Sound Bytes from Evaluations (7386)

Comments on what went well in the course
"Interesting subject. Teacher well-qualified and knowledgeable. He wanted students to do well. Notes packet helpful." (Fall 94)
"Grading seemed fair." (Spring 95)
"Rauli did an excellent job, the material is tough to liven up." (Spring 95)
"Well-organized systematic presentations." (Fall 95)
"Country report very good to include in this class." (Spring 96)
"Overall, I would rank Mr. Susmel's class an an A++++. I think Mr. Susmel is an excellent professor & is extremely knowledgeable in the course subejct area." (Spring 97)
"Subject matter presented clearly and concisely." (Fall 97)
"The heavy work load (homework, presentations, tests, case analysis) was great since it allowed us to be strongly exposed to this subject." (Fall 97)
"Liked the part about Case Presentations. Learned something from them." (Spring 98)
"Lots of good material. Online notes are very detailed with info that is probably not in any textbook." (Fall 98)

Comments on what needs to be improved in the course
"The course needs to be taught with more "real-world" emphasis and more detail." (Spring 95)
"I didn't learn anything in this class. The worst class I've taken." (Spring 95)
"The instructor did not present the material well and when difficult questions were presented, he brushed them off." (Fall 95)
"Need answers to questions, and more exercises. It makes it easier to understand the material." (Fall 95).
"He is by far the worst teacher I have ever had." (Spring 96)
"This course is much too quantitative. Given that computers crunch most number these days, more theory and finance principles need to be taught." (Fall 96)
"Exams are way too long. The reason for this is they require too many calculations. This isn't an algebra class." (Spring 97)
"Dr. Susmel failed to provide an adequate feedback to his students." (Fall 97)
"Cases, perhaps, too long. Homework from case should be solved in class." (Spring 98)
"Too much outside work was required to try to understand the material and the class assignments. Both, to gather information to complete the work, and to try to understand the material to be able to answer the questions/do the projects." (Fall 98)
"Make corrections to typos in online notes." (Fall 98)

General comments, opinions, and suggestions
"Good sense of humor." (Spring 95)
"I believe a sincere evaluation of the instructor, his methods and materials should be conducted before this course is offered again. I spent most of the time teaching myself as opposed to learning from the instructor. I earned an A-." (Spring 95)
"We covered too much info too fast to really learn everything. Slowdown and work more examples." (Fall 95)
"Add some discussion about current events in the news." (Fall 95)
"I'm glad I took this class. I think I learned a lot, although I now feel totally incompetent because the material in this course was so much that it was overwhelming. Good class for masochists!" (Spring 96)
"More material that actually relates to exam questions." (Spring 96)
"It is a very throughout, interesting but difficult course." (Fall 96)
"It was difficult to keep awake in the class." (Spring 97)
"Very technical course." (Fall 97)
"Learned a lot. Good course. Enjoyed the exams. One of the good courses in MBA (program)." (Spring 98)
"Professor was an inspiration." (Spring 98)
"This is one of the few courses that I feel I've truly earned what I'm paying the university." (Fall 98)

Note: The above are actual comments taken from the end-of-semester teaching evaluations. I keep a copy of all the comments written down in the teaching evaluations. You're welcome to come to my office and browse them.

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