Reviews of professor Brendan Epstein

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I must have asked Epstein about fifty million questions through the course.  He's patient and good-natured, always seemed concerned that students do well and encouraged asking him for questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
professor was very nice and caring. Fair with scores assigned to homeworks and gave the opportunity of getting full credit on a hw if one filled out a survey for the econ department. has given lots of details on the final exam and it is just like the homeworks so you know what to expect. Really seems to care and aim for student learning and success

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a very good experience in this class.  Good support to do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Would have **not** taken this class if there weren't at least **some** bad reviews. Else seemed too good to be true. Turned out to be a great class and great prof. Grateful for bad reviews, else would have missed out on a great experience. RMP is great: allows to share good and bad experiences. Based my decision on review mix: I read all reviews.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Challenging, but enjoyed the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
5 HWs. 1 extra credit HW. drops lowest HW score. 1 exam. everything curved so final letter grade can get bumped up. fun lectures. kind and encourages discussions in class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
My rating is "average" comparing this online class to other online econ classes at University of Massachusetts Lowell: about the same level of difficulty and about the same class setup.  Epstein is helpful if you ask him questions.  Also he curves grades and that is nice.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Uses MyLab from Pearson for homeworks and tests. IMO this makes things easier than clunky old school pen and paper work. MyLab has practice problems and was easy to use, you also get the etext.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super chill prof. Attendance not mandatory. Lectures are okay.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
My sense is UML only offers this as accelerated course: 8 week, 6 week or 3 week. I chose 3 weeks in the winter. Was scared bc class covers same amount of material as regular full term. But I had heard good things about prof Epstein so just went for it. TBH 3 weeks requires a lot of commitment. But Epstein is very helpful, good class, I did well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
amazingly generous curve.
exam based on HW material.
study HWs and what he goes over in class (he posts online so if you don't want to you don't even have to go to class) and you will do fine.
very responsive to questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Average difficulty.  Good pace to learn at a reasonable speed and amount of material is also reasonable.  Prof. does awesome job: great explanations, and always nice and available to help out.