W.G. Wolfson - University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Professor: W.G. Wolfson

Department: Economics

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst professors I've ever had. His lectures are near incomprehensible and ridiculously convoluted. He explains next to nothing in lecture and has these stupid "lecture assignments" that he expects you to use to follow along with his idiotic scribblings on a tablet. Terrible professor.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you intend on sitting through his entire 6-9 lecture, bring a pillow. His classes are a sunk cost. He basically scribbles on his laptop and regurgitates the textbook convolutedly. The only difference between Wolfson's lectures and watching the sinking of the Titanic is that his lectures are tragedies 20 minutes longer. Just read the textbook.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You'll pass if you pay attention on class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECO102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are very disorganized with him jumping back and forth between unrelated topics that he seems to have learned an hour before lecture, all your marks come from two midterms and the exam for which there is very little you can do to prepare as they cover material never covered by him. Also his long late lectures put you to sleep.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECO200Y
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A very good professor in Eco department. He is eager to help students understand concepts. Lectures are very long (3 hours per week), but very inspiritional so don't skip lectures. Tough tests but manageable if you invest enough time to practice and understand.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Furlong is so much better than you you dump

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECO200Y
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good guy but teaching style does not prepare you for higher level micro courses at all,doesn't follow textbook, does not teach fundamental proofs and ignores methods you should know at the 300+ level. Expect to do 20 pages of lerner index calculations and lemonade stand optimization. Essay criteria is bizarre and has more words than essay.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His writing is kinda bad, but it forces you to pay attention. The one problem I had was that the stuff he goes through in class is moderate, but the stuff thats tested is just so hard. I admit, this is the only class that i have to rely on coffee to stay awake bc his voice makes you want to sleep. Sadly, coffee can only do so much.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECO200
• 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:

Barely any notes are posted on Blackboard except those Lecture Assignments (LA) which are just so useless. Lecture goes through very basic things but the term tests are very difficult and messed up. Test solutions are always given in tutorials only. Course avg was C this winter with no adjustments. I don't see anything good about him.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

wolfson thinks he teaches well, this is not truth. He taught sth that other eco 100 professor never teach , like t-account which is not belong to economics but accounting. And he thinks we understand that!!!!! Furthermore, his lesson is boring, and not organizing which is not follow his lecture assignments. So DO NOT CHOOSE ECO100 if you really it

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECO100Y1
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's lecture is so boring, I just sleep in his class almost every time. He doesn't have any PPT, all of the material is by writing, and the writing is bad and only the point. There is no any key point in his speaking.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECO200Y1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this course with this prof at all. He never puts his notes online and it's true that you have to go to tutorial to get solutions for tests.. He gives pretty hard tests too. Seriously, take ECO206 if you want a better learning experience and fair tests. At least in 206, they don't try to trick you.. Worst course I've seen so far.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECO200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's good at teaching and you will learn a lot from his lectures and in-class worksheets. Tests weren't too bad and were fairly straightforward, but exam was much more challenging. He's a fair marker though and will adjust marks so that the average is in the C/C+ range. Highly recommend attending all of his lectures and doing the practice problems.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECO200SUMR
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Had Wolfson for eco200 and really enjoyed the lectures. Wolfson is a sweet guy who really cares about his students and he tells great stories. The one unfortunate thing is that his tests are crazy difficult, so study the past tests more than anything else. He's a very chill guy to talk to, so go to him even if you have a stupid question.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECO100Y1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

lectures are unclear, not followed by his own Lecture Assignments( LAs ), and the LAs doesnt follow the text book, and then the tests get hard.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

ECO100 was definitely the hardest course I took in first year but professor Wolfs is fair. Just try not to fall behind and if you hate math then he's your guy because he encourages us to use calculus unlike the other professors. At least I got the grade required to take upper year ECO courses

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Wolfson is surely among the best profs you might get for ECO100 at UofT he's such a good and caring prof. he replies to e-mails very soon and helps his students a lot. Classes mustn't be skipped or else you'll fail for sure! Just follow his lectures carefully, do all his tutorial problems and get them corrected, you'll get A+ for sure in eco100!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECO200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, organized in his work, gives clear teaching. He cares about students.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECO100Y
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

lec was boring most of the time but he knew wat he was talkin about, tests were extremely hard and unrelated to past tests, if you do all the problem and THEN u might have a chance to pass, hope he reads this to you guys during the first class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECO100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

WASTES SO MUCH TIME AND WAFFLES SO MUCH, GET INTO ANOTHER LECTURE!!