Joseph Dejuan - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Joseph Dejuan

Department: Economics

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Joseph is awesome. His classes are kinda dry but if you get to know him hes a really awesome person. He explains concepts extremely well and genuinely cares about his students.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON206
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Only 2 midterms and 1 final, 20+20+60%. Final is way too hard and covers the whole term almost equally. Lectures are boring and he took off the important parts from slides.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON206
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Definitely not an easy course but I learned a lot from it. All in all, a great prof and a well-paced course

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON206
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Worse prof of UW Economics. Lectures were boring but you have to go since he took out the most important part of the slides on LEARN. Tests harder than other section and he never gave any clear instructions. The course was easy but don't expect anything from the prof himself.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great overall and very insightful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO202
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof, the tests were harder than other economics classes. But he do gives out bonus marks. Study the textbook and you will be fine.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I learned a lot from the course but all those theories were just so difficult to remember. Exams were tough, tough, and tough. Fair grader and not easy to get a high 80s mark so find an alternative.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON202
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. DeJuan is awesome though his course is not easy. Lots of theories to learn, and he tries his best to relate theories with realities. He really makes you work hard to get 90 or A.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON1115
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are dry, but his powerpoints are great, and the tests are straight forward if you memorize material from the powerpoints.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Quite a difficult course and no spoon-feeding by the prof which I appreciate a lot. We were required to read journal articles - good prep for higher level econ course but again required lots of time. Professor was conscientious and caring.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

midterm average was below 50%. spend a lot of class time in presenting academic papers that could be read individually. Skimmed through core material. not very engaging. Bad time management. Expects students to have a lot of prior knowledge.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A good course, well-paced, and easy if you attend the lectures. Lectures were clear and easy to follow. Very good, approachable, and accessible prof.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This prof is horrible. Required $200+ textbook, and relies way too heavily on it. He is unreasonable, extremely boring, never engaging. On the exam, if you write a fraction as your final answer even though all the steps are correct, he gives you 0. He refuses to post practice questions or give back midterm/solutions. Boring lecture, fast pace. BAD.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Almost killed my passion for econ.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Relies on textbook for everything (and the textbook is not good). Explanations are vague but if you work really hard you can get a decent grade.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Class was slow and hard to follow. Spoke with head down with little class engagement. Textbook use was completely inconsistent. $200 required book, but most reading was from assigned articles, or an option text book.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very good prof and an easy course if you attend his lectures. Not a course for slackers and those who don't like math.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It is a difficult course but what do you expect for a theory course. Take it if you like theories and economics. Very accommodating prof and easy to talk to.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

terrible prof. he went through content really fast, and asked us to read many journals, which mostly hard to undersand.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bad student, but this prof doesn't use the internet, lists 5 texts he doesn't use, lectures incoherently and about unrelated material. I looked around, and not one student was paying attention to him; we just wanted the assignment. The cherry on top is that he's a brutal hard marker. Avoid at all cost!