Ian Keay - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Professor: Ian Keay

Department: Economics

College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON332
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This prof was passionate about the material, which always helps. Lectures seemed to go rather long and he does get somewhat sidetracked. He does expect you to know the material and will not super basic questions but questions with some depth. However it is not a heavy workload and if you go to class and know the material you will get at least a B.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON 232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Keay is an excellent lecturer. He turned what I thought would be a boring class into one of my most interesting classes and has a great way of adding humour and real-life relations to his material, making it more interesting. That being said, his tests were pretty tough and only 1 student out of 140 in Winter2015 got an A+ overall. Great guy though

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

great prof

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Funny guy. Dull course. Notes are extremely good...if you didn't fall asleep. After all, it is a History course.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very helpful and funny. For answers to his assignments, go to his office and ask him - he practically spells it out for you.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

An excellent prof! Great sense of humor, very clear teaching and easy exams. He curves up your mark a lot if you screwed up the midterm but do well in the final.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good class... Keay made the material as interesting as he could.... however it was still pretty boring... Keay, however, is a great Prof and extremely helpful.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great Material - his position has gone to his Head. Major paper: TA gave it 85, I received it back with 8 turned into 7 by Keay - his initial. When asked why he changed it he said he didn't and that the paper deserved what it got. Only not a single mark was seen on the paper and he refused to commment. How is that for student interaction???

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

as good as econ history will get! makes it somewhat interesting and understandable, doesn't lose you with mindless data tables. jokes help too.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A good prof who presents material clearly and makes classes enjoyable. But, having had him for two classes, he needs to work on being more concise and trimming down the reading lists as many readings are pointless or useless. Makes econ history bearable.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of the best profs I've ever had... summarizes past lectures and repeats important concepts so you've got plenty of notes come midterms/finals. Lecture notes are priceless- class may not be the most interesting ever, but he presents material in a way in which you'll understand.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Boring course...Keay made it bearable :) He's a fun prof.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good guy, but always bring coffee to his class. He repeats everything over and over again. Don't be surprised to only have one or two pages of notes for some lectures. That said, boring as they may be, GO TO THE LECTURES. Those few notes are all you need.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If I didn't need this course I would have dropped it right away. Prof Keay did his best to make the lectures interesting, and I thought he did a great job.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

you will never have a prof present anything more clearly or concisely

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good teaching methods and a great lecturer with a good sense of humour, but course material was very dull and exams were tough.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Initially took course because of availablity and timetabling constraints. Keay presents material concisely and well, and genuinely likes teaching. Was very flexible in allowing me the option of rescheduling the midterm because of a recruitment conflict

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENSC290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Presents material very clearly, very fair, adds some humour to the subject

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

what g reat prof

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent teacher! Makes you care about what he teaches.