Susan Kamp - University of Alberta

Professor: Susan Kamp
Department: Economics
College: University of Alberta
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ECON281
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Go to class or don't, as long as you do the weekly assignments and practice exams you will be fine. Many exam questions will be similar to the practice and there generally won't be any surprises. She also gives multiple questions and lets you pick which ones you want to answer (like pick 23 or 57)
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Although I enjoyed ECON 101, ECON 102 was a dud for me. Almost every lecture was boring because the content was taught at a very slow pace than what I'm used to with my other courses. You may tune out, so keep yourself occupied (read the text book, maybe? That's a good idea!)
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you ask for help in a very direct way, she will answer your questions really well. Otherwise she always goes off on tangents about small details that do not have much to do with the big picture and skims over the important material. Her notes are also very disorganized and unless you know what you're looking for the textbook is your only hope.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
PPT are wasting time, cannot get points during class. She just reading and reading, worst prof I ever met!
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures are as dry as it can be. I stopped going to class about 2 weeks in. Religiously read the textbook and you will get easy A. Lecture notes online are pretty useless, but the practice midterms are useful (only do recent ones as anything past 2012 is outdated). Extremely rude prof. Would not recommend this prof to my worst enemy.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: D+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Her lectures are dry and boring. I was interested greatly in economics until she came along. Also, she openly mocks students if she needs to reiterate something for them. Would not recommend as I learned more from the textbook than from her.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
One of the most boringuninteresting professors ever. The lectures are next to useless, and the only way she'll answer your questions is if you ask privately, otherwise she'll humiliate you in front of the class. Don't bother showing up. Her tests are easy, and 90% based on her powerpoints (thankfully available online, albeit with poor grammar)
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Textbook will provide better explanations.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • 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:
rude
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She uses stories and the lives of fictional characters to help explain economic concepts. She means well, but her lectures are pretty boring. I attended all her classes but i don't pay attention. The textbook and mock papers are your best friends. The textbook is really people friendly and it will help you a lot. Overall, she a'ight.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ECON281
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her lectures are dry but they are mandatory because she purposefully omits some extra slides and answers in her online notes. Her exams are not tough as long as you study her notes carefully. Online assignments are nothing like the exams. Textbook isn't necessary, her notes are good enough.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: 281
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Her class was very boring. Hard to get high score on her exams. She gives samples before exams. However, the question of exams are much harder than the sample's that she gave to you. If you ask for help, she will be very happy to help you.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She seems pretty stand-offish but she was very accommodating to me and totally saved my semester. I found her lectures very clear, but anyone who didn't had a hard time getting answers from her in class. If that's the case then read the textbook and do the assignments. Put the effort in on your part. I'll be taking 102 with her next semester!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: 101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Quite boring, reads off her powerpoints and posts them online. Assignments are super easy.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ECON
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Around half of the students go to class because her teaching is boring and class ppt are terrible. She destroyed my interest in economy.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ECON281
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
My experience was pretty negative on the whole. Professor Kamp is very intelligent and knowledgeable; unfortunately, she is less skilled in breaking down topics. She seemed frustrated with questions, and openly mocked students that raised their hands as if they had somehow failed by not understanding. There are better places to learn Economics.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I do not understand why she has such low ratings. Her explanations of difficult ideas were so clear that i did not have to use the book. She is a really nice professor, and her exams are fair and challenging at the same time. You will only think she is boring if you have no interest in economics. She was one of the best profs of my first year.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her class is very boring, but she is always willing to help, holding review sessions where you can ask questions. Her exams aren't that hard and the best way to study is to do the practice exams a lot before the actual exam.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ECON102
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The best way to do well in the class is to look at her notes from the slideshows, and do all the practice tests. Hard to stay focused in the class, but I imagine there aren't a lot of exciting ways to teach Econ if you don't already find that type of stuff interesting
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ECON101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof makes you feel stupid, but the class is straight forward. I still grimace when I see her in the halls of Tory though.. such a rude professor.
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