William Dawes - Stony Brook University (SUNY)

Professor: William Dawes

Department: TBD

College: Stony Brook University (SUNY)

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy, but you really need to study by yourself.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Drop it while you can. Expects you to already know information and makes you buy his textbook/workbook which gives zero explanations so it's just as confusing as his lectures.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He really thinks you know everything, so he just goes through his lectures like nothing. DEFINITELY TAKE ANOTHER PROFESSOR!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

*Take a deep breath* All you will learn in this class is about fish, coconuts, and the Kumquat Corporation.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECO320
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Take with someone else. not worth it wait a semester if anything take eco 317 instead or 360

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If math is not your strong suit, you will have trouble in this class. Never missed a lecture but tests were still very hard, despite doing workbook and practice tests. Had to get tutors and multiple study groups to pass. Hardly a curve so don't count on that helping your grade. TAKE THE OPTIONAL EXAM. Think he's retiring next semester anyway.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cant ask questions in 300prsn lecture. Emailed many times, no answer. Office hours? Spends most of it getting coffee. Txtbooks have no answers, only way of knowing is waiting until the day of the test when past tests answer keys are posted on blackboard (If they even are, sometimes hes "too busy") where you only have like 5 hours until your test.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy has got to go.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dawes is arguably Stony Brook's most heralded professor. Throughout my first semester here, this man truly changed my life for the better. He is not only an amazing teacher, but a fantastic mentor as well. He came to my rescue on multiple instances, and his lectures are second to none. Do not even hesitate to take this class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you pay attention in class and do the practice tests in the workbook, you will do well. I had trouble at first because I have never taken economics before, but once I started really paying attention in class and doing the problems in the workbook, my grades boosted. He's not as bad as everyone says he is.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I love this man! I've never taken an economics course before, so I wasn't confident in doing well for this class. Now I am almost done with the semester and I have gotten 90+ on almost every test. His teaching style was clear, concise, and made you think more analytically. Loved his humor, and was helpful when you asked for it. Take him for ECO108.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WARNING: DO NOT ENROLL - Dawes is definitely the worst professor I have ever imagined. Unless you already know economics, you will not learn ANYTHING. Example: Used clickers to answer A or B question - half the class answered A, the other half answered B (no one knew and guessed) all he said was "Start studying" and never even said the answer.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Easy A if you tried. His textbook is a MUST HAVE for the course. It was your key to learning in his class. All his lectures revolve around the textbook so read it. Grading is so easy. It was so easy to get an A if you went to all the lectures. The only people I know who didn't do well were the ones who missed a lot of class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very easy class and the book makes it very clear to you. I don't know why people find it difficult. If you find this class difficult you need to retake middle school math all over again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I hate this man.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO 108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

i have absolutely no idea what is going on in class, he makes us by his own textbook that he personally makes and it doesn't explain anything just gives problems with no answer key. He doesn't post notes just answer keys to recitation or test questions but only shows the answer and never shows how he achieved said answer.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

i never know what's going on in class. He assumes we already know half the material, and thinks we're dumb if we don't understand something that he finds simple.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class really isn't difficult at all if you are actually trying to learn something. A lot of tests, but if you mess one up there is opportunity to replace it with another exam(BEWARE it IS cumulative).

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. If you can take another professor.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECO108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's lectures are a little boring, I slept in almost all of them. However, the class is easy to pass. Just do all the exercises in the textbook and you'll be fine.