William Clark

School: University of Oklahoma
Department: Economics
Location: Norman, OK
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Pros: Gives you the quizzes in advance
Writes everything down on the board
Attendance isn't required
Gives you the question bank for the exams
Cons: Tests are still difficult
No online notes
If you don't go to class, you won't pass the tests
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Pros: none what so ever
Cons: Don't bother attending his class unless you bincoculars and a hearing aid. His first test has a curve alright, your grade does not reflect how correct you are, the TA's go through and say this sorry SOB is gonna get a D and this one will get a C, this class is bogus avoid it as best you can it does nothing but kills your GPA.
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Pros: He was a very good teacher and helped you if you needed it.
Cons: He does not like technology so you can't really read his handwriting and sometimes can't hear him.
I liked him!
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Pros: VERY ORGANIZED, great lectures in that he introduces a concept and then gives an example, gave bonus assignments
Cons: you need to buy the book in order to work some of the homework
GREAT CLASS!! study examples in your notes about specific topics i.e. Great Depression theories or Consumption theories...they will be on the test!
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Pros: Funny professor
Makes you think
Cons: Difficult test
Overall I really enjoyed listening to Prof. Clark's lectures. He taught me many useful things. The tests are extremely hard and are graded by the TA's. My TA was Chinese and couldn't speak great English. I would have points taken off of exams because I would use the exact words listed on they key. After every test I would stop by Prof. Clark's office hours and he would usually give me credit for the problems the TA's counted off points. Great professor but hard class.
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Pros: Hilarious,
knowledgeable,
keeps focus,
very friendly at office hours,
Can ask TA for answers to quizzes beforehand,
lots of tools for success
Cons: Difficult Exams (cannot be overstated)!!!!!!!!!!!
Clark is extremely knowledgeable and a fantastic teacher. Tells several funny stories. Attending every lecture is crucial to success in the class. The tests are extremely difficult. No curve. To prepare for the tests there is free tutoring with Action tutoring, TA office hours, and study sessions so the class is manageable.
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Go to class and learn from Clark. He's a great teacher and you can actually learn from his lectures. TA's are pretty solid too, but can be hit or miss as always
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Pros: good at working with students. you can pretty easily argue to get points back on exams.
Cons: Dr Clark is SO boring and dry. he writes on the chalkboard and it is hard to understand because he tries to write big enough for everyone in the lecture hall to see and runs out of space. talks very quietly and monotone.
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Pros: Dr. Clark was an awesome lecturer. I didn't want to take this class at first, but he is very entertaining despite the boring subject. His tests are killers though.
Cons: The discussion class was not nearly as fun with the TA. There were quizzes periodically in the discussion that you have to study for, but that's all.
I loved the lectures by Dr. Clark, but I hated the discussion section with a TA and the ridiculously hard tests.
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Pros: He is a great teacher in the fact that he writes literally everything on the chalk board which makes it easy to take notes.
Cons: He isnt very good with technology so when the microphone doesnt work you can forget trying to hear him from the back of the lecture hall.
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Pros: TAs will help you out if you seek help. Clark gives entertaining and funny lectures.
Cons: He once put a vocab word to define from the second part of class on the first exam. His hand writing can be hard to read sometimes
He is a good professor, do not worry about having him.
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Pros: T.A's are usually willing to help you out as much as they can
Cons: Writes on the board with chalk so its hard to read being in such a large classroom, You have to be willing to put a lot of time and effort to earn a good grade and meet with the T.A's as frequently as you can
Difficult class, but you if you stay on top of making sure you understand everything once it has been taught any one will do fine
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Pros: his notes are accurate to the test.
Cons: its boring
work hard!
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Pros: Great lectures.
Cons: Hard class.
Clark is great, watch out for discussion TAs.
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Pros: Great
Cons: None
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Pros: Lectures are very structured. Don't need the book.
Cons: Your grade depends on whether or not you use the right words on the test. Dull lectures.
Tries to make the class extremely hard for what it really is. I suggest learning the concepts before it is time to review for a test. This way when you go to review you can review TERMINOLOGY and how things are said so you can receive full credit on questions that you explain.
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Pros: You can definitely tell Clark has been teaching for many years. He basically has all of his notes memorized, and from year to year they are virtually the same.

As he writes, he will speak what he is writing which is helpful to those who are not sitting up front. (Tip 1, Sit up front!) He writes, and writes, and writes, so be prepared to take a lot of notes and write down EVERYTHING he has on the board.

He repeats things over and over again to help you memorize it.

6 quizzes which are given ahead of time so you should be able to make 100 on each quiz.

(Tip 2, get a good TA. You will have a much higher chance of success. I've heard Brian Piper is really good. I had Chen Wu- he was a nice guy, but an awful teacher. It was very hard to understand Chen and his handwriting was almost impossible to read.)

Overall, I made a "B".
Cons: I'm not going to lie, this is a tough class and be prepared to study a lot and seek tutoring if needed, or you will fail this class. You have to make sure you understand the concepts when it comes to the graphs, not just memorize something - that will get you no where in here. For key term questions, write down EVERYTHING you know. The TA's love to take off points.


Material is rushed and it feels like information is just being crammed down your throat, but don't panic, instead seek help. (Tip 3, seek tutoring ASAP if you don't understand something. I recommend Action Tutoring, provided free by the University. Without that, I would had failed this class miserably.)
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Clark is a really good prof. He really cares that his students know about economics and he is really knowledgeable. His lectures are actually interesting sometimes and DEFINITELY necessary to get a good grade. There are 3 exams including the final that are really hard to ace since the TAs always seem to find something to take points off for. You also have 5 or 6 really easy quizzes in your discussion section, depending on your TA. Clark tells you when you're having a quiz and if you buy the workbook you'll have the quiz ahead of time and you can work out the problems ahead of time. Make sure you get a good TA, the class is pretty hard if your TA is bad like mine was. All in all, good class to take, good professor, you just have to go to class and actually study.
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dont buy the book you only use the workbook

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