Jian Mardukhi - Langara College

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Jian Mardukhi - Langara College

Professor: Jian Mardukhi

Department: Economics

College: Langara College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a great person and all; but he is not the greatest professor. The class content is hard, but he makes it even worse with 2hr lectures that do NOT explain the actual content. 85% of concepts of the chapter you have to learn yourself w/ the textbook. The exams are nothing like the assignments or class notes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Jian is by far my favourite professor. Look, this class is challenging. It is possibly the most challenging class I've ever done; however, it is also the most rewarding because the macroeconomic theory you learn directly applies to real-world markets. This class changes the way you perceive the economy. Keep watching the videos, and don't give up.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You need to read the textbook in conjunction with attending lectures when you have questions. Very responsive to emails. Tests are literally what is learned from textbook and class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awesome !

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: ECON4810
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is caring. He focus on important points in his lecture, and give us additional class for Q&A. If you find his class is difficult, actually the course is already hard. His method makes you really think about the subject and understand it, not just read and memorize. So for some students who never tried active learning, you should get used to it

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very knowledgeable. Nice & respectful as a person. Quite helpful, accessible, responsive, and caring. Puts in lots of effort. Lectures are sometimes hard to follow and complex (reading in advance helps a lot) but to be fair a complex subject matter too. Thanks!

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very good!

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You really have to work hard in this class if you want to pass. Lectures are boring and all of your learning will be from reading the textbook. Midterms are the worst since you're only given an hour to answer 30ish questions.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not helpful or resourceful, more of a read the textbook and learn yourself class

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He really good and very helpful.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

By far my most favourite professor! I found his lectures to be extremely interesting - have learned a lot so far. His recorded videos are very good. The midterm was closely following the assignment questions; had a few abstract questions too, but still all covered in lectures. He is very caring, helpful, and gives really good feedback.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

By far my least favourite professor. I found his lectures to be extremely off-topic and often felt our learning goals were unclear. Not to mention, his recorded lectures were super abstract and long. The midterm was even more abstract and did not give students an opportunity to express their knowledge of the content. He was also quite judgemental.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: WD
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He says I don't know what the answer is or how to explain it when you ask him a question from the textbook. Recorded lectures are useless they are so long they go off-topic. Live lectures are confusing and are not clear. More of a self taught course, if you like confusing exams in a short period of time this is your class look no further!

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Mardukhi is caring, supportive and he wants people to succeed; Just ask him for help. I went to all his lectures and it can be tedious, but you DO learn things during that time. I didnt like how the exam time limit was an hour, but other than that, this class was okay. Also, these reviews are kinda mean and exaggerating things

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: No
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Jian does the bare minimum and calls it a "lecture". The textbook should help us understand the concepts he teaches, but he expects us to learn ourselves. He once said that it was our responsibility to learn everything on our own and expect the things he didn't teach to be on the exams. I didn't pay a couple hundred dollars for a trash education

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There are always people that easily fabricate lies to justify their lack of progress or success, rather than trying harder! Not saying this was the perfect class, but come on! In one of my study groups, there were people like these - honestly poisonous. Be ready to be overwhelmed by the amount of things you need to learn. This is a heavy course.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a good prof, puts in considerable effort, provides recorded class lectures (quite useful, since had to watch some several time to understand), is very helpful in office hours, is caring, and knows what he is teaching. I whish there was more time to see more real world examples of what we learned. Lectures are heady, but should they not be?!

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Posting this just before the final exam. How these people below have already their marks?! This clearly speaks to their intent. Obviously, less people attend his classes bcuz theyre busy at the time (just like myself), he records class lectures & gives access to those later. To the contrary, he is quite helpful and lectures are high quality.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: ECON2260
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Hands down one of the worst profs at Langara. If exams are theoretical, make the lectures theoretical. People are right about his stand-off attitude. Every 2 hr lecture is a complete waste of time that's why no one attends them

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: ECON1221
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I agree, his lectures are boring and too long. His notes are too messy. Nice guy though, but gives off snarky vibes

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