Reviews of professor Yi Duan

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The work she assigns can be tough, but she explains concepts in detail and at a reasonable pace.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Yi Duan's ECN 253 online in a 6-week summer term. The course was broken into a few chapters of our Cengage textbook a week then a 10-question multiple choice and an Aplia assignment for each chapter. There were 3 non-cumulative exams. Your best scores were weighted to your advantage. Captioned YouTube lectures provided. Highly doable class!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The homework and tests are tough, but she announces when things are due and gives tips for them which I liked. The homework is on cengage which can be easy but try not to get questions wrong or theyll count against you. Exams sometimes come from the homework. Shes clear about her class. I didnt use the textbook much. (I took this class online)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Missed one class and she started telling me to stay on topic. We are virtual and attendance wasn't mandatory, but she kept count of her attendance anyway and used that against me. Had to rewrite paper on relevant topics since mine apparently wasn't. Was three points away from passing and she refused to reconsider that her quiz answers were wrong

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Virtual class: Dr. Duan was a nice professor and fairly understanding. Class-time was mainly lectures, but sometimes she gives us all a problem to work on at the end of class. Homeworks and Empirical Analyses are straight-forward and her exams represent the course material. 5-6 page term paper.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Duan was very easy to take for macro, it is a required class so it is easy to get out of the way with her. Definitely recommend, but you do need to show up as she does take attendance and it is a pretty large portion of grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Duan is a great and very nice professor! She sometimes lectures quickly, but there is interesting material! Always pay attention, take good notes, & try to read before class. Expect in-class group work, midterm and final exam, some homework, and a term paper. Start studying before exam review (exams are true or false and short answer) & attend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Duan is extremely kind and personable. Lectures are discussed at a reasonable pace and always available for review. Homework and exams are through cengage which includes an e-textbook (i.e. purchasing a separate one is unnecessary). Although she lectures from a PowerPoint, she will clarify points as requested. Solid choice!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Yi Duan tries her best to teach the material she has. I will forever be against Cengage and all things Cengage. Beware that on top of paying to take the course, the Cengage is about $120, which is ridiculous. She does her best to help and wants students to learn the material. It is definitely up to you to stay caught up and learn the material.