John Sayre - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: John Sayre

Department: Economics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You will love his class esp. econ 103....He is the best and eziest prof in SFU economics department. Very interesting teaching style. He makes economics so fun and useful. Just read his book and you will be fine. He has so many good stories about economics. I really enjoy his lectures after all.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he is the easist prof for Econ 103 in SFU. Easy exam, I got A in this course.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Knows his material, but dislikes students. Perpetually comments that Economists think on a "higher plane" than other feeble majors. I suggest don't take macro or mirco with him, just because he takes an interesting subject and kills it with sarcasm/rudeness. Non-interactive class, and any questions will be publicly ridiculed and scoffed at by him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he is getting harder, i think he has been reading the comments from this site, he WAS easy, so i take his course again, then fall into a trap and end up = _____ =" Stay away... avoid him, take this or any econ courses w/ someone else...Not recommended to take any course w/ him... not helpful...

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he's a pretty good teacher, although he scared the class into not responding to him becuase when people say answers he pretty much says that they are wrong. i likes the text book b/c he wrote it and the if you did all the questions in it and read the ENTIRE book you are gaurunteed a good mark

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is the easiest prof in SFU. MC and long questions in MT come from textbook. Just do all the problem from textbook, u must got A

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a GREAT prof, ideas are very clear and organized. He wrote his own textbook, so exams are made out of the textbook, very straight forward!And he uses a lot examples from real life to make the idea applicable to our life a lot, and not like those conceptual ideas which u only can memorize them without understand them. HIGHLY RECOMMAND!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• 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:

He is a really good prof. I find that what he has taught is applicable to so many other fields, the info I got has been really valuable. Even though he doesn't give you notes he is still really clear.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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:

HE's cool....he's a really good prof..very clear.. and he teaches the exactly the same from the book he wrote..

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• 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:

took 102 3 years ago now, I thought he was a great lecturer, made everything clear, and had very interesting examples. definately recomend him and whatever he teaches. believe he is teaching 103 next semester, i highly recomend taking it with him.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• 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:

How unfortunate was I, first semester taking course with him. As others said, no notes which made my transition into uni even harder. Looking back at his teaching style, i think he was an OK prof, exams are straight forward, no trick qs etc.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

most laziest prof. No notes. Bad text, no headings, all words. Speaks monotone. Need new style for xm. Tut not well-orgz. Diff TA w/ diff quizzes. Horrible experience taking with SAYRE. Swear never to take any courses with him again. Sayre, you need to retire ASAP or quit draining our tuition fees.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

nice prof, interesting lectures but no notes. writes like 5 words in each lecture on the overhead. only 1 assignment in tutorial. makes history interesting

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

um..he doesnt give notes, that's the only thing i dont like, others are pretty ok, tests are kind of easy.yah...take Econ 102 with him if you can.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He doesn't give notes so pay 100% attention in lectures. He can be quite funny sometime so it shouldn't be too bad. His exams are easy, but everyone is going to do super good so you have to study hard and get at least over 90% to make it a true average booster.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The prof is a fairly interesting lecturer compared to other profs. You can actually relisten to his lectures without wanting to kill yourself. The course is interesting but is completely unrelated to econ, its more of a history class but easier. Doesn't change his exams much year to year so get one.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectured straight from his own book. Lectures fairly boring but exams easy. Needs to pick his TA's better because mine couldn't even speak english well enough to help us.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This should not be an econ course but a history course. Students should not major in econ if they think econ is like this. I'm an honors student and took his course as an elective. Got an A but found it gave the wrong signs to students wanting to major in econ. The course is a joke!