Don Campbell - College of William and Mary,Williamsburg, VA

Professor: Don Campbell

Department: Economics

College: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A great professor, but his grading criterion is unclear----not listed in the syllabus----and it is not easy A because you need to get at least a grade of 97 to get it. Grading is sometimes unfair. He won't give you points from the "bad" questions that he thinks you were wrong but actually you were right. Half of the time self-studied.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are dry. First 15 min is wasted on pointless "appetizers." He moves from chapter to chapter during lecture without letting the class know. Not good at explaining concepts. Each exam is 20points and he always puts an impossible question that he didn't teach us how to do as 1 of the 2 or 3 questions, miss that one and you get a C. Don't take

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Campbell is SUPER willing to help anyone succeed-- you just have to reach out to him. A word of advice, don't read the textbook unless he's already taught the material in class, you'll just show up confused and angry if you do otherwise. Pay attention and take great notes in class, go to office hours with questions, and you'll be fine.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Campbell is an economics legend, as well as a candidate for favorite grandpa. He's quite a genius, but his organization and coherence of class material could use polishing. Definitely go to his office hours for help with problem sets or exam questions, and to just have a conversation with him. Helpful professor, well-mannered, and a great guy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof C has a heart of gold and is extremely knowledgeable. However, while the material was interesting, the unorganized nature of the class made what should have been simple concepts confusing. His tricky wording and deductions for small mistakes on 25 point tests did me in. Many of my classmates, however, would disagree and had a great experience.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON420
• 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:

Tests are like the problem sets, but occasionally have an abstruse question. Early and end part of course had much easier exams than middle section on auctions. Go to his office for help with problem sets. Nice guy and polite, well mannered person. Sit in front because he is hard to hear and speaks in a slight monotone.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON403
• 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:

The textbook is useless and his class is very unorganized! He only has two exams, and each is around 25 points, so basically if you miss four points, you miss 4% of your overall grade. He also has really hard weekly problem set. Even if you go to his office hour and ask every single question, you will still not get full mark. It is a disaster.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: N/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:

He is a very helpful professor but a very tough grader. E.g. the midterm is 24 ponts and if you make a small mestake the point or two is taken away, so you do the math. Also hard not to fall asleep the first two weeks as he gives a material in rather monotonous voice. No curves.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

To be completely honest, the class is very interesting. Do yourself a favor though, and just buy his book and read it. It is thorough, interesting, and requires no testing, where a mistake can lower your grade half a letter grade. He seemed to grade differently then what he said in class. Favored improvement over overall performance. Math heavy

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don Campbell is a great man, and a great professor I am sure. However, his advanced micro class is absurdly difficult. The tests are way harder than the problem sets, and you have to have a very strong math background to do even mediocre. Class averages are very poor. Material is extremely abstract. The most difficult class I have taken.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Campbell is one of W&M's best professors, by far my favorite. He is helpful, friendly, and always lets class out early. Never goes the whole 80 minutes. Weekly problem sets are basis for exams, and Campbell is always available to help with anything you don't understand. Highly recommended for any of his courses!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• 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:

Professor Campbell is the best. He is all about the students, for example, his office hours are basically the entire day before an exam or a problem set is due. The man is class in general. Econ 303 consisted of weekly problem sets (not too difficult) and three exams, which are similar to the problem sets. Best professor i've had here so far.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECONMANY
• 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:

I highly recommend taking his courses. If you're a good student you will learn things that are nontrivial. Very clear and good speaker.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• 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:

Prof Campbell is the best! He is super helpful and kind to all students, and easily approachable outside of class. Highly recommended for any class he teaches! I will be taking more classes with him in the future.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I've taken Econ classes up through the 400 level, and this was the hardest, not because of the material but because of the professor. I didn't find him helpful, and although I had many irritants in the class, the biggest was the book. If your book is not being published, as an economist you should understand that it sucks, not assign it!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

already miss him. don is like your grandpa, but way cooler. and baller at teaching econ.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• 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:

He is just the kindest old man ever, his class is not hard, though his tests usually have at least one curveball, do the problem sets and study them well tests are 70% problem sets, 25% notes, 5% tricksyness

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON402
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amazing class taught by an amazing man. Does not spoon-feed students the material but rather guides our learning by laying out the ground work in class, and leaving us to use the textbook to solve the problem sets. Fair exams and weekly problem sets keep you on your game. Extra help is fantastic and very useful.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• 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:

Don Campbell is the man. I absolutely despised Econ before this, but his class is very straightforward and easy to follow. Go to class, take legitimate notes and you will get As on the tests. Lectures directly correspond with the book- he wrote it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

AHH he is so frustrating. wastes 20 minutes/class talking about nothing then "doesn't have time to explain" helpful parts of the lesson. is condescending in office hrs and said he could put a sample exam up but would just have to "make the exam harder." hate his class.