Reviews of professor Neal Becker

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not the best elective

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
his exams= makes or breaks your grade in the class. his exam questions were farfetched and not really relevant. he throws a lot of curveballs, tells you to focus on one thing in the lecture but ends up going a whole different direction for exams. ta's were always given misinformation. don't be like me, squash ur ego and drop the class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sports econ was a great class, if you understand micro you'll do fine. Dr. Becker's lectures were entertaining and I always felt like I was learning something when I was in class. DQs, podcast assignments, and group project help your grade, and the exams aren't that bad if you study the DQs.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Becker was a good lecturer, though the recitations are important to attend to really understand the material. Three midterms and the final make up 80% of your whole grade, so you may want to consider a different professor if you aren't a good test taker. Overall, good instructor and an easy enough class if you put in some effort.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tests are really the only part of your grade that matters. Take lots of time to study the review sheets he makes before tests as those questions are almost exactly on the tests. The final exam is pretty much old exam questions . He does teach pretty fast though but he makes videos students can watch after lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sports econ is a fantastic class and Dr. Becker does a great job. If you are a fan of sports analytics this is a great course to take. Grade is daily questions which he works through with you (super helpful), podcasts, exams which aren't bad if you study and are interested, and a group assignment. One of my favorite courses at Pitt so far.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Neal's micro class is definitely more focused on graphical approaches than concepts.  Any student in this course should be fine as long as they don't go into it thinking its a blowoff.