Cynthia Simmons - University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Professor: Cynthia Simmons

Department: Accounting

College: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACCT603
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Cynthia was a very good professor who really explained concepts well. She took the time to ensure that people understood the content of the course. I understand she is now retiring, which is a loss as she is excellent.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Cynthia is a really nice lady and a good prof. Her classes are easy to follow and the material is fairly straightforward. Only issue is her grading scale is crazy high (75% is a C)

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible. Also, the grade scale is way to high.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Okay, I love her she's so nice, friendly, and helpful. my only problem with this class is that I got a 75% and received a C. Lots of practice problems are provided and in class examples.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her in-class examples are straight forward and teaches in a logical way. Do the recommended questions from the textbook if you want to do well. She's easy to talk to outside of class. Overall, a very good prof.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice professor and provides clear examples in class. The grade scale is high for this class. Make sure you understand the tutorial and in class problems.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very friendly prof with good teaching techniques, especially for process costing. Very important to complete and understand the in-class problems and the tutorial problems to succeed. Gets a bad rap, but in reality she is a good prof for ACCT 361.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• 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:

Absolutely horrible. Why bother making the students buy a textbook if you're only going to use 2-3 questions from a chapter and then test them on COMPLETELY different material and random readings? AVOID and like the person below, try to take it with a different prof!! Memorize those tutorial questions!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Attend other prof lectures, TRUST ME! She does not teach well! And do suggested problems and do the most complex questions you can find. Because no matter how hard you study, they will test you on weird questions that you have never seen before!! TRUST ME! She sets you up to fail! Attend Abu or Jamals lectures and learn 361 properly. Use the text!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice lady and tries to make classes as engaging as possible. Exams are very similar to tutorial and textbook questions so if you understand how to do these you should have no problem in this class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy class. The grade scale is high, but it was offset by giving a 8-12% bonus on all the tests. As long as you can do the recommended chapter questions (only 4 per chapter) and understand the concepts behind them, you should do well.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACCT361
• 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:

high grade scale

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ACCT323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very kind and helpful woman but I was not fond of her lecture slides. She does not post her lecture notes until AFTER the lecture. She does this because she thinks it encourages students to participate more. Not a very effective way to learn.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ACCT323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a great person, but unfortunately I really did not like her teaching style. Her lectures are not very useful. Read the textbook on you own!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACCT3223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst accounting profs at U of C

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ACCT603
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awful!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ACCT323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Horrible!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ACCT323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good instructor, teaches well, very clear, tough grading curve for accounting though.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ACCT323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A good tip for this class is too read the text chapter and do notes BEFORE class, because she will only do examples from the text. I found it EXTREMELY helpful. Also her tests are very random. My marks went from 100%- 20% on her quizes...