Professor: Barry Smith
Department: TBD
College: York University (all campuses)
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He was a really good teacher for ECON 1530. I've gone to him for many assignments and he explains them really well 1-on-1. His lectures are well-prepared but his notes online can be hard to understand, so it's better to attend the lectures. Really cares about his students and helps them out a lot !! Definitely one of the best profs.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: ECON1540
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
One of the best profs I have had during my first year. Very caring, down-to-earth, very helpful and intelligent. Some may find his lectures a bit boring because of the insight he provides to a topic being taught but honestly, he tells you what sections of the book to focus on for his midterm and final, adjusts grades a lot and... he's just great!
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: ECON1540
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
One of the most understanding profs in the entire economics department. God bless him he knows what a student goes through and helps his students ALOT. def would take any maths course with him again if i have to. Amazing prof!!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His teaching style is average. I did not go to any classes after the midterm but studied alot for the final. I ended up with an A after I talked to him. He is a nice guy, make sure you talk to him about your marks and he will raise them.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: APECON1530
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: No
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
One of the greatest of all time
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class would have been way easier if he actually assigned us chapters from the textbook to practice after each class or something. He did none of that and made the textbook seem useless which made us depend on his notes for practice for the tests and exam which didnt help enough in understanding what he was teaching.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is a really nice guy and a good person. The textbook is not necessary, but some exercises are useful for extra practice. Just go to the lectures, take notes and do practice problems he posts. The midterm was very easy. The final was not that difficult, no surprises, just do past exams that he posts. This class is good for summer.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: E2300
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His notes (hand-writing) are horrible, if you miss one class and prepare to review his notes that posted on moodle, it is extremely difficult to understand and recognize his hand-writing, which actually brings us a lot more difficulties to the course. Other than that, his a good professor, well-prepared and very patient.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: ECON2300
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Barry Smith is a decent prof for the most part. He does a lot of examples and does them very slowly so you can understand them. But his online notes aren't the best which make attendance a must! His midterm and final are tough but they are mostly from the lecture questions which he does. He also boosts marks at the end of the course so that helps!
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ECON23001530
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
do not take his class!!!! worse than you thought. his notes are really hard to understand. No ppt. our mid term average is 1430. ECON1530 is a easy course but midterm average is 1630 can you believe it?
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: 1530
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is very tough grader.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: ECON2300
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great Professor. Although his material is completely deviated from the book, he actually teaches economics! Attendance is expected as all his midterm and final questions come from what he covered in lectures. He is very knowledgeable and expects students to think outside the box! He is a real economist!
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: 2350
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great Professor, went the extra mile to make sure I understood the concepts.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: ECON2300
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
can't see the note he post, never use the text book and his writing is really terrible.i learn nothing in his class.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: APECON1530
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Gives way TOO MANY provements. Therefore, it is very hard to understand the material. In the other words, if i didn't know it from school and didn't pay tutors for help, i would never pass it!
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: ECON2300
- 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:
Completely deviated from the book. His notes were confusing. The math was tough enough, but his lectures just confused me to no end, and i attended each and everyone of them! I wish I'd seen his ratings on here before taking the course. Definitely switching out for 2350. Avoid this course if you care about your GPA!
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- 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: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He likes to hand write his presentations as he goes along. Textbook references were minimal. I would have preferred more textbook directed lectures and more interaction with the students. The problem sets did not provide sufficient practice for the exams.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: ECON1530
- 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:
don't take his course..trust me!!!!
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: ECON2300
- 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:
do not take this man's class. he is the worst professor in the economics department; ignorant,idiotic, and deviates greatly from topic. Good luck
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: E2300
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I can't believe they made him chair of Econ dept. His classes sucked. He is very enthusiastic but we get very little of what he says, basically I learned nothing. I can't believe I had him twice. He was all over the place, mixing chapters...
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