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good teacher, explains everything with details and graphs. If you read the textbook and take notes in his class, you can have an easy A. He appreciates people who do take seriously the class and people who take advantage of the extra credits. I would strongly recommend to take him
EXTREMELY good professor, very clear and helpful. If you fail his class, it is 100% your own fault.
I agree with other comments. Very helpful. No surprises on exams. Study guides and problem sets were great prep for exams. I would take other classes with this teacher if offered.
I've read a lot of good reviews for about this professor so maybe my experience is rare, but I thought he was absolutely horrible. He would post assignments with no due dates and unclear instructions. He would also only log into the class every few days to answer questions. Students outwardly told him what a horrible job he was doing in discussions
Probably the best prof around. Very "entertaining" class presentations. All due dates are posted in Aplia a few weeks before the due dates. He extends deadlnes if you ask. Quite Surprised to see he has any bad rating like the one below. Take is class and you will like it.
Extremely helpful. Professor Sandhu offers help through review sessions on a regular basis. Don't skip class b/c you can fall behind fast. (The guy below must not have looked at the course outline on Aplia. All of the due dates are posted and Aplia emailed reminders to me on day the problem sets were due.)
I find Professor Sandhu an ok instructor. I didn't take much from his lectures as they were not clear and did not prepare me for the homework. There was a lot of work to be done on Aplia, but I didn't get any benefit out of it at all. I went to his office hours and found his explanations not helpful at all. I would find another instructor.
Wow! I was in the same class and I thought he was great. He offered many review sessions at Starbucks for parts of class that were difficult. Some students brougt in refreshments in appreciation--but he did encourage sublte hints.
Although I received an A+ in the course, his curriculum is the same and very boring in my opinion. You got to class, you take notes on lectures for the whole class, you go home and reread what was taught and answer online questions. If there is anything you need to know, go to his review sessions. He does the questions on the exams.
Great macro teacher. I want to take the micro class the next he teaches it. He uses Aplia--online book & homework. I understand he gives you a free ebook for the micro class.
He class is confusing, he makes easy course materials hard. His hand writing is unreadable.
He is one of my favorite professors at Foothill. He takes time out of his life to set up study sessions on Sundays and stuff. If it's confusing , then just ask! It's not that hard. He knows when you're trying when he sees it. Pretty fair professor and he gives life tips out too. Took Macro and Micro with him. Will def. miss this guy!!
Best economics teacher at Foothill. I see some negative comments but I don't understand why. He is super helpful. There were study session on his own time (weekends and off days). No body else does that for students.
Do Aplia and review lecture notes because he tests on both on exams. Go to extra sessions if you need help.
Professor Sandhu gets extremely off-topic most of the class and also does not like to answer student's questions. His reading is illegible, and if you ask what his messy handwriting says, he won't respond or say you weren't paying attention. Work done in Aplia does not match/correlate with the work done in class.
Covers a lot of material so you have to pay attention in class. Does not tolerate people talking in class. Follow his outline and go to review session for good results.
He is very good professor. I agree with the oter review that he does not tolerate talking and bad manners in class. There is plenty of extra credit if you do it. But if you are laziness you will fall behind and it could be hard to catch up.
He gives review sessions on regular basis for help on difficult topics and for the exams. If you don't get the materials, you should go. midterm is easy but the final is difficult.
Good teacher but you have to keep up with assignments or could get lost really fast. Do all of the extra credits and go to his review sessions. The book is Aplia which is an online book.
The online course is on myeconlab and etudes. Most of the work is in myeconlab. There are videos & discussion in etudes. Be careful to read his syllabus or you can get lost.
I took the online class due to my work schedule. Grading based on online assignments, quizzes, videos, midterm and ON-CAMPUS final. He gave the online students exam review sessions on-campus.
Offers extra credit so you make up bad scores on homework and tests.
He is really handsome and his skin color is so sexy. Best teacher in the world. He treats me like my father.
He is the best professor i have ever had. His lecture is super interesting and you will not feel bored about it. He will provide so many extra credits. If you lost points, you would not lost an A. Easy A. Highly Recommend. However, he doesnt like people disturbing his class and he will deduct your point if you do so. Nice Indian guy.
Awesome class ever. He always use his own experience to explain hard economic concepts, which makes econ become easy. He loves his students very much because he always spend his own time to organize the review sections. go to the review section and then you will be fine on mid term and final. REMINDER: mid term is so easy, but final is super hard.
Good teachers. I am taking this class in Middlefield campus in the winter. Although sometimes he says something mean, he is always joking. That is the reason why I did not like him initially. Actually, he really cares about his students and help students a lot. Go to review sections before mid term and final to see how amazing he is.
One word : Awesome.
His humor can take some getting used to but he tries to make lectures interesting and engaging. He offers extra credit and extra study sessions and is one of the few professors you can tell CLEARLY cares about the students he's teaching. For that alone any of his classes are worth taking.
This teacher uses Aplia for ebook and homework. You have to do they work for an A grade. Be sure to do the early extra credits because they are the big ones by way of points. Don't buy book before start of course.
Two exams--midterm and final exam. He uses Aplia and ebook. You have to go to class and pay attention. If you do this, you will do fine.
He gets good ratings but you have to work for a good grade. As the others said, he gives review sessions for exams and some other topics. However the review sessions can be on non-class days. The Aplia homework takes time and his lectures are long.
His Indian accent is super sexy. I love it. Yay :D. His class is great. He gives a lot of extra credits. However, I think the workload is quite heavy
He is easy and sexy :D
So far so good. The only problem is that class is a 8:00AM.
Midterm and Final were split evenly between online and written.. He gave us four review sessions and gave extra credit for doing problems on the white board.
He is a really helpful and good teacher. He provides a lot of extra credits to students. He loves his students very much
Great class. He gave us five review sessions before exams and major topics. He also teaches at a bunch of other colleges so he always in a hurry. You have to keep up on the aplia homework and don't miss class.
Excellent class. You have to do the work like Aplia, go to class and read for class. He gave us study sessions on the weekends and off days.
The macroeconomics started out slow and quickly before more difficult by the end. Keep up on the Aplia homework and go to class. There is stuff on the homework that is only in the reading. Also, there are topics in lecture that are not in the book. If you keep up on the reading and materials he offers regular in-class extra credit.
There is a ton of homework online. Do not fall behind because he only give one or two extensions. Exams are a combination of in-class and online. Wait until start of the quarter to by book.
definitely knows what he is talking about... made me really enjoy econ and am now considering it as a major but he goes over material extremely fast and does not really give you a chance to ask questions. Go to class because the lecture material is on tests/he is very specific in the way he wants models done and wants to see that you understood him
For the teacher you have to go to class because exam material is focused on lecture. Be sure to go to study sessions and DO YOUR HOMEWORK in Aplia.
A respectable professor, but a joker too. Could be worse. Dry Econ is no bueno. If you can take a joke and like to learn the truth about how the system works, work hard, complete ALL assignments (including extra credit) and show up to the study sessions and you'll be fine. He likes to lecture so keep your opinions /questions on topic.
I took his summer micro class at 8AM. He sometimes rearranged the topics were to much for such an early class. He gave us three review session on topics the class had difficulty with. The class takes a lot of time (5 units) because there is Aplia homework and video discussion. Don't fall behind and take good lecture notes for written exams.
He is a funny guy and all. But he gives really bad lectures in class. He talks really fast and mostly get off-topic. He shortens terms that are new in class on the whiteboard, and gets mad when people ask what it meant saying that we didn't pay attention. If you're going to take his class, be ready to read the textbook everyday.
You have to attend class because he adds his own materials. He does not like it if students are distracted by phones in class. The homework is online in Aplia which is due every week. For students that pick up the concepts in class he offers extra credit on the whiteboard..
Professor Sandhu is a really nice person and he's entertaining but his teaching style, in my opinion, wasn't really good. I did not really learn much in his lectures since he would often go off topic, and I am a visual learner so that did not help... Lots of homework that was averaged out. He was not really accessible for office hours either.
He tests on his lectures and on the text book about half-half. Some of the stuff is only in-class so you have to pay attention. He does go on tangents but they are usually fun and entertaining. He also teaches at the other colleges and the UC so he hard to get hold of sometimes. Best thing is that he gives review sessions.
He is the best. He provides opportunity or students to get extra credit and networking with Universities and startup. He offers reference through his connections at Silicon Valley companies. But you cannot be lazy in his class because he test on lecture and the book.
He took us to Facebook to meet the Economics and Data Science Group. He also brought in three UC Berkeley Haas advisors to guide us through the best to transfer to the business school. Warning: you cannot be lazy in his class because you may not understand his connections between class and current events. Homework is weekly online.
Two exams, online homeworks, and you have to attend. This is because he tests on the homework and lecture. Follow directions that can be confusing at times. Go to all five of the review sessions and you will understand the stuff.
Professor Sandhu knows what he is talking about but he is a good example of why not all people who know their stuff should be teachers. His classes are all over the place, rarely on topic. He talks really fast, not explaining enough and without a lot of chances to ask questions. Be ready to study on your own.
So far he is the best! He sometimes goes over the top in explanations because he wants everyone to "get it". But that can slow the class down. He brings in many outside examples and if you don't pay attention you may miss the connections. I will repost and update later.
First, his teaching is not based on the book, so if you don't understand, you are not able to review from the book. Also, he loves use short-term for some professional economics terms. Sometimes, you just don't understand the short-term. Furthermore, he put something he never taught in the exam. he ask us to use the simple book, but he teaches hard
The level of the class will prepare you for UC or CSU transfer. He uses Aplia for homework and you have to pay attention in class. If you put in the effort you will get a solid foundation for business school and economics major.
The worst professor. He uses the simple textbook, but teacher harder thing. No idea why he always teach something you can't find on the textbook and sometimes his example doesn't make any sense with the textbook. It will make you confused that should we trust the textbook or him. REALLLY REALLY BAD
He is the best professor for any student that wants to learn. He gave us five review sessions on his own time--None else does that. The midterm was take-home and the final exam was in-class. You have to keep up on what he does in class or you will fall behind and get confused. Take if majoring in econ, acntg, business, finance or comp sci.
Mr. Sandhu covers a lot stuff in the course. Much of it is beyond what you thought economics would be. He tells you what to do next and how it fits in if you want to go into a start up someday.
He is a very rude teacher with students and when you try and talk back he gets mad and starts to be more rude. His lectures make no sense and his handwriting is completely unreadable. You learn more from just doing the online stuff than his actual class but should probably go because he gives you extra credit. Would highly not recommend.
You have to pay attention in the class lectures or you will get lost. He uses online homework and book from Cengage. Do the extra credit and go to review sessions.
His book is online with Aplia homework due every week. He gave the class a review session to help with difficult materials and there is another one for the final exam. Awesome guy but he does get distracted by current events..
He goes out of his way to help students with review sessions. There were two in the last week. If you are no willing to work and attend class it is going to be tough. Uses Aplia and ebook with a low price.
The lectures are long and you have to pay attention. His exams are from the ebook and from presentations in class.
He is good professor. They is much problem sets in Aplia.
Canvas for video discussion and Aplia for homework. Midterm and Final Exam are worth more than half of grade. He gave us two review sessions during finals week. Work hard and you will learn a lot because he keeps saying that you will see this stuff at UC and CSU.
He makes the class so complicated. He uses a stupid grading ploicy. He uses something called applia which is so complicated and hard. Dont take him if there is another professor.
One of the best I have had. The class is not easy, but if you work you will do just fine. So it is not lazy people. He uses Aplia and Canvas.
The class is lecture and online homework in Cengage and Canvas. He has a lot of energy and tries to keep interest with a sense of humor that you have to get used to. He does take roll everyday so you have to stay in class.
Wonderful teacher. If you don't learn it is probably because of lack of effort.
He has worrying far-right politics that seep into his lectures in somewhat bizarre ways. He'll spend a lot of time trying to convince you why public transportation is horrible and that Putin is actually a good person, regardless of the actual subject of the class. His teaching style is 100% basic memorization so it's easy but not that insightful.
One of the best if you want to learn econ. If you are lazy or passive in class you may miss his extend explanations. He has many former students at the UCs that say he get's you ready for transfer. Two exams, homework discussion and attendance are used for gradings.
Go his review sessions for the exams. He will answer the questions so you can focus. He takes his students on field trips. We went to Tesla and Federal Bank.
Two exams and plenty of homework. He gave extra credit vocabulary and a scantron assignment. He took some students to Tesla and FED for field strips.
A tough grader at all. You'll get only partial credit or even no credit if you answer the questions incorrectly on midterm and final. Only if you give a correct answer, you can get full credit. Take his class only if you are confident you can do well in his class.
He is so humorous and easy A. Attendance is a part of the grade, but if don't care about the difference between A and A+, you can skip class. The midterm is take-home while the final is just about graphs. If you are radical left, don't take him because it doesn't work for him if you keep being politically correct. He is a rational and fair person.
The summer course was a hybrid. He used the flipped-class method so everything was real fast. The book was MindTap. It was sometimes confusing because the lecture topics did not always match the order in the text book. He made the summer class easy my giving two exams and plenty of extra credits.
Lecture is most important thing, MindTap is the book and discussions in Canvas. Go to review session for extra help.
His hand writing is illegible. he will slow down for no one in his class. in his lectures you won't know actual class content from his weird and oddly timed jokes/side stories. He will not reply to your emails. and if he does its probably because you emailed him enough to annoy him. there is absolutely no structure in class.
You cant read his handwriting and he writes on the board the whole class and he uses short cuts which doesnt make it easier. Overall his lecture was funny sometimes but its tough to get an A/B here.
This class was cut short because of COVID-19 and continued through Zoom at the end. The book is in MindTap and the rest of the work is in Canvas. There was equal weight based on midterm, final exam, homework, and participation. Before pandemic he offered Saturday multiple review sessions but final exam exam review through Zoom that was difficult.
It was a great class and he made it easy to pass because of the corona virus shutdown. He is also the faculty person for the economics club.
The class was entirely on Zoom. Homework was online in Canvas and MindTap. There are two exams, problem sets, videos, discussions, and graphing stuff. Somethings have to be uploaded by photo/scan conversion to pdf (these can be tricky).
If you want to take this class during Corona lockdown, it is VITAL that you take screenshots of his drawings during lectures. His written final is just drawing exactly the same thing that he explained and drew in the zoom lectures. His stories during lectures are entertaining but there is an insane amount of homework for this type of content.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. I saw that the reviews were mixed so I decided to take him but I definitely agree with the bad reviews. His mandatory class lectures are a waste of time. He does not give feedback on anything. He is not clear about when things are due. You don't even know what is happening 90% of the time.
This professor's lectures are mandatory but you will learn absolutely nothing. He does not answer questions. He just doges them and tell you to review your notes. And then he wastes time talking about Tesla and Amazon.
DON'T TAKE THIS PROFESSOR ONLINE! He explains brief concepts and uses too many examples which confuses you. Then, you have to do homework by reading the textbook and somehow trying to reference what he was talking about. The homework is graded by average, it feels like a test when you are doing homework and it messed up my grade instead of helping
Dont take him for online classes. His lectures arent recorded so you have to be there to learn. His notes are messy as hell and all the work is on cengage. So that means on top of his messy teaching you gotta read all the cengage chapters since the homework is based off of that. Only 2 tests (midterm and final) but theyre worth a lot. Dont take
He is a perfect professor that wants you to get A+. The exams all appeared in the textbook, lecture, and graded exercise. He is very approachable and will give you all the help you need to get a better grade. He shared many interesting economic facts in class. One important suggestion is: TAKE GOOD NOTE!!! You won't regrate to take his class.
He teaches the class at a high level and wants you to pay attention all the time. If you are distracted during the Zoom meetings you will get lost and have to catch up. The book is from Mindtap/Cengage and some of the material is not in the text. If you don't want to study and work, it will be different experience. Get this foundation for UC & CSU
Professor Sandhu is wonderful. He sometimes gets carried away during class and does have interesting handwriting, but he always finds a way to make his students laugh and tie back into his lecture and help you remember what he taught. If you want him to remember you as a student, make sure to sit by the front of the class and participate.
Great class. The tangents are a treasure of wisdom for those that are econ nerds. If you have short attention span you can get overwhelmed. He uses Cengage and Zoom. Get ready to do homework.
You can do good in class if you attend Zoom meeting s and study what he focuses on. He will test exactly on the materials in lectures. But you must pay attention to the details to get an A. The book is MindTap and he gives you videos in Canvas.
Way too hard. Im usually a low A/High B student and Im struggling to keep a 70 in this class! The Chengage materials are way too hard, never have I ever had to wake up at 4 daily just to deal with a class. The teacher is great, but the assignments are horrid.
The Zoom lectures are Ok. He only takes one break in the middle. The book and homework are in Canvas connected to MindTap (Cengage). The assignments started out slow and then went to full blast. So plan ahead because you can do them from the start of quarter.
The tough part of the class is all the work in MindTap. The zoom lecture was over two hours long and some went off on tangents about the stock market.
Not lots of homework, but towards the end there was a lot. The final was the worst. It was basically the same thing he taught in his last few lectures, but throughout that all he did was talk about Tesla and his writing is disgustingly unclear. You basically learn nothing from lectures and have to rely on the bad learning software they give you.
If you pay attention in the Zoom meeting he tells you what will be on the exams. Then he says go learn it for homework and exams. The homework and exams are in MindTap and Canvas, Do the work and you will do just fine. It is a flipped class so he covers the more difficult topics there.
This guy isn't bad at all, very charismatic and enthusiastic about teaching. However, I have a very short attention span and the tangents about relating the material to the real world made it hard to focus on the actual material. I would listen to the lecture, then learn all of the material on youtube in a quarter of the time.
The opportunity cost of taking this class is 4 other classes.
This is a 5 credit class so there is plenty of work and extra credit. Take advantage of the extra credit presentations to boost your scores.
My classes were fully online. He gave plenty of homework so you got exposures to the exam materials. Do all of the extra credits to pad your scores.
There is online homeworks and exams in Cengage. Videos and discussion in Canvas.
Everything is through Cengage. There were zero lectures, the teacher offered office hours once a week. He was not present, he taught me absolutely nothing. I just followed the program. I love econ and I hated this class, it was the antithesis of inspirational. Mid-term and Finals were 3 hours each. Was difficult. Do not recommend
Best teacher for transfer students. Teaches at a level that requires you study and do homework. Take home exam is in mindtap and canvas.
Literally didn't teach me anything. Destroyed my passion for economics. Gave too much busywork to allow students to fully understand and enjoy the material.
Lots of extra credit and plenty of homework if you want to learn economics. If you are lazy, it may be tough! He gives so much extra credit that it is possible you to move up a letter grade. Do the vocab, supply & demand, government stuff and attend the Artificial Intelligence conferences to get you extra points.
The class is heavy on homework like a university class. He uses Canvas, MindTap and Zoom. Offers extra credits in Canvas and for attending speaker events.
Great class. Gives you many chances with extensions and flexible due dates. It is heavy in the homework and lectures are pretty intense. He is constantly advertising for the economics club. I think is the supervisor.
Nice guy. He extended the Final Exam because Canvas work running slow due to web site technology issue. He is also giving an extra review meeting during finals.
There is plenty of extra credits to pump up your point. For example, vocabulary, supply and demand, government intervention, cost table, exam correction, presentations, and more. There is regular homework on weekly basis in Canvas and Cengage.
Great class for transfer students. Not really the mind of course for the lazy student just because the class is 5 units. There is regular homework in mindtap and canvas, Plenty of extra credit raise your score. The teacher gave some advanced topics that are useful at the next level.
Best economics class for UC transfers.
I didn't know much about the extra credit or how homework assignments in Mindtap worked so this class was really hard for me. I took this over the summer as well. I did well in the midterm and final but I didn't know about some assignments because the mindtap platform was complicated. I asked him late in the quarter and he didn't respond.
There is a lot of homework. If u want to learn econ. u have to do the work?
Very easy class with true/false final and take-home tests. Significant amounts of reading with follow-up homework questions. Professor is clear when answering questions and is passionate. Gives extra credit for tedious assignments, but normal assignments consist of questions from the reading and occasional discussion posts.
This is the worst class I have ever taken. The professor is completely off-topic and only teaches for less than 1/10 of the class. If you actually want to learn, do not take him. I learned all from the textbook and attending classes is just so unnecessary to go to but go for participation points. He is a very nice guy, but not a great professor.
He is probably the best teacher I have ever had. I saw the other comments and was surprised. Probably a lazy or or racist student. If you cannot pay attention you might not connect the discussion with the course.
For the online class he gave exams and homework in MindTap. He held about 3 hours of Zoom office hour on Monday nights. Many of my classmates showed up and we discussed the current events like stock prices and economic numbers in the news.
He said he slowed the class down because of the COVID concerns during the fall quarter. Everything was delayed past the due dates and deadlines.
2 exams. Online homework. Helps students that need guidance and directions One of the best teachers I have ever had. Note: There are some comments that appear below that seem to more based on his race rather than the class. The bigotry in the area is worse than the deep south. He is very popular with minority students because they "get him".
Econ 1a was online. Most of the class is in his ebook called MindTap by Mankiw. There was a midterm and final exam. The rest was Canvas assignments and extra credits. He want online students to come office hours regularly on zoom.
The teacher is very accommodating. If you fall behind, he will give you chance to catch up.
Two exams and homework was online. Ask for extension if you fall behind.
Took the course and was certainly average. Coursework was primarily mintap but professor was not super present or responsive and things weren't all that organized. Curiously somewhat negative to average reviews are flagged and the positive reviews seem to repeat the same talking points. The positive reviews are giving self written by the professor.
Malkiat is a really cool guy. This class is not hard if you follow the lecture. Lots of extra credits so just take him and chill.
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