Spring 2013 -- Alpha Kappa Psi Teaching Award

"This course was great overall and one of my favorites at UGA. It was intellectually challenging, which I enjoyed."

"The course presented a great deal of new material that I had never seen before. It was unlike many other classes I have taken in the Finance department."

"The course is like no other course I have taken at UGA. It is a great opportunity to learn about trading strategies and I really enjoyed the topics."

"It forced me to think in ways that I had never done before."

"Wow! This course was incredibly challenging and packed with information, but it was also unbelievably interesting. The subject matter was deep. I am shocked at how much I learned"

"This was for sure one of my favorite courses in Terry. The material can get dry at times, but it is actually applicable in the real world. Once you get used to working with this kind of data your results are rewarding. The Stocktrak projects are definitely the way to go. I learned much more from having to figure each project out than I ever would have studying for an exam."

"The book was excellent. It vastly improved my knowledge of the topics he covered in class and having a chapter dedicated to every project was very helpful."

"The book you have written is one of the clearest and easiest to follow pieces of text I have read while at UGA"

"Dr. Barinov is my favorite teacher at the University of Georgia. His knowledge for the subject is immense, and he is always willing to give added help outside of class if the new material is difficult. Both of the classes I've taken with Dr. Barinov have been absolutely on point, and I have learned more from his two classes than just about all the others combined. That is not to disrespect the other teachers or courses. It is simply a complement to the amount of information I have learned from Dr. Barinov. I would suggest that every Terry College student take at least one course from him before they graduate."

"Great instructor! Very approachable and accessible. I actually dropped a class next semester in order to take his course in anomalies which I would have not done if he weren't teaching the course"

"Professor Barinov is a great professor. First, he can blow you away with his obviously strong grasp on the subject matter and research methods: an understatement to say the least. Second, his interest in what he is teaching is obvious. Third, Professor Barinov is always extremely helpful and willing to help you with anything you don't understand. He really covers and enormous amount of ground in this class, and I am shocked at how much research methodology and knowledge I gained in this one class."

"Professor Barinov is a really smart guy and you can tell he knows his material inside out. He was always there to help the students when needed."

"The instructor was awesome. He was well prepared, very knowledgeable, funny (if you pay attention), dedicated to teaching, etc. I enjoyed attending his class far more than any other course I took this semester"

"Dr. Barinov went to great measures to make sure the course was well structured and we had the necessary material available. He was always available after class and in office hours for any questions or concern we had. I wish I wasn't graduating so I could take another class with him. Very knowledgeable A+ instructor!"

"Barinov is one of the best professors in Terry. He is a really good teacher and researcher. He also has a funny sense of humor when criticizing or analyzing papers. I have never had a professor in a graduate course put so much effort into solutions, office hours, and feedback about performance. Barinov has little room for improvement as an instructor. He's a better teacher then many tenured professors I've encountered."

"This guy is in the top 3 of professors I have had in Terry College. This guy enjoys his job and bends over backwards to help you if you work hard and ask him questions. I'm an Econ student so I always had "stupid" finance questions to ask, but he encourages class participation and always answered my questions. His class was worth the effort."

 

Term	Course	Program	Complete	Course	Instructor	Course	Average
			Evaluations /	Excellent	Excellent	Total	GPA
			Attendance
2014-Spring	FINA 4330	BBA	12/26	4.00	3.91	4.32
2014-Spring	FINA 4330	BBA	10/19	4.20	4.00	4.15
2013-Fall	FYOS 1001	BBA	15
2013-Fall	FINA 4330	BBA	14/22	3.86	4.29	4.29	3.33
2013-Spring	FYOS 1001	BBA	17
2013-Spring	FINA 9210	PHD	6/7	4.17	4.17	4,34	3.71
2013-Spring	FINA 4330	BBA	20/32	4.25	4.30	4.44	3.45
2012-Fall	FINA 4330	BBA	13/17	4.15	4.08	4.33	3.43
2012-Spring	FINA 4330	BBA	20/31	3.85	3.80	4.33	3.44
2012-Spring	FINA 4310	BBA	19/30	3.79	3.63	4.21	3.24
2012-Spring	FINA 4310	BBA	16/21	4.00	3.69	4.15	2.95
2011-Spring	FINA 9210	PHD	6/8	4.80	4.83	4.62	3.67
2011-Spring	FINA 4310	BBA	18/22	3.50	3.18	3.82	3.35
2011-Spring	FINA 4310	BBA	10/24	4.00	4.00	4.33	3.11

The teaching evaluations at University of Georgia ask, among other questions, whether students agree or not with the following statements: "Overall, the course was excellent" and "Overall, the instructor was effective at teaching". "Strongly agree" is coded as 5, "agree" as 4, "neither agree nor disagree" as 3, etc.

"Course total" reports the average for 20 different questions about the course, e.g., "The course was useful", "I learned a lot in the course", "Exams were fair", "Instructor was enthusiastic", "I would take another course with this instructor", etc. The answers were coded as described in the previous paragraph.

The courses codes in the table denote the following courses:

1. FINA 4330 - "Trading Strategies and Financial Models", upper-level elective for seniors, open for MBAs and Masters students
2. FYOS 1001 - "Trading and Risks", one credit hour seminar for freshmen, taken in their first semester at UGA
3. FINA 9210 - "Empirical Research in Investments", PhD-level course in empirical asset pricing, required for finance PhDs only, often attended by economics, marketing, forestry PhDs
4. FINA 4310 - "Survey of Investments", introductory course in investments and financial markets, offered to junior with little finance background except for the basic finance course on discounting, NPV, etc.