Reviews for John J. Wallis
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: ECON312 Grade Expected: B May 24, 2011, 5:36 am | Wallis is a pretty cool guy. He's an old school, tells-it-like-it-is kind of a professor, and his class was spent mostly with him lecturing. However, he had a knack for keeping you interested in lecture, and attending class never felt like a chore. He gives 6 pop quizzes throughout the semester and counts your top 4, so attending class is a must. In addition, the class had one midterm and one final, so a combination of reading the book and his notes is important to do well. Overall Wallis is a down to earth guy and if you pay attention and put in an consistent effort, there's no reason you can't get at least a B. |
| alligator3 Course: ECON311 Grade Expected: A December 8, 2010, 11:29 am | Professor Wallis is an excellent professor. He's hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject and this translates into very interesting lectures. It's awesome to be talking about economic history and then relate that to plate tectonics. Overall, the class isn't hard as long as you go to class and take notes. If you do this you will get an A. Reading the textbook is pretty optional. He's also got a pretty cool grading scheme where if you get 80% of all possible points in the class you get an A and if you get 50% of all possible points you get a C. |
| astersh Course: ECON412 Grade Expected: April 26, 2010, 4:42 pm | I really like Dr. Wallis's teaching style, which rarely consists of him reading from a slide or writing on the board, but rather is oral and story like. He seems really knowledgeable about anything even slightly related to the course topic and makes class interesting. He's not afraid to tell a joke or two. Very glad I took him. |
| sleepyb9 Course: ECON311 Grade Expected: A December 19, 2008, 2:16 pm | The class is not nearly as hard as people would have you believe. To do well all you have to do is read over his notes a few times before you expect to have a quiz or before the midterms/final. Like everyone says an 80 is an A and just by reading his notes you can get 100s on all quizzes and near perfect scores on the exams. As a human being he is definitely a jerk to put it lightly, but he really knows the subject and you do actually learn a lot. |
| goterps Course: ECON311 Grade Expected: A December 11, 2008, 3:05 pm | Wallis is a great lecturer. If you don't like the math aspects of econ, this class is for you. It's basically a history class and if you can follow the story of what's happening, you will do well. If you want a class that you don't have to go to lecture and can just read the book, then don't take this class. If you GO TO LECTURE and actually bother to LISTEN and TAKE NOTES, the exams and quizzes are fairly easy. The exams are based on the lectures, so reading the book is good really just for reinforcement. Do the review sheets and go through the notes- yours and his slides he posts online, and you'll be good. Make sure to answer each part of the questions he asks for the essays. An 80 is an A, which is nice. |
| Anonymous Course: ECON311 Grade Expected: December 6, 2008, 3:56 pm | Wallis is one of the craziest econ professor here with the biggest ego ever. His unneccessary jokes/comments are what is keeping me awake in lectures. There are popquiz in lectures, do the review sheets and 2 midterms/1 final--all essays and MCs. Its not as easy as it looks, just be sure to answer the questions that he is asking. The fixed curve for this class is 80% is an A. |
| Anonymous Course: ECON311 Grade Expected: B March 27, 2008, 6:29 pm | The biggest thing I hate about professors is ther negative attitues and judgemental behavior. He takes it to a whole new level. Every other word that comes out of his mouth is a jon (like in jonning), for people that dont get that word, he is constantly dissing a certain orientation, from Chinese Asians, to African American, to practically everyone except himself. Constantly being a Predujuce bigot. I don't want to even give you examples of what he had said in class. It made me extremely unconfortable and discusted. But probably people would take his course because there is a set curve of B being an A. Which becomes irrelevant because he never gave out A's. But 'he sucked' and was extremely rude. |