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Took 301 as a freshmen and really enjoyed it. I was worried I would be behind everyone in the class by taking AP prereqs instead of the UW classes, but was easy to understand what was going on. I would say that discussion was by far the most important part of the class - the TA's were very good at explaining everything.Rate My Professors ↗
Pretty much have to go to lectures to learn because he doesn't use a textbook, but his lectures make no sense anyway. Very few tests that make up huge portion of grade. Helpful one on one but his lectures are so confusing and all over the place, TA's basically taught the class.Rate My Professors ↗
Marek is a good professor and is very clear about how to succeed in his class. Attend lectures and do the problem sets. To study for tests, memorize problem sets, they are very similar.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures aren't super important, but they are interesting enough. Marek is a good guy and his lectures are pretty good. Study problem sets and the exams will seem very fair.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures are not recorded, never finished his lecture slides but would not review them in the next lecture (good luck with that). Problem Sets are generally much more difficult then the concept examples gone over in class which is similar to the exams. In my personal experience this has been very painful.Rate My Professors ↗
marek is the guy! though many of the class materials are more like the macro topics, the class is still tightly linked to financial micro. relatively fast pace with at least 8 Python and calculation problem problem sets. but he gives you the opportunity to substitute the final with a Python project which is relatively easy to manage.Rate My Professors ↗
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ECON 721 covers the contemporary theory of financial markets, portfolio choice, and asset pricing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Marek Weretka is highly rated, though materials lean macro while the course links to financial micro. He teaches at a relatively fast pace with at least eight Python and calculation problem sets. He allows substituting the final exam with a Python project that is manageable.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025ECON 990 is a thesis course for graduate students to conduct independent research and writing under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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