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BRUCE HANSEN

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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

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Spring 2026ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Spring 2025ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2025ECON 716Econometric Methods
Spring 2025ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Spring 2024ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2024ECON 716Econometric Methods
Spring 2024ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Spring 2023ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2023ECON 716Econometric Methods
Spring 2023ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Fall 2022ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2022ECON 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2022ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2022ECON 716Econometric Methods
Spring 2022ECON 724Financial Econometrics
Fall 2021ECON 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2020ECON 460Economic Forecasting
Fall 2020ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Fall 2020ECON 990Thesis
Spring 2020ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2020ECON 716Econometric Methods
Spring 2020ECON 914Workshop in Econometrics
Fall 2019ECON 709Economic Statistics and Econometrics I
Fall 2019ECON 715Econometric Methods
Fall 2018ECON 460Economic Forecasting
Fall 2018ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2018ECON 699Directed Study
Spring 2018ECON 914Workshop in Econometrics
Fall 2017ECON 706Econometrics III
Fall 2017ECON 709Economic Statistics and Econometrics I
Fall 2017ECON 715Econometric Methods
Spring 2017ECON 460Economic Forecasting
Spring 2017ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2016ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Fall 2015ECON 715Econometric Methods
Spring 2015ECON 460Economic Forecasting
Spring 2015ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Fall 2014ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2014ECON 390Contemporary Economic Issues
Spring 2014ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Fall 2013ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2013ECON 699Directed Study
Spring 2013ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Fall 2012ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2012ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2012ECON 914Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2011ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2011ECON 914Workshop in Econometrics
Fall 2010ECON 581Honors Thesis
Spring 2010ECON 390Contemporary Economic Issues
Spring 2010ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Fall 2009ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2009ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2009ECON 718Topics in Applied Econometrics
Spring 2009ECON 999Independent Work
Fall 2008ECON 880Topics in Computational Economics
Fall 2008ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2008ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2008ECON 718Topics in Applied Econometrics
Fall 2007ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics
Spring 2007ECON 710Economic Statistics and Econometrics II
Spring 2007ECON 718Topics in Applied Econometrics
Fall 2006ECON 913Workshop in Econometrics

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