Ken Stewart - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Professor: Ken Stewart

Department: Economics

College: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The teacher in Ferris Buellers day off sounds more moviatated than Dr. Stewart. I put inspirational as one of my choices for a tag because he inspired me never to pursue economics ever again.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON468
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ken does not deserve the hate he gets on here. I did not have him for first year Econ but took his Econ 333 and Econ 468 classes. I thought he was very good at explaining the concepts and helpful answering questions. There were weekly assignments, which were annoying at times but were useful in understanding the material better. NO phones in class

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ken was a prof who made this course way harder and more complicated than it needed to be. His midterms were formatted very weird and he always dragged out everything he was talking about. He did have good chapter supplementals, though. The final exam was almost 90% equations and was tough.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON468
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice pro. Course material is hard, but test in easy way. Assignments are not hard at all. Although his voice makes me sleepy, this is not a big problem after several classes.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very dry lecturers. Exams that makes no sense. Rude. Not friendly. I got a great grade by reading the textbook.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

104 is easy but he makes it difficult.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not really a good prof. The clicker marks are worth the same as the midterms. Read his handout, the whole test is on the handout READ ITTTTTT. Read everything before class or the lecture is going to confuse you. In my first midterm i got 30% but i managed to pull my grade all the way to 72%. If you study twice as hard you should get a solid A- lol.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

worst prof I have ever had. Do NOT take ECON 103 with him. The handouts are quite possibly the worst things ever created. His class was so bad it almost seemed like a joke.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• 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:

Worst professor I have had at UVic. First day said something along the lines of "This isn't high school expect to get low grades." Seems like he gets off on students receiving bad grades even if you put the effort it in. Gives close to zero information on what exams will be on. AVOID HIM IF YOU CAN! Write down iclicker q's, they show up in exams.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful. Run for your lives!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EON 104
• 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:

WORST PROFESSOR EVER! DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Just avoid his class if possible. He is too boring. The material is too hard for the first year student. Just Do NOt take his classes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst prof I have EVER encountered. I am in my third year and have taken over 20 courses and I can honestly say getting to know him was an absolute drag. If you are a first year student, STAY FAR AWAY. I would recommend taking macroeconomics online to avoid this guy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst teachers I've experienced at UVIC, would not recommend, especially for a first-year economics course. He overcomplicates the material, provides no sort of practice exams or testbank, and is not particularly helpful when you approach him with concerns.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON468
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Stewart may initially come off as monotone or "boring", but he is an awesome proff! I learned so much in his class and his style of teaching is great! He has weekly labhomework assignments that help alot and although his tests are hard, they are fair.. just a little bit too long for my liking, very hard to finish. Other then that It was great!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON333
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hi is an awesome prof. i learned alot in this class. his assignments are easy but mid terms are way tough, if you come to class and understand you will do good. make sure you do good on iclicker questions and assignments overall you will score a good grade. make sure you are ready for surprises.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON366
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Yes, he does have an odd way of speaking with the over-enunciation, but if you attend classes and tutorials, and do readings, there is no way that you can do poorly. No curve balls. He helps a lot. If you don't take school or the material seriously, you will do poorly. It wasn't a gruelling course, but without effort, you will fail.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• 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:

Worst teacher ever. If your reading this DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. He essentially failed me the class and his voice and way of teaching makes me hate life.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• 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:

Worst teacher I have ever had. Doesnt tell you what the midterms are on just says subjective and objective questions as well it seems he enjoys seeing his students have trouble in the course. As well teaches a bunch of tough material that he says will be on exam when none of it is ever tested. After taking his class he's ruined economics for me .

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• 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:

Ken is an awful prof. He has the most ridiculous rules. "If you go to the bathroom, don't come back as it is distracting for others" "No cell phone or laptop use". Yes he's one of those profs. Classes are awful, midterms are just really weird and unfair, and the clicker questions are impossible. He's the worst econ prof out there, stay far far away