ECON 3010

Zirkle's class isn't as bad as previous courseforum recommendations make it out to be. Mr. Zirkle isn't the best teacher on the planet, or even necessarily a good one. He is a pretty decent guy though. He does a lot better teaching the first test material than the rest of the class. However, his office hours are extremely useful, especially the ones right before the tests. He doesn't write the test questions until the day before so if you go to his office hours before the test you can usually figure out which questions he is going to ask. He also is better answering questions when not overwhelmed with a class in front of him. If you have a good TA you're golden. Selcen Cakir is a great TA who helps her students and understands the difficulty of the material. I would do the practice problems until you understand them because that is where the tests come from. Lecture can be pretty useless but sometimes its worth going just because Zirkle will occasionally do practice problems. There's also clicker questions which are a free 5% of your grade if you actually go to class. Long review made short: Zirkle's class really isn't that bad (though its not great), go to office hours and do the practice problems until you understand them and you'll be riding the average (a B) for the class at the very least. That's a pretty decent grade since this class is a weed out and none of the teachers are the best.