Confusing unhelpful are terms I would use to describe this instructor. He basically reads straight from power points...AVOID IF POSSIBLE

Dieter tried to be funny but the truth is his lecture is boring. He just like a "robot" and his accent is terrible. Just get through him.

WOW this prof is so bad at teaching. If you take his class I would recommend reading the entire book before stepping into class on the first day. That way when he starts flying through the notes faster than a racecar you will have some idea of what is happening. He has NO skill in engaging with the class or how to explain his point in different way

He is so terrible and mean! His class is so boring. Thanks to coronavirus! I can skip his lecture and study by myself. It's hard to get an A although I get one due to coronavirus. I got a C for the first exam. Exams are hard.

Mr. Schrader does not seem to care about his student's performance in this class. He speaks fast and lets you fill in information in his empty slides. On exams, he really tries to mess with you. You get the feeling that he is just trying to see how much he can screw you over. Stay away from this professor! Seriously take anybody else but him!

Don't take him. Take another professor. Class avg for the tests was 40 and 50

One of the hardest professors I have taken.

Please do not take this professor! He is the hardest and worst professor I've ever had.

class average was 40's/50's. Extremely difficult, tons of material.

PLEASE WHATEVER YOU DO DONT TAKE A CLASS WITH THIS GUY. HE IS HORRIBLE AT TEACHING AND HIS NOTES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN READ BC OF HIS HANDWRITING. IF HES THE ONLY OPTION, TAKE A SUMMER CLASS WITH SOMEONE ELSE. TRUST ME

This class is extremely challenging for those who are not already knowledgable in finance. Dieter's lectures are very dry and he speaks like a robot. Make sure you take good notes because he doesn't save or record any of his lecture notes. The class averages on every test were in the 50% range so I know I'm not the only one who struggled.

IF YOU DON"T ENJOY FINANCE, FIND ANOTHER PROFESSOR. THIS IS THE WORST PROFESSOR I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE NO JOKE. BSAN IS EASY COMPARED TO THIS!

Alright. Here is the deal , this class is going to be hard if you dont know finance... which is a problem in a entry finance class. If you dont know the acronyms for something, you will be lost he will not explain. You will be lost. He wont help you know what is on the test. His test are nothing like the homework. I recommend a different prof.

This class was pretty tough and Prof. Schrader is unhelpful af. The average class grade for every single test was an F. This class literally gave me depression.

Take any other teacher. zero help and low-key mean if you email him. all the other teachers practically hand you an A. So if you dont know anything about exon take another teacher

For the most entry level finance class, this professor takes it too seriously and makes it 10 times more difficult than it should be. The actual material is not hard, but Schrader sucks at teaching and can't be bothered to try or change. Embarrassing KU won't do anything about it.

Dieter does little to help explain. this is supposed to be an intro class but if you dont have a heavy background of finance you will not pass. Exams are unlike any material he gives you. purposely makes exams almost impossible

does not appear to have any empathy for students.

Dieter is awful. He lectures for the entirety of class and you will just follow along in the slides. He includes a significant amount of blanks in his slides so if you're not in class, you will not know how to do it. Even if you are present, due to his elementary skilled handwriting, it's highly unlikely you will be able to read anything he writes

The class wasn't too hard, but the way Dieter teaches makes you understand even less, and makes the class harder for no reason. The tests are super hard for no reason, and most of them are full with content that wasn't reviewed in class. If you have to take Fin310, please find someone better.

This Professor needs to learn to teach. His teaching of the material is useless because If I wanted to learn the information I would just read the slides which is exactly what he does during his lectures. In every class, there is always at least one person that falls asleep. DO NOT TAKE BE301 WITH DIETER.

Finance 310 with Dieter Schrader was the single-handed worst experience I had in business school. Not only was it extremely difficult to understand his lectures and read his handwriting, but whenever you try to talk to him he rushes through whatever you needed and doesn't bash an eye at you after that.

The class feels incredibly disorganized especially considering the number of TAs in this class. They can't even post the keys to the review sheets. It is also incredibly hard to understand/read dieters' writing. We had a TA do the lecture and I learned more from her in a rushed 50-minute class than I did any day with Dieter. No pedagogy skills.

Quite possibly the most charmless professor in the whole university. He talks fast, annotates his slides in cursive, and every PowerPoint he posts to canvas has parts deliberately taken out until he posts the complete version a couple days prior to the exam. Speaking of exams, there are three that make 65% of the grade. Best to avoid this one.

Worst professor ever, the handwriting was bad that you couldnt even read what he's writing

He acts like we have base knowledge while this is an intro class. He also had really bad handwriting so when he writes lecture notes they are non legible. The tests are basically your entire grade, but you would never know because he hides your grade on canvas. The TAs will help you pass.

This is by far the worst professor I've ever had. Dieter teaches like we're graduate students in finance when the course is supposed to be an intro to finance class. This is the first time I got a C in any class, I recommend any upcoming student to take this class in the summer or with a different professor.

I give this class 5 big DOOMS!

Dieter is the reason for my W on my transcript. The average score for the first exam was a 48%. His handwiritng is near illegible and even the TA's dont come back after one semester with him. Do yourself a favor, take the class with professor kelly

Just bombed the first exam. Teachers prays on students downfall. If u get him u are cooked

Insanely hard class. Dieter knows the material but teaches it as if you have 50 years of experience. There are no mock exams so it's really hard to prepare for exam. He makes all of his exams from scratch and are very very very difficult. DO NOT RECOMMEND.

This is the single absolute worst professor I have ever had in my life. He gives no guidance for exams and just tells you to review slides where his handwriting is worse than a preschoolers. Nobody finished the exam early and he made it as hard as possible. I genuinely think he loves to see his students fail he might have a kink for it. DO NOT TAKE

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Almost the entire class for the first exam didn't finish in time. His lectures are incredibly boring (75 minutes of powerpoint slides with awful handwriting), and the test was very difficult. He gives no study guide and seems like he just wants to see how many kids fail.

Absolutely terrible do not take this class with this professor. His handwriting is terrible and his slides are terribly written. He gives no study material and just tells you to read slides. His exam was made the absolute hardest he could make it and I think he enjoys seeing his students fail. SAVE YOURSELF

The single most difficult class I took at KU, not because of the content, but because of Dieter. This is an intro to finance course, but you will be instructed like you have worked in the field for 3 decades. No, he will not clarify concepts you have questions about. No, he will not prepare you for concepts that will be on the exam.

Don't take this class, he does not prepare you for the exams that make up 65% of your grade. No one finished the first exam early, and there were lines to turn in the test which tells you he sucks at teaching. He should absolutely not have a job.

Brutal tests and even more brutal lectures. Good luck trying to study. The slides give little to no explanations other than the hieroglyphics dieter scribbles on there. There are no study guides or helpful reviews to assist you in studying for the tests. Definitely wouldn't recommend.

He is the worst lecturer and terrible intro class professor. He gives no studying material besides telling you to review the slides (150 slides) with a bunch of notes literally wrong. If you want to do well you have to study more than any class you have had so far times 2. Unbelievable that he's the Professor of a mandatory class in business school

Gives impossible tests with barely any study materials to go with them. Tells us to review the slides to study for the tests. The slides are wrong half of the time and he writes like a child. I have no idea why they let this guy teach this class.

The lecture material is confusing as it is just annotating slides, it takes hours to understand what they're saying when studying. I just think this prof is way to advanced for an intro level class. We get some formulas for exams but then he won't tell us which ones will be tested that are not given which tends to be the bulk of the exams.

Worst class I have ever taken. His lectures suck and we go over material for one class that is confusing, and he expects you to be proficient in it for the test. Gives little study material (200 powerpoint slides). This is an intro class, and he expects you to understand everything immediately. Tests are very hard and almost nobody finishes in time

WISH I COULD GIVE A ZERO!!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!

I guess he's not fired yet because he has all the internship connections for his TAs.. worst professor in business school

Horrible Professor. Makes the class feel like a upper level finance class and expects everyone to learn off of slides that dont help for exams, homeworks, and quizzes. Exams are 65% of overall grade and he makes the exams as hard as possible. Stay away from taking FIN310 with him if you can.

Take any other teacher available. Worst professor I have had at KU. Annotates all his slide decks-but no one can read his handwriting. Makes no sense and rambles on about nothing important to the class. HE expects you to already understand the whole class even though its intro. Run.

Where do I begin, This man is awful and truly I tell you to NEVER TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He will lecture and just expect you to understand the concepts instead of teaching you how to do them. His exams are impossible and doesn't give you enough time. If you find yourself unfortunate enough to be in his class then make friends with a TA and pray.

Hard class, not a good teacher.

Very bad handwriting. Get this man a personal handwriting tutor. He probably paid some people to give good ratings about his class today.

Dieter is obviously a very smart guy, but he is not a very good teacher. I think students would benefit in the class if it was formatted like accounting- having a book you have to buy and fill out as you go from unit to unit. Dieter only offers annotated slides, but his handwriting is not great so they are hard to reference.

Half of the class dropped out after the first exam. Dieter's explanations are poor and do not target the average student who is taking their first finance class ever. His teaching aids are awful. He annotates his slides every class but nobody can read his handwriting. Don't take this class.

Avoid this professor if you can his handwriting is illegible and that of an elementary student. He gives us little to no study materials and tells us to just "read the slides" and dosen't even tell us how to study the slides properly. The TAs were much more easy to understand than Dieter.

do not take finance with this professor, his handwriting is horrible along with his lectures. i never understood his lectures, i would go to his TA's review sessions for help and it barely did. more than half the class would fail the exams and the only things that helped me was the past exams question not lectures. save yourself the stress.