references letter for my Master's application. Thanks DeJuan!
No nonsense prof.
He explains macro theories very well. Great course.
This guy knows his stuff... Also, he'll help you out - just make an effort. Tests are fairly difficult. But overall I would recommend him for Macro because he is a great teacher.
enjoyed the course. very particular with class participation.
This class is not for slackers. Lots of assignments and readings.
overall, a great course and a great prof.
Totally uncool guy! Why does this guy give so many tricks ?
Great prof! Easy course... easy assignments, tests and exam
Econ sucks but DeJuan makes it easier to understand. Note however that his tests are not a cinch.
Overall, a great prof.
Don't be deceived guys, please make sure to do the presentation and have a 100% class attendance. Leave your marks for him to decide... GOOD LUCK, YOU WILL BE NEEDING IT!!!
Bad prof does not know his material. God only knows how he became a prof!
Make sure you memorize 400+ page textbook and all the lecture notes with his messy "algebra" and prepare for tricky questions on the final.
Worst prof ever. Does not know what he is talking about. He makes up marks.
He made me finally understand what macroeconomics is all about. A well-rounded and kind prof. Cares about us and always be in class.
This guy needs to retire. Doesn't even understand down to answer the questions himself -- one time I caught him looking up the solution manual!
Very nice prof. Seems to actually care about teaching.
Tricky exam questions but do-able - got 80+%. Looking forward to his 402.
Good presentation, when he finally got the hang of using the overheads. Liked how he gave a bonus assignement. Exam was a killer, but otherwise a fair prof.
Good prof, cares about students who do the work and is very helpful during office hours. Yeah, the exam was insanely hard but it didnt hurt my mark. Overall, I am happy with this guy.
Great Prof! One of the few economics professors that knows how to teach. He's friendly and very approachable. His exams are reasonable.
Very good professors, gives clear explanation and marks everything fairly! Good work!
I did well in the class, but found his explanations wanting. The class is entirely from notes in the class, and not much new is added. All you need is to memorize and some basic math you're done. I didn't find that he made the subject matter very relevant or interesting, however. Not someone you want if your planning to go to grad school.
had him last term. the class was very boring. but if you work you will be fine. ignore the text book - everything from the notes. he's not very helpful in person.
A very helpful and considerate prof - thanks. His tests are superdifficult though. And don't forget, he takes attendance.
Took this course last year. Excellent prep course for graduate-level macro. I'm doing well in grad macro at another (better :)) univ. Similar comments from my classmates at other univ.
Very good professor! Although his tests are sometimes unreasonably difficult but if you attend all of his classes and participate in discussions you'll do just fine. Very helpful during office hours, always takes time to explain if you dont understand something
Helpful but a really tough course. Don't bother if you don't need it.
It is not only a difficult course but you also need to attend the lectures at 8:30 in the morning. Avoid if possible.
Most classes very much like the textbook. I missed about 50% of classes and still ended up with a high B. It's a required course and although it could have been more interesting with more practical examples it was ok and Dejuan is a good guy.
He is ok.. but not a flexible person. Sometimes he is bit rigid and mean. Also his exams are harder than he says.
one of the best econ professors : ) very fair and very approachable!
Extremely boring. Lectures are uninteresting and useless, he shies away questions in class. The major problem lies within the textbook - he revealed that it's for grad sch and most of the time, he just asks you to read it yourself when you don't understand**** in class. However, if you read the book, it's too complicated and serves no help at all.
Great prof. Lectures are extremely helpful in understanding macro theories. He goes above and beyond to help us with the course
Took the DE version. His lecture recordings are very clear and his assignments and exams are very fair.
Dejuan is a good and friendly prof. Although he seems to shy away from questions during lectures, he's quite approachable outside of class. There's 1 test, a final and 3 easy assignments. Tests r easy as long as u study d lecture notes. Use d text ONLY to clarify his explanations. There are no suprises in d test or final.
I took his intro to economics class at Tufts. Lectures were extremely boring. He said word for word what the text book said and even gave the same examples as the book. The only reason I went to lectures was that he had decent outlines of the book on the overhead. Tests weren't that hard but class was excruciatingly boring
Enjoyed and learned good stuff from his class. A very accommodating, helpful, and supportive prof. Look forward to his 402.
Glad he visited. Very organized and detailed. Also, effective in managing 250+ students.
He's not a bad prof, but his lectures are rather unstructured; ventures from one topic to another in sudden form. Most of the stuff he lectures is from the textbook anyway. Read the textbook, and you'll be good for midterms/exams.
Went to lectures, took text notes, used my EconLab. There were still things on the exam that I'd never seen before. Not to mention his exam was set up so each question was worth 1% of your final mark. His lectures are deceiving in terms of what the midterms/exams will actually be like, and he isn't very helpful at clarifying anything.
Went to lectures, took text notes, used my EconLab. There were still things on the exam that I'd never seen before. Not to mention his exam was set up so each question was worth 1% of your final mark. His lectures are deceiving in terms of what the midterms/exams will actually be like, and he isn't very helpful at clarifying anything.
He actively tried to engage the class throughout the term, but the class was very unresponsive. Not the most exciting speaker, but he knows his stuff and cares about his students. I was very impressed when I went to his office hours and he knew my name. Contrary to what's written below, I found his exams to be very fair.
He does a great job in connecting boring macro theories to real world situations. Exams are straightforward if you attend his lectures regularly. Great overall!
He does a great job in connecting boring macro theories to real world situations. Exams are pretty easy if you attend his lectures regularly. Great overall!
He is very accommodating and genuinely cares about us. His lectures are quite intuitive and much more interesting than his Econ 201.
Class Is very uninteresting, and he is very monotones, with unstructured lectures and basically jut reads off the slides with no online support.
He is okay, I guess. He claims that midterm questions come exactly from the lecture notes, which is not necessarily true. And the 70 percent final is a killer. But he is a nice guy, who is willing to help you.
A really helpful professor!! His exams were not hard either!! Overall, a great prof!!
Very boring to listen to. While he says you must attend classes, you can find almost all of the mathematical derivations he presents in coursenotes online written by Doepke(sp?). While the final was worth 70%, it was belled huge. Use the studyguide for the textbook to verify intuition and understand the models he used from the coursenotes by Doepke
A lot of additional reading materials like Doepke's notes and some journal articles. The articles were useful and quite high level. He was considerate and helpful to those with weak math background. All things considered, he was a very good professor.
I enjoyed the course, and liked the teaching style of the prof. The final exam was not a cinch.
Very easy prof. Straightforward midterm and final. Studied a bit though so I'm not sure if that's the only reason why I found the course really easy.
Terrible job of explaining what he wants you to get out of this lectures. Exam is full of questions he doesnt review in class and does a poor job of preparing students for them. Avoid at all costs
Definitely not an easy course. He explains well and overall, a dedicated professor.
He went over and above to help us during his office hours. Kind and no-nonsense type of professor.
Worst professor for macroeconomics
I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bad student, but this prof doesn't use the internet, lists 5 texts he doesn't use, lectures incoherently and about unrelated material. I looked around, and not one student was paying attention to him; we just wanted the assignment. The cherry on top is that he's a brutal hard marker. Avoid at all cost!
terrible prof. he went through content really fast, and asked us to read many journals, which mostly hard to undersand.
It is a difficult course but what do you expect for a theory course. Take it if you like theories and economics. Very accommodating prof and easy to talk to.
Very good prof and an easy course if you attend his lectures. Not a course for slackers and those who don't like math.
Class was slow and hard to follow. Spoke with head down with little class engagement. Textbook use was completely inconsistent. $200 required book, but most reading was from assigned articles, or an option text book.
Relies on textbook for everything (and the textbook is not good). Explanations are vague but if you work really hard you can get a decent grade.
Almost killed my passion for econ.
This prof is horrible. Required $200+ textbook, and relies way too heavily on it. He is unreasonable, extremely boring, never engaging. On the exam, if you write a fraction as your final answer even though all the steps are correct, he gives you 0. He refuses to post practice questions or give back midterm/solutions. Boring lecture, fast pace. BAD.
A good course, well-paced, and easy if you attend the lectures. Lectures were clear and easy to follow. Very good, approachable, and accessible prof.
midterm average was below 50%. spend a lot of class time in presenting academic papers that could be read individually. Skimmed through core material. not very engaging. Bad time management. Expects students to have a lot of prior knowledge.
Quite a difficult course and no spoon-feeding by the prof which I appreciate a lot. We were required to read journal articles - good prep for higher level econ course but again required lots of time. Professor was conscientious and caring.
His lectures are dry, but his powerpoints are great, and the tests are straight forward if you memorize material from the powerpoints.
Prof. DeJuan is awesome though his course is not easy. Lots of theories to learn, and he tries his best to relate theories with realities. He really makes you work hard to get 90 or A.
I learned a lot from the course but all those theories were just so difficult to remember. Exams were tough, tough, and tough. Fair grader and not easy to get a high 80s mark so find an alternative.
Nice prof, the tests were harder than other economics classes. But he do gives out bonus marks. Study the textbook and you will be fine.
Great overall and very insightful.
Worse prof of UW Economics. Lectures were boring but you have to go since he took out the most important part of the slides on LEARN. Tests harder than other section and he never gave any clear instructions. The course was easy but don't expect anything from the prof himself.
Definitely not an easy course but I learned a lot from it. All in all, a great prof and a well-paced course
Only 2 midterms and 1 final, 20+20+60%. Final is way too hard and covers the whole term almost equally. Lectures are boring and he took off the important parts from slides.
Joseph is awesome. His classes are kinda dry but if you get to know him hes a really awesome person. He explains concepts extremely well and genuinely cares about his students.
awful
Great professor but not an easy course. He is very approachable and considerate. He takes class attendance regularly and encouraged us to participate in class. I enjoyed the course and learned a lot from it.
He lectures in a monotone; does not have good slides (not good latex); sometimes doesn't know how to read the Greek letters. No assignment, no final, three midterms. I just can never prevent myself from being sleepy and bored. From my point of view, it's boring... He is just play tricks with math.
I really enjoyed and learned a lot from this course. It was such a privilege to have Prof. DeJuan as the course instructor - a great and dedicated prof.
Awesome professor but tough exams. He cares about his students and always give tips about the exams so don't skip classes.
Read of the slides for a lot of the time. He is a nice person.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
15%
Textbook Required
67%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.49 avg changeRatings by Course
402
5.0
(1)302402
5.0
(1)HOTASS101
5.0
(1)ECON302402
5.0
(2)ECON
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
HOTASS101
5.0
ECO202
4.5
402302
4.0
ECON301
4.0
ECON202302
4.0