QotD: Fascinating Class

What is the most interesting class you have ever taken? 
Submitted by Melissa. 

There was an Economics professor at Dickinson that students either LOVED or HATED, there was no in between.  I was a big fan.  Adam managed to get an Econ major without every having his as a professor.  The thing was, he was very tough in the 100-level classes to weed out the weak students and much more pleasant and interesting in the upper-level classes.  I took a 300-level class with him called Industrial Organization, which I found to be phenomenal.  Sounds boring - I know.  The class talked about the different factors that impacted different industries.  For example, R&D costs are a big barrier to entry for the pharmaceutical industry, but not really an impact for other sectors.  Wow, I sound like a finance-dork. 

I credit this class with opening my eyes to the area of Equity Research and attribute this class/professor to  me having selected this career (wow, grammar is off, but I couldn't get it right).

Sidebar: I interview Dickinson students for interviews here at my firm.  I LOVE asking the Econ students what they think of this professor and watching them squirm.  Hey, I'm allowed to have some fun!