Fall 2026

Consumer Policy Analysis

CNSRSCI 579: CONSUMER POLICY ANALYSIS analyzes consumer policies and applies economic analysis to laws and regulations.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Gisella Kagy

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Historical reviews of Melody Harvey: Reviewers report harsh grading on small assignments and assignments worth significant portions of the grade that were not adequately taught in class.

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Prerequisites

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CNSRSCI 579

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Professors

Fall 2026

Gisella Kagy

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Fenaba Addo and Melody Harvey describe poor engagement and unclear instruction. Addo's lectures were unengaging and failed to clarify key concepts. Harvey was criticized for a monotonous delivery, lack of assignment guidance, and harsh grading on untaught material, leaving students confused and bored.

FENABA ADDO is recorded teaching in Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GISELLA KAGY is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MELODY HARVEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	39 / 42	0

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Student experience

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Historical reviews describe the course as boring and unengaging, with students struggling to grasp key concepts due to unclear instruction and lack of enthusiasm from past instructors.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.06 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Melody Harvey: Reviewers report harsh grading on small assignments and assignments worth significant portions of the grade that were not adequately taught in class.

Historical reviews of Fenaba Addo, Melody Harvey: Students found lectures disengaging and unclear, with some reporting that the professor did not respond to emails or provide sufficient instructions for assignments.

Topics

Consumer policies at federal, state, and municipal levels
Consumer laws, public policies, and regulations
Impacts on consumers' well-being

Skills

Applying economic analysis to consumer laws and regulations
Studying the process of creating and enforcing legislation

Grades

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CNSRSCI 579 · Fall 2026

Consumer Policy Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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Model & dataset provenance

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