Excellent but little cocky.

excellent professor, very approchable

Made the material very easy to understand

very clear teacher, but exams are brain ticking

Good prof., made concepts understandable. Fair exams.

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Very easy! Fee like going back to high school! Easy as Hell!!!

Clear Notes!! don't skip!!

Not too bad, good lectures and notes

Great prof, econ103 is much easier than 105

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Great lecturer. Don't skip his classes!

Study hard his lecture notes. Tricky exams so read the questions properly

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not quite difficult exams,clear notes.

really good.. clear, consise... moderate exams

One of the better prof i have at SFU

Best in SFU, moderate, and consistant prof. If you study, we should at least got a B+

People shouldn't critize him.. Wait until you encounter Kennedy

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always well-prepared, very useful notes!

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Very good professor! Very easy if you study his notes. Recommend taking ANY class with him!

it's a hard course but he is a great prof ^^

EASY!?!?! ARE YOU CRAZY!?!?! This course is fairly hard. Lots of memorizing concepts and asociations between 50+ variables and graphs.

Cox is okay~ Only read notes for the midterm and final is enough...

Doesn't get more cut and dry than this guy. If you want to get a laugh or two in your class, this is the wrong class. If you want to learn economics, you take this class.

Great lecturer but very unfriendly person. He actually looks scary upfront. But I must admit he's good at teaching.

His note is clear, but too brief...so you should read the textbook...his exam and test are easy

very straight forward class. you have to study to get a good mark. the class can get boring at times and if you fall asleep it's ok because most of the material covered in lecture is in the textbook.

I took his 105, 342, 245, 382, and 301. Overall, i think he is an excellent prof, his exam are quite easy, as long as u study his notes, don't really need to read the textbook.

This Cost Benefit Analysis course was a lot of fun. His lecture notes are brief and concise. His quizes make you think but are not impossible to do. His tests are very predictable and easy if you study the lecture notes. Great Prof.

a Very nice professor, he always gives his best try. I will alwaysfollow this professor during my academic-life.

good!

Easy Course, but you got to go to lecture and work at understanding, don't need to memorize if you understand the stuff. Use your brain cells.

I've never had another prof go into the depth he does, while still making it so easy to understand. He is an amazing prof.

not much math stuff involved so this makes 301 a really easy course!! also ...no need to read the text for exams...n the exams were not that hard!

The overall experience was fairly not too bad. The test was not as hard as I thought, and his lessons were pretty clear and easy to understand. Needs to get some personality, however, as there is no distinctive characteristic about this man.

Made the class somewhat interesting consdiering what he had to work with. Preseneted the ideas from the textbook in a very clear manner. Tests were difficult yet fair. One of the best profs I've had!

One of the better guys to take econ courses with. He lectures from the textbook and his midterm and final were both based on the text. No tricks and a good course to take with this guy ONLY.

not hard course. he is clear and helpful

Good Prof. informative note

prof cox is one of the best prof i've had.. his teaching is very clear and his assignments are helpful.. just study his notes and you can get a good mark

This guy is a legend! Unbelievable teaching skill! His notes are so clear. Just read them, U will get at least a B. I would definitely love to take classes under him again.

He is on e of the best prof.

Who is David Cox? He is the best professor in the dept. of economics. But he never smiles after the lecture.

good professor i ve ever seen

Good prof. His lectures are clear and he explains things rather well.

The guy knows what is he doing and what we need from his courses. His lectures are clear and easy to understand.

he's an old man who is short on temper. However, his notes are helpful and clear.

BEST Econ prof. Best part is that his exams are never hard. Exam questions are basically the same as what he taught in lectures, unlike other econ profs like PK, Suki, Easton, Friesen, who tries to show off their knowledge by making exams hard. I'm average student and still got A+ in all his classes

Clear notes and explanations with fair tests.

He's a fair professor. The course itself is not that hard... or maybe if you know what you do in real life, it should be simply logic.

make sure his notes make sense, he makes mistakes on the lecture notes couple times a week.....and tricky exams!

Great prof, teaches straight from the textbook pretty much,I never went to many classes until the end of the semester..the textbook he uses is really easy to understand. His midterm is really easy if you study and his final is designed similarly, don't know how hard it will be as I have yet to write

Really good at explaining everything. Need to actually understand the course material to do well. This is probably the best prof who can teach you this course. Midterm and Final are okay as long as you've done the readings. They allow you to understand everything better.

Really clear prof who explains everything well. Midterm and final were straight forward, nothing weird. Definitely take the course with him, much better than anyone else in the Econ dept, which has pretty BADH profs.

An interesting class.

I like his teaching style...we need more prof like him, very straight forward and no tricky qs on exams. Dunno what happened on the final but it sure was harder than midterm...

very good prof

He is relatively easy on 342.

skipped so many classes, but still end up w/ a good grade ^^ (but remember to get all the lecture notes from your classmates)

Extremely clear notes, so, attend the lectures. Understand the notes and you'll do well. Best Econ prof there is. Exams are ok.

Mr Cox is a white haired man that writes notes on the board for us to copy. His midterm was not easy...NOT EASY...well for me that is, since some others got impressive marks. I thought his midterm was too tricky since the MT 95% of short answers offer a yes or no format. If you get the first part wrong, say good bye to those marks...

i read over the comments about cox here before i enroll this course,everyone said his exam is very straight-forward.....but after taking his midterm....i realize those comments just bs....his exam is kind of tricky...not that straight forward at all

His class is interesting most of the time. I did not do to well on the mid term but it was marked fairly.

hard...!

His lectures are good and he has adequate notes, but boring at times due to the nature of the course. Exams are hard and can be very tricky. Homework assignments are okay and doable, just make sure you pay attention and take notes throughout the course.

Took 105, 301 & 342 with him simply because he is the BEST Econ prof. Take notes, there's a reason why he writes them! Extremely clear on everything. Exams are quite straight forward; if you have studied the notes and made an effort to understand them, you should have NO problem getting a good mark.

Fantastic prof. He explains the material so well during lecture that you will actually learn, understand AND retain it. Can't ask for more from any lecturer!

Best first year Econ prof ever. His exams are tricky, but what exams aren't? Compared to other Econ profs I've had, he's one of the clearest, and easiest to understand. It's nice to have the important points outlined out for you in his notes, when you review with the textbook. Also very helpful during his office hours! Helped me pass the course!

hmm...mr cox is kinda tough in terms of the midterm and final difficulty, but dunt be tooo worried about your marks until the end, because he was i believe nice enough to curve to let most ppl get away with passing. so if passing is all you need, dunt wrry and enjoy the class but if ur an ambious man wanting to get A+'s, ull hav to be pretty smart

Cox is one the best prof I've had. I find the midterm and exam were not hard; it's do-able if you actually UNDERSTAND the material and not memorize it. Don't expect him to spoon feed you in the course as we are in university now.

good prof. lecture goes by really fast because you do a lot of note taking but his notes are very clear and very neat. exams can be quite hard average is about 65% for midterm. hard to do good but not hard to do decent

Cox should be the standard of all Econ prof. Good, experienced prof. Very clear on notes, concepts, what will be on MTs. Fair MT. Helpful assignments, organized lectures, well-prepared EVERYTIME. Well manage of time, even knows students writing speed: he slows down to let students 'finish writing' the notes. Crazy excellent & EXPERIENCED prof! A+A+

Super super tough exam and midterm. (Smart ppl will think he is super easy.) He is pretty nice. But, I don't really enjoy his lecture. I don't know why there are lots of ppl like him. Assignments are doable. Take 105 with someone else if you are not a super smart student.

Final was very fair, like his assignments but of course quite a bit harder/longer. All concepts in the questions were covered in his lecture, nothing was a surprise. Final is cumulative, 8 short answer questions. Again overall very fair final. EXCELLENT PROF.

Great notes that summarize the material in a very concise manner. Gives practice midterms and finals. Concepts are tested broadly. Assignments are much more numerical than exam questions, so they aren't too useful. Focus on the main concepts and not so much the little details when studying. Overall, a great prof with some funny mannerisms.

Good prof for econ 105. Just pay attention and follow his notes. I never once read the book and still pulled an A by just reading the notes. He does bounce a lot and run around his overhead before writing things down... which is pretty wicked awesome.

An easy class.

if you think Cox is hard for Econ 105, then you will for sure FAIL taking 105 with Peter Kennedy.

He is one of the better professors in this school. The exams are straightforward and fair. It's a generally easy course if you actually put some effort into it.

good prof! understood the points. make sure you go to all the lectures and take notes. go to the tutorials, do the homework, they help you on the final and midterms. Midterm and final is straight forward from the lecture notes and the homework from tutorials. Recommend him for the econ classes

I do not think midterm & final are straight forward from the notes. Even he himself admitted that some questions were tricky. However, I am very impressed by his well-preparation before every class. He is one of the good profs. I gave him an A on his evaluation.

Fantastic prof. notes are clear.

good side: he has very clear and organized notes, highlights all the major points from the text for you. bad side: boring, especially the 2 hr lectures....but overall, a very good prof

He is very organized, clear and easy to understand, but due to the course material, lectures can get quite dry and boring. His midterm/final were a little on the difficult side, but still quite fair if you put the effort into that course.

his notes are good, great examples. lectures are boring. he is a nice guy. class average is not that bad, 65% on the midterm. questions are somewhat tricky. Half MC, half written.

His notes are very clear; they made the textbook almost unnecessary (it's being changed next term though). Being on Monday in the fall term, the course had a lot of content left out and too little work to do. I probably would have gotten a better mark with a more regular workload. He didn't offer a practice final exam, so you're on your own there.

One of the best econ profs at SFU. He explains the material in simple terms and makes it easy to understand. He is very clear. Would highly recommend taking his class over Kennedy for sure!

he bunny jumps back and forth, and he is quite nice

he is clear and his overhead notes are well written. practice exams prepare you well for the actual exams. Assignments every week and half of them are group assignments. exams are fair and he does not bell curve the class.

He is super nice, his notes are sooo helpful and he is the best econ professor you can get at SFU! If you study and go to lectures than it is easy to get a good mark.

Super jumpy guy. Seems like he's high on caffeine a lot of the time. Assignment type questions usually end up on the MT and Final. Both the MT and Final are hard. Notes were decent but ended up reading the text most of the time.

Pretty nice prof. but tricky exams. Won't help alot when you ask for clarification.

BAD PROF. not recomment!

He is such a good professor! He makes this course almost simple and interesting. He will not answer questions about tests and assignments in his office hours to make it fair to all students. He is the best teacher for econ 105 and probably the best in the whole department!

everyone who thinks he can't teach needs to experience a prof with an accent, with no teaching experience. u guys are nuts. he is super nice and jumpy, draws PERFECT graphs, and makes things simple to understand.

good notes (straight from text), explains concepts very well and is SO helpful during office hours! really knows his stuff and writes clear and concise midterms/finals. recommended!!

Awesome and bouncy prof. Just be sure you pay attention in lecture.

his notes are very clear ..you don't even need to read the textbook, or you can choose to just read the textbook and not go to class kuz he just takes the notes right out of the textbook. He's very clear during lectures. Tests are straightforward. As long as you know the material, you'll do good. My TA is kate, she's VERY HELPTFUL & nice !

He's really good at teaching..If u go see him during office hours, he's so nice to clarify everything. My TA is also Kate very helpful and nice, generously gave out grades...explain materials carefully and clearly. Tests is not hard but easy, cuz it's from textbook and notes. Attending lec and tut will help you to do well on the exam! recommended.

I agree. He's super nice man and jumpy. I got a good mark on my midterm kuz it's so easy. I just prepared for it the night be4 the test and I got almost 83% on that. Well, I always attended the class and fell asleep sometimes but I got good mark because his neat notes! its super clear and tests and finals were amazingly easy

His notes are very organized - go to class and copy them! The textbook is also very useful for better understanding of the material. Decent Midterm, Tough Final. Lots of information so know it well!

was better teaching 105 than this class. sometimes goes off on tangents and makes notes about them even though it's totally irrelevant. Did most of my learning out of the textbook. there was confusion about the final and which chapters were covered (not his fault) but kinda ****ed me up :( final was a little brutal but mt was very fair

His lectures are mostly taken straight from the textbook, usually with the exact same examples used. The avereage for my class's midterm was 53%, so study a lot. The exams are fair though, make sure to know how the graphs work inside and out, and avoid surfacy, definitional level studying and you should be fine.

Pretty much notes, but it's clear and easy to copy. The exam is not so hard, but it's a little tricky.Remind all the formulas before exam. Above all, he is a good professor.

dun bother buying the textbook, his lecture notes are sufficient for the midterm and final exam. doing his assignments will help u prepare for exams. he's a pretty approachable guy and helps students. (lots of ppl ask him Qs during break and he doesnt mind). he sure likes his coke zero tho. take neat notes tho! and use diff color pens for graphs

I wasn't expecting to get much out of macro since I really disliked micro, but this class was engaging and informative. Easy to copy notes, fair exam, and I liked his grading scheme. Always available to help, highly recommended.

His materials are very good. He teaches the good stuff. However, his exams are pretty darn hard. Not an easy A. You have to study quite a bit on your own since the assignments are very minimal. 30% of people failed the first midterm.

good class ever

We need more David Cox in SFU! This prof's level of understanding in what he's teaching is amazing. He is able to communicate the materials in a way that none of the econ profs have been able to do. I just wish there's more time to learn from him.

a very good prof, u can get a high mark if u follow him and understand all the notes, exactly one of the best prof in sfu

easy class. his lecture notes are clear, and very helpful. Assignments were easy if you put some effort. Midterm was pretty easy and final was ok. if you read the text and lecture notes few times, you'll be fine. recommended!

He sends his notes prior class. no need to buy the textbook, study his notes can lead you to a good grade. Easy midterm and assignments.

great prof. very clear. knows his stuff, great notes. didn't like his personality tho. he was moody. impolite towards TAs and students. his mt was fair. final was unfairly cumulative. His practice final was deceiving. at least 60% of questions on the final were from before the mt. all in all good lecturer, awful personality. still recommend him tho

The class is incredibly boring, but it is pretty impossible to make Finance interesting so you can't put all the blame on Dave. He encourages questions from students and his exams are straight from his notes, so memorize them!

Not a big fan of econ and graphs, but if you study his notes well and do the practice questions for tutorial then you'll do fine. Lectures were a bit boring, but it's economics...usually not super interesting.

His lectures are so boring that it makes everyone fall asleep. Stopped attending lectures after the first few weeks. Just read the textbook and his lecture notes (which he sends out) and you'll be fine. There's always tutorial for extra help too. Not a bad prof, just extremely boring

Just read the textbook and the powerpoint slides that he sends out and you'll be fine.

I really enjoyed this class. I love instructors that provide clear and thorough lecture notes, so you can actually focus on their lecture during class, instead of madly scribbling down notes. He followed his notes precisely. He is a great teacher, very clear, no language problems. He is approachable and encourages questions during class.

great guy, and excellent class. this has got to be one of the best courses i have taken at SFU, and he does a great job teaching it. the stuff you learn is actually useful, especially if you are actually interested in business, mainly finance, and economics. Definitely recommend

Dave is a smart, good guy who is very willing to help you if you seek him out. I found his lectures a little dryboring, but they were never confusing. I found his exams to be very fair, and if you put in the work, you would get an A.

easy exams, just read the textbook and the notes he sends out and you're looking at an A in this course. very boring lectures stopped attending after the first month, but you will benefit from the low class averages and the bell curve at the end.

he's straight to the point during lecture and if you don't understand something, you can find it in the book. memorize your formulas! you'll need them for the midterm and the final to answer some questions... even if it doesn't say to write one, do it! those formulas cost me a bunch of marks

You honestly don't have to go to class if you just read his notes or read the textbook. Hes a nice guy and can be funny here and there. I liked him, even though I didn't go to class often. His exams are not that hard at all, but if you have to know everything. I found the final easier than MT which i got B's on both. Recommend Mr. Dave Cox!

Not a hard prof at all. Make sure you read the textbook, it is essential to doing well in this course. The multiple choice will be a breeze but be careful, the short answer is where most students lose marks. MAJOR WARNING: He DOESN'T curve his course. How you do is translated into the appropriate letter grade. So don't rely on the curve to do well.

Stopped attending lecture after a month... Just read the textbook, the notes he sends out and do the homework and you're looking at an A in this course. Easy midterms and finals!

Dave Cox is super knowledgeable, the problem is the course content is unbearably boring. Do your tutorial assignments and do your textbook reading. Average course, you get what you put into it. Class is unbearable and not really necessary if you do well with self studies.

He was a nice prof, but his lectures were boring because he simply just read out the slides he made. However, the overall course was okay, the exams were based heavily on the lecture slides. As long as you study and understand the lecture slides, you will do well in this course. The average was so low because most students didn't attend classes

Read the textbook, you'll pass for sure. Easy prof easy life. Don't have to go to lectures because he literally takes his notes off the textbook.

He is one of my favourite prof at SFU!

Stopped going to lecture after first 2 weeks. Read (and fully understand) the slides he sends out AND the textbook - you're looking at an easy A+ as the class is curved and the class avg is usually low.

I absolutely love Dave Cox! He is very clear and detailed on his notes and you need a book only for reference. It is really helpful reading his notes carefully for exams. Fair exams, mosly directly from lecture notes and no surprising material. He is nice too! Fair marker as well! I actually learn a lot at this course and will take his course again

Professor Cox provides students with amazing notes which makes it easy to do well on tests. I just studied his class notes and ended up with an A+ in the class. Lectures are boring but that's to be expected with an intro class.

Lectures were really heard to follow. Like the prof was clear but material just very dry. Going to class is not needed. Just read over his notes or the textbook then you will do fine :)

Professor Cox's exams were so easy, anyone who complains about the level of difficulty did not put in any effort because the exams were based solely on his notes.

Dave's notes are very thorough with everything you need to know. I actually gave up reading the textbook after the midterm because the textbook is extremely dry and instead just relied solely on the notes and listening to his lectures. He is clearly passionate about economics and taught the material well. He won't inspire or amuse but he's solid.

His lectures are long and boring. Rarely attend the lecture. Tips for getting a good grade: READ THE TEXTBOOK AND YOU WILL BE GOOD. I was below average for the midterm cuz I just read his notes. Spend 3 days before the final to go through the whole textbook and got an A for this course.

his exams are fair. If you study the textbook, you should do well. His classes are boring but he makes up for it by giving easy exams.

People who say his lectures are boring are people who have no interest in Economics. David is an awesome lecturer and gives great explanations of macroeconomic concepts. Read textbook and attend lectures.

Prof Cox is definitely very knowledgeable about the subject. Though as a 400-seminar, wasn't much discussion. 1 final paper + in-class presentation. His exams make you think (not direct memorize-spew of info), and he adequately prepares you with his in-depth notes. Easily accessible for questions (responds e-mails pretty quick). Fair grader

Very knowledgeable prof. Lectures draw directly from textbook concepts and readings, with additional *spice* added by Professor Cox. Very easy tests -- if you are well prepared. To score highly, I suggest completing all assigned textbook readings before lecture to fully understand Professor Cox's analyses and explanations. Great guy!

Lectures were solid. He really knows his stuff. Students can learn a lot if they come to his lectures, though he prints his lecture notes and so many students do not show and miss out. My only complaint are his tests. Several short answer questions on both the mid-term & final, imo, do not properly gauge students' learning of the course material.