Brian Scarfe - University of Victoria

Professor: Brian Scarfe

Department: TBD

College: University of Victoria

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON382
• 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:

Do not take this class as an elective. Brian has a passion for teaching, which is good and bad. He really wants you to learn so he teaches this course at a graduate level, but then test you at an undergraduate level. Unless you have high econ knowledge you won't understand his lectures. The only way to survive is too study the text book.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON382
• 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:

Brian is a nice and helpful professor and also very intelligent (intimidating!). Read the chapter in the book before the handwritten notes, and chances are you will understand what he's actually talking about in class. Luckily he is an easy marker, and is helpful during office hours and after class. Recommended! :-)

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

hmm take him if you are smart and knows the material. Otherwise, he talks too fast and just skim trough the important materials. Class is boring as he just read from his ugly writing overheads....

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON382
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Scarfe is sooo intense. He lectures so fast and overcomplicates the material. He is so smart and knows alot about economics but makes the course very intimidating. Relatively easy marker but you need to study really hard

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Slack. First upper level Economics class I ever took and I hadn't taken 203 or 204 beforehand. Never bought or read the textbook or did any of the problem sets. Just attend lectures and review notes before exams. Final was extremely long, however, the prof is a relatively easy marker.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON382
• 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:

Great prof, super smart. Overcomplicates the notes but if you get it you'll do great. Finally some useful information.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON416
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Print out and read the lecture notes. Do the assigned practice questions. That's all you really need, he is a little unclear because he speaks really fast but he's eager to help and his tests are straight forward if you've practiced the material.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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 the best professor I have ever met. He really knows the material and he is always willingness to help students. highly recommended!!!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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 the best professor I have ever met. He really knows the material and he is always willingness to help students. I will definitely take any other course he is teaching. I highly recommend people to take his course if you do want to learn some real stuff in Economics!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON416
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he rocks. econ416 is the best course that i even took in my life and he is the best prof that i met in my life too

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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:

Hardest course ever! He is very friendly, approachable and helpful. He definitely knows what he teaches, but he is sooooooo smart that he uses a lot of giant vocab, making the materials sound even harder! This course is only for those who are ready to read the whole textbook (22 chapters) and study hard-core!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

mone tone, and not the easiest to understand. nice guy, but makes it very hard to pay attention to.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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:

This class was really interesting, and Scarfe knows it all like the back of his hand. Definitely a challenging course but not impossible, Scarfe won't let you leave his office until you are clear. Highly recommended.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON416
• 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:

brilliant and profound prof, very nice and willing to help students. head of Econ department of U of Alberta for 10 years. useful lecture, one of the " real" prof of Uvic. need more prof like him.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Damn...never take his class, this class is so hard. Well.. may be i should say that the material isn't that hard but his tests are "DAMN HARD" and long. I have just finish his exam, and the exam was long a hard. If you have choice, don't take his class!! Unless you are very smart and have lots money to spend. lol

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON306
• 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:

A nightmare of a class. He only cares about finishing the book (22 chapters) in a term, regardless, whether the class asks him to slow down or not. From what i've heard about him, he is a nice guy and he may well be. Just not in this class. The material is ridiculously hard and his explanations unclear. If you have a choice-drop it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON330
• 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:

Good course, great teacher. Treats students with a lot of respect, and is efficient and inspired when teaching the course material. He just wants you to understand and love the subject like he does. Highly recommended.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This class was a joke. Photocopy all his notes cuz u ain't gonna copy them in time in class. Then take them all and study the night before the test and ace it. Don't even bother going to class cuz you'll fall asleep.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON432
• 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:

Rhodes scholar..rubs shoulders with Nelson Mandela at dinners in South Africa during the semester. Brilliant man..........pumps out the economics. Classes are relatively easy but you have to attend