Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi

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Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/08/2024	So hard to understand, exams are online but are written response. Teacher is a little harsh and doesn’t give much flexibility on grades
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 04/09/2024	This was not the class I expected it to be. Lectures were bland and un-enegaing. Mamidipudi cares a lot about the subject but just doesn't know a good way to share it while also keeping students interested. I will say don't take this class if you don't have a background in economics, as someone in a design focused major and never taken an econ class before in my life I really struggled understanding the content. The thing that kept me a float were the reading quizzes and problem sets since all the questions and answers were reused online. Would have probably dropped the class out of lack of interest in the beginning of the sem if it didn't count towards a gen-ed and my minor.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2023	The class isn't too bad and whatnot. In class, I couldn't pay attention to his lecture at all, because of his accent and I couldn't really understand him, coming from HoH person. All of the reading quizzes are easy and 95% of the times, the answers could be found from Quizlet or Chegg. The exams are taken online, in class.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2023	Great professor that really cares about the content and creates an environment where you're not afraid to share your ideas even in such a big class. I would honestly say it is an easy A as long as you show up to class because he does random attendance credit where you have to scan a QR code. Also as long as you pay attention to lecture and take notes the class is not difficult. Most of the answers for things are on quizlet as well if you need. I did not buy the textbook and don't think you really need it.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/11/2023	You did not have to go to lecture, but he would randomly take attendance and that would then count towards your grade for participation. Minimal work, but content was based heavily on the lecture and readings. Assignments were easier than the exams. The exam averages were around a B. Nice professor and is great at teaching.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2023	I took this class as a second semester senior expecting to just go through the motions with the course, not pay much attention in lecture, and get my degree. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I actually ended up enjoying this class, and I owe all of that to the professor. He did an incredible job of keeping me engaged throughout the lectures and encouraging student participation. He made content interesting and I often felt excited to go to lectures and discussions. He kept classes short, rarely going over 60 minutes, and quizzes and problem sets were fairly easy. Textbook reading is helpful, but the content taught during class lectures is more than enough to do well on exams. The exams are open note and usually straightforward, as long as your notes are organized beforehand and you've paid attention in class you most likely will know what is being asked of you. The class average was quite a bit lower on the first exam than the second, so warning to put in effort for the first one to get started on the right foot. While Thursday discussions are less content based, they were really helpful in learning the type of critical thinking necessary for understanding the world food problem as well as answering exam essay questions.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/24/2022	While he was very passionate about his teaching that was all he was good at. For a GenEd I found this course somewhat hard due to the lengthy textbook chapters, mandatory attendance (taken at random), the poorly worded exam questions, the lack of communication (he ignored all of my emails), and the incorrectly graded assignments. Double the points were unfairly taken off for one incorrect answer on a question with multiple answers. This happened frequently and he refused to fix it. Despite exams being open note, most students found them very difficult. I personally felt like I worked very hard in this course, reading and taking notes on every chapter and every lecture just to barely get a B. Honestly would not recommend this GenEd.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/22/2022	Easy class with exams online. Lecture can get kind of boring sometimes. The professor is passionate and knowledgeable. He brings in guest speakers from time to time. One big con is that in multiple choice questions if there are 2 right answers worth 6 points in total. If you only get 1 of the 2 right answers you will get a 0/6 instead of a 3/6.
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting an A- ifea1 05/16/2022	I loved him and loved the class; it's not easy. His exams are a bit tricky. Don't come in thinking it's going to be an easy A. I'm going to get an A- that I'm happy with, but it was not an "easy" a. but if you show up, study just a bit and talk to him the key is to talk to him make sure he learns your name! It's a big class overall. He was terrific and made it fun; if you don't know if you should take this class or not, I say do it!! He also drops the lowest exam grade 2 of the lowest problem set grades and 2 of the lowest reading quiz grades
Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi AREC365 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/30/2022	I highly recommend this professor. He is so understanding and passionate about the material. He made even the more difficult economic concepts very easy to understand and really listens to student feedback. The final is also optional if you do well on the first two midterms which is amazing.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/08/2024

So hard to understand, exams are online but are written response. Teacher is a little harsh and doesn’t give much flexibility on grades

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
04/09/2024

This was not the class I expected it to be. Lectures were bland and un-enegaing. Mamidipudi cares a lot about the subject but just doesn't know a good way to share it while also keeping students interested. I will say don't take this class if you don't have a background in economics, as someone in a design focused major and never taken an econ class before in my life I really struggled understanding the content. The thing that kept me a float were the reading quizzes and problem sets since all the questions and answers were reused online. Would have probably dropped the class out of lack of interest in the beginning of the sem if it didn't count towards a gen-ed and my minor.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/16/2023

The class isn't too bad and whatnot. In class, I couldn't pay attention to his lecture at all, because of his accent and I couldn't really understand him, coming from HoH person. All of the reading quizzes are easy and 95% of the times, the answers could be found from Quizlet or Chegg. The exams are taken online, in class.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/11/2023

Great professor that really cares about the content and creates an environment where you're not afraid to share your ideas even in such a big class. I would honestly say it is an easy A as long as you show up to class because he does random attendance credit where you have to scan a QR code. Also as long as you pay attention to lecture and take notes the class is not difficult. Most of the answers for things are on quizlet as well if you need. I did not buy the textbook and don't think you really need it.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/11/2023

You did not have to go to lecture, but he would randomly take attendance and that would then count towards your grade for participation. Minimal work, but content was based heavily on the lecture and readings. Assignments were easier than the exams. The exam averages were around a B. Nice professor and is great at teaching.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/08/2023

I took this class as a second semester senior expecting to just go through the motions with the course, not pay much attention in lecture, and get my degree. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I actually ended up enjoying this class, and I owe all of that to the professor. He did an incredible job of keeping me engaged throughout the lectures and encouraging student participation. He made content interesting and I often felt excited to go to lectures and discussions. He kept classes short, rarely going over 60 minutes, and quizzes and problem sets were fairly easy. Textbook reading is helpful, but the content taught during class lectures is more than enough to do well on exams. The exams are open note and usually straightforward, as long as your notes are organized beforehand and you've paid attention in class you most likely will know what is being asked of you. The class average was quite a bit lower on the first exam than the second, so warning to put in effort for the first one to get started on the right foot. While Thursday discussions are less content based, they were really helpful in learning the type of critical thinking necessary for understanding the world food problem as well as answering exam essay questions.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
05/24/2022

While he was very passionate about his teaching that was all he was good at. For a GenEd I found this course somewhat hard due to the lengthy textbook chapters, mandatory attendance (taken at random), the poorly worded exam questions, the lack of communication (he ignored all of my emails), and the incorrectly graded assignments. Double the points were unfairly taken off for one incorrect answer on a question with multiple answers. This happened frequently and he refused to fix it. Despite exams being open note, most students found them very difficult. I personally felt like I worked very hard in this course, reading and taking notes on every chapter and every lecture just to barely get a B. Honestly would not recommend this GenEd.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/22/2022

Easy class with exams online. Lecture can get kind of boring sometimes. The professor is passionate and knowledgeable. He brings in guest speakers from time to time. One big con is that in multiple choice questions if there are 2 right answers worth 6 points in total. If you only get 1 of the 2 right answers you will get a 0/6 instead of a 3/6.

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting an A-
ifea1
05/16/2022

I loved him and loved the class; it's not easy. His exams are a bit tricky. Don't come in thinking it's going to be an easy A. I'm going to get an A- that I'm happy with, but it was not an "easy" a. but if you show up, study just a bit and talk to him the key is to talk to him make sure he learns your name! It's a big class overall. He was terrific and made it fun; if you don't know if you should take this class or not, I say do it!! He also drops the lowest exam grade 2 of the lowest problem set grades and 2 of the lowest reading quiz grades

Ramakrishna Sharan Mamidipudi
AREC365

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/30/2022

I highly recommend this professor. He is so understanding and passionate about the material. He made even the more difficult economic concepts very easy to understand and really listens to student feedback. The final is also optional if you do well on the first two midterms which is amazing.