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.

In Fall A 2013, I taught Options and Futures in Corporate Decision Making, an MBA level elective course at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Here are some nice things my students said about this course.

1 The professor is the best teacher I have ever met. He can explain everything clearly and he is also willing to answer every single question both in class and outside. I really like this course.
2 Prof Qin Lei is the professor who pays attention to his students the most I’ve ever met.
3 Excellent instructor - one of the best I have had in the Finance Department so far. I think there is a ton of outside course support in the form of academic materials, tutoring, interactive online sessions and other forms. This is a hugely important in any finance course - much less an Options course - and requires a ton of time and effort on the part of the instructor. Lei did a fantastic job going above and beyond. Furthermore, the optionsXpress was very cool and supplemented the learning experience. Also appreciated the 10-question credit threshold for the Trivia, which was a great add to class to ensure students were on top of the course.
4 I thought the Professor Lei’s passion for the material was evident and I found him to be a very good lecturer.
5 I thought the professor was really engaging and was a stark contrast to my core finance professor.
6 Instructor is very dedicated to helping students learn materials in many different ways
7 Instructor was very well prepared. Instructor clearly cared very much about students learning the material.
8 Professor did a great job of teaching through visualization and explaining and conceptualization of the material rather than regurgitate information.
9 Professor was very available, and clearly cared about our learning.
10 Professor was well prepared and knew the material
11 Professor’s website and resources were very helpful to review classes in my own speed.
12 The instructor did a great job explaining how the material was applicable in real life situations
13 The professor was very responsive to the students
14 The slides for each class were very comprehensive and organized. They flowed well with Professor Lei’s lectures and were comprehensive enough to help prepare for the Practical Project and final exam.
15 Excellent course. I did meet my expectations about this course. I was able to learn how options and futures work, and it will be very helpful in my career. The professor always took care of the students, having control of their performance through the course by applying a quiz per class. This forced the students to always be prepared for each class, and allowed us to learn the different topics. The professor offered me his help in case that I need it, and it demonstrates how he care about our learning experience.
16 Great professor. Examples usually good. Trivia questions are a good tool.
17 Professor Lei did a great job of using real life examples to bring course concepts to life and truly cared about our learning. I appreciate that he put in extra effort (weekend review sessions) to make sure that we understood the material.
18 Professor for this course was very well organized. His lectures slides and websites were designed very professionally.
19 Qin was very passionate and knowledgeable on this subject which made the course more exciting as well as made the lectures go by fast.
20 The Prof is very clear and systematic in delivering the instructing material.
21 The course was very well taught, with a very good pace set by the instructor. Difficult concepts were clearly explained, and the professor ensured that all students were comfortable before moving on to a new topic.
22 The lectures were very clear and easy to understand
23 The methodical approach and reading materials. The course website was well structured
24 The professor was extremely well organized. He made it extremely easy to find reference materials and other learning material.
25 Very clear instruction, the learning experience has far exceeded my expectation.
26 Well prepared instructor, passionate about the subject which is nice.
27 the videos on the course website were a great tool providing solutions to the homework questions was extremely helpful in understanding the intermediate steps
28 I really like some of the real life examples discussions in class such the Barings bank and LTCM debacle.
29 Fantastic job teaching. Incredible preparation and execution. Lei should be a pillar in the Finance Department’s new crop of professors.
30 GREAT class. GREAT material & presentation. GREAT professor.
31 Great course which helps understand both theoretical and practical basic of options, greatly stretches the mind
32 Great course, got me very interested in long-term investing and might take Investment Management course.
33 I like the class, and thought Professor Lei was really engaging and helpful. Thanks for the help!
34 You did a great job in prepping and being fully aware of the students need. Greatly appreciated your energy teaching the class!
35 Everyone should take this course, with this professor.
36 It’s a very useful course and I would recommend my friends to take this.
37 Professor was very approachable. I greatly appreciate and commend the effort he put into the course website.
38 Well organized courses/lecturers. I recommend that Class of 2015 students take this if they are interested in this area.
39 Chances to try the concepts in real life.
40 Clear explanations, very concise and to the point handouts, great examples
41 Great examples and exercises (including homeworks and projects), which helped better understand the concepts. Great availability and attitude from the professor
42 Great lecture notes and tools; easy to use and helpful course website, and fantastic lecture quality.
43 I like the separation of theory one week, then practice the following week.
44 Lectures, Virtual Options Express, and practice problems. The use of past and current financial markets examples was very helpful in driving home some of these concepts.
45 Of the topics that were challenging, they were well taught and concepts were communicated effectively. Expectation of intuitive understanding was met.
46 The course material was easy to understand. The instructor discussed each topic in great detail and made references to earlier content to re-emphasize the key concepts. The trivia questions were fun
47 The in class instruction and intuitive rather than mathematical approach worked extremely well for the intro course with a short class timeline.
48 The practice problems were helpful, and I liked the trivia. I wish there were more of them.
49 The theory of the course is pretty good and the professor is well prepared for each class.
50 Well organized material and enough quizzes to make sure students understood the concepts behind the material.
51 detailed concept and excellent lecture.
52 very good
53 A great match between theory and practice.
54 Lots of office hours
55 Pretty good lectures. Not very difficult in lectures which can help students to grasp the most fundamental (which are important) concepts and notions.
56 Really appreciate the lecture after week5 A. Pretty interesting.
57 virtual trade and assignments
58 Excellent!
59 Good course overall! Would recommend it.
60 Good professor and useful course!
61 Great class
62 Overall good course
63 Overall, a good course that I would recommend to my classmates.
64 Overall, a good mix of theory, math, and the practical applications of options and futures.
65 Well prepared; reaction is quick; high-tech, different from the Ctools
66 Very good and beneficial!
67 He is perfect

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