Professor Hilmer is new to SDSU this yr so I decided to take her class. I made the right choice! She is very helpful in office hours and truly wants to see her students succeed. Do the HW and case study's(lots of busy work)to ensure a decent grade in her class. She's extremely nice, but don't get caught cheating or you will regret it!!!

shes an ok teacher..basically look at the powerpoint slides on blackboard for help..i did sense some rudness when i asked her a question..just do all the hws and case studys

There is a lot of work in this class, but if you do it (yourself), you WILL do well on the tests. She's new to SDSU so she actually has expectations of her students. . .gee who knew? She curves her tests, the TA is a point nazi, but she understands. She likes when you ask questions, but hates answering the same question repeatedly.

do the homework and really try and you will actually get a 90. Study homework answers before the tests. Easy C because of curve. Lots of homeowrk though!

lots of work, but the work actually helps you understand and do well on tests. i never "sensed any rudeness", she seemed very nice and helpful. cheat sheets allowed on tests. 7-8 hw assignments and 2 case studies (which really aren't that hard).

I think that this class is hard who ever you take it with. Lots of work, 2-3 case studies, 3 exams, 7 long painful homework assignments=12-13 assignments over 4 months. Pretty much, plan on having no life once you take this course. She is nice, funny and caring but very demanding with what she wants. GOOD LUCK. You'll need it!

I admit that the homework assignments are time consuming. Attend class religiously and you will earn a promising grade in her class. The cheet sheets are very helpful as well as her office hours.

Hilmer is a nice lady though sometimes comes across kinda abrasively. Don't question her about grading cuz she hates that and doesn't care about getting in ur face during class. HW is long and takes 3+ hours to complete unless ur a genius. Cheat sheets help on tests but final is long n tedious. She is a cool lady to take for this boring class.

SWEET CLASS! ECON RULES!! IF YOU LIKE REGRESSION ANALYSIS AS MUCH AS I DO, TAKE IT!! I LOVE LIFE!

VERY EASY CLASS! No book, easy hw, she gives you copies of the midterms/final beforehand (and they are exactly like that). She is very helpful in office hours, really cares about her students, wants you to do well but doesn't push you to like the subject. Attendance not required but highly recommended, she let's the class out early everyday anyway!

Hard ass class! 6 Homeworks, all take 2-4 hours to complete. My only suggestion....Go to every class! Use her office hours. She is helpful. LOTS of work, but if you go to class and keep up, you'll at least get a B. Not a gimme, but if you work at it, you can get an A. She is very fair. Oh, and don't cheat! She'll get you kicked out of school.

Very good teacher. There is a lot of homework and information to know for the tests, but if you do the homework and practice tests, the tests are easy. There is quite a bit of work for the class, but it's beneficial if you are a econ major

I understand why some don't like her but I thought she was a great teacher, maybe b/c I understood the material. LOTS of homework, 6-7 and 2 case studies. Two midterms and one final- notes. Maybe hard for some, as long as you understand the material you will do fine. Attendence not mandatory but HIGHLY recommended

This class is not too har, but not easy either. If you go to class and get off to a good start on the fisrt mid-term and case study, it should carry you thru the semester. Start homework early, as they are pretty long. She will also help you with the homework in office hours. In short, go to class, put in the time and you will get an A....like I di

Excellent

Tia is my favorite econ professor at state! She is all about econometrics and wants everyone else to share her view on it. She gives out copies of previous exams before each exam. Easy to get a good grade, as long as you go to class, do practice questions she gives out, and ask questions. Most challenging class ive taken, but SO worth it! shes grea

Awesome Teacher!

She's the best teacher I've had so far. You don't need to by the book if you go to every lecture, but I've opened it once or twice studying for midterm and final. Print out all the notes, do all the homework and print out all the practice problems and practice exams and you'll do great

Awesome teacher, very enthusiastic, and wants her students to do well. For me the class was extremely hard I just didn't pick up on the info. Not a bad teacher at all, Ive just realized that I'm not cut out for Econometrics. Homework is a breeze, and tests she gives you last semesters to study off of. 1 sheet of notes allowed to use on midterms

She's a great teacher. She tries so hard to teach a very difficult class, esp econometrics. She's very knowledgeable and knows he stuff very well. she's a great teacher, very energetic, caring. class is not boring at all. You need to do the work to do well in her class. don't expect an easy breeze or slack off to get a good grate.

She'll bend over backwards to mask sure your questions get answered. "Thank you for asking..." Comes accross as pretentious. Do all extra posted problems/many end up on test. Take all exams and cumulative final was optional. Print out study notes and be prepared for an ass load of demand curves!!!

"Happy to help" is her coined phrase. Class attendance not mandatory, but makes the criteria super easy since textbooks are not used. Do all the old tests she posts and tests will be a breeze

uses power point, semi funny, good teacher. keeps it real

She is extremely helpful and she wants you to ask her questions. The test are tricky but if you do all the practice problems you'll do fine. Easy class if you attend.

She is really willing to help you and will wait until you understand material before moving on, if you ask the questions. Very helpful if you go to office hours. The book is not required, but you should go to class to make sense of the material, otherwise you'll be lost unless you're already good in economics.

EASY!!! Class is entirely on a curve. Unlimited tries on homework so you can get 100%, plus 3 tests and optional final if you take every test. She is extremely nice and tries to help answer everyone's questions. If you want microeconomics in the easiest form, take with her.

She loved questions. Very clear and to the point. She knows her stuff! def reccommend you take this class!

Best econ teacher at state. She is so awesome. She allowed me to really love this side of econ. I hated econ until I took her class.She really changed my life and now I love econ all b/c of her! She is so helpful and cute. You will want to try in her class. If you work hard she will love you and you are set.

Really nice professor highly recommend. If you show up and ask questions class should not be very hard. If you had mr hilmer and didnt like him dont worry she doesnt teach anything like him! Shes much better

Other posts about 441 econometerics are accurate, she is fun, helpful and not boring. Grade = 5-6 homework assignments 15%, 2 research projects 20%, presentation of project 5%, midterm 25%, final 35%. If you understand statistics and regression, then this class is easy. got an A

This class is very difficult if you are looking for an easy A do not take the class...she however is a very good teacher she tries to make a very difficult class manageable if u take this class i would highly recommend going to every class and taking good notes... good luck!!

She's much much better than the guy, and much more helpful, the new homework system is much more time consuming and difficult but when it comes down to the wire it helps you on the test, read the book then do the homework assignment, do the practice test and understand the answers, you will get at least a B+

Hard but doable. She offers LOTS of great resources on BB (unlike the similar 101 class by the other Hilmer) My advice: read the powerpnts she puts up w/ podcasts. You don't need to be in class. Take all 3 exams & miss the final instead. It's cumulative & therefore much harder. You don't want to be stuck with your grade depending on it.

It's hard but doable. She offers LOTS of great resources on BB, use them. My advice: read the powerpnts she puts up w/ podcasts. Being in class is not really a must. Take the 1st 3 exams & miss the final instead. It's cumulative & therefore much harder. You don't want to be stuck with your grade depending on it.

I never went to class but the curve was huge so I got a solid B with a 75%. She's helpful but the tests are difficult. Homework is easy and due every sunday, try and you can get a good grade.

hybrid section was pretty easy to me. got away with not paying for aplia by finishing all the hw within the 2week grace period :D optional final if you take all 3 tests and do hw. going to class is pretty useless unless you need explanations on how to do hw problems. didnt need book at all. u get to keep tests to study for final. & SHE CURVES A LOT

You can tell she really, really cares about her students and doesn't just teach econ because that's what she ended up doing. She has TONS of resources online as far as lectures go. podcasts, lectures with powerpoints, even STUDENT NOTES. She also posts past exams and extra practice problems for every chapter. (Do this to prepare for exams!)

I got a B+ in my hybird section. Getting to stay home and listen to the lectures was a nice change then having to go to class and go through that whole hassle. I thought I aced each midterm but some how only got B's on em...Luckily the rest of the 500 student class didn't do that well so I didn't even have to take the final. She is kinda sexy 2 ; )

Dr. Hilmer teaches A LOT BETTER than her husband. She really cares about her students and makes every effort to hold multiple office hours per week and provide various tools on blackboard we can access to help prepare for exams. She can be funny and there was a huge curve at the end so I aced the class.

She is so good. She loves what she does and it shows. She gives examples that make it easy to understand. She uses the program Aplia for homework and for me it was really effective.

Clear class, Hilmer, explains well the material and provides several study resources for the exams (prac test, prac problems)3 tests+final, which is optional.Weekly online hw that requires you to pay attention. Got a C cause i always studied last min /didn't put effort or time to this class all my energies were focused in calc and acct.As&Bs=doable

Hilmer's class is a hybrid class, meaning that there is only lecture on Tuesdays, and the rest is online. Aplia HW does not always reflect what she teaches in class (it is more difficult). Her tests are based on lectures and powerpoints, but I wouldn't say they are easy. You HAVE to study for this class, it's not an easy A.

Tia is very helpful. If you attend every class you will find it beneficial because she gives you example test questions. Also don't go to A+ review for this, Tia puts example questions for every test and every chapter up for you, which are very very similar to what's on the real test. Study those and attend class, you'll get an A.

Ehh.. Econ is not for everyone. It was pretty tough but it is manageable. Extra effort is necessary outside of class if you want a decent grade.

I took her summer class at UCSD. Better than all the UCSD profs. She is so sweet and makes stats very interesting and understandable.

She explains well. HW is APLIA and averaged. 3 midterms, 1 final (optional). Went to class every week. Actually did all of the practice problems/material. Got Bs on all the exams and ended up with a solid A. Just go to clas, do practice problems, and read basically.

3 midterms and the final is optional. If you actually do the practice problems and the aplia hw, the exams are fairly straightforward. Econ is a pretty boring subject but she simplifies everything in her lecture. That being said, always look back on the lecture notes and it does help to look at the powerpoints! Managed a B with little work.

Econ isnt easy but she made it much more clear. Attendence isnt mandatory because EVERYTHING is online. be sure to get as close to an A on the homework because it can make a full grade difference. 3 midterms and a final but the final is optional.

I took the Hybrid class and highly recommend it. It was worth going to A+ Review to get a better understanding before the tests.

She is really good at explaining material during class. Usually she starts class with warm up problems, which is guaranteed to be similar to a midterm problem; Thats a plus! Three midterms and one optional final. FINAL IS HARD! So try to do good on the midterms. Overall, I recommend the professor!

I took the class in IRPS UCSD. People did not like her that much because she did not use slides, but she was forced not to use them. She's an amazing lecturer; though she might not reply emails pretty often.

Great professor. Her exams are hard but make sure to study the textbook and the practice problems she has on blackboard.

I felt like I was never even in this class. She told us that everything we needed was online so if we didn't need help then class wasn't mandatory. I went on the first day and didn't go back except for tests. Final exam is optional. Online homework was weekly but easy. The tests were somewhat tricky but nothing extremely difficult.

She designed the course to motivate students to actually understand the material, not just be able to do it on the homework. If you took the time to study and be able to explain each topic it's an easy A but if you just skim the readings enough to get the homework done you will fail. You're paying to learn, so you may as well actually do it.

The people who complain about her not being helpful clearly never went to office hours. She's extremely helpful and the practice tests make up at least half of the actual tests. I really enjoyed her class!

Take ECON 102 online during summer. You have to pay for Aplia and do all HWs and exams on it. She doesn't like to response your emails. The class is very easy and is very similar to Econ 101. Got an A. Only top 10 percent student got A. Overall, its relaxing and not time-consuming.

It's a hybrid class which made it a lot easier to understand the material. If you're confused, she's really helpful during office hours and during the class she answers questions. I'm just terrible at Econ unfortunately. It really helps to review the practice hw and old exams that she provides on blackboard bcuz she reuses questions.

Take good notes in class, forget about studying book definitions, take her practice tests and you should do fine. Aplia is terrible 3 tries per homework and you only receive an average score on your 3 attempts, so if you don't get 100% the first time an A is almost out of the question for homework.

I feel that she makes the class harder than it needed to be. Very confusing during lectures as well. Unapproachable, so I suggest going to her TAs office hours. Online HW is ridiculously hard only 3 tries with each problem. She has a weird curve for the class. DO ALL the practice problems/tests before each test! Good luck!

This is a tough class but her curve at the end is very generous (raised my 90% to a 95%). I never once opened the textbook, however I did listen to all the online lectures, as well as the chapter practice problems and podcasts. Definitely go over the practice exams she has online. I didn't really go to class & homework can be hard. Would recommend.

I enjoyed the online program she used. She clarifies in class the homework and goes over material that will be on the test. Would recommend if you can keep up with online stuff and make it to class.

Don't take this class. Ruined my GPA. Her tests are super tough and are not definition, but concept based. The homework is constant and is a lot of work. The lectures are interesting and she is really nice, but her grading system sucks.

Professor Hilmer's Econ 102 class is about as easy as it gets. Up to you to choose between going to class and watching lectures. She shows examples of past exam questions in class. DO ALL practice questions from Blackboard as a lot show up on exams. Exams not very hard at all. Get 100% on hw to offset some bad exam scores. Easy A in my opinion

She absolutely knows what shes talking about. When I went to class, the HW for that week was a piece of cake and when I didn't, the material wasn't too hard to learn on my own. That being said, the exams are pretty tricky no matter how much you study. Most people complain because they never go to class so they don't know the stuff.

Would highly recommend over any other teacher. Homework was very minimal and was worth 25% of your grade. Tests are a little tricky but still can easily get a high B or A with a good amount of studying. Loves Econ and is more than willing to help, she made all the content we went over very easy to understand.

Prof Hilmer's lectures are clear and pretty simple, so going to class is definitely worthwhile. She also goes step by step through exam questions every class. Go to class, do the online homework, and do the practice exams on blackboard and you can easily get an A.

Attendance isn't mandatory, but I highly recommend going because she goes over test questions in class and makes the information easily understandable. I would take her for all econ classes if I could because she knows a lot and is passionate about the material. The class isn't super interesting or entertaining, but it's great for an econ class.

Alright. So here's the what you need to know about econ102. Your grade only consists of the 3 midterms (4 if you decide to take the final) and your average homework grade. Make sure you study for each exam so you can avoid the final at the end. As for the homework, ALWAYS make sure you read the text and practice the material before you take it.

She takes all her effort to explain to the students the basic notions of econometrics. And she does it in a very simple manner, step by step that I could easily understand even the toughest hypothesis testing. Also pays a lot of attention to interpretation of data and how to avoid incorrect/ not scientific interpretation.

3 midterms, each 25% and homework is 25%. The final is optional if you take all the midterms. Class isn't mandatory but her lectures are very helpful and will help you so much on the test. I did hybrid so once a week going to class wasn't a big deal. Tests aren't too hard but you definitely need to study

Hilmer's easy if you do her class right (aka don't go). I never went to a single lecture but went to A plus for all the exams and finished the class with a 98%. For reference, I finished econ 101 with a C+. Hilmer's class is only 3 tests (25% each) and homework (25%). go to a plus and you'll do well, they teach literally exactly to the test.

Econ is a difficult class no matter who your professor is but Prof Hilmer taught in a way that was easy for me to understand. Attendance is not mandatory but GO TO CLASS. DO NOT MISS A MIDTERM! The final is worth 40% of your grade if you do. Prof Hilmer is really sweet and always willing to help if you need it. I recommend taking her!

Records and posts lectures so you dont need to go to class. Tests can be tricky but she gives you a lot of practice problems and reuses problems. Final is optional

GO TO LECTURE. she makes is optional but she works the hard test questions in class that will be on exams. Do all the practice she gives you on blackboard and you will do well on the exams. The questions aren't exact but very simpler in concept level and way of wording questions. Don't read textbook if you go to lecture its pointless.

Material is clear and the professor liberally uses past tests and assignments as examples (one of the first HWs was last semester's midterm). She also informs you what will be on the test and is happy to answer questions. Projects are manageable. Allows a note card for exams. Master the HW (for tests)+devote time to the projects and you'll do fine.

Most useful econ class I've taken at SDSU. It's difficult, but I finally feel like I have learned something I need for future jobs. Do the hmwk & projects ahead of time, as the TAs are really helpful. I made my cheatsheets for midterm & final from thorough notes I took in class, and did well. It's v possible to do well, but be ready to work for it.

Dr. Hilmer really wants her students to succeed, she is a solid lecturer and provides a ton of extra material on Blackboard, including practice problems for each chapter and multiple practice tests for each exam. Don't listen to the bad reviews, they clearly didn't put in the effort because she gives you more than enough resources to do well.

Dr. Hilmer is awesome! Econometrics is a difficult subject, but she does a good job at making the material manageable. Go to class, pay attention, and take good notes. Study the past exams and the homework to do well on exams. This is not an easy class, so expect to put in a good amount of work.

I had to take this class for my minor and I am glad I chose Dr. Hilmer. Honestly she is a great person and the class isnt hard if you actually try. Homework is important but the test are easy. IF YOU STUDY THE PRACTICE TEST YOU WILL PASS THE TEST. The test are almost a replica of the actual test and if you go to her office hours before your good.

Dr. Hilmer was AMAZING! Definitely take her for ECON102 if you have the chance! She includes a ton of real life examples in her lectures which really help to understand the material. Her canvas is filled with resources including practice midterms which are essentially identical to the real midterms. Final is also optional. HW is short and easy.

Dr. Hilmer is very caring professor. She is one of the better econ professors at school so I recommend her. I took econ 102 before and failed and took her and passed. She has mindtap assignments every week and one lecture. She is always willing to help if you just talk to her.

Dr. Hilmer was a great lecturer, and made her grading policies very clear if you read the syllabus and listened to her. She went over test questions before the test and provided with previous exams that were almost identical to the exams. An important aspect of the class is to go to the lectures, otherwise you may not pass.

People over hate on this professor. Class was relatively easy as long as you do the homework. You get 3 attempts per problem and the highest score was taken from each problem so it is very easy to get 95%+ on the homework. Exams were fine as long as you understood the homework.

The only reason she can be a little scary is because she does not want to teach people who do not want to learn. Do the homework, go to the lectures, and take the practice exams to prepare for the tests and you will be FINE. I did not do any chapter reading or go to her office hours or tutoring or anything. I still ended with an A.

Tia Hilmer is a great professor so I don't know how she received so many bad reviews. She has 3 midterm exams and an optional final, as long as you go to take notes on the videos she posts, do the homework, and look at the practice exams you will be completely fine.Only con is that you don't receive your grade until after your 3rd midterm. TAKE HER

Study the old tests she posts. They are the same wording just different numbers on every test. Easy A as long as you do what she says and do good on the homework.

there is a lot of work and as an online class, it is a little harder, most of her homework was on Google. the tests were hard but she had a curve. I had a 50.6% in her class and passed with a C because of the curve. she doesn't offer makeup exams but you can take all 3 midterms and no final or 2 midterms and the final.