He is very nice and considerate. An approachable teacher.

demanding, smart teaching style

a real catalyst to my education

a really great prof

Great prof!! Very nice and humorous! Considerate and funny too!

perhaps the best in Commerce, teaches you to understand and apply

Great b/c he teaches you to apply what you learn. Straight to the point stuff.

would recommend this professor

Great Prof! Excellent in class examples

challenges you to think, great lecturer, cares about students

Great Prof, really nice and helpful.

I recommend this teacher to everyone!

Great Prof! One of the Best

awesome teacher. he's my fav. prof in UBC

Great prof. Interesting + entertaining examples, funny, clear, challenging.

first time ever in my life that i actually recommend this prof to everybody!

One of the best teachers I've had so far~ Not easy, gives you clear idea of concepts. ^^

best prof ever

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Very clear explanations, lively lectures.

He once gave me an 84 overall even though i got 62 on the midterm =)

*sniffle* I luv this guy...

Really helpful and made the course really interesting.

Kroeker was great! So much better than Mallia for accounting. My favourite Commerce teacher.

amazing. best prof in 4 years of uni

Simply the best!

Awesome teacher - nice + made a very difficult class more clear. Needed to survive this course :)

Absolutely the best prof throughout my entire UBC experience. I too, absolutely love the guy! There's way more to life than debits and credits ... Jeff's an inspiration!

Jeff Kroeker is the bomb. you won't find a better teacher.

He's passionate about his teaching and his students. The only "negative" thing I can say is that he often repeats the concepts many times over and goes too slow...which makes me fall asleep sometimes.

Entertaining. Nice guy. Slow in giving assignments back with very little help. Somewhat easy to get a good grade. Seems a little on the lazy side.

Kroeker is enthusiastic and tries hard to answer any questions you have. He gives a lot of examples, which is helpful. However, the stuff he writes up on the board gets pretty confusing. Sometimes, he'll just write one word up and you'll have no idea what it means when u read your notes at home.

Kroeker is an amazing professor who shows a genuine interest in what he teaches. For everyone who complains about his notes being vague, well quit your whining this is university. If you cant take down your own notes by now you shouldn't even be here!

Jeff you rock!

Good guy. Makes class interesting. Dumbs down the material too much though. GREAT for basics. Past that, I wouldn't say his lectures are particularly valuable for ass't or test related Q's.

Good prof. Very difficult exams and only to find out a very awkward marking scheme. ie. effort not = marks. Notes are way too easy for exams. Book limited usefulness. But very knowledgable to the industry and sincere to students' career development. Know this guy for great career contacts!

2 words. He rocks.

Likeable as a person, able to make accounting more interesting than usual with his real-life examples. Unfortunately real-life examples do not = good grades. Frequently I knew little of what to do for the assignments because of his lack of relevant examples and lectures that were all over the place.

hes aite

a really great prof. knows his material.keep students interests...yeah, you hardly zone out in his class. Great guy, remembers your name after talking to you once.The class is not easy though. But concentrate and take good notes inlecture and read the text, you'll be ok.

Given the absurd difficulty of this course, I wouldn't want anyone BUT Jeff teaching it! Shows you exactly how to apply the concept in real-life. He also genuinely wants you to do well... the course is just a **** to begin with. He's also awesome for career advice and references

the best prof in the faculty, hands down. smart guy, and really nice too.

prolly the best comm teacher at the sauder school. he doesnt keep winning best professor for no good reason. great guy, awsome teacher.

Excellent prof!

Hands down best prof @ sauder! he really helps you develope the "logical mentality" needed to succeed in his courses and in the real world - none of that textbook ****. ALWAYS available for help (on courses, life, future, almost anything) - and is genuinely interested in the well-being and success of his students. Great job Kroeker - we love ya!

Absolutely outstanding. He helps you UNDERSTAND the material, not MEMORIZE it. He is the best university instructor I have ever had. I highly recommend him to any student. FANTASTIC! (how many profs get an ovation at the end of the semester? He does!)

BEST PROF AT SAUDER. I'm telling you, he is one of the profs who will get you to stay awake and listen, and help you to learn SO MUCH. This course is AMAZING with him teaching it.

awesome prof! it's always a lot of fun in his class. i love how he really makes an effort to get to know his students. i'll def. take more accounting courses with him. the only thing i didn't particularly like is how he explains things, it's long-winded and doesn't get straight to the point. exams are killers but the grades are ok. class avg=72%

AWESOME PROF DEFINATLY ONE OF THE FEW PROFS WHO ACTUALLY WANTS YOU TO DO WELL NOT ONLY IN HIS CLASS BUT ALSO IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS. ALWAYS MAKES AN EXTRA EFFORT TO KNOW HIS STUDENTS. EXAMS ARE TOUGH BUT FAIR. GO THROUGH THE HOMEWORK AND THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND YOU WILL DO GREAT. OFFICE HOURS ARE EXTRMELY USEFUL.

the worst professor I have met in UBC, very hard exams(he always gives new problems in exams, we have not discussed similar situations in classes), rather unclear lectures, perhaps he want to fail his studnets.

The best prof at Sauder! Jeff cares about his students and managed to keep my attention through both the classes I had with him. My advice to anyone who takes his course is to pay attention and participate in his classes...if you do, you won't have to study for his tests.

Great!! So helpful and lectures are interesting. The course isnt the easiest, but Jeff makes class enjoyable.

This course is SO hard. But that's not Jeff's fault!! He knows the course is hard and literally does everything he can to make it more understandable and less intimidating. He genuinely wants you to do well... trust me! If you go to his office hours, he will spend enormous amounts of time to help you.

Well I like Management Accounting more than any other courses at Sauder so myopinion may be somewhat biased but i do think he's a terrific prof regardless because he treats people with respect and if you show interest in the course you can't possibly do poorly - he will try his best to help you. one of the best in Sauder!

one of my favourite profs in ubc...funny, respectful, and helpful....His class is fun and actually makes u think about what ur doing instead of just copying down notes...I think some ppl rated him bad cuz the COURSE itself is so damn hard, but its not his fault!!! oh and btw, i do think he's hot...lol

Very different teaching style from Mallia. More real life based. GREAT notes. Interesting classes. Go to his office hours if you need help.

Awesome prof! There's no textbook but he had really good notes and we learned pretty much from examples. Made jokes & made class/material more fun. Thx!

Great prof! Loves to make jokes, will go out of his way to help you. Can't go wrong with this guy. Make sure you attend his classes, no textbook. Keep up on current events to ace this class.

Awesome prof! Great teacher, comedian, and friend. Don't be afraid questions during class. He takes time to get to know the students. He even helps you out after you've finished his course! Can't go wrong with Kroeker!

My fav. prof from university. Very interesting to listen to and very interactive teaching style

Best professor at Sauder. Period.

Very nice and approachable prof. He is nice to everyone (despite your grade/ethnicity/whatever) and truly cares about all students. If there's one prof in Sauder who will help you, he's the prof.

Jeff is the best professor that I've ever had. Cost accounting is not easy, so don't expect this class to be a breeze; however, Jeff will make it his goal to assist you every step of the way. He wants to see every student succeed and actually enjoys teaching -- you'll be doing yourself a favor by signing up for his class.

Part (i) of (ii) comments: He's kind of overrated. Yes, as a faculty member, I really appreciate his participation in many student affairs. But as a lecturer, there's really nothing exceptional. Maybe people confuse charisma (which he has) with lecture delivery quality. His notes are incomprehensible and you get confused easily while studying .

Best prof EVER!

Awesome!!! He made me love Managerial Accounting. Never thought it could be so much fun. Sauder needs more like him. Extremely helpful outside class as well. The course does not have a rigid structure which makes it even more interesting since it really makes you think like a manager. Assignments & in-class exercises are very useful. Amazing Prof!!

general consensus-amazing prof.material is relevant and he's able to keep it interesting.influenced my intrigue for managerial accounting.if pay attention in lectures,will do well in the course.material is not overly difficult and teaches it well.anyone who rated him poorly clearly had personal issues with him. cares about students success.

One of my favourite profs at Sauder! He doesn't have the best/clearest notes but it really doesn't matter because he really tries to get you to fully understand the material so that come exam time, everything comes naturally. I'm no accounting buff (barely passed financial) but did really great in this course b/c of his great teaching style!

Kroeker's AWESOME!! I didn't even do all that well in his class, but I still really appreciate what a great prof he is :) Very helpful, very clear, very approachable. When choosing between him and Jackes, I prefer Kroeker, because he focuses on quantitative AND qualitative aspects. Exams are fair. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! :D

as long as you show up to class and participate in class, an A is possible. i did not get an A, but he made me really like this class

To the comment below.. clearly the student did not go/pay attention in class. The midterm was as expected, no surprises. The only complaints I would say is that exams are a little bit too long, however Jeff is a amazing professor. The numerous teaching awards given to him are surely deserving and you definitely learn a lot,despite not the easies

Honestly the best proff in Sauder if not all of UBC. Kroeker teaches material in a manner where you can really apply what you learn to real life situations. If you are a very read out of the textbook and memorize what you learn type of person, this class is not or you. This class is very discussion based and is very problem centred.

Jeff made going to class worthwhile. It's hard to say exactly what it is about his teaching style, but he manages to naturally engage students in his lectures. He's very capable of seeing things from students' viewpoints, and has an amazing ability to deliver exactly the right amount of content in each class. Best first-year prof so far.

After meeting Jeff once, I was so blown away that I chose my STT based on if he was teaching that COMM 101 section and I was not disappointed. He truly loves being at Sauder and engaging with students. He's more than a prof, he's great advisor who wants each student to max. their potential and go places.

Jeff is a very approachable and funny prof. His examples are easy to understand. His notes are quite brief so make sure you listen carefully in class and write EVERYTHING down to do well on the exams.

Jeff is a very passionate and interesting proffesor, out of the two COMM 101 profs he was the better one. He is very nice and experienced with business, I had a great time speaking with him during office hours. He does come actoss as a little arrogant sometimes by showing off his connections.

Jeff was an exceptional professor! Cost accounting isn't the most interesting course, but Jeff sure as hell makes it intriguing and engaging. He's enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and his jokes keep you on your toes all class! Exams are fair, and so is his marking. Take his class if you can, you'll be glad you did. Thanks Jeff!!

Nice prof, real interest in the course and always brings in real life material related to lectures.

I had Jeff last term and for Comm101 too and I love him. He's supportive and helpful! Highly recommend to all Sauder students. He's a great professor and a great man!

Jeff is one of the best at Sauder, he's great at lecturing. Provides great detailed notes, so there is no textbook for his class. Lectures are always fun and interesting. Take his class and get to know him, he is a teacher.

Amazing! Make sure you chose him as your prof.

You either love or hate his teaching style. Great guy but didn't fit my learning style. His notes are SUPER long problems, which are messy and lack the main learning/takeaway points. Doesn't have a textbook or enough practice questions for you to actually master concepts. Wasn't an effective teacher in my opinion.

The challenge with this course is that there's a lot of range in students' understanding of the material. To some, it was entirely intuitive and the whole course could've been taught in a matter of days. For others, it was unmanageably challenging. Jeff's clearly chosen to cater to the former, which creates for some a very un-engaging environment.

Great prof, great examples. Simplifies the problems really well to your understanding.

Amazing man!

No textbook, just his lecture notes which are sometimes not very organized. You should write down EVERYTHING you thinkhe says in class. PARTICIPATE. He's a fun guy, but doesn't really get the course content across. Notes are too long and doesn't reinforce key ideas. Hard class even though you study.

Glosses over fundamentals of each business area as an intro course. Not sure why we have to take it since we learn about all the subjects in-depth BEFORE we specialize in third year anyway.

A bit egotistical, there's a subtle brag in nearly everything he says. Acts like he cares about students for the sake of appearances and bringing you back in a few years to brag. Overrated. Messy notes, but exams are very BS-able as long as you attend class and participate. Read the articles and do the prep he assigns, it'll come in handy.

Absolutely spectacular professor. Knows the material inside and out, and is invested in his students. The class involves heavy group work, and you are with the same group for most classes. Most students at this level are great and I was happy to work with them throughout the term.

Solid prof. Not a fan of COMM101, but he made it bearable. Pretty funny and interesting.

Very engaging prof. Easy to follow in his classes without having to force yourself. Would recommend.

Great prof that keeps the class focused with ease. No homework luckily. Workload tough but not heavily laden.

I came into this class feeling quite confused and unsure, but after attending all of his office hours to the very end, I'm feeling much more confident. He gave great explanations and is very sociable, will add you on linkedin haha. Definitely recommend.

The first midterm just finished tonight. It was difficult because he asked some new types of questions in exam which we have not practiced at all in class or self study problems. Yes, I am talking about product margin. Jeff may thought that we know how to calculate contribution margin from class , then we magically know product margin as well.. NO!

Jeff is the reason why this class isn't boring. He is probably one of the best profs I have had, and even though his tests are very difficult, I just gain more respect for him as time goes. He loves teaching and you can see it in his work and efforts. I would take any course he teaches given the chance!

Jeff is the best professor I've had at Sauder. He makes the class so engaging and takes complex material and makes it understandable in real world situation. It is the first class that I've genuinely enjoyed going to and I will gladly take another class with him.

Jeff taught every cousin in my household that went to Sauder, and some of them are in their 40s. Jeff is THE legendary professor at Sauder. His class is hard, is fast, but is rewarding. You must attend class. He is hilarious and his jokes make my stomach hurt laughing. Class is super hard, you need to be smart. Enjoy the class.

Jeff was a great professor. Being online this year, you could tell how he wanted to keep the classroom interactive and engaging and he succeeded. The course material is difficult, but youre given all the tools you need to succeed would 100% recommend taking C354 with Professor Kroeker

A legendary prof. His class actually forces you to think instead of just memorizing definitions and formulas. You will learn so much about business and cost that it changes the way you view the world. Highly recommend

Good engaging class

Really enjoyed the class. However, it is still a difficult class. Sometimes he brings in alumni to chat about their careers, and in those classes, he tends to rush through the notes. You'll need to take the time to understand the notes and the problems he goes over. I enjoyed the class as his lecturing style is super engaging, yet different.

I found Jeff to be one of the best professors throughout my three years at Sauder. However you can see through some reviews that he is polarizing. If you want to have precise study material for your exams, with no surprises: this might not be the course for you. If you want to learn something in your degree and get engaging lectures, this is it!

Classes are engaging and interesting. Syllabus is unclear, marking rubric unclear, assignment instructions vague. Lots of group work, presentations. Content highly subjective, no formula for getting high grades. Can't study for exams because you don't know what you're learning and he gives very little prep. You go in there and hope for the best.

Jeff is amazing. Probably my favourite professor at UBC so far. Lectures were super engaging. Go through the problems done in class and make sure you understand each one; if you do, then you should be good for the midterm/final. For personal study, I found that organizing lecture notes by topic (which are labeled in the course package) was useful.

Took this course with both Jocelyn and Jeff and he is the much better option! His lectures lack structure yet somehow if you show up to class, put in the work, and ask for help, you will be rewarded! Performed leaps and bounds better with him compared to the other prof. If you must take 354, take it with him. You will not regret it!

Polarizing professor but honestly the best choice for COMM 354! Truly a class act. Offers advice and connections, willing to help you and further you in your career. Rewards you for working hard and showing up. Tough, tough, tough exams but with Jeff, if you stay on top of material and work hard, he will make sure you succeed. RECOMMEND

underrated in my opinion. lectures arent very structured but if you come to class and take the time to understand the notes then you will do well. challenging exams but completely possible to excel

Jeff is amazing! He makes material fun and lectures are very engaging. He really cares about his students and is always available to help. I'd love to take him again!!

Jeff has by far taught me the most out of every professor I've had at UBC. COMM 354 is difficult, but he makes it enjoyable. 1000% recommend. Participate in class and go to office hours and he will love you.

Jeff is a polarizing prof. His teaching is slightly disorganized and fast and a bit intimidating at first, but if you take good notes and participate in class it will all come together at the end. Biggest tip on the exams is to work fast and write as much and explain as much as possible. He also gives great advice and is a great connection.

The lectures can lack structure, but showing up and putting in the work pays off. Tough exams, but with Unstuckstudy and dedication, you can excel. Engaging prof, great for career connections and support if you engage.

If you come to class, pay attention, and participate in the class discussions you can do great in the class, his lectures may feel disorganized but all the information you need for the midterms and finals are taught in his lectures.

Jeff is eccentric and passionate, you can't expect to breeze through this course or just skim a slideshow to do well. If you show up, work hard, and engage with him in class and office hours, you will excel. Can't just memorize your way through this one, you need to think critically on a situation-situation basis. Fantastic teacher

The course is rigorous and lectures can feel a little disorganized, but Jeff is an excellent instructor who genuinely cares. He tends to ramble, which might not suit everyone, but his passion for the subject is infectious. If you can adapt to his conversational approach, his dedication makes him one of the best professors in the department.