Richard Deaves - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Professor: Richard Deaves

Department: Business

College: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this guy was the biggest wasteyute alive, banish him back to sudbury

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMMERCE2FA3
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Sick prof!!!! Highly recommend everyone who wants a tough but caring prof and wants to learn a lot!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3FINANCE
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Amazing prof. Wow. Why are people complaining about this prof? Getting a 12 was super easy

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMM2FA3
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

doesn't know how to teach nor write a textbook. investopedia will be your best friend.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMM2FA3
• 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:

Amazing and best Prof at Mac! There is nothing wrong with deaves; his quizzes are extremely easy (final exam was a joke). As long as you put in a bit of effort you're guaranteed at least an 11. People who do badly in this course are slackers and/or just don't care. Just b/c he wants you to work doesn't mean he's terrible. Shame on you all!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy course, not much content. They changed the course from having midterms to 5 10% quizzes instead, which is great. You can breeze through the notes a couple hours before the quiz and practice, then write the quiz open book and get high marks going into the exam.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible prof. Towards the end of the year, you think you grasped the course because you figured out how to do the quizzes (hint: do in groups) but the final exam is nothing like the class. Going to class makes you even more confused than just reading the slides and textbook. Would not wish this prof on my worst enemy

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If anyone thinks he cares about his students, he doesn't. You cannot say he cares when he decides to make a 50% of your mark, based on a ridiculous 2 hr multiple choice test. Does he not understand he is actually ruining peoples lives by being a horrible professor and it amazes me how the dean hasnt done anything about this prof yet.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Richard Deaves is the sole reason why I think the McMaster Commerce program is not as good as it could be. I've put countless hours into studying for this bs course, taking away from other courses, and still failed the course. From reading his textbook multiple times, I can confidently say I have still learnt nothing

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He'll briefly mention the most insignificant thing in the textbook, and won't return to explain it. He'll also make it a question on the exam. The textbook is more like a diary. Countless facts stated but not elaborated or justified. Lectures are even worse, they're summaries of the text and he'll do calculations without explaining what's going on.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• 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:

People constantly complain about how hard this course is, but I liked Deaves as a professor because he taught me discipline and didn't spoon feed me the course. I just wrote the final exam and it was very fair and in my opinion it was easier than it could've been. I think he's a great guy.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He expects us to know so much about Finance, regardless that he's teaching an INTRODUCTORY course! I went to lectures and didn't understand a thing. His resources don't help at all since his questions are much harder than what's taught in class. Exam is in 2 hours and everyone is stressed about failing. Says a lot.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This course should NOT be this hard. His self written book is full of errors, doesn't explain various concepts, and if that wasn't enough, his lectures are even worse. This year the online quizzes were a blessing, but at the same time 2 hours was not nearly enough time to complete them. But the exam... Yikes. If you get this prof, run.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• 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:

Okay please avoid at all costs. His course is all over the place, his textbook is overly complicated, his quiz/test questions are extremely difficult and involve lots of tricks to try to throw you off. This class will have you googling which M/C option is most commonly chosen. If you are an average student, you will struggle to simply pass.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMMERCE2FA3
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is such a difficult professor he doesn't teach well at all nd the textbook for this class which is his own is wrong and needs to be thoroughly re read and re edited by him. The questions he gives not tests are 10 x harder than anything in his textbook, discussed in tutorial or taught by him in lecture. he is a nice guy but such a horrible prof

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3FINANCE
• 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:

Only resources available in the class are by him. His lectures suck. His textbook sucks. There is no other prof. And he doesn't explain anything properly, you have to teach yourself the class through google, khan academy, Investopedia, Wikipedia. This is not intro to finance, his textbook is meant for advanced classes. Not easy to understand.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Deaves was honestly the best prof I have had yet. I learned everything through him, and the finance exam today was a breeze. He taught me a lot and everything I would need to know to major in Finance. This guy truly is a REAL professor...

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

i was studying for my exam and got frustrated at this haram textbook that requires a rosetta stone to understand. i have accepted fate that I may not pass the final exam. his formula sheet needs another formula sheet to actually understand, and none of it is actually labeled. good luck everyone i hope you are on the other side of the bell thank u

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Richard Deaves is one of the best professors I have ever had! This man is my idol. People have to take it easy on this guy! This textbook is the most engaging piece of literature I have ever had the pleasure of using! Im surprised his textbook isn't a worldwide finance staple.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 2FA3
• 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:

This guy does not care, his lectures are boring and not engaging, all the questions on the quizzes are impossible to figure out in the time provided, and on top of it there are so many errors in his material you can never fully understand what is right and wrong cause he just writes stuff down and doesn't explain.