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Originally Posted by king_2011
which prof did u take econ 317 with? Was it with Douglas Catherine? i've been getting mixed reviews on her from ratemyprofessor.
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Yup, took it with Douglas.
Like joeystorm said, you can either do a community service learning group work related to poverty and inequality or write a term paper. Most people in my class did the CSL and so did I. It was pretty easy because it was the first time they were doing the volunteer stuff when I took 317 last winter. I actually learned a lot through the community service.
There are also labs where participation marks are given as long as you show up. Labs are all group work too so you get to work with different people.
Midterm was take a take home exam. Careful on this one as the marking is a bit harsher. You need to give very specific and detailed answers.
For the final she gives guide questions beforehand based on the assigned readings. Honestly, I didn't buy the package and did not do any readings. A bunch of us just made a google doc where people answered the guide questions and we all studied from that. The questions on the final were very similar to the guide questions.
You don't really need any econ knowledge for the course. It helps but its not needed. There is no math at all.