Reviews of professor Can Tian

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Tian is such a nice professor and I loved talking to her after class. SO knowledgeable in MACRO and monetary policy and her 423 class is very well structured and time-efficient, with ready made and current slides and she ends class perfectly. Exams are harder than the practice but doable, I think she curves at the end. Great chill ECON elective

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Tian has a very unique course structure. All of the HWs are easy 100s, but the tests are very difficult. However, it is a mystery how she grades tests. I should've got around a 60 and 80 on the two midterms, but my grades came back as an 80 and 96. She doesn't explain any sort of curve, so it makes no sense, but grade ends up being easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I highly recommend taking ECON 101H with her. She is humorous, nice, and very knowledgeable. Class can get boring but everything was pretty straightforward. She was always willing to answer questions and responds to emails rather quickly. I would say it was pretty easy to get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is on the easier side of economics at UNC. I certainly enjoyed the concept as a whole but I found it easier to just read the textbook on the hard stuff as the slides were vague. Homework and Exams are very fair and Tian is a forgiving grader. A great elective to take at UNC if you need it!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
So far, Tian is one of the easier ECON professors I've had at UNC - tests are not bad and hws are reviewable pre-submission. However, it also may be the most boring class I've taken despite liking the material. She is nice and is willing to help outside of class if needed, but you need some serious willpower to pay attention to the lectures.