ECON 3030

Highly recommend taking this class during the summer. Doyle makes the material pretty digestible with mainly take home quizzes and an extra credit project. Don't be fooled though - his actual tests can be tricky/difficult and you're expected to memorize the formulas and calculations even if he doesn't explicitly say so during class. Dutch knockout is nice but also deceptive. His final is no walk in the park so it's best to try your best all semester long instead of getting screwed by the final in the end!

professor doyle is a great professor, but his classroom environment can be pretty distracting because he is not strict on phones or laptops. overall. this course is worthwhile because you learn a lot about the stock and bonds markets, how the fed works, and interest rates. etc which are all very practical things to know about.

Professor Doyle is a beast take his class, i cant see anything right now and am now sure if any of this is spelled right the glare is unbelievable

This course is laughably bad. While Doyle is ok for microeconomics his inability to teach more difficult concepts shows in this class. The tests are poorly worded and in some instances actually wrong based of off other economics courses. The TA's this semester barely spoke English and the grading was horribly inconsistent. Avoid this class as much as you can and take other Econ electives if you are in the major. With massive inconsistencies throughout he then makes up a grading rubric at the very end of the class so you don't know where you stand until the end of the semester.

This is low key one of the hardest Econ electives out there. The TAs weren't very helpful as they were learning the material with us. The only way I see you can do well in the class is to consistently do practice problems and keep up with the readings. I recommend taking this class with Bethune if possible.

I wouldn't wish this class upon my worst enemy. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. This class is arbitrarily graded and super disorganized. Doyle is "nice" but that doesn't help you at all. He just take the slides from the textbook publisher (found online) and reads through them in class which is a total waste of time. An an economics major who has received some form of an A in all of my classes (including econometrics and intermediate micro which are notoriously the weed-out classes for the major) I received a C in this class. Not reflective of actual effort -- do not take this class. Normally I do not listen to reviewers who say "do not take this class," but I beg of you, if you value your GPA, listen to me.

I really enjoyed taking this course. The material is super interesting, however I will say that I definitely put the work in for this class. If you don't understand the material, you will really struggle with this class. But if you find the material interesting and don't mind reading the chapters and doing practice problems from the study guide book, then I would say this class is worth your time.

Don't look at Doyle as someone who will teach you everything you need to know for the test, but rather as someone who will convert the information from the textbook into knowledge that is applicable to current events. Read the book chapters before going to class, and you will get so much more out of his lectures. However, there are some formulas that are only on his slides and not the textbook, so be sure to copy all of these down. I am not an Econ major or minor but did well in the class- it certainly isn't easy, but it is undoubtedly one of the most applicable classes you will take here

I cannot recommend this course. This is the second-hardest Econ course I've taken, after 3720 and, unlike 3720, this one isn't mandatory for the major. No matter how much interest you have in the subject matter, it is not worth the hit to your GPA. Doyle is first and foremost a professional, not an academic. He has experience working as an economist for a bank and, therefore, can reinforce the course material with real-world application. He is not the best teacher. The course is broken down into three units: money; banking; and monetary policy. The subject matter is interesting and useful, but the grading is way too difficult. There is no required homework for this course; rather, you are encouraged to read the textbook and do practice problems. THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR SUCCESS. Attendance at lecture, while necessary for doing well, is also not sufficient for doing well. Lecture will teach you some things the textbook won't, and the textbook will teach you other things that lecture won't. There are clicker quizzes in lecture, though these are usually participation-based. There are two mid-term exams and a final exam. The first exam covers money, the second exam covers banking, and the final exam is cumulative (though weighted more heavily toward monetary policy). There is also the option of a Dutch knockout on the final exam. Otherwise, the course is graded on a total points system. There are also three quizzes, one in the days before each exam. We took one of these in class and two were take-home. There are also take-home portions for the mid-term exams, which are essentially free points. As for the discussion section, my TA was Albert. He allocated our discussion section points by way of quizzes, which were generally difficult. He did curve us somewhat at the end but, given that one of the other TAs allocated points by way of completion of homework assignments, Albert is probably not the best TA to take. I say this because the TAs are not too helpful with learning the course material. Albert is smart and speaks good English. However, it was obvious there was little communication between Doyle and the TAs and they often knew less about what was going on in class than we did. Therefore, the best TA is probably the one that grades discussion section the easiest. All told, this is a very difficult, if interesting, class. In my opinion, it is not worth taking - at least not with Doyle.

Carter Doyle is a great person, and an above average lecturer. He has tons of knowledge on how the financial industry works and will help you tremendously if you want to go that route. He also will do his best to help you with any career questions you have.

The first exam was a bit of a surprise, the grades were really low. I think people not knowing the formulas for stock and bond pricing hurt a lot. Definitely study those hard because they are the bulk of the first exam. The second exam was pretty easy and the final was in between.

Take it, it will help you with pretty much any career path.