PUBPOL-606
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
DepartmentPPS
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment25–33
Semesters of data3
4.9
Hrs / week
41
Responses
89
Enrollment
46%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.6
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.6
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 46 comments across 3 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
I learned macro concepts from different sides: monetary and fiscal. I also learned how government should take action when econ condition is going unstable (crisis/ negative shocks). I also learned how fiscal and monetary policies work an complement each other to deal with econ downturn and to spur econ growth.
Fall 2023 · Krupp, Corinne
macroeconomic aggregates, macroeconomic policy (fiscal and monetary), economic growth, employment, money market, exchange rate, and savings, investments, BoP, many more
Fall 2023 · Krupp, Corinne
Macro framework in a modern western country’s perspective. In particular, the understanding of macroeconomics from a researcher’s perspective (based on the DR, personal presentation, and group presentation); the names of different institutions and agents in market; applying basic macro ideas to practical problems like exchange market.
Fall 2023 · Krupp, Corinne
developed improved knowledge of fundamental macroeconomic concepts, a few which were of particular interest were the nuances of monetary policy and its' applicability in various country contexts, labor market dynamics and macro-fiscal linkages.
Fall 2023 · Krupp, Corinne
I think it is good learn many policy related and practice things
Fall 2023 · Krupp, Corinne
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Krupp, Corinne 4.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.0Difficulty2.9Would retake71%Based on 15 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 4.6 | 25 |
| Fall 2024 | Krupp, Corinne 4.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.0Difficulty2.9Would retake71%Based on 15 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 4.4 | 31 |
| Fall 2023 | Krupp, Corinne 4.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.0Difficulty2.9Would retake71%Based on 15 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 33 |
Instructor
Also teaches
PUBPOL-701 ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS FOR DEV4.7