Professor: Susan Curtis
Department: Accounting
College: University Of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Champaignâ€"Urbana, IL
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ACCY302
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Having Susan for both accy201 and 302. She is a good lecturer and good at explaining definitions and math problems (tho she sometimes was off the track) But the only issue is that she forced you to do a random presentation during the class and you have to participate in order to get points from that.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible. Make one mistake on the exams, you get the whole section wrong. The total online quizzes had a class average of 66%. She gives you only 15 minutes to answer 5 tricky questions, and you can't skip or go back. It's "you know it, or you don't." Your best bet is to attend the TA discussions and form your own studying group!
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Curtis is disorganized. Forgets to show up to the first lecture of the semester because she is "preparing for class". Tricky pop quizzes and won't provide answers to homework questions. Quizzes should be given after we learn the material not before. Take somewhere else.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Curtis gets a bad rep because she really doesn't make learning accounting fun. This class will destroy your gpa if you don't teach yourself the material and practice. I review a lot, used at the textbook a few times, but make sure you practice the PRACTICE EXAMS AND CLASS ACTIVITIES. The class isn't bad-- Susan's relentless off-tangent talking is
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Knows her stuff but isn't always the best at showing it. Often goes off on tangents for up to twenty minutes, but is able to explain topics thoroughly when focused. Pre-quizzes were the hardest part of the class, so make sure you study beforehand. Class activities help a lot with studying so do them. Gives extra credit towards end of semester.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Susan is definitely not the best professor if you didn't take accounting in high school. The textbooks are expensive and useless, the lecture notebook is probably the best thing to get even though it is optional. Be prepared to work, go to office hours, and study every day if you didn't take accounting in high school.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- 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:
She only teaches 20% of the time, but she does it really well. I did all the recommended practice problems, went to class, took notes, and did several practice exams before midterms and got an A+ in class. To do well in tests you have to understand accounting. This is where the practice problems and lectures helped me the most.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
feel really bad for this course
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof Curtis is such a nice and lively person but I just cannot learn from her. The class has minimal structure, there are literally no resources to use on your own except the notes you take in class. Textbook doesn't help at all because it doesn't demonstrate any of the math problems, which is like all she tests on. Tests don't match lecture at all
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Susan is a hard person to hate. Her energy and theatrics borderline on obnoxious, but you kind of just admire that part of her. She's really passionate about accounting, and will do everything possible to get you to understand the material (including singing, dancing, and rapping).
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Susan Curtis tells a lot of stories during lecture, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it distracts from actually getting students to understand material. Online Mini-Tests are given, and you never know if you're getting questions wrong because you're completely wrong or because of calculator rounding errors. It doesn't show the right answer
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very much a weed-out class. The professor allocates time poorly, often going off on tangents more appropriate for office hours than during a lecture where direct class material should be covered. Discussion sessions are the real chance to learn, and I am noticing the holes in my foundation while taking 202. Concepts are simple, delivery is weak.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you want help, go find TAs. The professor only go through stuff on PPT, which are already posted on Compass. Things are easy but really need practice. The class is really "optional" as long as you attend her "extra credit" sections to get the points. Her "extra credit" means mandatory attendance.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Curtis is an amiable personality, who engages with the students. I only wish that the way she graded was no so heavy on the midterms and that her lectures were more in sink with exam content.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Curtis's lectures are funny and entertaining but she spends SO much time talking about unnecessary things. Everything she covers is online. The exams are easy and the final is optional. I made the mistake of buying the textsbooks, the only one your will use is are the lecture note books, never even opened the other two.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Probably the easiest accy class in the department. I only went to class when she announced there are extra credit opportunity and studied all the materials myself at home. It was an easy A if you go through the past exam and make sure you know how to prepare all the financial statements. And do go to lecture during the Halloween!
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She is funny. Amazing lecturer only because her lecture is kind of a relax for me. Only thing I learnt from her is just debits on the left and credits on he right. Be really excite about her costumes during Halloween as well. The course changed a lot after I took it. She added pop quizzes so not sure about the class material right now.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- 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:
Curtis does a good job teaching a challenging class. Fail one exam, you fail the class. The generic rubric is 50% for Exam 1 and 50% for Exam 2. Curtis posts slides online that contain what is taught in lecture. I would recommend discussion as the TA's are very helpful. She does provide a 40%, 40%, 20% (optional points) grading option too.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Only two midterms throughout the semester (Spring 2016) worth 200 points each. No other way to gain points. Fail one exam and you fail the entire course. Nice person, but horrible professor and has an even worse system of grading. Take at community college if you don't want to risk plumeting your GPA.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: ACCY201
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class definitely is not easy. Considered the "weed out" class for students wanting to study Accounting. If you put in the work and go to her office hours though it is very possible to get an A. Work hard from the beginning if you want to do well.
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