ECON 2010

This class was something I took to get rid of a requirement and it became one that I looked forward to each week. Don't stress the midterm because the material is hard and the test is hard. The final is based a lot on the problem sets. Mirman is SUCH a nice guy. I would recommend talking to him outside of the class any day. Take this class. Everyone says Elzinga is great and he may be, but Mirman is not lacking in any way either.

Two exams are only grades. Study hard for both of them and it'll earn you a shiny A.

This professor is by far one of the worst in the department, maybe in the whole school. At first, no final sounds good, but then your grade rides on one of two tests. The problem sets are actually useful, but aren't graded. He will always shoot down questions/answers and take you in a roundabout way to describe simple concepts. Mind you, I took AP Microeconomics, so I didn't really need to go to class to take the tests. If you can take it with someone else, try your hardest to do so.

This was the most frustrating class ever. There is no text book, Mirman does not have office hours nor an e-mail to contact him at, and lectures do not help. You are pretty much on your own for the difficult midterm and final. My advice: take this course with another professor.

Mirman teachers economics in an extremely math oriented way. He is straight numbers. He get's really mad in class if nobody asks questions. Do the study guide before the test and you'll succeed. Dutch Knockout also if you mess up the midterm. Final is your entire grade

Very easy class. Entirely math based economics. The grade distribution is great and much better than Elzinga's class. The reason a lot of people don't like Mirman is because of his attitude and teaching style. He basically wants to have a conversation with the class. If you don't answer questions, he gets mad. He walked out one time. Also, he may randomly make fun of you or when you ask a dumb question. He does really want you to learn the material though. Honestly, I learned more in AP Micro than in his class, but the math version was pretty cool. The midterm was not too bad and final was just easy. The midterm is hard because it is long for just 1hr15min, so most people do not finish.

mirman is extremely rude, especially when he tries to be funny. he once yelled at a girl because she was charging her laptop and sitting on the floor. don't sit in the back rows, especially on the first day. he tells everyone their wrong if they don't word the answer exactly how he wants it. he is extremely degrading, yelling at people when they ask "stupid" questions, saying "what does that even mean?" "that doesn't even make any sense". he also gets angry when no one answers him. he was asking extremely convoluted questions once and no one could answer so he walked out of the classroom 5 minutes into class. he often gets his words mixed up when he's explaining and ends up confusing the class. there are optional problem sets but they really help with the 2 tests (only grades, no final). everyone does poorly on the first midterm. he does not make himself available at all. he just depends on his TAs to answer questions. Scott is really nice and knows his stuff. The problem sets are often very confusing. They aren't always worded well and assume we have other knowledge about econ.

No TA's for this class and it is AWFUL!There's also no textbook and you can barely understand anything he writes on the board. Definitely don't recommend it.

Despite the KILLER midterm, Mirman is actually a pretty good teacher. The non-cumulative final is much easier than the midterm, and somewhat cancels out your midterm grade. The class only lasts an hour, never more except test days, and the final is on the last day of class. Mirman reviews what you did the past class for the first 15 to 30 minutes of class, which is boring/tedious but helps reinforce concepts. Very math and graph based econ.

I regret not taking this class with Elzinga. Not bad, but not great either.