Each week, you'll have two homework assignments, each involving reading approximately 28-53 pages of material. These assignments typically require at least 2 hours to complete. Be prepared for a final paper that demands extensive industry analysis and is often considered the most challenging aspect of the course. In summary, run!

Fairly easy class, however Ray is maybe the driest lecturer on campus. Class can be a drag, but definitely do not need to attend the lectures to get a good grade in this class. Most of your grade is based off a final project, which is important to find a good group to work with. Do the work and you'll be fine, but also likely will be bored.

Prof. Deneckere is a great prof. Highly recommend him if you love economics and don't mind getting into the complicated math behind the theories. Otherwise, his lectures will feel like torture. All group projects (be careful who you choose) & 70% of the grade is the final paper. No exams. Good class for adding a university project to your resume.

The Lecture is difficult. But sure we can learn something from that. Raymond said 'suffer makes you stronger', totally agree with that! The course structure is quite clear, and the exams are all based on course materials.

Terrible!!! Too terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His lecture is the worst lecture that I have taken during my life!! We should ask for our money and time back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fact that I am paying for this class thought by this professor is absolutely ridiculous. Raymond's lectures lack passion, are monotonous, and lack applicable substance. He is by far the most boring and uninspiring lecturer I have had at UW. The case studies are outdated and you can tell this class structure has gone unchanged for decades.

The expectations are unclear in this class and the directions scattered. Grading is slow, the lectures don't seem especially relevant to the assignments, and your emails will be responded to quite slowly. Our professor also mistyped a crucial equation in our project guide, notified us 2 weeks later and made some groups redo parts 1-3 as a result.

Prepare to do strictly game and auction theory. Almost nothing you learn in this class is applicable to anything else unless you want a grad degree. Reads off his notes for lectures, homework takes forever but does not matter in final grades at the end. Dont bother unless you want Honors in the major. Nice guy but a boring and tough class

There are cases due every week (roughly 4 pages), so expect a ton of outside work. Don't let the grade distribution fool you; You can do everything right and still end up with a B. The class has a ton of expectations with no structure at all. If possible, take another advanced economics course.

He has the talent to make interesting questions become extremely boring. Yes, he sometimes tries to simplify complex and difficult issues with simplified examples, but he always mixes up general problems with special cases and leaves everything utterly unclear.

Ray is an outstanding economist who teach the most beautiful econ theory in the most simplest way. It is a pity that most undergrads don't realize "simple but powerful" is good economics. Ray's math skills is probably the best in the department. Students seems to think his math is terrible, while in reality, he is just being nice to students.

Could have been more interesting than it was. No tests. Lots of group case studies and a final research paper. Does take random attendance. Perk: Either get an A, AB, or B.

You'd think they would want to reward the students ambitious enough to take an honors microeconomics course by giving them a good professor who teaches microeconomics. Instead you get a lousy professor who teaches auctions. Who approved of this?

If you're expecting micro, think again. You've just signed up for Auctions 301, and you have no idea why you're in this class. I recommend taking a probability course beforehand. HW is really difficult, but the tests were fine.

Two lectures twice a week with no discussion. First few weeks of class you form a group with 2 other students for the duration of the semester to work on group case studies every 1 to 2 weeks and an eventual group final paper. No exams, no textbook, no homework other than case studies. Easy A.

Best class I've taken at UW. If you're debating whether to take this or 301 then take this class. Very interesting material and he is a very precise, clear profesor. Go to lecture and put in the time and you will get an A.

Crystal clear during lecture, especially when he (frequently) drops HUGE hints about stuff that is going to be on the exam. He is pretty rude when you ask him questions but not unbearably. His lecture notes that he posts are the key to success in his class.

He can't lecture and his writing is impossible to copy, there's no book and his notes are too late to be useful. Hates being asked questions and gets grouchy. So it's hard to learn when you don't even have access to the material he "teaches". Lenient grader FWIW, but also turns a blind eye to massive cheating. Taking this course was a mistake.

Just terrible. No book and he puts up online notes far too late; you have to rely on lecture. But his handwriting is illegible and he'll write different (contradictory) things on different days, with no reference material for the student. Becomes visibly angry when people ask questions, so that's no help, and he flat-out ignores emails. Avoid!

Ray is a good teacher overall, I'd tell stories if I had more room. His 311 is mostly auction/game theory, it doesn't teach any of the subject matter that 301 teaches. If you take his 311, I highly recommend econ 450 in the following semester. Labor economics is an easy class that reviews a lot of the material you miss from not taking 301.

Awesome professor; class is extremely interesting! Real economic material is covered, rather than just memorizing demand curves, etc. Problem sets are difficult, but tests aren't that bad.

Be forewarned, ECON 311 is a very challenging course and no previous econ class will really help you with the material. Deneckere is a very quirky guy who seems very brillant and teaches not your normal econ material. Be prepared to know more than you want about auctions.

His Econ 311 is HARD, it's not the stuff you get in an intermediate course. It's challenging and fun! We talked about game theory, auction theory and all sorts of advanced materials. His courses and problem sets make you work your butt off but the exams are very manageable. After surviving his 311, any undergraduate theory class is easy.

His teaching style opens your mind and broadens your perspective(s). The class involves analyzing case studies. I found it helpful for the workforce/interviews. It's not a "multiple choice" (not rote memorization) kind of class; the focus is on critical thinking/abstract reasoning.

He is one of the professors in the department that does Economics carefully using the precision of Mathematics. Clear explanation, speak in a right pace, but extremely difficult homework. Heard his ECON 458 is an easier class, but his intermediate micro class is by no means easy. Expect to devote more time than expected. Overall, highly recommend.

Pr Deneckere is brillant and makes Mathematics in Economics really interesting. Follow carefully his class and you will get a lot out of it. I did!

Very clear teaching style. Explains wonderfully. Professor builds theory from real life examples but still has a mathematician's precision in logic. You're not required to submit homeworks. Take home exams are very tough. Project takes up some time too. Prof. is helpful and approachable. Best person to learn game theory for the first time from.

The first day of class he stated that there would be a lot of writing so some students dropped out. Turned out that the writing wasn't too bad because you went at it in groups. One class my fellow student asked RD for advice on purchasing a BMW. He then did a cost analysis on whether or not it would be cheaper to buy a new BMW 330 in LA vs Madison.

Most of lectures were interesting. I went to every class but one and got a D. The take-home midterm was extremely difficult. The average was a 41/100 and blamed the class, even though there was a normal spread for it. I would not recommend this class for an elective.

My major problem with this class was that we didn't receive ANY sort of graded feedback until AFTER the drop deadline. Throughout much of the semester we were there on blind faith that we would be able to do well on the midterm. In the end he was a leniant grader and the course material was very interesting. Beware of the textbook which is so dull