Mark Owens
School: | Ohio State University |
Department: | Economics |
Location: | Columbus, OH |
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rated by 17 students
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School: | Ohio State University |
Department: | Economics |
Location: | Columbus, OH |
Helpfulness | |
Clarity | |
Easiness |
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Cons: Research Project
The class was very interesting because we got to talk about topics that went against standard economical theory. We also did a lot of in class experiments and we had discussion over our homework (which were journal articles). The only thing I did not really enjoy was our experiment project, I felt like we had less than two weeks to make an experiment, and thus it was hard to complete it. So if I have an advice is to start on it early, Dr. Owens will not start talking about until almost the end of the semester, so don't rely on him to remind you.
Cons: His test are a little confusing, it is important that you study the vocabulary and the main principles
Cons: none
Cons: He doesn't make the tests. Marilyn Wood does.
Take him. He's great.
Unless you have plenty of free-time, and no job, and are a freaking genius I do NOT recommend taking this professorâ¦
Exams: I'm a fairly good test-taker when I spend a long time studying, but these were pretty difficult. The first one was pretty easy but that's because the material was much simpler at that point, so a few hours of review was enough. On the others, make sure you not only study but do several practice problems before the test so you know what you're doing and how and when to apply the formulas or procedures. I ended up making a low A on every test, but that was after he curved the test scores about 6 or 7 points.
Homework: Just review notes in the event there is a ten point quiz the next class on the day before. These are multiple choice and are set up like 10 multiple choice test questions. Even though he doesn't think of a point or two on a quiz as a big deal, it really is when you calculate your grade and how many points you need to make an A, so try not to miss any day he gives a quiz because you get to drop your lowest quiz grade and that almost brought me down to a B that I didn't get a different low quiz grade dropped instead of the zero on the one that I missed. (Unless you're just trying to pass, then don't stress about the quizzes)
Textbook: I have a Kindle but you can also get the "brief" version in hard copy for MUCH cheaper than the actual textbook (like 30.00 compared to $115). Not everyone bought the book, but I realized I was going to have to get it while studying for the second test b/c it really helps to have that second explanation that you can break down on your own, plus practice problems that will be similar to those on the test. You definitely do not need anything more than the Brief version (Amazon), but you will probably need at least that if you're set on making an A. More than half of the class didn't buy the text, and the ones that I knew made somewhere around a B or a C, at least. I made an A on the first test even without any curve to the grades just from the notes from class, so you can wait until leading up to the second test and then decide what's best for you.
Exams: The "written" portion of the exams were stuff that we never went over in class, which was VERY frustrating. I do not know how he expected us to do the problems since he never showed us how to do it.
Homework: None really, we had some newspaper articles that we had to turn into him at the end of the semester.
Exams: The MC could be tricky, and he was challenging on at least one of the short answer/graphical questions, but, if you studied the material well, they usually turned out fine for most people. He would add curve points to our grade when we got them back.
Homework: The only homework was paragraph summaries of 10 current articles you had to final by the end of the semester relating to microeconomics topics from the lectures. It was very easy, and I wish I had done it sooner instead of waiting till March!
Textbook: It seemed good the one time I looked through it. You really don't need it though because his notes that he gives you are very simple and clear, and his tests are from the notes.
Exams: Study your notes, and you will do fine.
Homework: No homework. In class quizzes once a week.
Textbook: Just use your notes.
Exams: Study the quizzes (on average, you'll have one of those every other week) and the exam review sheet he'll give you before each exam. The first two exams were regular tests, and the last test was the final exam, which was comprehensive.
Homework: Just to study for the quizzes, if that counts as homework.
Textbook: I made an A in this class with no textbook or study guide. If you copy the notes he puts up on the screen during class, you'll be fine.
Homework: none but there were sevral extra credit opportunities given
Textbook: dont buy the book all u need is his notes which he e-mails to you upon request if u miss class
Exams: I thought they were easy if you studied, the quizzes that he gives you are almost the tests. Except the tests are longer, but I thought they were easy..
Homework: No homework, just study if you felt like it. If you missed class, just email him and he would send you notes for the week, which was very helpful when I didn't feel like going to class.
Exams: Dr. Owens' tests were fairly made. He has quizzes every so often that are have the same questions on it that are going to be on the test. Some diagrams are going to be on there also. If you study for about an hour or so, you should be okay.
Homework: None, just study for the quizzes and tests.
Textbook: I bought the textbook for the first few classes, but eventually took it back becuase all of his quiz questions are straight from his lecture.
Exams: He only gave 2 tests and a final. His tests were really easy if you took the notes and went to class. A lot of the questions came from the quizzes which helped too.
Homework: He never required any homework at all.
Textbook: I never opened the book. He does an excellent job at explaining everything so we can understand it. As college students, he uses examples that we would understand, like beer.
Exams: The test was very tricky!!!! U have to watch cause he will try 2 trick u!!! They weren't easy and they weren't hard... they were in the middle. The easiest of them all was the final!!!!
Homework: Just study what her went over in class!!!!
Textbook: I really didn't use my text back, but I did use the study guide book. That was very helpful. I encourage everyone to buy it cause so of the quiz and test questions come from there.