Jon Isham

Isham is an awesome professor that wants the best for his students. He is very passionate about the material and structures his class more around "saving the world" rather than traditional microeconomics, which is something I enjoyed. Just keep in mind that the course culminates in an 18-page research paper that you write over the course of the term. Readings are very important for this class, as he is not always the best at explaining. Thought the class was great.

Isham is an awesome professor that wants the best for his students. He is very passionate about the material and structures his class more around "saving the world" rather than traditional microeconomics, which is something I enjoyed. Just keep in mind that the course culminates in an 18-page research paper that you write over the co …Read more

Professor Isham was awesome. In class he was very engaging and found great ways to make our learning include hands on examples and group projects that made topics memorable and easier to understand. There was reading assigned for almost all classes and understanding in class was pretty reliant on doing the reading and taking notes on it from the textbook. Without the textbook background, it would be difficult to follow in class since he moves very fast. We talked a lot about the implications of economics and how theories we discussed came to be (important economists) and how they can be used to create a more equitable and green world. We had three major tests (10%, 15%, and 20% of our grades respectively) and group problem sets. Our 15 page papers were a large percentage of our grade and to be honest was a lot for the intro class. He did a decent job of framing out the planning to make is easier but considering it was an intro economics course it was a lot of writing - I think it helped to boost grades but it was a lot to work on outside of class considering it was such a big part of our grade. Overall, I learned a lot and Isham made things very interesting and did a great job at connecting students with each other (unique group activities and normalizing meeting out of class), however a lot of time out of class was required and if one was not intrested in economics may not be worth it

Professor Isham was awesome. In class he was very engaging and found great ways to make our learning include hands on examples and group projects that made topics memorable and easier to understand. There was reading assigned for almost all classes and understanding in class was pretty reliant on doing the reading and taking notes on …Read more

The class itself was lecture style, but there were fun activities from time to time. The way the final paper was designed was helpful because we got to work on it from time to time. A lot of reading and learning material was done outside of class which made lectures seem too fast paced or rushed at times.