Reviews of professor Alexander Amati

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
To be fair his class was very disorganized but the class is "democratic" so we gave him what we thought were fair questions to be asked on the exam and he developed an exam accordingly. He seems threatening and mean but is actually very understanding. He took the time to answer any questions and didn't rush through the material. Follows textbook!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Grades based off of 10 equally weighted assignments, no exams or tests. No final.   7 assignments are easy pop quizzes during the lecture 3 assignments are excel simulations that he basically gives u the answer in class and he post the recordings of the lecture, all excel assignemtns are due by finals week. Mulitple attemps are allowed.  SUPER easy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Where do I even begin. Lectures are so poorly structured that it's hard to take notes and study. He doesn't use power points during class. He doesn't care if you pass or not. The amount of complaints other students in my class had with him is the most I've ever seen. Homework is so long and is done via Connect, which I absolutely hate. AVOID HIM

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures were usually irrelevant to the material we were graded on, as his exams were all quantitative rather than definitions. He's flexible and allowed a group exam. He offered to drop the 1st exam's grade if you do better on the 2nd exam. Final was a 15pg paper on the "curses of globalization" only using bullet notes. Also some Connect HW.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor was very interested in the subject. He exposed us to a lot of vocabulary and concepts and simulations. He wanted us to collaborate in groups. It felt very informal. He always paused for questions. This was probably my favorite class of the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class is 50% homework, 50% classwork but you cannot miss more than 2 classes. If you do, you have to take a final. The class is very well structured and taught. Professor Amati takes his time to give thorough examples of finance topics and explains questions when asked.