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ECON100 - 2.0 rating“He doesn't take attendance”
ECON10103 - 3.0 ratingClass Info
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8%
Textbook Required
79%
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ECONMICR
5.0
(1)ECON202
4.0
(1)MONEYBANKING
3.5
(4)ECON207
3.0
(3)MIRCOECONOMICS
3.0
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ECO301
5.0
ECON0
5.0
ECON03
5.0
ECON10106
5.0
MICROECONOMICS
4.3
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Had him for both macro and micro...horrible teacher. Don't take
I had him for both Macro and Micro, he is very boring but he grades up. I failed an exam and still got an A.
he is an ok guy. He grades on a curve and although most people dont pass his tests he still passes them
DONT DO IT TO URSELF!
puts you to sleep with his lectures but is a pretty cool guy. drops in a joke here and there a few times...failed all tests but still passed with a B
Welcome to microeconomics the most beloved subject on earth.Familiar with that sound? then you know Pirouz Kamrouz: Boring but knowedgeable, follow his lectures you will learn something.Lazy students always give bad ratings, don't believe them.
he would put u to sleep standing up!!! dont take him
He is a great guy that really knows his economics. However, he is so boring. I could put you to sleep at a rock concert. Also, his jokes are so lame.
horrible
He knows his stuff but is incredibly boring. Do not take the once a week section because he WILL go the full time almost every class, and he really is that boring. 2000 word term paper and 3 tests including the final. And yeah, his jokes are lame.
I would rather have all of my fingernails ripped off and my teeth pulled out than sit through another one of his lectures!
HORRIBLE LECTURE!Tortured myself by sitting through first half of semester.WASTE!You will still need to study EVERYTHING in the chapters.Review same day as exams(night class).Perfect for those who can self-teach from books cause u never need to go to class.Tests not too hard but most fail.
Horrible class. You read the chapters thinking the material will be on the test, but instead it's all of graphs that he goes over, except you don't understand any of them. You ask for help, and you get a lazy response. I failed the class, but I chose to take the F cuz the class was just ridiculous.
Dr. Pirouz is very smart, however, he cannot teach for his life. His lectures are so boring. Most of the class does not come unless there is an exam. He just needs to develop some personality in order to make his class enjoyable.
Dr. Pirouz yes very intelligent. Should be an economist cuz he is no teacher. He tries to be funny, and he tries to make things interesting. I mean, he knows wat hes talking about, but hes so monotonous its almost funny. But hes easy enough as long as you study
Humorously dry jokes; horribly dry lecture; fair grader; easy tests (strait from text, just have to study); most students fail cause they just don't read the chapters or come to class. I ddid well just studying notes the night before exams.
His lectures are so boring, easy tests but really boring
His lectures are boring, but taking notes is worth it. Take Notes! Study everything from each chapter & be prepared to learn by yourself.
He is pretty boring! But he tries to explain his subject as clear as possible! If you took some economy classes before, take him! 'cause some basis will be extra helpful to understand him. He gives only 3 exams. two of 30 points & 1 of 40 points ans a term paper.
Read the study guide and tests are easy. Tries to be funny but only funnt thing is him. Good guy though and very fair.
I wanted to slit my wrists everyday in that class. He is so boring, he thinks he is being clear but I still don't know whether he was saying Marco or Micro it sounded the ****ing same to me. His dry humor is terrible. You need the study guide idk not the book so much. Most people only show up for tests otherwise attend is low, about 7 people show u
Very hard class to rate...but one thing to say is that his lectures are REALLY boring.He tries to be funny, u'll crack a smile occasionally, doesn't take attendance. MC tests, kinda hard if u don't know what ur doing, paper grade is easy, just hand it in.
Ok here the deal, if you have to know how to study econ, read ahead, do the study guide religiously. 3 tests, and you can run em. My test scores were 1: 28/30, 2: 27/30, Final: 40/40, the average was 60% !! And and didnt even have to bust out the secret sause, well maybe a little. He's extremely fair, so i dont know what the fuss is about.
Reading my review below, I realized I was really bias ATM. If you havent taken econ classes before, you should be careful. But I thought the class was cake, 3 tests and a paper that he didnt realy look at. Again I invested about 3hr/ day just to this class. Go on the website, if you can get a 70% on their quizes, you can get a 100 on the exam.
This guy is pretty bad. I didn't understand anything he said. You're better off studying on your own. 3 exams that everyone fails but curves at the end. No attendance and do the final paper, he gives everyone an A for it!
this professor is so hard......his test's are even horrible...absolutely impossible to pass the class if he's teaching...all he does is reads the chapters of the powerpoint and expects us to know everything....he is never helpful....do not take him at all.
hard & boring class, he thinks we know so he keeps going and going, the good thing is the paper which helps at the end, 3 hard tests, just read the book n do the study guide plzz
Easy A! His classes are beyond boring, I did not learn a single thing from him. But his tests come from the book and study guide, so if you read the chapters on your own it is really easy to do well on the 3 exams.
Good teacher if youre not a retard. Class is challenging, but very helpful if youre a finance major.
this class SUCKED. he didnt take attendance but you wouldnt want to be in class anyway. he's monotoned and boring. he would crack jokes every once in a while but not even smile. the tests were hard and i tried reading the book and it still was hard..DO NOT TAKE HIM!
The class is boring, but isn't that bad. He doesn't take attendance and you only have 3 tests for which you need to read the book/study guide. There is also a 10 pg paper, but as long as you follow the format and cover the topic, it is an easy A. Plus he curves the final grade.
Boring but pretty easy. Nice enough guy, not his fault he's got dry topics to teach. I took him for another class so I knew what to expect coming in. 3 multiple choice test and an easy paper.
No attendance policy, so no one ever shows up for his classes...3 exams, with questions ranging from easy to you don't stand a chance even from guessing the answer...And a 10 page paper that everyone BS'd the night before it was due...Plus his accent is so thick it's hard to understand him
Very hard class to rate...but one thing to say is that his lectures are REALLY boring.He tries to be funny, u'll crack a smile occasionally, doesn't take attendance. MC tests, kinda hard if u don't know what ur doing, paper grade is easy, just hand it in.
Money and Banking is boring and absolutely not exciting. Dr. Pirouz is very knowledgeable and approachable. He curves and gives 110 points - 3 tests (30 pts each) & paper (20 pts). Never takes attendance. How hard can it be to get an A? Nice guy. Easy!
AVOID TAKING THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS!All reviews below this one are inaccurate, this professor is very bad at his job.His lectures are very dull.The multiple choice exams are very difficult (answers are similar to one another).There is NO CURVE,you will only recieve an extra 10 points towards your final grade, which is useless.BOTTOM LINE: IF Y
This was a very hard class. I was always interested in this subject but the professor made it very hard. Exams are multiple choice and all the answers are very hard to make out. Please avoid this professor if you can. I studied very hard for this class and still ended up with a C.
1st professor in my two years at MSU that I walked out of class on. Lectures are read straight off of text provided power point(I can read myself, I dont need to waste gas and time to have it read to me). I highly recommend taking another prof if possible, unless you dont mind paying for a class where you teach yourself.
Classes are really boring and you have to do your best to stay till the end of the class. He's a good professor, however, it seems like time never goes by. It seems like the curves in the end.
Worst prof at MSU, his lectures are boring. Yes, you can leave the class, but then you miss all the details. Even when we took the Midterm we had to stay for a lecture, he normally finishes at 10:40PM for night class, and does not believe in snow. DO NOT TAKE HIM, unless you have to.
DO NOT TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES!! HE is a horrible teacher. Material covered is not on exam and the sentences don't even make sense since he doesn't know English well. He is hard to understand, VERY boring. You have to study and read the book on your own JUST to pass...barely! WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!
Please save yourself from this teacher. If it is at all possible take any other professor. You will not understand this man. The boredom will kill you and the midterms will be on things you've never even heard of. Save yourself.
DON'T DO IT! SAVE YOURSELF!!
the worst proffessr in all of MSU nd the state of NEw Jersey.. ha suxz..he super boring and you cant understand a word he says.. nothign he talks abou tis on the mideterms.. all he does is draw charts in his chickcken scratch hand writing..hated him and you will 2..dont do it 2ur self and avoid this class
Just don't. Choose another professor, rearrange your schedule, anyone but this man. Power points are a list, lectures are dismal, non engaging AT ALL, not clear whether attendance is taken, sarcastic undertones which is extremely insulting to those of us who actually want to learn. Text book will help, somewhat. and praying to the universe.
I normally felt students criticized professors just because they got a bad grade. This professor, however, literally sets you up to fail. Extremely monotonous accent, extremely easy to never go to class, completely unengaging lectures, grade based on 3 extremely comprehensive exams. This professor needs to be evaluated by the school and dismissed.
Ok, he's not good, but he's not THAT bad. Very boring and monotonous like others said. But for an upper level econ prof. hes not that difficult. 2 tests, 1 paper. randomly takes attendance. gives extra credit to everyone (built into grade). tries to crack jokes sometimes, he knows its a boring subject. if u have no choice its really not too bad.
Worst teacher. Has a very thick accent that is hard to understand and the tests don't even cover what he teaches. Stay away!
The classes are extremely boring. Only about half the class showed up each class, and many walked out on him during his lectures. He gives three hard tests and a paper. The only way you will do good on the tests is if you study the book for hours, because you really won't learn much in class. I would say avoid taking him if possible.
i really think its more about the kind of students at msu. some are smart but others are really not supposed to be in econ in first place. econ isnt easy and if you put it all on teacher and u dont contrubute then youll do bad. you raters are complaining about intro micro and macro, thats sad, get your acts together and do some work.
Worst professor I have ever had. All he does is read off a power point provided by the books website for text. no group activity. never learned our names. And even if you do the practice tests for the texts over and over till mastery there in no indication this will help. As a teacher myself i can honestly say he has no idea how to teach.
I've done reasonable well on the tests. Mostly thanks to going over the practice ones for the book. But when it came time to do the tests i felt alot of questions were answered that he did not go over. While he is very knowledgeable in Econ he just does not know how to teach it to students. bottom line worst teacher I've ever had
Really do not take him. Talks in a boring monotone voice. Class interaction is very minimal, plus he has an accent that is very difficult to understand. His writing on the board is unreadable. 2 midterms and a paper due on final. You have to teach yourself from the books No attendance, BUT i did enjoy his dry humor. :)
Is an ok professor, knows what he is talking about but, is extremely boring & unenthusiastic. Reads in a monotone voice from his powerpoints in every class. Gives 2 exams, a final & a research paper. The exams are multiple choice but, extremely tricky. Doesn't take attendance or gives HW so you most do well in the exams & research paper to pass.
Awful, could not understand a word he says due to his heavy accent. Guy knows his stuff though since he wrote many books if searched online. Very hard grader and ridiculous tests. Do NOT recommend him.
DOESN'T GIVE ANY HOMEWORK WHICH IS GOOD BUT BAD BECAUSE YOU DONT LEARN ANYTHING FROM HIM AND NOW YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PRACTICE AND TEACH YOUR SELF OFF OF AT HOME. GRADES YOU OFF OF 3 TESTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY HARD.THERE'S NO EXTRA CREDIT. MAKES YOU DO A 10 PG PAPER THAT'S ONLY WORTH 10% OF YOUR GRADE!HARD TO UNDERSTAND! DONT TAKE HIM!WORST TEACHER!!
Prof.Pirouz is one of the most knwoledgeable teachers I have evr had. He was my prof in Iran at former Pahlavi Unversity in Shiraz. He is a taugh teacher and makes you work hard.at the end u learn a lot from him.More importantly,after revolution in Iran in 1979,he left the country and did not support the religious dictatorial regime of the Ayatolah
He is the worst PROFESSOR EVER!!! He only gives you three exams and one paper. His exams are extremely hard and almost impossible to pass. He does not give any extra credit and is not willing to help you. DON'T TAKE HIM!
This guy... destroyed any desire for me to ever take any type of economics class ever.
reads from a powerpoint each class and the powerpoint is on blackboard. tests are simple straight from the book and study guide (you should buy). very hard to understand and you don't really have to go to class. if you read the book and study guide on your own you'll be fine.
By far the worst teacher I have ever had! I studied every single day for about 2 hours, I did all the readings, I went for extra help, I wrote that stupid 2000 word essay really well, and still got a C. I attended every class and did not leave like everyone, and did horribly on my tests, and on my paper for a 4/10. He is TERRIBLE! DO NOT TAKE HIM!
DO NOT TAKE HIM! Beyond boring lectures that put you to sleep. No point in going to class because whatever he attempts to teach is not on exam. 3 tests that are IMPOSSIBLE to pass and one term paper that really does not help at all. He does not give extra credit and shows no interest in helping you pass when you go to his office hours. Save yourself and do not take this professor.
Terrible professor. Definitely avoid him if you can. He monotonously reads straight off the powerpoints provided by the book and doesn't care that no one understands the information. The lectures are extremely boring and even if you can pay attention you won't learn anything from him. 3 tests and 1 ten page paper. No reviews or anything.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. YOU WILL FAIL.The tests are very hard and he does not help you.
Worst professor I've ever had. Tried going to him for help but didn't help or care at all. Don't take him
Absolutely awful, don't take him. He seems like a nice guy,and I looked up some of his articles online and they seemed good (made more sense than his class). He's just reaaaaaalllly bad at teaching.
Do not take him!!! He barely covers the subject in class. His handwriting is difficult to understand. He will ruin your experience as a MSU student. Shame on him for teaching the youth of America. Trust me, you will be better off finding another professor.
Horrible performance. The entire class slept in class everyday... my alarm went off once and the entire class including the professor woke up. He is not interesting. the most monotone professor in the entire business school.
I dreaded going to this class every Tuesday! I was there from 7-9:30 at night and it was torture! He is very monotone, has an accent and his handwriting is awful! All he does is draw charts all over the board and read from the PowerPoint. Im sure he knows what he's talking about but I would find another teacher if interested in taking this class
He's really nice and will help if you ask, but I can't promise that it will actually benefit you. He reads right off the slides and gets lost in thought a lot. He posts the slides online along with review questions for tests. I wouldn't recommend. but if you DO take his class, teach yourself using the textbook -it's the only way I passed!
Please don't take this class...I study almost every day for this class and I am still struggling. Ive never stressed so much over a course so much before. I asked him for help, he didn't do much.
This professor is the best I've ever had. Very easy grader, speaks great English, and will help you with anything you need. Highly recommend him! P.S. He's hot.
Unless you want to fail do not take. He mumbles and has a heavy accent. You will fail. My class started off with 35 students ended with less than 10.
He seems like a really nice guy, but probably one of the least inspirational teachers in MSU. When he writes on the board it looks like chicken scratch, you can not even tell what he writes and when he speaks it is barely audible. Most of the time he looks sad maybe because 75% of our class stopped showing up. I really just feel bad for him.
Do not take him. Almost everyone in my class was failing (including me). Reads from his notes, which have nothing to do with the tests. You can't understand his handwriting and his is painfully boring.
He doesn't take attendance. All notes are online. Gives reviews before every exam. Gives you a chance to make an extra 10 points. I failed the class because I did not study at all or showed up and he still gave me a C. Great guy.
I 3 his way of teaching. His lectures fascinate me and they bring joy to my life. Extremely attractive.
He's very specific with what he wants from his students and there's only three exams so study hard.
This teacher is terrible and awfully boring. Save yourself the trouble.
does not care if you show up to class. reads off powerpoints and occasionally gives examples on board. tests are very tough, but he gives you a review ahead of time! your grade consists of only 2 midterms and 1 final exam. so study!!
Only 3 exams. Study hard
This class isn't the easiest but the reason people do bad is because they stop showing up or they just don't care. If you work hard and come to every class it will pay off in the end.
Run, or be ready to teach yourself.
Fear Death, taxes and Professor Pirouz. This guy is worse than Ferris Bueller's monotonic speaking teacher. He can put Grim Ripper to sleep. Angel of Death will run away from him out of boredom. However, outside classroom, he seems funny and quite sociable. He has a nice smile but a bad combover.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
8%
Textbook Required
79%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.47 avg changeRatings by Course
ECONMICR
5.0
(1)ECON202
4.0
(1)MONEYBANKING
3.5
(4)ECON207
3.0
(3)MIRCOECONOMICS
3.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
ECO301
5.0
ECON0
5.0
ECON03
5.0
ECON10106
5.0
MICROECONOMICS
4.3