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Yes, the material can be dry for some, but a little effort to appreciate the class (if needed), can go a really long way. Prof. Duvic is the kind of person who not only is a great professor, but someone who would be a great reference for those applying to graduate school.
Dr. Duvic is a really sweet old man. He definitely knows his stuff when it comes to finance. His lectures are not exciting, but if you read the textbook and know the homework problems really well, then you should be fine on the exams. Make sure you come to class because he randomly selects students' names from a deck of name cards each lecture.
FIN357 is not a class where you can get away with just studying a day or two before the exam. You need to treat it like a math class in the sense that you should practice and study every day. If you do that and go to office hours when needed, you'll make an A. Duvic's class is not too bad; requires attendance. Lectures can be stretched out/boring.
Dr. Duvic is AMAZING!! Take his online class if you can - you won't regret it. He is very helpful in his office hours. A is very doable.
Finance 357 is not a blow off class by any means - it is hard. However Professor Duvic is good at engaging the class and making a somewhat painful class enjoyable to be in. Also very funny and very willing to help students.
Took the online finance class and it wasn't too bad. Didn't really try to learn the material because the quizzes (pretty much the tests) are online so I googled everything. Most was on course hero and chegg. If you really wanna learn finance probably take it in class cause its harder to learn online. Only downfall was it was a lot of work
Really great at making a difficult class a little bit easier. Go to class as his lectures are told like a story and everything fits together.
FIN357 is a coordinated class so exams and HW are the same across all profs, but Duvic lectures pretty well and posts his slides. He's good at helping you connect big picture points if that's something you struggle with. Participation is based on cold-calling, but the questions are easy and if you email him that you'll be gone he won't call on you.
FIN357 is a coordinated class so exams and HW are the same across all profs, but Duvic lectures pretty well and posts his slides. He's good at helping you connect big picture points if that's something you struggle with. Participation is based on cold-calling, but the questions are easy and if you email him that you'll be gone he won't call on you.
Not easy if you aren'y keeping up. Youll get lost easily if you don't start early. Very Hard exams but atleast theyres a curve at the end...
His lectures are fine, but he does not have any interest in lecturing directly to the test like other professors. He also does not teach the calculator, which is vital for test one. If you study a bunch to compensate, then you may be fine on the standardized FIN tests. Slides are filled with subtle jokes! Curves accordingly.
TAKE IT IN CLASS. Class consists of 15 units, unit quiz per unit, 3-4 LearnSmart assignments per unit, and 3 brief writing assignments. There is a midterm and final. Exams destroy your grade, NO MC, all fill-in-the-blank, math, and short answer. Impossible to study for, when each exam covers 5+ units, and is condensed into only 25 questions.
Professor Duvic is a great professor! I highly recommend taking his class. I decided to pursue a Finance minor after completing his course because he made it very interesting.
His slides prepare super well for the midterms. Just read the slides/do the connect hw the night before the exam + day of. Dr. Duvic is extremely welcoming, and it's very easy to get an A. Class is curved, 15% is free 100 due to hw and "project" grades, other 10% is participation, valuation exercise (also easy to max out). Extremely fair class.
so i took his class online. he is not good. i tried talking to him during office hours and he was not helpful. his tests are fill in the blank, math problems and essays because "life isnt multiple choice" his applications have the answers but they are not explained well and full of mistakes. overall not a good class.
Honestly an easy class and I learned a lot. Anyone who is complaining about the online class just didn't apply themselves very much because it isn't that much work and the curve is huge. 50% of the class got an A or A- and most of the rest got a B+.
This class is known to be hard so it doesn't help having a bad professor. His lectures are not engaging, his slideshows are unnecessarily long and the tests are hard. He does not write the tests so he doesn't teach what is relevant - he just gives a vague overview of everything. Take FIN357 with another professor if you want to do well and learn.
I feel a little bad for giving him a bad rating because he was out for about a week due to having surgery. But regardless, his slides were super outdated. They were made in around 2008, and they were not very engaging. This class was more difficult that it should've been, and he kept saying "treat finance like a puzzle and put it together!"
Dr. Duvic is one of the best professors at UT; he genuinely wants everyone to learn important finance concepts - to him, it is far more than just material for the exam. He made me care about finance a lot more, and showed me bigger-picture things than just what was covered by the curriculum. He also emphasizes current events, which is fantastic!
Do NOT take this class unless you have to, and take it with any other professor than Duvic if necessary. Slides are outdated, Connect homeworks take way too long to do to only count for a small percentage of your grade, and tests are impossible to pass. He is a very nice man, but his teaching style is no good for anyone trying to actually succeed.
I loved Professor Duvic- he's really good at piecing together information from different chapters and making those connections evident to students. Super helpful if you seek him out and you can tell he cares about your learning experience. Love him so much wish I could have him again!!
He's a super nice guy. Office hours helped. There is a lot of reading/looking at examples. LS assignments are easy bc they're completion and quizzes are doable bc you can look up most of the answers online. The two exams were a bit tricky, but probably because I didn't try to actually learn oops. Even though I bombed the tests, I still got an A-
Dr. Duvic is an amazing Finance professor but he does not gear his lectures toward the standardized tests. Get ready to read extra for the tests but otherwise great prof!
Dr. Duvic is so kind and helpful. He is always willing to go over things with students 1v1. If you just go through the material, you will do well in the class. The test is fill in the blank, which can surprise people, but I think if you read the material, and review you should do fine! I would recommend this class to anyone!!
This was hands down my favorite professor at UT. I have never had a professor care as much as he did. He was available around the clock for help and really made this class do-able despite all the COVID circumstances going on. I would 1000% recommend taking finance with him! Reach out to him and go to his Zoom meetings, you won't regret it!
This semester the professor decided to change the course structure to just 13 proctored weekly quizzes. However, he has been extremely inconsiderate bc he wanted us to take the quiz at the same time. After the snow storm, he has just made things even more difficult for us. I honestly want to just drop my business minor bc of this terrible professor
Toughest class for a minor ever. He's completely changed the course from previous semesters and his lack of flexibility and general compassion is fatal. We had to take him to the dean to get a fair deal out of the snow week, and even then, it's made class extremely difficult as our entire grade now rests on 4 quizzes.
This class was originally supposed to be graded on 13 quizzes (fill in the blank), after the snow storm it is now only 6. My TA is unreachable, I have emailed them multiple times with no response & the quizzes are so much more difficult than they need to be. Class had to email the dean about it. Asynchronous was the only class option, do NOT do it.
Workshops, unit reviews, etc given by the prof/TAs don't help. TA graded harshly on all quizzes. Prof was very stubborn with making class more accommodating w/ rescheduling. He does try to make the lectures more comprehensible but the quizzes are harshly graded for no reason even tho they're easy to understand + to answer. 1hr for quizzes. Prctered
I took this class asynchronously and it sucks but if you're a business minor you can't get out of taking finance. I think this class is wayyyy too detailed for a minor course, there are a lot of equations/conceptions that are taught very hastily. All the in-person reviews are good so I'd recommend taking in person over asynchronous.
We had 12 units of material and were supposed to have 12 weekly quizzes, but because of snovid and things, we had bi or triweekly quizzes. They aren't the worst, but they're pretty difficult. The math is very complicated and often not explained very well. You can't see what you got wrong unless you go to TA office hours, which are only like 1 hr/wk
This class is by far the hardest business minor class yet. Our final grade is dependent off 8 quizzes all out of different point values. The quizzes are literally so hard and you have to study a lot. If possible take in person - asynchronous online was my only option. My TA was very nice though, so go to office hours when you can!!!
Don't listen to all the bad reviews from the spring semester. There were schedule conflicts and some syllabus changes, but the class wasn't bad at all! Prof is so nice and caring, and I could tell that he really cares about his students and the material. The quizzes can be tricky, but they are completely doable if you try.
i thought the class material was interesting and applicable to real life. I got pretty interested in finance after taking this class and thought it was a great introduction. There were a lot of resources to help you throughout the course. The quizzes were of medium difficulty. The only complaint I would have is the change in grading after snowvid.
This class was horrid. There were only a few quizzes which your whole grade was based upon. After quiz grades are out, you are unable to see what you got wrong. The quizzes are very vocabulary heavy and very little application based (or were ridiculously easy). The worst business class I've taken to date.
The professor handled the winter storm pretty fairly but changed the quiz structure which was unpopular. The quizzes were doable if you put work in, and Duvic is very kind and helpful at the workshop sessions. Great class overall, surprisingly my favorite business minor class so far.
He basically treated the whole semester as some sort of experiment. Quiz schedule and syllabus changed more than 3 times (students had to contact the Dean about it). Quizzes got progressively harder since he decided to combine multiple units. He does give bonus points for finding errors in the course which kinda helped me get an A tho.
Duvic organized his class completely asynchronously, but you still have to read and take notes weekly in order to complete the weekly quizzes. The quizzes were sometimes quite difficult, though nothing was ridiculous. Pretty bearable class if you don't wait until the last second to do all your work.
Not only do we have to learn everything ourselves, this class is tedious and prioritizes the SMALLEST little details. Barely anyone passes the tests. Because this is a 3-credit class, I expect this class to take 3 hours (not including HW). HINT: IT DOES NOT. Also, the TAs SUCK. They ignore me or send back answers like check Canvas. Really?????
I was not a fan of this class, I had little to no contact with the professor.
Seems Duvic's class changed a lot (structure-wise) since the Spring 2021 semester. Grade is based on 5 exams and participation questions. Exams were a nightmare, VERY specific and notes were NOT allowed. Asynchronous so you had to teach yourself everything, and Finance isn't exactly an easy upper-division business course. Best of luck!
The worst class I've ever taken at UT (and I'm a senior - I've taken a lot). Spent half the time in this class studying for the tests, since there are literally 5-6 of them. NO multiple-choice, NO extra credit, Ta's don't even respond.
This class is module-based. If you put in the work, pace yourself and really understand the material (the big picture), you will do fine in this class. Amazing professor & TA's that are available for office hours. Prof. Duvic also does workshops that cover material in the modules. Don't stress.
Not an interesting class what with all the tedious readings and quizzes, though some content is definitely useful to know as an adult. He spends some time talking about his opinion on economics instead of finance for some reason.
I don't even see the reason to rate a professor that is not present at all in this class. I have not been taught by a professor or a TA. I have been taught by JPEG images in a module. Our grade is determined by 4 tests that everyone gets a C in. Kosher has said in an email to not ask him questions about a test bc "not my job"
Holy cow. Not impressed with the way this class is taught at all. The material is dense and not very accessible, the parts that are never seem to be what's tested over. Grades are harsh and unforgiving. TAs treat you like you're dumb. Man, I am so tired. I am working so hard in this class and have very little to show for it. Don't recommend.
i mean the other reviews pretty much sum it up. i dont have much else to add except that this class is just following canvas modules about broad concepts that, if you aren't a finance major, you probably don't care about. the things i do for the business minor mannnn
The modules are little text with small pictures to teach dense concepts. When going to the professor for help as I was failing, his only advice was to do better on the next test. The tests are all short answers and fill in the blank. It is more so memorizing rather than understanding it. The tests are dense and unforgiving with grades. Good luck.
The most frustrating business minor class I've taken - and that's saying something. The applications were so confusingly open ended, as were test questions. It was rare to find a graded assignment that didn't have typos or other mistakes. Just complete carelessness. Really difficult material and felt almost impossible to succeed.
I took this course async. (which I hate), but had high hopes as other BIS Minor classes async. were feasible. But this course was the worst class I've ever taken. Lectures are essentially PowerPoint slides of definitions, TA's only reiterate the definitions, and you only hear Prof for about 1 min each lecture, only good thing was the huge curve.
If you didn't understand accounting this course will be difficult for you. I wasn't a fan of how this course was taught but I found the material very easy to digest and understand, given I had prior practice. This class might be harder for someone coming in with a clean slate.
This is the last and worst class I have taken for my business minor. The class consists of poorly organized material that is just slides and links that are supposed to help with your understanding but end up confusing you even more. Expect to be lost, confused and frustrated with how much there can be in each unit. I wish I could rate him as 0.
I want to give him a better rating but this class is so unbelievably hard. I read the modules, watch workshop videos, and did the application questions, and it still isn't sufficient. The test has no MC!! It's also proctored, so you REALLY have to memorize tons of concepts/vocabs to prepare for an exam. At this point Im just relying on the curve..
I took this class and got a B. It was frustrating bc I would spend so long learning everything and would feel SO prepared and then not receive a grade that represented all I had learned. I did like that there were 5 exams bc it split up all the units so you are never tested on more than 3 units. And luckily there is a great curve.
Prof. Duvic is incapable of providing non-biased information. I did not positively learn from the lectures which were all in powerpoint format with short video clips throughout. There was a complete lack of sources for the majority of content communicated. Tests are proctored and force the student to be uncomfortable during testing.
Prof. Duvic has a sub-par understanding of economics. He does not understand anything beyond capitalism or understand how capitalism actually functions in the real world. He literally advocates for "line must go up." Fails to site sources or demonstrate his points with convincing rhetoric or logic. If he was a student he would be a solid "d-."
WORST class I've ever taken in my entire life. Ridiculous amount of material to memorize bc tests are given via proctorio. Examples he gives in lecture are 10x easier than what's on quizzes/tests. TA's don't respond to emails. Material is given via slideshow and still doesn't make sense. All questions are SA & graded HARD. No one gives feedback.
This is the worst class ive ever taken in college, im being so serious. He doesnt teach anything. Its literally cartoon characters that are supposed to teach us concepts through dumb situations, that dont even emulate whats on the test. Its a shame that you have to pay for this class, they literally scam you cause Duvic does nothing, literally...
The class is structured on modules with cartoon examples that don't provide explanations for particular function or equation use, and other workshops you can watch that are recorded always have the class instructor going in depth about things you had no idea the module even mentioned. Tests are very bad- take this class with low workload classes.
This professor refuses to provide cohesive notes and quizzes that are actually helpful when it comes to the tests. He gives you 40+ definitions to study for tests but only about 10 definition questions on the test and none of the definitions are even remotely similar. Same thing applies to quiz questions and test questions, they are rarely related
This is the WORST class I have taken at UT. I have never done so poorly on exams. I would study for a long time to make sure I got the concepts correct but the structure of the exams is insanely difficult. It is fill-in-the-blank for the most random definitions. I only got a B- because the grading scale was REALLY adjusted.
I wish I could give him a 0. He turns complicated concepts into cartoon slideshows expecting us to somehow memorize and learn the material. Tests are crazy hard and proctored because "in the real world nothing is open book." Only plus is the curve at the end. Tbh, try and make a cheat sheet, iykyk, its all you can really do, and even then it sucks.
Im not even rating duvic, im more rating the Dianne and Nathan, cartoon characters that teach us the content; they absolutely suck. Quite literally THE worst class ive ever taken. When I complained to him about my grade, he assured me that my 67 would be borderline B, definite B-. Finished with a 60.3 and was given a C+. Curve should tell u enough.
The tests are proctored so they listen to your mic and you have to have your camera on. The homework was graded based on completion but it required you to actually try. The curve was immaculate and was the only reason why I ended up with my grade.
Let me say that the FACT that the uni allows this course to CONTINUE to be taught this way is absolutely unacceptable. This class could be easy if the professor just taught. CLEARLY this is too much to ask as you are forced to teach yourself. Infuriating. If you're reading this I'm sorry for what you're about to go through. really so ridiculous
Dr. Duvic was one of the worst professors I have ever had at UT. He made finance so hard for me, considering I am not even a business major. The homework was graded for completion thank god, because that's the only saving grace you have. The exams are so hard, no partial credit even if you're essay question makes sense. Very hard, not fun.
Ive never cheated in a class until i got to this one. Even with cheating, I still never made above a 70 on the tests lol. This should tell you all you need to know about this class. Horrible professor with barbaric policies and an unfair learning system. He does no work and the class is just plain awful. Didnt learn a single thing. Huge curve tho.
This class is mostly graded by 5 tests, but the professor is super sweet, and he obviously cares so much about his students, he just tends to take over projects that his TAs are doing, and then doesn't keep the elements that the students need. However, that wasn't even needed in the first place.
Probably the worst class I have taken in my entire academic career. The complex material is thought through cartoons that do not give you an understanding of the material needed for the exams(Which are pretty much the entire grade). He encourages you using his videos to study. they don't help. Don't take this class if you don't have to.
Duvic is a nice guy, but 320F is such a flawed class with how they teach everything. The lessons are not very helpful and are a slog to look through. There are summary videos of the lessons and test recaps, but those should be expanded to be the full course instead of supplemental material. The class is not too hard, juts annoying
There are five exams that makeup 79% of your grade. The other 21% is completion based. The exams are on proctorio. While working through the modules I recommend taking notes on a doc that can be accessed later so you can study before the exam. The curve at the end of the semester helps a lot 10% or more. The TA grades the FRQs very harshly.
The professor tries to help and there are review sessions. Your best friend is the calculator. The class itself is uninteresting and is made worse by being asynchronous. The tests are memorization heavy and its completely possible to do well on all of them. It just depends on you, since the professors are not too prevalent.
There were no grade cutoffs until after the final exam was taken as the course is curved at the end. Professor's review sessions did not help at all. Averaged a B on my exams and compared to previous years I was above the usual cutoff for an A- and this semester that was only worth a B-. Tests take weeks to be graded and exams are not fair at all.
Apparently he curves, but exams are quite tricky. All questions are free-response, but the math for me was easy. Learn how to use the calculator!!! Good luck:( sad that we pay for this kind of education
Exams are stupid difficult and are proctored using honorlock. Financial calculator is "optional" but everything is much harder without it. The class is only curved at the very end. Tests are all free response and the averages are always bad. There are no lectures, you just teach yourself using the posted modules. That should tell you everything.
The only time he actually taught was for a zoom lecture before the test. Get ready to teach yourself everything. Few example problems, but the quizzes are just participation. He does provide explanations for the quiz questions: READ THOSE. So helpful for understanding. Also, if you have a ti-84 you don't need the fancy finance calculator.
You don't really learn from him but rather the modules and some cartoon characters. This class was easier and more interesting than most other business minor classes but the exam structure (lots of fill-in-the-blanks + essay questions) was annoying. He does care about our learning and I can tell he likes the topics which gives him bonus points.
The majority of learning was done through reading and short video lectures by Professor Duvic. Every week there is a new module and little time to review what you have already learned. Tests are very picky and random. There are also very few examples given for math problems.
Not as bad as I thought it was going to be but still not good. I had a 71% which ended up being a B after the curve. All or nothing open response questions for the exams, which sucks because half of the class is doing math. Review videos are underrated, watch those to help study as it is the only actual lecturing he does. The rest is teach yourself
Professor Duvic was a great professor. He really cares about his students! This class was pretty hard, but if you do the work and communicate with him, he is really understanding and helpful.
This course was difficult to follow. I studied very hard for tests and still had a hard time knowing what was going on. The wording of definitions and test questions was confusing for me. The large curve helps a lot, but this class was not my favorite.
This is one of the hardest and unrewarding classes out of the business minor. It requires a lot of time just to watch and read to understand because the canvas page is so poorly organized. There's SO much text. The exams are hard as well.
dont take duvic. course is super disorganized, tests are unnecessarily hard & not like his lectures. the TA is fine, but duvic needs to retire & retire his course. get ready to teach yourself everything & expect nothing from it. ut business minor needs to re-evaluate his course.
Not a great professor at all. His lectures are short and he breezes past details making it difficult to learn. I always have to search up information because it's easy to get lost in lecture. The concepts we learn in the class aren't hard, but he makes it difficult to understand when first learning it.
I'm sure he's a nice guy but class is awfully disorganized. You have weekly modules but the exams are much harder than what he provides. There's very little material he gives as examples and very little example problems. There's 4 tests that basically make up your entire grade. Doesn't explain what you get wrong or let you see your answers.
Everything you've read in the rating below about Dr. Duvic is true. He is extremely knowledgeable but exams are WAY harder than what you see in class. Yes you have to learn on your own.
Professor Duvic is one of the best professors that I've had. He is very nice, understanding, accessible outside of class, responds quickly to emails, and gives very good real life examples that relate to the content. The exams are hard because it is all open ended, but if you watch the lectures and go to the review sessions, you will do good.
This might be the worst class I have ever taken. Many typos and mistakes in the content that were confusing. The lecture videos are him reading off the slides and pretending people will just automatically know what he is talking about. Things were not explained thoroughly. Also, there is SO MUCH unnecessary repetition. SO MANY WORDS to say nothing.
Exams focus more on vocab than math in a finance class. Duvic has prerecorded lectures that are unhelpful, and you learn more from the cartoons than from him. Also, if you watch the exam reviews online, you can't see what the other professor is talking about because he writes on a white board you can't see. You also don't need the financial calc.
This is the only class I had to retake at UT. By nature this class has to be taught online however it is still poorly structured. If you study before the exams they aren't bad but you have to get into a groove of being 1 week ahead of the material otherwise you wont have time to study. One of the worst classes here but at least he's nice.
This class is way more difficult than it needs to be. It also should be offered in person which is not Duvic's fault. But, the style of this class online NEEDS to be improved. He's an okay professor, but COULD be a lot better. Very time consuming and difficult class but you will get through it I promise. Exam design is severely flawed also
This class had its flaws, but was manageable. Half of the exams focused on vocabulary, while the other half included a few math problems similar to the application examples provided. My biggest tip is to memorize all the working words and understand the applications. The calculator was useful, along with the guide. There's also a huge curve.
The first 2 exams were extremely difficult. Professor is really nice easy to talk to but his class is organized poorly. The lecture videos feel redundant at times. Sometimes, the essay questions are based off of the most minor detail of the entire unit(s). You definitely need to put in a lot of work to get As. Apparently he gives a big curve, tho
Your whole grade is basically four tests. The tests are on Honorlock and are difficult to study for. His modules/videos are cluttered with random information that is not helpful. There are weekly assignments which are free 100s but count so little towards your grade. I wish he had highlighted only the concepts and formulas important for the test.
Prof Duvic is nice but this class is heinous. This class needs to be restructured, as it stands, you basically need to rely on memorizing vocabulary terms, and the essay questions are ridiculous. He needs to post a test review or something because the class averages for the first two tests were extremely low.
LITERALLY AWFUL. Worst class ever. Unfortunately this is your only option if you have a business minor. Tests questions are worded very differently than the material provided to us in class and in homework. Even if you study and THINK you understand the material, you probably aren't prepared. Horrible.
only class i had to drop at ut which also led me to drop the business minor. exams gave no leeway at all, and essay questions were graded very harsh. the honorlock exams were the most of your grade and if you did not memorize all 200+ vocab terms per unit, you were not passing it. prof was a nice guy, but the entire course needs to be restructured
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