Sunder Ramaswamy
ECON
Sunder Ramaswamy is one of the best professors I've had at Middlebury! As long as you do the readings and watch all the assigned Bollywood movies which are actually a real treat then you will do just fine! Although, make sure to speak up! Ramaswamy never put anyone down for their ideas, instead, he would somehow extract some good out of what a student would say no matter what! I made the mistake of not speaking up more than often even though I did almost all the readings and that cost me some percentage off my final grade. The final project is pretty long an research intensive so don't hold it off to the last minute!
Sunder Ramaswamy is one of the best professors I've had at Middlebury! As long as you do the readings and watch all the assigned Bollywood movies which are actually a real treat then you will do just fine! Although, make sure to speak up! Ramaswamy never put anyone down for their ideas, instead, he would somehow extract some good out …Read more
If you do the work in this class and stay on top of the current subject, you will do just fine. The course is very much an introduction, so if you have taken any econ before you will likely coast through it. Professor is solid and enjoys teaching.
Took this class with Ramaswamy and it was great. He is an incredible professor who is very skilled at lecturing. He is able to talk about interesting material from the readings and movies and connect all of them together to give the class a better understanding of Indian history. He is also super kind. There are weekly readings/movies, 5 assignments, and a final. The assignments tend to happen every second week and normally consists of writing a few essays (2-3 essays for a total word count of ~2500). The final is a choice between a ~3500 word essay, a ~12 minute video, or a website on any topic of your interest as long as it pertains to the what you have learned in this class and has an economic lens.
Took this class with Ramaswamy and it was great. He is an incredible professor who is very skilled at lecturing. He is able to talk about interesting material from the readings and movies and connect all of them together to give the class a better understanding of Indian history. He is also super kind. There are weekly readings/movie …Read more