Marie Rekkas - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Marie Rekkas

Department: Economics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

she's the bomb. she's tough. she's not moved by whiney students who want the world in exchange for no effort. if you are serious, she's your professor. if you suck large and you're lazy, you'll fail.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

tough course, tough tests good prof. she teaches you what you need to know and you have to take the time and effort to go outside the course material to do well on the tests and the exams.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a great prof, she gets right to the point and is efficient. Midterm was easy, final was brutal (150 MC questions all calculations). She reads off slides (ava on canvas) and goes into detail. Barely went to tutorial, it was useless our TA was no help. If you are self-motivated and good at teaching material to yourself, you should do fine!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Took ECON103 with Dr. Rekkas. She's funny and engaging and makes econ (which is quite a dull subject) bearable. Her classes are graded based solely off a midterm (40%), and a final (60%) and they consist of 100+ MC questions (which I prefer). Her exams are difficult if you aren't fond of MC, and you will likely find yourself pressed for time.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Boring lecture, read out from the slides. Contents are straight from the textbook. Useless tutorials. Gave 125 questions for the final exam involving many calculations. Past exams and MyEconLab were not helpful in preparing.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECN103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

great prof. even if the material isn't that interesting. the tests are long but fair. the workload is less than most courses and she's a good speaker.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

rekkas don't wreck us. she's a good prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

MR is an excellent lecturer - easy to follow and fair in her tests.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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:

dr. rekkas' class isn't like the other courses where it is painful to sit thru the class. she keeps her lectures relatively brief, they are efficient, she does the topic in a good manner and brings the material to life. she starts, she finishes, and that's the class. no complaints.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EC103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

great course taught be a great prof. would take anything she teaches. course tests are fare and the material is interesting because she presents it in an interesting manner and with some humour. classes are not going to the last minute.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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 professor and outstanding academic. she sets the bar high for the class. the course is not for people who won't study. SFU's best professor.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: BUS333
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

great prof. easy to understand. easy to look at. SFU is lucky to have her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She makes sure to explain the important concepts in class and leaves you to study the details. I have a short attention span so I really liked her quick and effective teaching style. For Econ 103, spend more time practicing and less time reading the textbook.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON325
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Marie is helpful and really cares about her students. Always got back to you via email asap despite her busy schedule and explained the necessary concepts to get you a good grade. Does her part to ensure you do well on tests and exams. Would definitely take more classes with her in the future.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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:

Super unorganized, rush through lectures all the time, all of her lecture slides are ripped off from textbook word-by-word but the way she explains it makes it even vaguer than the textbook itself. Midterm and final are all MCs but are very challenging. Got an A+ all based on self-studying through the textbook, her lectures are useless for me.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice, but she tells you from the start that this class will be graded on the curve. Depending on if the class does well or not on the midterm, she will adjust the final to reflect that, AKA easy midterm, killer final. She is very nice if you go to her office hours. On a last note, she does rush through lectures sometimes, so beware of that.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard midterm, really hard final. Told us that one of the goals of the final exam is to test our ability to take tests. Her teaching style is average. Conveys the material exactly the way the textbook does, given that the slides are ripped straight from the textbook. Got final grades up pretty quick though so good job on that.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Marie Rekkas is by far the best professor I've had at SFU. I retook ECON 103 with her and absolutely loved her. She unlike most profs actually cares about her students. She tries to keep everything basic and straight to the point and doesn't go off topic. Her midterm was brutal but that's only because she wanted to have a well spread average!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

she just reads the textbook. And makes it even more confusing then it is originally.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's an okay prof, but reads off Powerpoint slides which are ripped straight from the textbook word for word and uploads them to canvas each week. Homework is a bunch of online quizzes which are an easy 20%. Midterm and final are all MC. The midterm was fair and the final was not fair whatsoever, probably the hardest exam I've ever taken so far.