Reviews of professor Zaruhi Sahakyan

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think Prof. Sahakyan gets a bad rep because she teaches a generally pretty hard class. But she's a good professor! Her lectures are helpful, and honestly, if you go through the slides thoroughly, you should be OK for exams. TAs are helpful for homework, and they're graded very leniently, anyway. Didn't really read the textbook and was fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Strong professor. Insurance economics not everyone's cup of tea but Dr. Sahakyan is an expert in the field and wants students to succeed. Exams difficult but if you go to class you know what to expect, which is more than can be said of other econ electives here

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Taking notes in class is not helpful but her powerpoint slides are extremely helpful. Know them backwards and forwards if you expect to do well on tests. Don't expect to do well if you didn't prepare for the entire weekend leading into the exam. Do your homework in latex...she gives you a free 2 points on your final grade and it's pretty easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Avoid if you can't do high school math

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I just loved this class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think she get's a little misunderstood in these reviews. The content is difficult and she is a little scatter-brained but if you try to understand and do the problem sets, an A is easily attainable (especially because she tells you exactly what is going to be on it before hand). Basic calc skills needed. She's super helpful during office hours.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Manageable workload. Not an easy A but totally possible with the curves

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hard stuff but overall way better than 2350. Very helpful PowerPoint. Exam questions are the same as HW. Just don't take 2350, take this.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Idk what the hate is all about. She is a quirky chiller. Favourite econ prof by far. Walk into class, she has music playing. If you dont wanna go to class, just tell her beforehand and she will give a full participation grade. Mid to Easy exams. Easy hws, some of which are AI based. Might be dismissive sometimes but she really does care.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She was very flexible with HW deadlines and the tests were very much like the homework questions

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A simple class made much more difficult than needed by an incompetent professor. She is often rude to students and I often skipped class just to study for this exam. However, you're forced to take it so do what you can to pass through.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Content is difficult, but if you read the textbook you will understand the material. Unfortunately, the professor is the worst lecturer in the whole department and requires students to attend the lectures for a grade. She is incredibly disorganized & I genuinely learned nothing in class, and instead, learned the material through the textbook.