Reviews of professor Xiaomin Guo

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only upside to this course was that there was no attendance and it was self-paced.

The study guides were no help throughout the course, the assignments given prior to exams also were zero help to the actual questions. Which made things difficult and unnecessarily annoying.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I took this course during summer 2021; I can't believe all of the poor reviews recently so I've decided to write my opinion. The work: Quizzes, Exams, Hw, and one big project. Fairly simple project too, basically just paper trade. To be honest, if you struggled with this class, then don't become a finance major. These are very basic concepts.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is made up of 6 lectures and all the material covered on exams are in her lectures or on the study guides. You definitely need to watch the lectures and (do the study reviews) for this class to do good. The only downside is there isn't a lot of cushion for bad grades. She provides formula sheets for exams and everything is proctored.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Guo is very passionate about this subject. I took her course online over the summer and it consists of 2 modules per week: 2 discussions and 2 quizzes. As long as you listen carefully to her lectures and study the reviews this will be a feasible course, but you have to work for it. She also utilizes proctorio for all of the quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the best professors I have had at USF. Weekly lectures are very informative and helpful for the tests. The study guides have similar and sometimes the same exact questions as the test. The material is tough and definitely requires studying, but Dr. Guo does a great job breaking it down and making it easy to understand. Also responds quickly!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good teacher. She has good lectures and explains topics well. Skip class you won't pass because her quizzes are based on her in class lectures. She answers any questions and gives extra credit opportunities. Overall good class with good assignments. There was an assigned textbook but I have not opened it once and have been doing fine without it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Using lectures she recorded years ago. Very test heavy. Little to no engagement. Tests are literally 75% of your grade only have a few questions each test, loaded with trick questions. Closed notes, closed books. Homework with each module, very easy but only worth 1pt. Stay away, not worth the stress or your money.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor! A quiz and discussion board due every week. You get full points for the discussion board if you do it. Lectures are very informative. She brings up real world info. You need to study for the quizzes but the material isnt hard. Quizzes are due every sunday, she uses proctorio. She responds very quick to emails, even after hours.