Russ Boyer - Western University

Professor: Russ Boyer
Department: Economics
College: Western University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ECON001
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His notes are highly confusing. Even if you pay 100% attention in class, you would still feel puzzled by his explanation. However, feel free to interrupt him and ask questions in class. He likes to focus on a few major topics throughout the course. Though his lecture is a mess, he is a really approachable and nice prof.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
N/A
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: EC2154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I wanna take a dump on this guys face, when I see him, complete and utter useless teacher.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ECON001
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Useless teacher, avoid at all costs, his lecture notes are useless. I wanna punch this old man in the head.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I escaped that class with a 75.....there IS a God.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof.Boyer is not organized at teaching , his slides are not useful if u dont go to class, and he doesnt provide any textbooks to refer to. HOWEVER, the fact is that if you participate EVERY class and concentrate, you will be fine. Normally the class avg is very low because i rarely saw ppl attend his class.im not nerd but Prof Boyer is innocent...
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ECON3353
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A horrible horrible teacher. His notes are extremely not organized, no page numbers or dates. He likes to talk through models and algebra rather than build them bit by bit.He jumps around random powerpoint slides when lecturing, very difficult to follow his thought. His final exam is a pain in the neck. m.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2153
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
don't take his classes, you'll want to shoot both him and yourself if you're stuck in one of his econ classes. I can't believe he's still teaching at Western, I talked to some authority figures for Social Science and they told me theres numerous excuses about this guy. Boyer sucks. Period.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2153
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst prof I have had at western. I want to throw a brick at his head whenever he talks.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ECON2164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Probably the worst professor I have had ever in my life. Based off lecture notes, gives only the graph movements without explanation to the variables being affected. First midterm class average was below 40%, bellcurve was times your mark by 1.5. The questions he asked had no relation to the concepts taught in class. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ECO164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One useful comment about the class notes. They basically consist of 4 scenarios where demand curves are studied. Alot of people don't get the brilliance of this, but once you study the affects of one of these you can work through the effects on the others long before the prof does. I finished most of my final exam studying by Mid March and coasted.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ECO164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Russ' class isn't an easy one. I must have spent 10-15 hours a week going over his notes making sure I understood. But he did provide his last few years of exams before every test so we knew what to expect. It also wasn't unusual to email him with questions on his material at 1:00 Am and get responses 10 minutes later. Tough material, good prof
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CLASSSECT
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You may fail all his exams, but he bell curves so you'll do fine in his course!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ECO164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a joke.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ECON164
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very very boring, can't help but fall asleep in class, his notes as well as his lectures are full of mistakes, not only this, he tries to implement a whole different definition of a policy just before the final exam, he is extremely unorganized and you can't help but wonder why he hates so many different economists. In addition, every class aside f
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ECON353B
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boyer is a nice guy. But, I am in my fourth year and can say without hesitation he is the worst professor I have had. There is no textbook for the course and his course notes are terrible. It is impossible to learn from them. He is trying to get them published as a textbook but, surprise, after 30 years, there are no offers. Take it as a hint.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ECON154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst teacher I have ever had at Western. He made an already boring subject dreadful. He is completely unorganized and even had the nerve to tell the class he was busy doing a research study and so didn't have too much time to comit to updating the slides on the website. Confuses himself more than he confuses us. Avoid at all costs.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ECON154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst Professor I have ever had at Western! Although Russ seems to be a nice guy, he is unorganized. There is no text book. He jumps around. His lecture notes literally read like it was written by a 4 yeard old. He makes mistakes... a lot of them. And when you ask him a question he looks more confused than you are. AVOID HIM!!!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ECON152154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Doesn't know how to teach. Not meant for teaching though he knows his stuff.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ECON154
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I totally dont understand why Western would hire someone like Russ Boyer. He doesnt know how to teach at all. He thinks his online notes are a lot better than 3 great texts combined. If you dont hate yourself that much, pls pls stay away from this guy.
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