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(Fall 2024) A very disappointing experience in this course. While the instructor is excellent, always available to answer questions and is active in his students’ engagement with the material, the course is incredibly difficult and does not seem to be curved. Even students who would have scored one point under the mean of 19/25 on exams would just barely hit the C+ threshold, while students scoring two points below the mean would miss the threshold entirely and would likely need to retake in order to continue coursework in the economics major. Take this professor if you’re good at algebra and derivatives, as this course taught by this professor absolutely requires you to be in order to succeed.
Be careful with this class. The professor suggests he will curve at the end and did not (fall 2024). This really should be more than a four credit class given the class is scheduled to meet for 3 hours and 20 minutes a week plus there are hours of videos a week that aren’t just supplemental. They are required material that may be on the test. So there is practically 6 credits worth of lecture time plus perhaps more homework and more difficult homework than a lot of classes. The only thing I can say is that the professor is very available and willing to answer questions and help. Overall, do not take this class (especially with this professor) unless you love economics and the math of economics. It is a ridiculously hard class even compared to STEM classes
#tCFF23 This course was difficult, but if you used your resources wisely, you could do well. Going to office hours saved my lecture quiz/discussion homework grades. I would definitely recommend going to office hours every week. Also, discussion is optional but the discussion practice was pretty much identical to the exams, so I would recommend going to get those answers and use them to study. Overall, I'd say the course was difficult, but if you used all of the resources provided you can do well. Santugini is definitely the best person to take this class with because he is always available to answer any questions. He walks around at the beginning of class to chat with students and his lectures are very engaging. Great professor!
Santugini is the professor to take for intermediate micro. He is the most organized, prudent, and dedicated professor I have come across by far in any department. He really goes to great lengths to see his students succeed. That being said, this is a difficult course. You will need to put in the proper amount of practice to do well with no excuses.
How to succeed in this course:
- Do the lecture quizzes right after each lecture and make sure you understand the material. If it doesn't make sense to you, then you can DM him on Microsoft Teams and he will help you.
- DO NOT miss any deadlines. Lecture quizzes and career development activities are there to cushion your grade and there are no late submissions (unless he extends the deadline, which he will reasonably do on occasion)
- Homeworks are due each week with some of them being a grind. For the difficult ones you will need to consult your TA or Santugini himself to even know where to begin.
- In terms of studying for the midterms, do not try to memorize. Instead, try to understand why you are using certain operators and certain functions to solve for your intended variables because it's very easy to get mixed up between them, especially on theory of the firm and markets. Once you're able to reason WHY you're doing something and not just how, then you're on the right track. You will need to solve comprehensive problems without wasting any time during the exam, so it's crucial that when the time comes you're extremely comfortable with the material. This means doing every lecture quiz, homework, problem set, and any other practice problems he has multiple times over until you get it right. No exceptions. I would say the order of difficulty for the midterms goes 3, 1, then 2. Your first midterm will be rough as you are getting used to the nature of the course while the second one will be much better as you've not only acclimated yourself but it's the easiest of the three. The third midterm requires the greatest amount of time management by far as the general equilibrium question requires the most amount of steps of any problem in the course.
Overall, ECON 3010 is a necessary evil for the Econ major, just like any of your other prerequisites. However, if you take the course with Santugini and really dedicate yourself to doing well, then you will come out of it feeling extremely accomplished and ready to tackle the higher-level electives. #Tcf 2024
I heard that Santugini is no longer teaching this class after Spring '24, but just in case that he teaches in the future, I want to leave a good note for him.
Professor Santugini has been teaching ECON 3010 for at least five years, and his way of teaching definitely reflects that. ECON 3010 covers a lot of material, and it essentially takes everything you learned from 2010 and mathematically defines things like market equilibrium, profit maximization, etc. You need to be comfortable with basic calculus because you do not want to get tripped up on algebra doing problems. The class is manageable if you put in the time and effort to learn the content (in Santugini's words, don't disrespect the exams!). Santugini makes himself incredibly available, and for someone with difficulty in speaking, I found Santugini very accommodating with his availability. Don't like going directly to office hours? Just DM him. Can't go in his usual hours? DM him with times you can meet.
One of the things that might be off putting for students is that he uploads his "slides" as the written work he did during lecture. It's fine because he does keep himself pretty organized (and there are oftentimes videos to accompany certain lectures), but they are a bit off putting.
Overall, I highly recommend Santugini for 3010 if you can take it with him. He makes the transition towards using math and econ very approachable, and you have a lot of opportunity to do good and improve in his course. #tCFS24
Summary: cool concepts, ton of work, great professor, everything is fair and possible in this course!
Overall just grateful I had Professor Santugini as my first experience with the econ department. He took complex concepts and made them manageable. He posts a ton of content: videos, solutions, and uses private messaging to interact with student question on Teams (super helpful!). He just wants to see his students succeed. I did well in this class, but even if I didn't, I knew my success was determined by me. No surprises on exams, and there is even sometimes a bonus question!
But yeah, this is a weed out class. If you're not ready to show up to every class and discussion, go to office hours, do every assignment, wait to take it another semester. But if you're ready to put in 4+ hours outside of lecture into this class, you'll do great!
Santugini is nothing short of an elite professor. He is excited in his teaching, makes himself very available, and always is very kind. I really don't know how he is able to respond to everyone and post everything every hour of the day, but he somehow does it and is very helpful outside of lecture. With that being said, he does this because he knows it is a challenging course (which is very true). The content is heavily math based, which is a different approach from how the other professors teach for 3010. The 3 exams are tremendously difficult, so it's a must that you are on your game and ready to crank out roughly 9 comprehensive problems without stopping. The homeworks and practice problems per week are good resources to gauge how hard the problems will be on the exam. The lecture quizzes are a bit easier, but they are still helpful. Santugini designs this course to prepare you for the rest of the Econ major requirements, which is why it is so demanding for 15 weeks. I've learned so much, but it is because the course really challenged my ego and made me work harder. Many people think Santugini is the harder professor for 3010, which may be true given his exams, but I guarantee the other professors are not nearly as regimented he is. He provides cool VR videos to answer every problem set he has given throughout the week, answers DM's very fast, posts reminders, hints/tips to answer problems, and makes himself very available for his students. Top tier professor that will accelerate your understanding in Econ without a doubt, if you are willing to put in the work!
Also - You gotta go to every lecture or you'll fall behind immediately. So definitely DO NOT take this class during pledging, you'll be stressed to the max!
Santugini is a great professor who cares about your learning and your future but he is tough. He likes to challenge his students and is very math heavy, which is expected for this class. A lot of your learning experience in this class is also depended on your TA as some TAs go over weekly HWs/quizzes while some do not. Midterms are the main bulk of your grade in the class and they are significantly harder than in-class examples, as are the HWs and quizzes. My only suggestions to prepare are to do the challenge questions from lecture, ask questions and know your derivatives. If you are not an ECON major, I would not recommend unless you are looking for a math heavy class. #tCFF23
Santugini relies on a lot of algebra in the homework problems. It's expected that you'll spend a lot of time asking questions to your TA and/or Santugini, they would be impossible to do on your own.
He makes himself extremely available for meetings and answering direct messages with any questions about the material.
Notoriously harder than the other profs, but he really wants to prepare you well for the rest of the Econ major. Adds about 2-3 hours of extra online videos that are important to watch if you're going to keep up with the class.
Other than the fact that it's difficult he's a great teacher that loves Econ and will help you with anything enthusiastically if you approach him.
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