Berliant

Disaster. Big suffering. Just avoid this course by all means. Nice man, but not teaching more like speaking to himself. There's NO way you can follow his class. He uses no slides or textbook, if you don't come to class you miss everything, if you come, you understand nothin either. The reading references are so messed up.

10/31/2024

This class is taught primarily by blackboard, no slides, so attending class is crucial but by no means implies you will know what's going on. Group work is essential for problem sets, often taking many sessions to complete each. It seems he thinks students come with more intuitive knowledge than they do.

2/18/2020

Once lost 3% of entire grade in class by adding a single "s" to my exam answer - Berliant expects students to know their theory inside and out (including number of actors needed for each model). Very friendly kooky professor vibe and will explain everything you ask, just need to ask. Also the grading is strict but he will curve the average to a 90.

11/11/2019

Berliant is a fantastic human being and so smart. I went to his office hours regularly to discuss everything from econ to life. The class is graded by very few things (40% for both exams, 20% for 4 homeworks), and the homework takes a good amount of time to do. If you go to office hours and work in groups, you can succeed.

12/18/2017

To be fair, Marcus is the nicest, sweetest, and most genuine professor in the Econ department. However, his lectures are unfocused due to tangents, the class material is overly technical and conceptually boring, and his 2 exams (combined 80% of grade) are so short that grading becomes close to arbitrary. Definitely an overrated professor.

12/13/2017

Berliant is easily one of the best professors in the Econ department.

12/12/2017

Marcus is the sweetest professor and LOVES urban econ! He loves when you come to office hours and won't feed you the answers but will help you understand concepts. Problem sets are difficult/ unclear but there are not very many. The tests are very short so its a toss up how you do on them but in the end he is an easy grader.

12/12/2017

Really helpful, one of the nicest professors in the whole university. Since we don't use textbook, you just have to attend the lectures for good grades.

12/14/2013

Boring class, but he is extremely helpful to students.

4/20/2005

Lectures could be tedious. Genuinely concerned for students. Workload is fairly light, but the few problem sets require some thought.

3/8/2005