Jim Smith - College of William and Mary

Professor: Jim Smith

Department: TBD

College: College of William and Mary

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Good class overall. Smith knows his stuff and I feel like I learned a lot in his class. Would recommend.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• 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:

Prof. Smith makes taxes as interesting as possible. His grading is arbitrary but generous. His throws in the funniest anecdotes randomly in the middle of lecture, which btw is mostly problem solving. Tons of reading. Fair exams.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: BUAD404
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really hated this class. He doesn't lecture -- just assumes you know it and jumps straight into problems. Hard for me to learn that way. He's getting paid to teach, isn't he? Also was not very helpful outside of class. If you need extra help, better look elsewhere.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• 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:

A good professor. I DID enjoy A GOOD SOUTHERN FOLKSY WISDOM of taxation.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Smith is fantastic, he clearly enjoys teaching and he definitely knows the material. He succeeds at making a potentially dull subject interesting. The group work can be tedious, but exams are fair as if you do the assigned readings and practice problems. I highly recommend this class, even if you have no interest in tax as an accounting major.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• 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:

His teaching style is tough to follow for me... he spends most of the class going over problems and assumes you know the material pretty well. If you are a tax person, he is a great professor.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• 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:

I don't know anyone who loves taxes more than Professor Smith! He's a great professor- extremely knowledgeable and understanding. He also tells little anecdotes from time to time (usually pretty random stories, but still funny) to keep the class from getting too dry. Tests aren't bad if you went to class and did your HW.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Thank god the class is required for accounting majors otherwise I would've dropped it in the beginning. By the end, I realized there was a method to his madness and he became my favorite professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I LOVE PROFESSOR SMITH! Best teacher at W&M handsdown. yea the tests are hard and the material is difficult but you will learn so much. I now love taxes after this class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: BUAD405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very nice and helpful professor! It seems like there was an awfully lot of busy work like cumulative problems and Turbo Tax stuff for a while, but it all just disappeared when his team won the tax challenge...strange. Tests can be confusing at times, but make sure to bookmark the Code well with side notes and tabs because its helpful on the tests.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Extremely knowledgeable, great attitude, very good at explaining fairly complex things. Class was hard for me but I learned a LOT. Fair grader. Super helpful. Wonderful professor overall.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

very nice, be prepared for class, in the end it helps to pay attention in class b/c it will making studying a lot easier, he's one of the most knowledgeable prof's I've had

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Extremley knowledgable of subject material. Calls on people at random so be prepared for class. Always has an open door for students with questions and very helpful.