Irwin Lipnowski - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Professor: Irwin Lipnowski

Department: Economics

College: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON3742
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the most unorganized profs i've had so far. Whiteboard is always a mess so its hard to follow. His graphs are always super messy so its hard to know what he's doing. He's makes a bunch of mistakes and often needs to be corrected by students. His evaluation is composed of 4 term tests but he only counts 3 of them

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

No notes, you miss class you are screwed.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON2010
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall a good prof, his tests are extremely fair and based completely off lectures, so if you're someone that skips class a lot I do not recommend taking this class with him. He is really nice and goes over things multiple times during lectures. However, he often teaches something important when there is only a minute left of class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON2460
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

don't take any course with this man. If you miss the lectures you're going to fail. The text book is useless. The best way to pass his course is to take note of everything he writes down.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON2010
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Basically, if you don't show up for classes, you'll have a tough time taking the tests. If you do show up howerver, a great memory and understanding of what he's saying in class would take you a long way. Sorry if you don't understand, the textbook is practically useless. He doesn't take questions during tests, which is sometimes unhelpful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON3374
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

To be honest I am regret to take this course with him, his teaching skill is poor, he refuse to explain any questions during test. Sometimes he even doesn't know what he is talking about, his notes on the whiteboard is so chaos. Do not take course with him if you're 100% sure you can study the material yourself.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON2010
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I wish the exams would be matching to what he taught in class..

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON2610
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures were a bit all over the place but if you can follow along through the jokes and stories you'll do great. If you have a Calculus background than it's an easy A+.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON2010
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

While he seems like a nice enough guy, his teaching skills are very poor. No logical order or structure of any kind to lectures, explains background ideas too little. Tests often feature (useless) questions right from lectures, so if you come to class, decipher what he says and memorize the steps you can do well on tests. No final exam though!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON2020
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

That's an awful experience taking his class. I suggest everyone not to take it !

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof doesn't get to the main points. Beats around the bush quite a lot. Recommend reading the textbook rather than going for lectures

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

honestly, this man is the worst professor I've come across in my entire life, no notes, gives us tests that can't in any way be matched to his teaching standards, he never gives us feedback after the tests, does not even request to revise questions with us, only comes to class following day to say that majority of us failed. makes us read so many chapters he wasn't able to cover, in a very short period of time, the myecon lab does not help in his case. He is very discouraging.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He should not teach any further for the sake of students.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very unclear and side tracked. Urged the class to attend a different section and "Read the textbook because he wasn't sure". I honestly have no idea why he's a prof. He admitted that the average was very low compared to other sections and grades got lower than the probability had you guessed every question. Stay away. Positive note - he's nice.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECONO2450
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I know i put the tag "skip class you won't pass" but honestly even if you do go to class and read the textbook you could still get a D. This prof is so unclear, confusing and encourages you to buy the textbook even though it is borderline useless. He made almost the whole class feel utterly hopeless and useless. My advice-TAKE THE ONLINE CLASS!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON3742
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I took his class and I loved it, come to class and excel with an A. This prof is wonderful, would definetely take his class again.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON3742
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. However, if you miss classes so then never even think about taking a class from him. But If you come to classes regularly so you'll get a good grade.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Going to class is useless with this prof. You basically teach yourself because he gets side tracked so easily and is painful to listen to when he is on topic. You can't follow anything he says and all we had were 2 midterms worth marks so if you did bad on those you were screwed. Also- he can't work a computer to save his life. It's 2014, come on.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You don't need to go to class for this course, because he doesn't teach much (despite being a nice person) and you end up having to read the textbook anyway. He gets very side tracked with tangents and anecdotes and is very quite. I did well and only went to half of the lectures. If you ask him to help you 1 on 1 though, he is there.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Never take it with this prof. he has got to be the worst prof ever. no notes and he uses the same graph all class and by the end you have no idea what is going on anymore. You have to teach yourself.