Economics at Stanford

docketgold
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:28:07 +0000

What you’d expect with a department of its size, not very, and it depends.

Profs are hit or miss. Some are good, some not so good, although I’ve never had one I’d say was truly terrible, as in, so bad it actively hindered by learning of the material. It’s pretty easy to ask around and figure out which classes are good (i.e. have a good prof) and which aren’t.

Personally, I don’t find it all that hard of a major. It’s not incredibly demanding, the unit load is pretty fair, and almost every class has some good takeaways that will stay with you. It may turn out it’s just not your thing, you don’t think in a way that’s compatible with it or whatever, but I think most people find that if they want to do it and are willing to put in the work, they can.

Class size varies. Intro and core classes are something on the order of a couple hundred, upper division classes can be anywhere from 15 to 100, depending on popularity.