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Bruce Hansen

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ECON 709
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Bruce is a great researcher/Econometrician but not a good Professor/teacher who is supposed to mold students, get the best out of them and help them achieve their ambitions coz he simply doesn't care about students. He secretly writes &quot… Read full reviewShow less
Bruce is a great researcher/Econometrician but not a good Professor/teacher who is supposed to mold students, get the best out of them and help them achieve their ambitions coz he simply doesn't care about students. He secretly writes "not recommended" in your reference letter. He openly mocks UWM students as "incapable" of going to ivy league.
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ECON 460
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
He usually teaches the PhD econometrics sequence and methods courses, so he really knows the material, but he was very good at explaining the material at an undergraduate level. Very rewarding, marketable skills learned in this class, a lot of applied work with time-series data. Probably the most useful class you could take after Econ 410.
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ECON 460
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Hansen is amazing. Honestly, his forecasting class is the most useful economics course I've taken to boost my resume. He grades very leniently, his exams are relatively easy and you get to do a really cool final project. This is a nice class to take if you need a stress-free (and interesting!) course.
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Classes with Bruce Hansen

ECON 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

Senior Honors Thesis is a course in which students conduct faculty-guided, honors-level original research.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Benjamin BernardMarzena Rostek+16 more

No recorded grade history

ECON 699

Directed Study

1–4 credits

Directed Study allows advanced undergraduate students to study specific topics or conduct research as arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

David JohnsonAnanth Seshadri+22 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sample
ECON 710

Economic Statistics and Econometrics II

3–4 credits

Economic Statistics and Econometrics II covers extensions of the linear regression model and introduces multiple equation models.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.51 GPA, 75.6% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 72.9% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.56 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=44 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Bruce HansenHarold Chiang

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026
ECON 724

Financial Econometrics

3 credits

Financial Econometrics covers econometric analysis of financial time series, including linear and multivariate models, volatility estimation, and model testing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.59 GPA, 82.1% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

Bruce Hansen

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ECON 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027ECON 699Directed Study
Spring 2027ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2027ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Spring 2027ECON 999Independent Work
Fall 2026ECON 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026ECON 715Econometric Methods
Fall 2026ECON 990Thesis

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