quizzes were poorly written but interesting content

Some Quiz questions were a little bit open ended

didnt learn much and the quizzes were terrible

some parts of the sessions are very confused

Very hard to plug in formulas on the quizes.

Students need more explanation and practice.

Content is good but not practical enough

too superficial in the discussed ideas

vague and minimal reviewing material

quiz design is extremely confusing

A bit too basic at the beginning.

Quiz questions were ambiguous.

Peer-works would be usefull!

Material is not deep enough.

quizzes were confusing

needs more examples

Good course overall

Very tough quizzes

No implementation

Good introduction

not deep enough

Poor quize

better

ben

The Wharton School and Penn by extension has taken such tremendous effort to put together a great on-line offering. Some of their finest professors have made some of their rigorous coursework easily accessible via this platform.

This course however is one of the weakest that I have experienced both on this platform and from The Wharton School. The material covered is indeed dry in nature but the lectures - uninspiring - make it more so. The quizzes, designed to test your retention and understanding of material covered are ambiguously worded and not at all helpful in developing skill level around modeling. In more than one case, students are asked to write formulas that can use input data to create an output that will help make a decision. Many correct formulas are not recognized as correct by an overly rigid set of data in the grading system. That creates confusion - not helpful in developing skills.

Words such as "simplify" and "logical" appear in quizzes. These words are subjective, so the "logic" of a student may be different from the "logic" of the professor. Again, creates confusion.

It could be that one of the objectives of the professor is to get the student to think differently about modeling so as not to be overly linear. If that is the case, that is a good objective. However, whatever the objectives are - they are not clear nor directly put.

If you have little experience with financial models you will likely find this course to be both confusing and frustrating. If you have had some exposure to financial models you may find this course to be even more confusing and frustrating.