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I have decided to do an update on ECON705 with White. I know not everyone agrees with this but I consider it a PSA. Many have commented on her treatment of students, her lack of "teaching" and the horrible material. I have emailed the head of the program and received the response, she is a respected member of the faculty and we should be happy that she gives us the ability to take the Exercise Questions multiple times. For those of you who did not know, these are simply the math questions at the end of the unit where she picks a couple to test us on. I don't personally consider this a gift, but apparently, I am wrong.
I was told several students have received 100% on the exams so I must be wrong. For those who do.. PLEASE TELL THE REST OF US YOUR SECRET!
The actual exams, which is done using Proctorio, allow for nothing at all and requires you to ensure you have memorized 100% of the formulas. The questions are worded as poorly as the textbook is written.
Her response for extra resources and help regarding the topics: "There tend to be plenty of end-of-chapter questions that I do not assign for students to practice with and you are free to post anything about those questions, including all of the steps of your work (unlike the assigned exercises). I do expect you to take advantage of what you already have access to. "

This means I am getting no additional help or resources

I asked about the ability to utilize excel during the exams so that I can visualize the data in order to answer some of the questions as I am a visual person. I finally called her out and asked why she has not responded to several of my emails.
Her response:
"You sent me an email about using Excel during the exams. I have repeatedly said to the entire class that you will have access to your calculator and scratch paper so I did not respond to that question, since I have done so many times."

She only responds to emails she feels are worth responding to that she hasn't possibly vaguely addressed somewhere else. Many times after asking for help or feedback, after receiving a very quick "follow my reading guide" I respond asking for resources that would be clearer to understand. She never responds.

With that being said, I am not saying that I am perfect at economics. Obviously, I am not. I am however an educator and I know what a model teacher looks like. I know how an online course should be structured. This course under her direction has not met this expectation. I refuse to give up and will continue to put in the 30+ hours a week to try and get through this material. I have learned my lesson and obviously should have taken the well known and liked Shaughnessy.

We now have three weeks left and I will continue to try and hold my C average. There are two days left in the semester to drop with a "W".
We started with over 420 students in the class. As of right now we are down to 242. That is a close to 42% drop rate. This should be considered unacceptable by the school.

I wish everyone luck in this program and firmly believe that it is what you make of it. I have enjoyed the classes I have been in, including what many have classified as the work-intensive ones. I hope this somewhat lengthy overview is helpful for someone out there.

Bombed is correct... I worked harder on this test on material and once again it didn't work out. Those questions didn't even relate to half of the reading questions. I am so fed up with ECON and Dr. White. I have emailed her several times asking for help. She responds with, you got this wrong and follow the reading questions. Not enough actual help or teaching. The text book has errors in it left and right. The class is down to 262 from over 400 and the head of the program will not step in. I was looking forward to this class and she has made it miserable!