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ECON 410 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:29 pm, Mar 26, 2013 Report Evaluation		Marlow is an old school economist. He doesn't like anything to do with behavioral economics, government, evidence, logic, or any thinking outside of "Marlonomics." If you want to be beaten over the head with the free market speel then take this class.
ECON 222 Senior Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:23 pm, Apr 4, 2012 Report Evaluation		Marlow was a decent processor. Not the best professor I've had but definitely not the worst. I was kind of looking forward to economics since I'm a nerd, but was slowly discouraged over the course of the quarter by his constant ranting about National Debt and Social Security - we get it, move on. He's obviously conservatively biased, which I don't hold against him, but it was a little too much. The course was pretty easy. Just 3 midterms with the lowest score dropped plus a final, all evenly weighted. The best thing about Marlow, was that he presented the material in a common sense way rather than a memorize this way. Tests were straightforward and never tricky.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 3:27 pm, Mar 27, 2012 Report Evaluation		3 Midterms (lowest grade dropped) and 1 cumulative final. Do NOT take at 8am b/c the fact that he posts lecture slides online will lead you to not go to class. Boring, monotonous, but endurable. Marlow’s a good and interesting professor. Take him for an easy solid B.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:36 pm, Mar 19, 2012 Report Evaluation		If you work well studying by yourself, this class is good for you. Usually, you just have to look over the powerpoints and "tutorials" he puts on PolyLearn to study for the tests. The only thing I hated about the class was it was based 100% on tests, so you definitely need to get As on them if you want an A in the class.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:19 pm, Mar 19, 2012 Report Evaluation		Class is not that bad especially if you follow economics well. Its a fairly logical class, that requires way more than just memorization. Marlow is cool enough and i would recommend this course with him.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Elective 7:48 pm, Mar 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		Your grade in Macroeconomics is based on your top 2 of 3 midterm (50 multiple choice) tests and a 50 multiple choice test final that essentially uses the questions from the 3 midterms. The class is very straightforward and incredibly simple if you grasp econ concepts easily. If not, Marlow did not seem very approachable to me. The couple of times that I talked to him he came off as condescending. Also, he previously worked for the Bush administration and is very right-leaning in his lectures. Overall, Marlow is an easy A - especially if you've already taken MicroEcon.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:13 pm, May 17, 2011 Report Evaluation		Awesome teacher, he really knows his stuff. I like econ so I enjoyed his class but if you don't, the class is super straightforward and he DROPS YOUR LOWEST MIDTERM GRADE so you can definitely get an A.
ECON 410 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 1:41 pm, Mar 22, 2011 Report Evaluation		ECON 410 is Public Finance/ Cost-Benefit Analysis and I really enjoyed the class. He gave all the slides before so you don't have to take notes during class and a lot of people would fall asleep because of that. However, his grading was favorable for students, I think the midterm average was around 87 or 88. Also the questions on the test covered the topics he talked about in class, there weren't any tricks on the tests. Overall, Marlow is straight forward with the material and made the class enjoyable.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 4:03 pm, Jan 4, 2011 Report Evaluation		Let me be clear: this might be the most boring class I've taken at Cal Poly, and I actually find economics quite interesting. It's not even the subject matter. First of all, I took it at 8 am. Secondly, he's extremely monotone. And then when he's lecturing, he sometimes will stay on the same slide and go off onto long tangents for 30 minutes, and you lose interest. You buy some book from a site which has all his slides so most of the note-taking is done for you. I eventually stopped going since I wanted to fall asleep anyways and sometimes did (which I haven't done in any other course). His Blackboard is extremely helpful. It has practice tests and tutorials for each chapter that correspond with the notes you have. If you need help, just go to his office hours as he's supposedly helpful, although I never want. Not too hard to get a B, as he drops one of the three (might have been 4?) tests.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 9:45 am, Dec 16, 2010 Report Evaluation		Easy class. He\'s very clear and straightforward, and there\'s no book, just a booklet of his powerpoints. Study and you\'ll be fine- you don\'t even have to go to class every day. I don\'t see how anyone could have done poorly, since he has online tutorials for each topic and practice questions, which are very similar (sometimes the same) as his exam questions. That being said, I the averages were high (freshman scores were the only thing that brought them down). He is very anti-Keynesian/pro-free market. If you\'ve taken 221 or even econ in high school, the entire first midterm will be review. Great teacher, take him.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 6:11 pm, Dec 15, 2010 Report Evaluation		Marlow makes things really straightforward and easy to understand through his tutorials and powerpoint book. That being said, going to class actually confused things for me so I just stopped going. He just tends to teach more than you need to know, which isn\'t always a bad thing but can be at 8am. I thought he was pretty funny in a dry sort of way. Clearly leans to the right but not in a way that makes you angry or irritated at all. Nice guy, I\'d take him again for an econ class.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:12 am, Dec 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		Easy class. He gives you everything you need to pass (tutorials, sample questions) and the tests are easy to predict. You don\'t really even need to go to class....take this class!
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 7:20 pm, Dec 9, 2010 Report Evaluation		sucks
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:29 am, Dec 8, 2010 Report Evaluation		Marlow is excellent! I have no idea why his rating is not higher. He presents the material very clearly, and provides you with plenty of resources to do well on his three midterms (the lowest of which he will drop)and the cumulative final. He gives you online tutorials and sample questions of which all of his test questions are basically derived from. His test questions are predictable (if you study)and the class moves at a really nice pace so it is easy to keep up with the material. Contrary to what many of the reviews state, I thought he was really good at keeping the class interested. Since I had him at 8 am, there were a few times that the class was distracted or sleepy, and he was very good at gauging the audience\'s interest level. On these occasions, he spiced up his lecture with entertaining econ rap videos that were not only funny, but pertained to the material at hand. An added bonus was the fact that his course material was very inexpensive. Definitely take him, I thoroughly enjoyed his class, and as long as you attend class and go over the tutorials, his class shouldn\'t be a lot of work.
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:52 pm, Nov 28, 2010 Report Evaluation		Take this class if you don\'t want homework/want cheap textbook. However, if you appreciate being engaged or interested in any form don\'t take this class. He seems like a nice guy, but when he just lectures from a PowerPoint that you have a copy of in front of you at 8 in the morning. . . zzzz
ECON 464 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:59 pm, Jun 20, 2010 Report Evaluation		You only meet for this class the first week which is nice. Otherwise you are on you own just doing research, writing, editing. I had a really hard time picking a topic and starting but once I did, I just powered through it in 4 or 5 weeks. Don’t be afraid to take an unfinished draft to Marlow and ask him what’s good and bad about your paper. Although I only talked to him two or three times throughout the quarter, he just helped me to have some direction and provided some motivation to keep the process moving. START AS EARLY AS YOU CAN. I can’t stress this enough…I ran into so many speedbumps along the way that took so much more time than I had initially thought. I finished and turned it in a week early – I suggest doing the same so you can actually enjoy the end of the quarter/graduation.
ECON 410 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:01 pm, Mar 23, 2010 Report Evaluation		Marlow is the most elitist, name dropping teacher I’ve ever had, and personally had a hard time stomaching his “I know more than you do” personality. He is so disgustingly pro free-market and never even hints that there may be another side to the argument. This being said, he is a smart guy who has his discussions laid out in a clear, easy to follow way (off of powerpoint). I never took notes in this class, but you have to go to every lecture if you expect to get an A. He grades super hard on quizzes and tests, so don’t be discouraged if you do poorly on them – I have a feeling he’s never given a 100% to anything in his life. Overall, I felt like I learned a lot in this class and have some views on issues that I would have never been exposed to had I not taken it. I’d recommend it, but be prepared to grind your teeth and hold your tongue throughout the quarter.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 3:22 pm, Feb 4, 2010 Report Evaluation		Professor Marlow is a very smart professor and he knows what he is talking about but he does not have any clue on how to explain it to someone who has only taken econ in high school. There is alot of material to learn in this class and some of it is still very blurry after attending every lecture. When you go to office hours for help he does not like to explain things. He just points out where I could find the answer in his own homemade book, that I didnt understand the first time. If at all possible, I would not take this class.
ECON 201 Senior Grade Earned: B General Ed 9:30 pm, Dec 16, 2009 Report Evaluation		Professor Marlow is very intelligent and obviously knows Econ very well, but he seems almost bored teaching lower level economics. His lectures are purely powerpoint. The text is simply all of the power points bound together, which makes it very affordable. Also, since his lecture is pretty much in the text (minus the you tube videos) it is not extremely important to attend lecture. Since he has taught econ for so long, he posts many of the common issues and answers to them that students have (most of mine were addressed) on blackboard, as well as practice tests and additional supplemental PP slides for each individual chapter. His tests are like the practice tests for the most part ( some questions can be a bit tricky though). He lets you keep the test questions and posts the answers immediately after class so you can determine your grade. The grade is based off 3 midterms (drops lowest midterm grade) and a cumulative final. I went to maybe 30% of the non midterm classes, and got a B. Just study all of the quizzes and supplemental stuff and you\'ll be fine.
ECON 424 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: C Elective 1:46 am, Jun 17, 2009 Report Evaluation		I had Marlow for 3 classes at Poly, Econ 311, 410, and 424. 424 was by far the most interesting and useful class I took at Poly. I didn't study as much as I should have, but I have to say Marlow is the best professor I had at Cal Poly, hands down. Thank you Professor Marlow!
ECON 410 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:59 am, May 5, 2009 Report Evaluation		Econ 410 was the second class I had with Marlow, and it was as equally enjoyable as the first (Econ 424). First of all, Marlow is super intelligent and whip-smart. He is politically biased in favor of the free-market and against government control/regulation...so what? That really should be a non-issue in my opinion (some people complain about it). Econ 410 is a politically charged class, and playing the fence on important economic issues would be a pretty flaccid attempt at teaching economics. I appreciate a teacher who expresses his opinion on any issue while leaving it open to debate. If you disagree with him, go ahead and talk to him about it. Chances are he has encountered your comment a 1000 times before and thought about it long and hard, at which point he will respond and quickly leave you stumped. Marlow thrives off of debate and ideology, which is great for the subject. His tests/quizzes are straightforward, and if you attend class regularly, you'll do fine. Marlow is a great guy and I strongly recommend him. A+
ECON 424 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:05 pm, May 1, 2009 Report Evaluation		Marlow does in excellent job of teaching monetary economics with a Hayeaken(Free market) and Milton Freedman(Monetarism) bias. I think that it was great that he taught it this way because it allows the student to really understand what an extremely intelligent professor actually believes. If he tried to make it completely objective the class would have to of been dumbed down heavily. I love learning what an intelligent economist's position on economic issues is and learning as much as i can from them. If you enjoy the subject it is hard to do poorly in the class. I highly recommend him.
ECON 424 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:46 pm, Apr 1, 2009 Report Evaluation		Marlow is a very interesting teacher and his class was very interesting as well. He is a pretty tough grader and requires a lot of work from his students. That being said, his class was very entertaining and introduced me to lots of ideas that I didn't realize were involved in economic thought. This class very heavily emphasized the current mortgage crisis and explained in full detail what we are trying to do to get out of it, past historical examples, what we are currently doing that is harming us, and how we got into this mess in the first place. Marlow excellently used Wall Street Journal videos and lots of political cartoons to break up the class material and give us real world examples of what is going on. Lots of the interviews and videos he showed us had a lot of relevance to the class and were a great way of learning the material through a different medium. The class is organized as having two midterms and a final. The midterms are pretty tough and require a lot of studying. The tests are very open ended and the questions require a lot of background information and lecture material recall. There is very little calculation on the tests, they are mostly essay tests, making you use the information you have learned in class to answer some very broad reaching questions about our economy. I feel that I learned a lot in this class and that it was really cool to finally be in an economics class that talks about current issues and not just textbook topics. Every other econ class i have taken is just about static models in a textbook and it was great to get some real world application to these macroeconomic ideas. The final was very open ended and was a hard test requiring lots of study. The textbook is made up of Marlow's power point slides, which I was a little concerned with at the start, as I like to have the textbook author be different from the teacher to get another viewpoint on the material, but Marlow's textbook was well written and had lots of good data in it. It really helps to read these before class! There was a lot of additional reading on blackboard, lots of WSJ and other news articles including some longer 10 to 20 page articles. There was a very long, over one hour, podcast we had to listen to, and it was interesting, but very long. This class required a lot of work, but I feel it was worth it and it was pretty interesting. Take Marlow if you can.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:36 pm, Feb 24, 2009 Report Evaluation		I really liked Marlow. He does a great job presenting facts, and he has experience to back up what he teaches. He hasn't just been a professor his whole life... he actually has real world experience. He's fair... meaning he won't cut you a break unless you deserve it... but he won't screw you over either. His online quizzes were pretty easy, and he does curve the class a little. I would have gotten an A in the class but I was sick the week before and the week of finals, so I missed the last two classes and went into the final totally out of my mind. But that's not really his problem... anyway, got a B... probably would have gotten an A. You'll do fine as long as you have a basic understanding of Econ... and if you actually do understand it, you can just skip class and take the online quizzes and just go in for the midterms.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:07 am, Jan 15, 2009 Report Evaluation		Went to maybe 2 classes other than test dates. You can just teach yourself from the notes he puts online and 20% of your grade is in online quizzes u can retake as many times as you'd like. Good, decently easy class.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:30 am, Jan 5, 2009 Report Evaluation		Such an easy class. He writes out the notes for you, and then reads them during class. I skipped about half of the class and taught it to myself in half the time. No textbooks. However, if you want to go to class, he adds little stories that make it very interesting. You can retake online quizzes, and the midterms and finals aren't too bad. He curved at the end. He really seems to try to give A's. Take the class.
ECON 464 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:19 pm, Jan 1, 2009 Report Evaluation		The Economics Senior Project class with Professor Marlow was difficult in that we only met once for the quarter. The rest of the time is your research time and writing time on your project. It was good that he made us meet a prospectus (a detailed outline of the paper) and a rough draft due date. It was hard staying focused and completing the project in a timely manner. Prepare to be planning and working on your paper for the entire quarter. Don't put it off 'till the end, work on it for as long as you can. In this class the goal is to research and write a very professional paper and to fully develop your researching and writing skills. Marlow challenged his students to write at a high level and to create great work. I am very proud of my project and the effort I put into it, and Marlow will make you work hard. The project is pretty much under your own supervision, so stay focused! The grade in the class is pretty much based off of your final draft of your paper. Marlow is a very helpful teacher. He can be a bit difficult at times with wanting better writing or clearer writing from his students, but don't get discouraged, he just wants to push you to do your best. He is helpful via email and in his office. I can't stress this enough, work on your project early! There was also a final exam in this class for all of the Economic thought that has been taught throughout your progress at Cal Poly. It is a difficult test, but it doesn't count toward your grade, which is nice. Overall the class was pretty difficult and challenging, but if you start early and put a lot of effort in, as well as get help from Marlow either via email or in his office hours, you will do fine.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:37 pm, Dec 18, 2008 Report Evaluation		I thought Professor Marlow was an average teacher overall. His lectures are very hard to stay focused in, so I usually skipped class and taught myself through his lecture and tutorial notes, which turned out fine. His method of teaching was a little irritating to me as he would constantly expect you to finish his question with a completely random answer he expects everyone to know. Just study the lecture notes and tutorials and you'll be okay. The online quizzes you can retake and get 100% on all of them so that's cool. Online quizzes, 2 midterms and a final.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:17 pm, Dec 15, 2008 Report Evaluation		I took Marlow for Macroeconomics during my first quarter here at Cal Poly. The class was in the silo, and I really enjoyed the class as a whole. I am an economics major, and this class was going to determine if I was in the right major. After now completing the class, I can say I am glad I chose economics and I am glad I took Professor Marlow. The material requires logic and reasoning, and if you study hard enough, you should be able to get it. I would recommend Marlow because I felt he knew the material well and was trying to present it to us so that we were able to get a grasp of our macro-economy. So overall, I would take him and again and I probably will be taking him again in my upper-division courses.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 1:03 pm, Nov 19, 2008 Report Evaluation		If you like online quizzes that you can retake and printed notes before every lecture then take this class! Its just 2 hours of following along power point slides but he goes beyond what the slides say and elaborates everything. This guy knows what he is talking about. Cumulative final, midterms were reasonable. I would recommend this professor for sure
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 7:50 pm, Nov 15, 2008 Report Evaluation		Ridiculously easy class. I barely ever went b/c all he did in his lecture was read from the slides that were posted on his blackboard site. Tests and quizzes are easy too.
ECON 424 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 8:01 pm, Oct 13, 2008 Report Evaluation		I sit here thinking of better days...the days when I took Monetary Economics with Marlow and when the free market still had a chance to survive. Now, days are grim with ominous accounting midterms hanging over my head, dealing with incompetent finance teachers who can barely speak english, and with the government nationalizing our financial system. The only thing that comforts me in my last days of Cal Poly is knowing that one day I will be able to take another Econ class with Marlow. With that said, let me tell you that Marlow's Econ 424 class was the most interesting and stimulating course I have ever taken at Cal Poly. This is the type of subject that really got me interested in Economics. At the heart of it all is the debate between Keynesians and Friedmanites, which is essentially the debate between modern Democrats and Republicans. I don't really know what to say as far as the class goes. There is no textbook, there is no homework or quizzes, there is no major math or calculation. Marlow gives you a powerpoint slides which he goes over thoroughly in his lecture, leaving no stone unturned. The tests are mainly essay questions. I honestly believe Marlow is the best teacher in the Business/Econ department. Take him any chance you get. Young freshmen: take him for microeconomics, intermediate microeconomics, monetary economics, public finance, and the senior project. You won't regret it.
ECON 424 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 10:31 pm, Aug 13, 2008 Report Evaluation		really interesting class. great teacher who really understands free markets (viva hayek). Tests are straightforward and class was good, went everyday. no book or materials needed which was a plus as well (i.e. blackboard).
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 1:46 pm, Mar 14, 2008 Report Evaluation		Good teacher. Econ is a pretty dry subject, but marlow makes it interesting. he is a great teacher and knows what he is talking about. He adds a lot of personal comments to his powerpoints. Definitely would recommend him
ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:52 pm, Feb 21, 2008 Report Evaluation		GREAT PROFESSOR. Period. You will learn a lot. His tests are fair and the workload is reasonable.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:57 am, Jan 17, 2008 Report Evaluation		Marlow is easy. I would recommend taking him. I literally never studied and got an A. Class averages were in the low 80's on test. If you understand high school econ you will get at least a B.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:36 am, Dec 8, 2007 Report Evaluation		Professor Marlow really isn't all that bad. The power point lectures are really boring, but that is just the nature of the beast. Marlow himself admits that economics is a "dismal science." The class is relatively easy. Outside of class expect to put in about 5 hours of studying for the quarter and you will do just fine. He gives sample exams in his book of notes. His final is 50 questions and easier than his midterms. Just don't expect to do nothing and get an A. You can do nothing and still pass though!
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 1:52 pm, Nov 14, 2007 Report Evaluation		marlow is absolutely ridiculous. his lectures are purely power point, and his "book" is the power point slides bound together. because of this, it's tough to take relevant notes. also, almost everything he says is in question form...like the teacher in ferris beuhler....like he expects the lecture hall to complete his "sentences" in unison. "so if aggregate demand is rising, the supply curve will tend to move ....where?" (10 second pause for drama, then some douche will mumble the answer just in time for everyone to forget the initial question.?) honeslty...don't take this class. i'm still in it right now and it's really hard not to heckle him. i hate him, i really do.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 5:38 pm, Oct 31, 2007 Report Evaluation		His lectures for the most part do not involve taking notes because the textbook required for the class is actually just a hundred pages of printed powerpoint slides. He seems to assume you know what he's talking about (probably forgot most of us were non-econ majors), when he asks a question and nobody answers (and this is in the afternoon in one of those big lecture halls). His lectures helped me a little bit (went to almost everyone and didn't fall asleep) but the textbook also had sample tests in the back which I found the most helpful along with reading the notes. I think you can manage without even going to lectures, as long as you really understand the material. His tests are not that difficult (sample tests like I said help) as long as you study. Your grade is based on two midterms and one cumulative final. Actually you take three but he drops your lowest one.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:01 am, Oct 25, 2007 Report Evaluation		i thought his tests were easy and i liked his no attendance, no homework policy. his lectures are very biased though... this guy is super conservative.
ECON 222 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 8:24 pm, Oct 24, 2007 Report Evaluation		This is so far my favorite professor at Cal Poly. He knows how to present all the material and I really enjoyed listening to his lectures. He is a really chill person and he points out how Economics's takes on a different mind set then a lot of people want to take. I find it easy to listen and follow along with is Power Points and he gives plenty of resources to use to study for test. I recommend him for Econ.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 12:51 am, Mar 25, 2007 Report Evaluation		Marlow was the worst professor I have ever had. His powerpoints were terrible and basically impossible to follow along with his useless and unhelpful book of notes. He never handed back tests or grades so progress was a mystery. Don't take this class!!!
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:38 am, Mar 5, 2007 Report Evaluation		Marlow may certainly know his stuff, but the guy is a total asshole if you come to him with any problem. His lectures are extremely fast-pace and will keep you frantically taking notes. He lectures with distractingly unprofessional Powerpoints filled with 50 billion transitions and sound effects on each slide. In my humble opinion, ths class was unusually time consuming for a GE. Be cautious.
ECON 311 Junior Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 3:54 pm, Jun 21, 2006 Report Evaluation		Good professor but EXTREMELY difficult
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:44 pm, May 7, 2006 Report Evaluation		fuck this crimson looking, ketchup, bitch ass, fairy nigga
ECON 337 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 5:40 pm, May 7, 2006 Report Evaluation		Not to brag but I am an exceptional student. I know how to take tests, allocate my time.... etc. I took Marlow for econ 337 and this muthafucker is hard!!! he had 3 tests all worth a third of your grade, no hw, no attendence, no group projects, no easy points, I studied my ass off to get a C, and my worst grade prior to this in my whole life was a B... this professor is hard dont take him,,, trust me
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:02 pm, Jan 3, 2006 Report Evaluation		Marlow is a great lecturer, if your willing to do your part and stay awake. He presents the information in depth and spends a fair amount of time on each concept. Make sure you do the tutorials in the book and review the practice tests in the back. Hard class, long lectures, challenging tests, learned a lot, but glad its over.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 5:10 pm, Dec 26, 2005 Report Evaluation		had him at 8-10, and it wasnt the end of the world to go-- it doesnt take much effort to follow his powerpoints. but uh, i didnt actually go that often because you can sit at home and teach yourself at a reasonable hour... almost everything he teaches is in that book. hes a good professor.. very reasonable, and a nice grading system.. but attendance isnt mandatory to recieving a good grade.
ECON 201 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: No Credit General Ed 6:37 pm, Dec 16, 2005 Report Evaluation		Marlowe is a great professor whose strongest attribute is being straightforward/cut & dry. Grading is simple... 3 midterms and 1 final. The midterm w/ the lowest grade is dropped. No quizzes, papers, or group projects are dished out so there's minimal work. The only reason I didn't pass this class was because I never studied far enough in advance and focused too much on my other classes. The nice part about this class is that there's no textbook, just a book of notes to purchase. The tutorials w/in the notebook are very, very helpful so make sure and read through them. Even though I hate econ w/ a passion (I tried enrolling in it 2 times and ended up dropping both times just because I found it to be so boring), Marlowe was great at simplifying all the topics covered.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:21 pm, Dec 14, 2005 Report Evaluation		I really thought Marlow was a good econ teacher. He uses a lot of visuals (graphs) to get you to thoroughly understand supply and demand. The tests were fair and I thought I would get an A in the class because I had done well on the first tests. However, the final was really difficult and I must have done pretty poorly on it because my grade dropped to a B. Overall, he's a nice guy and a good choice for an econ teacher.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: D Required (Support) 7:57 am, Dec 14, 2005 Report Evaluation		If you give a rat's _ _ _ about this class then this is probably a good professor. I am sure he would of be willing to help me if I showed up more than once every two weeks and I asked. But, this is the most noring class I have ever taken. THIS CLASS SUCKS so if you can take a different elective do it.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 4:11 am, Dec 10, 2005 Report Evaluation		This class is impossible to take at 8:00 in the morning. Talk about rolling out of bed and then falling back asleep. Marlow attempts to make his lectures interesting by putting in jokes and comics into his powerpoint slides but the monotany of economics thoroughly outweighs it. His tests are okay I guess. He takes a lot of the questions from the practice tests in the back of his "book o notes" so make sure to review those. Marlow is also a bit pompous/egotistical. I suppose he has the right to be seeing as he knows this subject so well and he did work for the US treasury and stuff. But it shows a little too much when people ask questions or answer them and he acts like we should know. We don't which is why we are taking the class....So Marlow is very knowledgable and is an alright teacher. He did get one more kick in our ass though because after a quarter of having full 2 hour lectures at 8 in the morning, the final exam was at 7 in the morning...ouch Marlow.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 1:44 am, Dec 2, 2005 Report Evaluation		Econ 201 is very boring but Professor Marlow presents the material clearly. The only problem with this class is that it is at 8 in the morning. You should definately drink some coffee before class because staying awake helps! There are 3 midterms and you can drop your worst one. There is also a final. It is easy to pass this class if you study. Oh yeah, the book he requires is very helpful and very inexpensive.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 6:04 pm, Nov 30, 2005 Report Evaluation		this class is really easy! i did not study at all and i didn't go to the lectures and still passed! :-) if you are really interested in econ you maybe should take someone else cause his lectures are extremly booooring but if you have to take the class you might choose him ...
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:20 pm, Aug 14, 2005 Report Evaluation		This guy is the best econ teacher ever! This class was even easier than high school econ. Marlow explains this so clearly that it is hard to not pass the class. He doesn't make you buy the useless books that the other econ teachers make you buy which will save you money. I almost received an A- in this class but I was off by a few points so I got a B+. All his tests are multiple choice and I recommend you look at the blackboard site for additional help since that is where you receive most of the information. I didn't even attend all the classes because you don't need to since he posts all his information on blackboard. His final is ridiculously easy. All it consists of is questions from the previous tests that you took in the quarter. So as long as you study your past exams the final should be cake.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:01 am, Jul 22, 2005 Report Evaluation		I was scared for Econ going into it, because i didn't understand anything about the subject. Marlow starts out with the basics, which may be boring for some people, but why complain if its easy? I took this class during a summer 5 week session and although it was at twice the speed, it was still really easy if you put the effort into it. He drops a test so even if you do badly on one, it doesn't even matter. knowing nothing about econ from the start, i went to class most of the time and then studied for an hour or two before each test and did well. I definitely recommend him for this class, especially if you want to take an easy 5 week GE.
GSB 523 Graduate Student Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:05 am, May 21, 2005 Report Evaluation		Runs his whole class off PowerPoint slides and has a very smug attitude. Also tries to teach beyond the scope of the course and crams too much information into too short of a time span. Not recommended.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 8:23 pm, Jan 4, 2005 Report Evaluation		Marlow lectured right out of his book of notes. There are a few blanks in the notes but nothing that you can't figure out so you don't really need to go to class. The tests can be confusing, but you should definately study his online tutorials before each midterm. He also drops a midterm which is nice. The final is exactly like his midterms and he even uses some of the same types of questions from his previous midterms so make sure to study them.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:49 pm, Jan 3, 2005 Report Evaluation		Dr. Marlow is a very straightforward teacher. All that his class requires is that you take exams. No homework, discussions, essays, nothing. Just exams. I found it an easy class to take in addition to my other, more difficult classes. I would say on an average class day, roughly 60% of the class seemed to be in lecture, because you don't technically have to show up for anything but exams. I really recommend attending every day because a lot of the material is much better explained in class that on his online lectures. I did not buy any of the required or recommended books and still got an A because the exams follow the lectures well. Marlow is a good teacher, relates economic lessons very well to moderm examples, and has a good sense of humor.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:39 am, Dec 16, 2004 Report Evaluation		The professor sells the lecture notes in the bookstore, and thery are worth the $8. The subject of Econ is super boring! I took this class first thing in the morning, so I fell asleep a lot; I sugest that you take this class later in the day when you're awake, or Marlow will put you to sleep and then you will miss everything. There are three tests, but he drops the lowest and the final has some exact questions that the midterms had.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:27 am, Dec 15, 2004 Report Evaluation		Marlow is a great econ teacher. Sometimes it gets boring listening to his lectures, because he uses powerpoint. But if you listen to what he's saying, he makes economics inresting and fun to learn. He has some good jokes and cartoons to liven up the class. Also, instead of requiring the students to buy a textbook, he only makes you buy these $10 notes of his. Marlow has 3 midterms and one final. But, he only grades 2 of the midterms. So if you screw up on one, you still have another chance to redeem yourself. Marlow is a nice guy,and he understands the students. I would take him again if I had another chance.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:08 am, Dec 15, 2004 Report Evaluation		Class is kind of boring, but Professor Marlow makes it as intersting as he can. The class is also very easy, there are only 3 midterms, and your lowest one gets dropped. Then the final is only worth 25% of your grade. He also sells you a book of the notes for the class, and with online tutorials available on blackboard, its a very easy class. After the second midterm, i stopped going to class. With class at 8 am, its a very tempting class to skip. Good professor though.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:50 am, Dec 14, 2004 Report Evaluation		Marlow was a great teacher for econ. No homework, no quizzes; three midterms and he drops the lowest one. Midterms are 35% each and the final is 30% of the final grade. At any rate, if you understand the things he goes over in class, it is easy to get an A on the tests. Take Marlow if you've got the chance.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 3:12 pm, Dec 11, 2004 Report Evaluation		BORING! but the good thing is that you don't have to go to class. I did until the second midterm, then, knowing that he drops one of the three, i stopped going. Final is worth 25% of your grade, not so bad. Overall, he does his job, and the class is not hard at all. try not to take it early though, 8am=sleep through class
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 6:12 pm, Dec 9, 2004 Report Evaluation		Really boring class at 8AM so unless you're a great morning person, don't take this class in the early hours of the day. He seems to know a lot from what I could pick up between snores. Pay attention and get the book of notes and you should be fine. Make sure to write notes as well in the book.
ECON 410 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:33 pm, Mar 29, 2004 Report Evaluation		Public Finance is a really cool class and Dr. Marlow knew a ton about the subject. He is an extremely insightful teacher who talks about real issues. He is an excellent speaker and the class tackles basic public policies. Dr. Marlow incorporates lectures about smoking, drinking, taxes, into this class. There is a midterm and a final, all essay like questions that are not bad if you read the chapters in the book. He assigned a few homework assignments in order to prepare for the midterm. Dr. Marlow is one of the few Economic teachers who understands students and can actually teach. 410 is a cool class and don't hesitate to take it.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:29 am, Jan 14, 2004 Report Evaluation		This class was soooooooooo boring, but there are some good things about this class. For one thing, you don't have to buy a textbook, just some $8 paper booklet. Another thing, you don't have to go to class! I didn't realize this until after the 2nd midterm, but I didn't go for the last 4 weeks of class and I still did fine. He puts up questions and answers on blackboard, and if you study those, you'll do fine. Oh, and he also drops one of your midterms.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:31 pm, Jan 5, 2004 Report Evaluation		Marlow makes Economics about as interesting as it can possibly be. Economics is very boring, and I think he realizes this. His models and examples provide a very clear and concise look at the concepts he's trying to portray, and they get the point across very well. Go to the majority of the lectures and read his online tutorials once before eac midterm and the final, and you should be fine. Try not to take this class early in the morning, though. You'll find it's VERY hard to stay awake.
GSB 533 Graduate Student Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:42 am, Sep 23, 2003 Report Evaluation		This guy knows more about economics than God does. You don't have to buy a book, all you have to do is print a bunch of slides that have some words missing and fill them in during class. He is kind of opinionated, but I didn't care 'cause he knows a lot of stuff. His tests aren't that bad, and he's a fairly easy grader, just write what you can and go for partial credit if you don't know anything.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 6:34 pm, Feb 9, 2003 Report Evaluation		His lectures are pretty boring, but if you manage to stay awake and go to class every day, you'll have no trouble at all. Study the midterms for the final, and get familiar with the way he writes his questions.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:32 pm, Feb 4, 2003 Report Evaluation		extremely boring class. i took it in the afternoon and still fell asleep. Marlow knows his stuff, and he can be entertaining at times, but for the most part, you can get by with looking over the slide shows online and not going to class. beware of his exams, they are confusing and poorly written, but not overly difficult.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:22 pm, Jan 20, 2003 Report Evaluation		Overall Marlow is a good teacher although his lectures can be a bit boring at times. He does all of his lectures using power point presentations. The slides are all in the course's required book. In the book, he leaves words out so that you'll come to class and copy them down from the lecture. At the end of each section, he has key questions and the answers are all on blackboard. If you can do these questions, you'll get a good grade. Marlow was very helpful in his office hours and he lets you drop your lowest of three midterms.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 7:25 pm, Jan 8, 2003 Report Evaluation		Marlow is not a bad teacher, just a boring one. I think I learned a lot, but only on the days that I stayed awake. The tests weren't that bad, as long as you do the review questions at the end of every chapter. He gives his lectures from slides, which are all in a book. There are a few blanks, but nothing to difficult to figure out if you decide to take a two-hour nap.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: D General Ed 8:44 pm, Jan 3, 2003 Report Evaluation		Professor Marlow was a pretty good professor considering that Econ 201 is NOT my class. He was very helpful when I asked him questions and never acted like there was a dumb question. His lectures consist of him lecturing from power points and the student filling in blank spaces in your student guide. His tests are fair, but hard for me. A good thing that he did was that he let you keep your test and then he posted the answers of the test on his blackboard website so you knew what your grade on the midterms were that night. I would recommend him if you can handle lectures in a big room. I would definitely say this guy is nice because he passed me.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:56 pm, Dec 31, 2002 Report Evaluation		Econ is just one of those classes you have to take. Marlow's class was pretty boring, I feel asleep regularly and even drooled on occasion. It really is a pretty brutal class, those two hours go by slower than a turtle towing a semi. Very little of the material was interesting. Try and pay attention the best you can and study the book of notes. Studying is key. The only reason I got an A was because I had an excellent Econ teacher in high school.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 7:50 pm, Dec 15, 2002 Report Evaluation		kinda boring...test difficult. Or mayber i just hated econ and couldnt stay awake. Just not a very interesting lecturer!
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 12:37 pm, Nov 19, 2002 Report Evaluation		Besides Econ being a pretty boring class to sit through for two hours, I really enjoyed marlow's class. I had a pretty good understanding of econ in highschool, so I was pretty prepared for his class. He never gives out homework, all you do is listen to lectures,(notes aren't even necessary in my opionion) and take 4 tests. The lowest test is dropped. The tests are really easy if you pay attention to the lectures, and the final was a joke. It would have taken me maybe 15 minutes if I wasn't helping someone else cheat. If you don't like homework, and you plan to pay attention in class, go for Marlow.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 7:28 pm, Oct 26, 2002 Report Evaluation		Professor Marlow is the first conservative professor I've had here. He presents the material in a kind of slanted way. An entire class session was spent on why he thinks we should have school vouchers, and he loves Reaganomics. He is a fairly interesting lecturer, I must admit. Even if you know the material well tests are still dificult because the questions are a little convuluded. I found many of the questions oversimplified and confusing.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 12:29 am, Jun 26, 2002 Report Evaluation		show up and pay attention in lecture and you can't go wrong. Class like this one does not packed with difficult stuff. If things make sense to you, you don even need to study for it. Pay attention to his lecture is the fastest and the easiest way to learn. Take midterms seriously as they pretty much reflect you final grade. If you get the first two midterms well, you cannot go wrong with about the first 31 out of 50 questions in the final and this make A easy to earn.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 12:31 pm, Jun 21, 2002 Report Evaluation		Dr. Marlow's class was pretty good. I don't understand what the comments below are about. I was in the small ECON section - only 40 people, and it was pretty nice. Marlow lectured with powerpoint slides, and we had to buy a 2nd Edition book with all of the slides in it for notes. The system worked out pretty well. Grades were determined by the best 2 of 3 midterms (75% of your grade) and a final (25%). So dropping a midterm was nice too. And Marlow knew his stuff - he answered questions during lecture and our 5-10 minute break, and was pretty nice about the whole thing. His lectures were straightforward, and if I had to complain, I'd say there were too many examples. But hey, some people need more examples. Overall, I'd say Dr. Marlow is a GREAT professor if you have to take an economics course. He's well prepared, and teaches the material in a way that makes sense - he teaches you how to apply it, not just "This is this concept, and who thought of it". If you have to take ECON, take it with him. And if you can, take it in the small section, if there is one. It's well worth it.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:42 pm, Jun 20, 2002 Report Evaluation		Marlow is a very charismatic professor who presents what would otherwise be dry material in a fairly interesting and clear way. He doesn't come across as very friendly but he's very fair and teaches well. He words his tests very trickily (which is intentional or lack of effort), so watch out. If you can get him for the small ECON 201 lecture (40-50ppl), go for it - but like I said, watch out for the wording!
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:43 am, Feb 23, 2002 Report Evaluation		Dr. Marlow was not the friendlies man in the world. He just stands up at the front of the Silo and does his powerpoint presentation with little to no student interaction. He's really boring and I had the class for two hours, so it was really difficult to stay awake the whole time. The tests are multiple choice (and he gives you the answers as you leave so you know your grade right away, a major plus), but they are not the easiest. They cover quite a bit of material, so know the stuff well. If you can, take another professor.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Elective 7:53 pm, Dec 12, 2001 Report Evaluation		Prof. Marlow was a very good teacher to have for Econ 201. He gave three midterm exams, the lowest grade of the three he dropped. The final exam was mostly taken from previous exam questions, which were just slightly changed for the final. You won't need the text unless you need TONS of extra help understanding the concepts because all of his exam questions were taken from the lectures. The power point lecture notes are all laid out for you in a book that you use to take notes on throughout the quarter. He is very willing to help students understand concepts during his office hours and is concerned to see his that students succeed. He seemed to try to bring aspects of the "real world" into the lecture so people would understand why and how things are happening in our economy and that made economics just about as interesting as it can possibly be. Overall, I would recommend Marlow as a professor if you have to take Econ 201.
ECON 201 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 6:20 pm, Dec 7, 2001 Report Evaluation		This class was one of the easiest classes I have taken at Cal Poly. It basically reinforced the material I learned in a one semester high school econ class. Econ 201 was even easier than high school econ. I did not purchase the book and missed about a quarter of the classes, but had little trouble on the tests because the material came from his $10 book of lecture notes.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 5:50 pm, Dec 6, 2001 Report Evaluation		Dr. Marlow enjoys hearing himself speak. He is the sort of person that speaks and does not teach. He is extremely insensitive if you have a question. He made me feel as if I were not good enough to talk to him. His entire class is done on power point. The information is presented purely in graph form. The book is to explain what the graphs are talking about. It is not necessary to purchase but can be a big help if you have difficulties understanding purely graphs. If you like to sleep in class this is the one to take. More heads were on desks than not in this class. There are three midterms and a final. The lowest of the midterms is dropped. Which is fair. I studied for days for the second midterm and did horrible. The tests do not resemble the slides shown in class. Good Luck
ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:48 pm, Jun 21, 2001 Report Evaluation		Powerpoint and lecture notes.. don't even bother with the book, everything on the test is from his lecture notes and the books will just confuse you. marlow will stress knowing the graphs for different situations.....LEARN THEM! if you know them and can set them up, the tests are easy as cake.. someone said he talks to his students like they're kindergardeners..and he does, when 1/2 the class is asleep and the few that are awake are giving him blank stares. econ's not the most interesting things and he knows it and does his best to compensate.
GSB 500 Graduate Student Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:17 pm, Mar 29, 2001 Report Evaluation		Mike is a great teacher...I would love to take him again. He is lacking some objectivity, but that is fine with me...
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:38 pm, Mar 13, 2001 Report Evaluation		Marlow is a great professor. All the tests are 50 question multiple choice including the final. He lets you have the full 2 hours to take the tests but most people were done in a little over an hour. There are 3 midterms (lowest is dropped) and a final. He assigns reading, but lectures on the same stuff. You can buy all his notes from the 2nd edition, except the newspaper clippings that he puts on his power point presentation during the qtr. The lectures are very straight forward. Occaisionally he assigns reading from the wall street journal. DON'T BUY THE WSJ! Its a waste of money. Unless you like reading the wsj then you can do whatever you want. He is a very good teacher. I studied I got an A. My friend didn't study much and he got a B.
ECON 201 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:34 pm, Mar 4, 2001 Report Evaluation		Marlow was an alright teacher. His grading was fair since your lowest exam is dropped. Although, as a teacher, he is very boring and dry. He talks to the class as if we're in elementary school making sure everyone is quiet before he continues talking. I would not say he's a good teacher, nor would I say he's bad.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: Credit Required (Support) 3:30 pm, Jan 8, 2001 Report Evaluation		Dr. Marlow is quite possibly the most rude person i have met. I had another class during his office hours and when i asked to make an appointment to go over some things i didn't understand, he said "No". Plain and simple "No". As if I had asked a stupid question. He is intimidating, full of himself, and extremely condesending. I would not recommend him as a teacher.
ECON 201 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 7:58 pm, Dec 4, 2000 Report Evaluation		This class at first seemed fine. He is better than Beardsley I have heard. However, I went into the final with a 91%. I got a 54% on the final, and I studied! ALOT! So that left me with a C in the class. It was the worst test I have ever taken in my entire lifetime. Don't take this class unless your only choice is Beardsley or Marlow. Actually, just wait until a third choice is offered.
ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 1:36 am, Jun 11, 2000 Report Evaluation		The above review is pretty accurate. I found the tests to be harder- they required a lot of brainpower and were very tricky. I think Marlow liked to be vague in class on certain subjects, then put it on the test just to see if we knew it. You have to know the stuff WELL. The lectures are as interesting as econ can get (DON'T take early morning or night class). If you miss a class, you're behind quite a bit. The good thing is that he's a pretty cool guy and the grade is only based on three tests and nothing else.
ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 4:35 pm, Mar 2, 2000 Report Evaluation		Marlow makes econ as good as it can get. We all know economics is not the most exciting subjuect and he relizes it as well. He does all his lectures on with the use of a power point presentation which makes really easy to follow. Plus he passes out an outline for his lecture. He also relates the information you're learning to what's going on in the economy today (often with articles from the Wall Street Journal). His tests are a little tough, but no bad. You can do the whole class off the lecture, no need to read the book. He oftne doesn't even know what chapter he is lecturing on. He knows what he needs to teach and does it. Show up to class and you'll do fine.

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