Yolina Denchev - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Professor: Yolina Denchev

Department: Economics

College: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Yolina was a good teacher all around. She was able to communicate really well and was helpful. I believe there was a textbook but I never read the textbook but instead studied her slides carefully. Her final is harder than her midterms. I recommend taking this class with her.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON103
• 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:

Denchev is a nice teacher and helps you understand any concepts you need help with, but her lectures are the basics of the chapter as you can not rely on her notes and lectures to pass. You have to teach yourself the course basically through myeconlab and the textbook...

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were fun to read, and it is definitely easy to get an A if you do some reviews before tests and quizzes. Attending lecture is not necessary but read through PPT provided is essential. Great GPA booster.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. Too many rules and tough grader

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

tough grader. The lecture is extremely dry.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Slides literally straight from company of textbook, Practice problems are same as quizzes, so you literally couldn't do less work for teaching a class. Office hours more useless than the course. Marking is all kinds of f'd up, you really have to do much, much more to get an A or B than necessary. Take the class if you want, skip it if you can.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

YOU SHALL NOT PASS.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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:

Super legit. Gives you study guides before every exam, as long as you learn those you'll get an awesome grade. She's super nice, funny, and helpful. Awesome prof, definitely one of my favourites.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Econ 306 with Yolina is a definite grade booster. The content is easy to learn and she teaches it step by step. She offers tons of office hours leading up to exams and will help you with any questions. Attending class may be boring, but it makes understanding most concepts way easier.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 306
• Grade Received: D-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

bad teacher

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly easy course! Unless English is not your first language and you don't attend any lectures, it is impossible to not get a good mark in this class. She provides outlines to study from for midterm and final which essentially tell you what to study. If your looking for a guaranteed grade booster take this class !

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is extremely impatient when answer you questions. Her classes are super boring. Very second during class makes you wanna jump from the building. This class is definitely not a grade booster. AVOID HER CLASS PLEASE. YOU ARE WELCOME.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is bad teaching at Econ, the exam has no relationship with the notes, don't take her class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very dull teacher, not a hard course but she expects you to know details instead of broader ideas it seems which can make it frustrating. Time consuming because you'll have to read pretty much the whole textbook. Short answer questions are im a True False or uncertain format which can make them vague and confusing. Take with Fanham if you can.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON325
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof but pretty useless at teaching. TA had no idea what she was doing, if she didn't understand your answer she just didn't mark it. Easy content for a 3rd year econ class but prof and TA made it unnecessarily ridiculous.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Yes, your GPA will be boosted with this course. However, she will absolutely destroy your interest in development economics. She dumbs down the class to the point of absurdity. The course is actually designed for high school students. No material of substance is presented. Yolina does not show any interest in either you or the material. Shameful.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

A great GPA booster. Just get to know the textbook well and you'll do fine. She's really nice, too!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

TOP MARKS for this teacher!!! Economic development She gives out handouts so you really do not have to buy the book, lpus if you work hard in her class you will get good grade. The BEST econ teacher at UVIC:)

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The material is infanantly fascinating. And thus it is almost hard to fathom how she could present it in such a dry and uninteresting manner. This, I would say, is one of those classes that one should only take if they enjoy regergitation. With that said, it is also quite easy and, as mentioned, the material--meaning the text--is quite interesting.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECONECON
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Worst prof ever. She teaches a late class from 6:30 - 9:30. 10 minutes late for each class and ends class before 8:30. Waste of money. Don't ever take her as a prof....ever. It's a pity that they use her for Economic Development because it's such an interesting topic but she kills it.