Chowdhury Mahmoud at University of British Columbia | Rate My Professors (2024)

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  Dr. Mahmoud is a nice guy. Though, I felt lost throughout most of this course. As others have noted, lectures can be boring or unclear. Canvas is disorganized. Class is overly disruptive and loud. However, some positives were that he provides sample midterms/finals to study from, which sometimes have questions resembling the real thing.

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  Mahmoud is really sweet, but lectures are boring and disengaging so it's not worth going to class. If you read the online textbook and review his slides on your own time you'll be fine. Tests are all multiple choice, the homework is fairly easy, and work with friends to find the answers to iclickers. Definitely a GPA booster!

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  IClickers were used in class, so attendance is heavily recommended. As long as the Pearson Study Guide is used, you will ace the midterm and final. He makes questions of his own, but most are used from tutorials and past exams. His questions are fair, but some have really bad wording, which makes it hard to understand. His slides are very efficient

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  Greatest prof ever!!! Love his accent so much

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  He's a yapper. Lectures are boring but iclickers are worth 10% so you kind of have to go for those. Get a friend group to send the iclickers so that you won't have to go to every single class.

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  He's ok, can be very boring, but the exams were easy enough. You'll likely get a higher grade with him than the other 102 profs, but you'll understand less. Bring a book for class, and just do the iclickers.

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  Dr. Mahmoud is a kind and caring professor. His lectures can be boring and the topics can be difficult, but if you email him he will happily meet with you outside of class and help you go over topics. He is genuinely passionate about economics and his students.

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  Just trust me. It's for the best!

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  Disgrace to the university.

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  He's a yapper, but a nice guy. Compared to other profs in econ, he's probably the least difficult exam wise. You probably won't understand a thing he says or you might even fall asleep. Just save yourself and read the textbook and do practice problems. On exams, you'll see familiar questions taken from the tutorial, clickers, homework.

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  dont understand a thing this man says. worst lectures ever but required. If the dean of economics attended one of his lectures they would sleep. PLS throw some examples and make your lectures more interesting

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  Textbook

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  he's a fine person but definitely a yapper when he lectures. focus on the textbook and the clicker questions to get a good idea of the midterm and final because they are worth the most.

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• ECON101

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  Grade

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  bud, speak less and speak up.

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  Difficulty

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  For Credit

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  Attendance

  : Mandatory

  Would Take Again

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  Grade

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  Textbook

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  Did for CAP, prof cares, happy to help you, felt beneficial for poli/ir, but class skipped units like externalities due to timing sadly. My advice: focus on MyLab (>=reading)---the modules/refreshers more than prepare you. Staying one unit ahead here helps with iClicker too. Econ dept policy on curving down at the end can be brutal so aim high :)

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  Hard to understand and tough marker

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