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Joshua Linn ECON486 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2025	Prof. Linn is a really knowledgeable guy, and I found the class really interesting. Sometimes the 75-minute lectures get a little long, but you do learn some interesting things about the markets that fuel our world. Linn is also a good lecturer so it's not too hard to stay engaged. For the work side of the class, you have maybe five homeworks due in class so do them ahead of time, but they're never that bad. The midterms are either long or short-answer questions, so as long as you know the topic, you can kinda yap your way to an A. Big plus is that the final was OPTIONAL if you like your grade and, even if you do take it, the final can't lower your grade.
Joshua Linn ECON486 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/21/2025	Lectures (or really the content itself) are quite dull to be honest, and a lot of people do not show up to class. Despite that, he seems like a pretty nice guy. There are homework assignments every 2/3 weeks that must be turned in at the beginning of class on paper. They are not super hard and neither was the midterm. There is a second midterm right before the end of the semester and then an optional final (take if you want/need to improve your grade). The one thing about this class is that I think the name is a little misleading. It focuses heavily on electricity & energy markets, not much about actual environmental stuff, but I guess that is because there is another class for that. We do learn about needing to consider pollution as an externality and a couple of environmental disasters that were related to energy companies, though. I would give a 3.5/5 if that was an option, it's not a bad class at all.
Joshua Linn ECON486 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/11/2023	Extremely nice and organized. Assignments clearly stated. Very generous when grading. Simple class, good professor.

Joshua Linn
ECON486

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/20/2025

Prof. Linn is a really knowledgeable guy, and I found the class really interesting. Sometimes the 75-minute lectures get a little long, but you do learn some interesting things about the markets that fuel our world. Linn is also a good lecturer so it's not too hard to stay engaged. For the work side of the class, you have maybe five homeworks due in class so do them ahead of time, but they're never that bad. The midterms are either long or short-answer questions, so as long as you know the topic, you can kinda yap your way to an A. Big plus is that the final was OPTIONAL if you like your grade and, even if you do take it, the final can't lower your grade.

Joshua Linn
ECON486

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
04/21/2025

Lectures (or really the content itself) are quite dull to be honest, and a lot of people do not show up to class. Despite that, he seems like a pretty nice guy. There are homework assignments every 2/3 weeks that must be turned in at the beginning of class on paper. They are not super hard and neither was the midterm. There is a second midterm right before the end of the semester and then an optional final (take if you want/need to improve your grade). The one thing about this class is that I think the name is a little misleading. It focuses heavily on electricity & energy markets, not much about actual environmental stuff, but I guess that is because there is another class for that. We do learn about needing to consider pollution as an externality and a couple of environmental disasters that were related to energy companies, though. I would give a 3.5/5 if that was an option, it's not a bad class at all.

Joshua Linn
ECON486

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/11/2023

Extremely nice and organized. Assignments clearly stated. Very generous when grading. Simple class, good professor.

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