Reviews of professor Michael Gale

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really nice guy, genuinely cares about his teaching and goes above & beyond for his students. Has high standards - both for student work and teaching - and is very approachable with questions. Perhaps most importantly, he has a sense of humour.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Gale is really cool and perhaps the most efficient econ teacher in the sense that all he cares about is that you understand the general concepts of each chapter. His test questions are literally taken from the homework and study guides he provides. Easy A but definitely understood econ more than any professor I have taken. Definitely recommend.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His tests & quizzes are proctored if u wanted to cheat. Weekly things to do: homework w/ 30 questions, reading, & a discussion post or written assignment. His tests are ok, just study the quizzes & homework. The study guide is not that helpful. He does make micro econ easier to understand w/ his lectures. His lectures are clear & good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great engaging lectures, super helpful and will respond to your programming queries at 2am

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Gale is great prof and is very good at explaining hard topics. His lectures are fantastic and I ended up not using the textbook. All tests and quizzes are MC. There is also no cumulative final exam, just 4 exams and weekly quizzes and online homework. If you pay attention during lectures and complete the practice worksheets, you'll get an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy to approach to! His exams were decent from what he give you from his practice exams. He give out worksheets to practice for the exams. He have daily quizzes and hws for each week. But, he really sucks at communication outside of class like he hardly read his emails and no office hours too... Hope he improved that in the future!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lectures are extremely well thought out and organised. The slides are carefully planned and the animations are oh so beautiful. He has a good sense of humour and it is clear that he enjoys what he is doing. Don't skip the lectures though, because the slides (which are the only learning material aside from optional books) are hard to revise from

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
What I appreciated most about Prof. Gale was that he was articulate & clear when explaining material. His style of teaching was extremely simplified. There is online HW (about 10-15 q's) due once a week & 2 in-class quizzes that he informs you about. Before each exam, Gale would let the class review & ask q's for about 15 min (super nice of him!)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've never met anyone with a passion for his subject - that is, Functional Programming - like Michael. He really cares about his students, and tries his absolute hardest to get every student to the end. He sets challenging but engaging assignments. I *highly* recommend taking his modules if you're even curious about FP as a field: he's inspiring.