Don Devoretz - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Don Devoretz

Department: Economics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Nice Prof but NOT ENOUGH TIME for the exam. (or too long exam in a short period)

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Just becareful not to get too cocky with this class. It's totally possible to to get 100% leading up to the final exam however due to the nature of downward scaling and the easiness of the class, you'll probably end up with a C to a B if you walked in with a perfect mark. I personally didn't enjoy myself too much here.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof. He likes to ask students to sit right in front him especially when they come in late. Easy to get high grade.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON351
• 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:

Ask him about cows and the Swiss and you get a good laugh. Great prof, the material is covered in lectures and he uses the text sparingly. Would highly recommend attending each lecture, though he does record them and have slides available. He gets students involved and interested, a great sign for any Prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I'm in my final year and he is easily the best teacher I've had.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he deserves a :)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

one of the best, most interesting, humorous econ prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a really good teacher. His teaching style is more holistic than most SFU course. You learn a great deal that is directly applicable to the real world economy. Lectures were always interesting, we even have class debates. Final was long and you can't memorize for the final, you got to understand the economy condition (past/current).

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• 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:

His lectures are pretty interesting because he uses a lot of examples. However..he tends to go off topic. But overall, his exams are pretty easy...just as long as you follow the hints that he gives out during lectures.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• 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:

A professor with an excellent sense of humour and a pleasant demeanor. He enjoys speaking with his students and goes to great lengths to explain the material.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

to be fair, the prof. is pretty good, but hard exam~ also, bad TA - Bryan Yu

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

interesting and funny but don't caught eating or sleeping

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

to be fair, his exam is not that hard, but i have to say that the multiple chioce part is tooooo tricky, and the time for exam is not enough. though the class is fun, however, not very useful.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• 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:

One of the best profs in econ. Great story teller, and is extremely knowledgable. Very funny guy who swears quite a bit.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

fun class

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

how can you entertain, my classmate. Cant believe this is an Econ course. Super boring and useless lecture

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very good class, highly knowledgable prof, entertaining, easy exams, what more could you ask for? Listen when he mumbles.. that is what is on the exams. Easy A

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely the worse professor at SFU. Beware, he takes pictures of his students during lecture...