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FIN 500: Introduction to Finance

93% of the 4,932 students who finished FIN 500 at UIUC got an A or B, across 48 sections and 17 instructors.

A 70%B 23%C 4%D/F 3%W 0%

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InstructorGrades givenStudents
Marcinkowski, Matthew M
3 sections · last Spring 2025
91% A · 9% B · 0% C · 0% D/F
105
Pennacchi, George G
2 sections · last Fall 2022
60% A · 40% B · 0% C · 0% D/F
48
Pae, Yuntaek
1 section · last Fall 2024
51% A · 46% B · 3% C · 0% D/F
37
Satchell, Jason
1 section · last Fall 2025
82% A · 13% B · 2% C · 3% D/F
371
Yang, Xi
8 sections · last Spring 2022
76% A · 17% B · 3% C · 4% D/F
1,016
Huang, Jiekun
1 section · last Fall 2022
70% A · 23% B · 8% C · 0% D/F
105
Smith, Mark K
2 sections · last Fall 2025
39% A · 52% B · 8% C · 0% D/F
61
Widdicks, Martin
7 sections · last Spring 2025
70% A · 21% B · 4% C · 5% D/F
1,712
Chan, Kuo Chi
1 section · last Fall 2023
25% A · 58% B · 17% C · 0% D/F
165
Spencer, Xiangyi X
1 section · last Fall 2024
30% A · 51% B · 20% C · 0% D/F
148
Past instructors (7) · last taught before 2022
Pollet, Joshua M
2 sections · last Fall 2021
58% A · 42% B · 0% C · 0% D/F
79
Kannan, Srinivasan
1 section · last Spring 2015
79% A · 20% B · 1% C · 0% D/F
94
Gao, Xing
2 sections · last Fall 2021
59% A · 39% B · 2% C · 0% D/F
98
Raskie, Sterling
3 sections · last Spring 2018
72% A · 25% B · 2% C · 0% D/F
225
Rosenthal, Dale W
1 section · last Fall 2018
83% A · 14% B · 0% C · 3% D/F
66
Davis, Donald W
2 sections · last Spring 2016
89% A · 7% B · 0% C · 4% D/F
56
Clark-Joseph, Adam D
3 sections · last Fall 2017
53% A · 41% B · 6% C · 0% D/F
189

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