Reviews of professor Ben Ward

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Just reads off the slides and takes information from the textbook. Literally puts in no other effort and is not a very caring teacher. Does not round up grades and final is 40% of your grade. Just a sad joke of a teacher.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
take ward for Econ. there are 3 tests + final exam but lowest test grade is dropped. all the homeworks are easy but take a little while to do, and all the tests are the homework questions or questions really similar. the final is 40% and it is long but it is an easy way to get a good grade

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do the study plans and read the textbook. Know those questions, they are similar to the exam. Lectures are monotone at times but he uses examples to dumb it down for you, its not required but I did feel going to lecture and teaching myself the material again was helpful. The killer part is final exam is 40% of grade, so good luck with that

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class overall was relatively manageable, I was able to maintain a high B by putting in a decent amount of effort, however beware of the final exam, which is unreasonably long and difficult and also counts for a ridiculous portion of your grade in the class (40%). The exam caused me to drop from a B+ to a B-, almost a C.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Probably the most boring class I've ever taken. He reads his slides verbatim and lacks any sort of enthusiasm. HW is worth 10%, 2/3 tests are 50% and final is 40%. There is way too much weight on the exams. He did post his slides online so you didn't have to go to class which was nice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He has bad ratings but he's one of my favorite professors I have taken. He is extremely clear in his lectures, giving examples for clarity on almost everything. Homework is easy and grades can be improved on it up until due date.