QIN LEI :. Teaching

Student Comments

Many students have provided very encouraging comments at the end-of-term evaluations, and here is a collection of comments. Listed below are student comments for just one course.

FINA6220 in Spring A 2011

In Spring A 2011, I taught Options, an MBA level elective course at Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Here are some nice things my students said about this course.

1	Best teacher at SMU hands down.
2	One of the best finance professors at Cox. Anyone can plug numbers into a formula, Qin teaches the intuition behind the formulas.
3	the website is amazing...teach other professors how to do it. instant feedback, willingness to work with students, and being very open about how to study adn what to expect
4	I thought the use of videos was exceptional. It was great to have the opportunity to go through the more difficult problems with outside instruction (via the course website).
5	Answered questions timely.
6	Great class. One of the first to really combine the strategies of financial management with the quant techniques needed to execute the strategies.
7	Professor Lei’s website is an exceptional resource for students. The video explanations are very helpful and it was nice to have a central location for all of the course information.
8	The course website was extremely impressive and the professor used it to keep the class moving from week to week. From podcasts, videos and emails, I have yet to see another professor this organized.
9	Well prepared for class with notes. Timely response to emails and questions students had. Also put in extra effort and provided video tutorials and review sessions.
10	Professor Lei did a superb job in teaching the material this mod. It starts with his organized course. You can tell that a lot of time and planning went into the course as well as each individual lecture. His comprehensive website which includes all lectures, videos he posts of himself working through specific problems, constant updates on relevant information, and the in class web trivia show a level of dedication to teaching which exceeds that of most if not all professors I have had thus far (and I have only 1 class left in the program). Professor Lei made it very clear from the first lecture that he was dedicated to making sure his students were successful and proceeded to deliver on his promise throughout the mod. I wholeheartedly believe that the value of a Cox MBA would be enhanced if more professors modeled their courses after Professor Lei’s.
11	Overall, course was very well organized and structured.
12	Very simple yet thorough in his lectures. Made available everything discussed in class on his website which is great for PMBA’s. Top notch professor, keep up the good work!
13	Posting of practice problems via online video. Podcasts of lectures. The information provided on the website greatly increased my ability to learn the material.
14	Unbelievably organized and thorough teacher
15	Great Class. Best organization and willingness to help I have ever seen from a professor. He took sincere interest in doing whatever was necessary to help us learn the material.