ECON 527 or 431 dilemma!

[DC328is]

Hey guys, does anyone have experience with these 2 courses?

Right now im debating which class is the easier one to take.

Econ 527 - World oil Econ, with WD. Walls (grading scheme has increased to 59% or lower = F, I had Walls for 499.63 and it wasnt too bad at all, so i know what to expect from him)

Econ 431 - The Canadian Labor Econ, with Anna Ferrer (horrible english accent, have no background information about this prof)


Thanks for you input!

[flipstah]

ECON527. Sounds more interesting out of the two.

[Team_Mclaren]

are you in Oil concentration? If not, there are a better/more interesting 400/500s out there to take for sure.

Ferrer is a fucking idiot, doesnt know how to teach, doesnt know how to talk, hard as fuck exams.

[Ajay]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
are you in Oil concentration? If not, there are a better/more interesting 400/500s out there to take for sure.

Ferrer is a fucking idiot, doesnt know how to teach, doesnt know how to talk, hard as fuck exams.

I would agree with this statement.

I had Ferrer for Econ 349 and she was a joke.

Between the two I would do 527 if I was you.

[Gainsbarre]

Originally posted by DC328is

Econ 431 - The Canadian Labor Econ, with Anna Ferrer (horrible english accent, have no background information about this prof)


English accent? She's actually from Spain. And no, I haven't heard anything good about her classes. She's one half of a married couple that universities often hire. Of course, in this case it's her husband (also in the department) that's the better researcher/instructor of the two. Not to worry though -- there's another husband/wife tandem in the department and in that case the roles are reversed (wife is the excellent researcher / instructor while the husband is dead weight).

[tobslau]

Haven't gone to 431 yet, but hopefully ferrer is not as bad as you guys say she is

Does she give a large workload?

[Karim316]

Im taking 527 in the spring. Sounds interesting. I hope is an extention of 325. If someone is taking this class this semester wanna save your midterms and notes? I'll exchange with some classes that I have taken.