she does not know how to teach but she knows how to set a hard question for u..

they don't come much worse than this instructor; totally disorganized; tests are ridiculously unfair; she can really screw up the GPA;

Terrible! Terrible! So Terrible!

Not a great prof. Talks too fast and tries to seem smart when she is not an expert in the material she's teaching. Doesn't seem to care about the students.

horrible I wish there was a different professor teaching international trade.. she just kills my interest in this topic...

She was quite rude to the students. Lectures were pointless, so you need to focus your time and effort on the textbook. Tests are every week online, but she does let you change the day you write if you have a valid reason (like an appointment/work/midterm the next day/ etc). Still would not recommend at all.

The worst class ever in U of M

Professor Laura Brown shouldn't be teaching this course. -You have to attend lectures to get "You do" credit even though the lectures are useless -Very quiet and sighs all the time -Course in unorganized, presents powerpoint that make no sense Please do not take this course and if you have the textbook will be your teacher.

Don't take this course your GPA will be destroyed not because the course is hard but because you will have no idea what to study. The powerpoints are filled with junk. overall i don't understand how she is allowed to teach this course

Slides are hard to follow and are filled irrelevant "fluff" unrelated to topics. lectures are boring and hard to sit through but has "you do" assignments during class time worth marks making attendance important. Her examples seem unprepared and drawn up on the spot.

worst prof at u of m. all exams cumulative and doesn't match up to class work. would not recommend taking any of her classes

One of my worst experiences at UOM. She barely knows her material, tons of slides, her classes are equally boring, and she will pick at you if you don't pay attention to her class. oh, and you cant miss her class too. Her tests never match with class material. Get ready to get your CGPA a downfall. AVOID, I repeat AVOID her classes.

Awful prof. Just had a midterm and she forced all students who were seemingly friends to change spots to prevent cheating. Lectures are dull at best but you have to attend to get your participation marks. Computers not really permitted. Not funny but tries to be. Youll have an assignment due every week. Thinks her class is above all. Avoid Laura.

Worst prof I have ever had! Not helpful at all make sure you read the text book!

Assigns three mandatory assignments every single week. In her tiny little mind, her class is the only one you are taking. Gives a total of three midterms so she can "keep you engaged in her class" and finds it necessary to grade you on attendance when her lectures actually consist of nothing of value. If you take this awful prof you must buy text.

The class was boring. She only read the PPT, and interrupted the students' questions. In addition, the difficulty of the exam content is completely beyond the book knowledge and homework. If you want to get a high score, please practice hard by yourself.

worst class I ever took. we had 3 assignments due every week plus had to send in my notes every week. I swear she thought no one was in a full course load as I was constantly behind in her class. her lectures were so long and boring and barely made sense. her tests were "only move forward" so i was constantly rushing because we had little time

Super boring and useless lectures but you have to attend all of them for participation marks. Her PowerPoints are hard to follow and she does a very bad job at answering questions clearly. Three assignments every week, plus you have to upload your notes. The questions on tests and final are way more difficult than assignments and textbook material

Her handwriting is so bad , you cant understand a single thing written. Her uploaded video quality is also very bad . Tons of homework and she will not even grade sometimes .You need to earn participation marks and no guarantee if she will give you those marks . If you can study on your own than only take this course otherwise you will suffer.

The PowerPoints are just big walls of text with unnecessary examples and roundabout ways of explaining ideas. She also speeds through the slides that I can't write anything down so I can't get the notes down. 3 assignments a week that you have to take on a website you have to pay $90 for.

interrupted lectures every time a student came late into class, and then eventually started forcing them to give reasons for being late. told them not to come to class if they were gonna be late more than 10 minutes, and then sent us all an email encouraging us to drop if we we're failing, even after the VW date had come and gone. her lectures suck

please get ready to attend classes early and also know that you might start to feel sleepy in some of these classes. you cannot miss any classes and when anything happens out of your control and you are five minutes late get ready to lose a mark from your score. get ready to think a lot and have a high blood pressure from this course.

she is so extra. she'll make you upload notes, do 4 assignments weekly, make discussion posts, all for us to go to her lectures and she just reads off the slides. not engaging at all, and a very frustrating class, as she gives you so many different things to juggle all at once instead of just teaching clearly, and making sure we know what we should

lectures are insanely boring. gives so much homework. makes you hand in so many different things, it all starts to pile up quickly. she is a little crazy too when it comes to test days and ppl being late. overall, not an enjoyable course as the lectures seem really lazy and she just reads off the slides. we got also tested on stuff she didnt teach.

She voices her opinions on things very strongly, she is very rude if people are coming in late or leaving early, even if you are asking a question to your friend she will stop the whole class unnecessarily. Although there is a lot of homework I like it because it gives you extra easily attainable points towards your grade.

Yikes. If I wasn't already put to sleep from her unengaging lectures, then I was busy cringing at one of her continuous rude remarks to a student for entering late, excusing themselves, asking their friends a question, or just anything you would expect a human student to do. If you like feeling uncomfortable, this class is definitely for you.

With all due respect to the university and the professor, I was enthusiastic about my 1st year in university until I took the ECON1010 class. Laura's lectures are just reading from the slides. Her midterms and final exams are really difficult compared to what we take in class.

Exams are very hard and she is quite rude. Ruined economics for me.

Couldn't keep up with the course: 4 or 5 assignments a week with quizzes and simulation games. Notes must be uploaded, being late loses marks, and attendance is mandatory. She just reads slides and gets distracted with a story. I gave up listening in class and just played Tetris. Term tests were difficult. rude to TA/Graders by yelling at them.

Very bad instructor i ever had in my life

You are assumed to just know things. Felt like i didn't learn much, completely confused concepts with each other. Was interested in economics but this class changed my mind. Avoid

Please don't waste your time taking this professor. Whatever she teaches never came in the exam and she will make sure that most of the students fail the course. BIG NO TO THIS PROF!!!!!!!

Very bad. Not best in economics professor

It is week 2 of her class. Laura is extremely rude, mean, and makes nasty, unnecessary comments to make you feel uncomfortable. First class I've heard of where you get marks off for coming late. She goes off on random tangents and can bore you to death. Positive is that she speaks English and is clear and understandable. Wouldn't take again.

The Worst. Very rude, treats class like children. definitely makes it feel like it would be shameful to meet for help. highly recommend avoiding this prof.

All she does is read off slides, gives a ton of assignments, and stops the class way too much about people coming late.

tells many unrelated stories

Rudest prof I've ever had. Makes the class about her personal life, treats you like a child, harasses you if you're sick, and shows zero professionalism towards anyone whatsoever. She doesn't prep for her lessons, therefore gets every question she does wrong on the board and makes the students figure it out. Remarkable she is employed.

Kept stopping the class to talk about how disruptive students going to the washroom quietly was. instead of continuing with the lecture. Same with students showing up late, stops the lecture and tells them its disruptive and goes on a rant for a few more minutes.

DONT YOU DARE GO TO THE WASHROOM DURING CLASS WITH LAURA AROUND

Often stops class to yell ARRET to random students who are doing literally anything. Also calls out students who are late at all. Furthermore has a mandatory $100 textbook. Which has 3 assignments weekly. Also yells at her TAs. PS: Calls out ADULTS like children if you use the washroom, she wants PERMISSION for ADULTS to use the washroom. 2/10

Treats students like children, and often meanders into unrelated topics during lectures. God forbid you need to use the washroom, you'll be called out, and a limit of people leaving the lecture might be put in place. Never again

I thought that this prof was overly controlling, students pay to be at university to learn. So what if someone is running late or has to use the bathroom. Get ready to feel like yout in elementary.

She's very bad at explaining easy concepts, and that makes the class harder than it actually is. A lot of the info on the tests is not mentioned in any of the assignments, nor in her lectures, so you need to do bajillion readings. She was just generally insufferable