Richard Stout - Knox College, Galesburg, IL

Professor: Richard Stout

Department: Economics

College: Knox College, Galesburg, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Midterms and finals are take-home. Spends a lot of time in class talking about pizza, beer, and his prostate cancer. Answers questions vaguely and is generally unhelpful at all times - he prefers to give answers rather than explain a concept. His assignments are incredibly poorly worded, and often simple conventions are thrown out the window. NO.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: STAT200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't take stats with him if you can help it. He over explains simple things, and under explains really complex things that he just assumes you understand. He's not clear at all when answering questions. The wording on his assignments are confusing.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof would often go on random tangents about things unrelated to the class, but interesting for Econ majors. Very passionate about Econ, but not the best person to learn it from, especially at intro level. I didnt learn nearly as much as I thought I would and our midterm and final were cancelled for unknown reasons. Definitely turned me off of econ

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON120
• 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:

The class was really boring, but he taught the material well. Very willing to help students.Grading was fair and his tests were easy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON120
• 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:

hated the class, hated the guy. full classroom the first day, 1/4 the rest of the term. everyone fell asleep as soon as he started speaking and he always went on random tangents rather than teaching the material.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: STAT200
• 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:

stout was AWFUL. he quizzed us on material he assumed we already knew and didn't give clear answers to students' questions. i felt helpless in his class and am sure i won't get higher than a c.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MA105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely patient and helpful, especially with non math people. I loved him even though his class was hard for me!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Great guy! Really cares about the students and enjoys teaching. Awesome as an advisor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

One of THE MOST FUN profs ever, sooo excited about the subject-