Sound Bytes from Evaluations (7360)

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

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

General comments, opinions, and suggestions
"Good sense of humor."
"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-."
"We covered too much info too fast to really learn everything. Slowdown and work more examples."
"Add some discussion about current events in the news."
"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!"
"More material that actually relates to exam questions."
"It is a very throughout, interesting but difficult course."
"It was difficult to keep awake in the class."
"Very technical course."
"Learned a lot. Good course. Enjoyed the exams. One of the good courses in MBA (program)."
"Professor was an inspiration."
"This is one of the few courses that I feel I've truly earned what I'm paying the university."
"I enjoyed the AMA at the beginnig of each class."
"He fried my brain."

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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