Steffen Ziss - Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Steffen Ziss

Department: Economics

College: Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

SOS Slides saved my mark. GO TO SOS or find someone with the slides. Ziss is a really nice guy who excels at explaining concepts in a 1 on 1 setting. Lectures truly don't suit him as was evident with the class average being <60 before the curve. In short... Nice guy, can't teach, GO TO SOS

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

half of the students failed all the exams

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

nice guy... tries hard to get along with students... hard class... hard content... not like high school economics... nice ell curve tho...

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Super sweet guy, tries his best to teach everyone the material. He really cares about his students and wants to see them succeed.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best prof at Laurier hands down. Easy 11/12 if you study his mock tests. Hilarious guy

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

6% grade boost for everyone! Jingle bell curve, Merry Zissmas

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

the average last year was an A-. The average this year with Ziss is a fail. Thats all I have to say

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Steffen Ziss has made microeconomics extremely difficult. Our class is failing and he has to bump everyones mark to compensate for this. He only reads off of the slide deck and when he does draw a diagram or write something it isn't legible. Good luck!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Zissy read off slides and could not explain concepts. I cannot believe how much I'm paying to NOT teach me economics. I tried learning from the textbook but he tests in odd ways-watch out! He loves multiple choice and students tears.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

An amazing and sweet guy always there to help.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not gonna lie I used to hate Ziss after the 2 midterms that had failing averages, but he has redeemed himself by bumping everyone 2 GPAs

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Really cares about his students. He has tons of office hours and he is willing to talk to students one on one if they have any questions. Midterms were hard but are being compensated by a 2 GPA increase.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great semester. Ziss goes above and beyond with office hours and his "MAMMOTH" review session which detailed everything on the exam. If Ziss can stand for 10 hours on his day off without a bathroom break then you can put a couple hours of studying in and go over the mock midterm. No reason to not be successful in the course. Ziss deserves a raise.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

its pretty hard

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His midterms and the final are based off of his lecture content only and his lectures do not make any sense. He teaches as if we have taken this course already, and all you can do is hope for that bell curve.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• 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:

Professor Ziss knows his stuff, that's not the problem. His lectures are just filled with assumptions that students have already taken economics. He does not teach from the ground up whatsover. His lectures involve information overload that is impossible to digest. He belongs in a fourth year class, NOT a first year.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• 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:

Any success i get is all because of my great professor AC/AD Michael Cilfford. Ziss should watch those videos to learn how to teach properly

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly smart but terrible at teaching and his exams are worded so oddly that TA's have trouble as well.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ziss is very confusing and unclear during lectures. I only passed this class because of AC/DC Econ, so basically get ready to invest in that. Ziss has an attitude when answering questions but rarely knows what hes doing himself. Switch profs if you can or watch Jacob Clifford.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: EC120
• 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:

Ziss' 1st year economics course was okay. People who did not take economics previously in high school found Ziss to be a poor teacher. Those who did, found Ziss to be okay, since Ziss often did not start from the ground up, but jumped right into content. Lectures should have holistically been better explained and approached in a different way.