Burt, Steven  

Business

3.88/4.00

16 evaluations


BUS 214


Freshman
A
Required (Support)
Mar 2015
Burt was amazing! He changed my perspective on accounting. He's super helpful and really likes to get to know his students on a personal level. There's 2 midterms and a final. You get credit for showing up to class and doing homework. Tests are fairly straightforward. He tells you everything to expect. I would say the best option for financial accounting! He's the best!!


Freshman
A
Required (Major)
Apr 2015
Professor Burt is hands down the best accounting professor at Cal Poly. He lectures well and is super helpful during office hours. The tests are super straight forward as long as you study what is asked of you. You even get lots of points for showing up to class and submitting assignments. Wish I could take him again


Sophomore
B
Required (Major)
Nov 2015
Burt was really down to earth and practical. He presented information clearly and was a fair grader. He is personable and really wants his students to succeed. Highly recommend him!!


Freshman
N/A
Required (Major)
Mar 2016
Burt is a great professor, but accounting is hard. I've been struggling all quarter long, but I am still going to pass, and won't have to retake the class. Other students are doing perfectly fine and are acing the course, but I honestly haven't put enough time into studying for it. I'll probably end up with a C. Homework is doable, and quizzes and tests are straightforward if you study what he asks you to. I would, by no means, consider myself great at accounting, but I somehow pulled an 83% and a 75% on the two midterms. Burt is is a lenient grader who curves when needed. He's the man. Take this guy if you can.


Freshman
N/A
Required (Support)
Mar 2016
Definitely take Burt if you can! He's great at simplifying accounting because he knows this most people's first accounting class. He's a super nice guy and really wants his students to do well. If you don't understand something, he will make sure you do by the time you are done talking to him. His office hours are super helpful, he will sit there with you for the full hour going over anything you want. The homework isn't bad. You do have to have a good understanding of everything in order to do well on the tests since you have fill out financial statements. Overall, a great teacher and I would definitely recommend him.


Freshman
A
Required (Major)
Mar 2016
Guy's an absolute legend.

BUS 215


Sophomore
A
Required (Major)
Jan 2015
Burt is a very solid professor who changed my mind about accounting. He does a traditional powerpoint style lecture, with group assignments during most classes. One downside is having to pay for expensive online homework that was only marginally helpful. He presents material well and doesn't make tests too difficult. Would recommend.


Junior
A
Required (Major)
Mar 2015
Professor Burt is awesome! I hate accounting, yet he made it easy to understand and really manageable. I liked how he had activities to go along with lecture so that he wasn't just reading powerpoint slides for 2 hours. Plus, the activities helped solidify the topics. Overall, he made me realize accounting isn't so bad. And, his tests were straightforward and not too tricky if you study enough. I definitely recommend him for Managerial Accounting!


Sophomore
A
Required (Major)
Dec 2016
Professor Burt is the single best teacher I've had at Cal Poly so far. I came into 215 incredibly apprehensive since I HATED 214 (got a C without understanding anything) but Professor Burt completely changed my opinion of Accounting. Not to say the class was easy, I definitely had to put A LOT of work in, but he made it interesting and engaging-- enough so that I would care to put in that much effort. He is very approachable and genuinely wants his students to succeed. If you do the homework problems over and over again until you truly understand what you're doing, you'll be prepared for the tests. TAKE HIM!! He's great


Freshman
A
Required (Major)
Mar 2017
Professor Burt is the homie! If you have the chance to take him, DO IT! He works full time as an accountant, so he teaches us really relevant skills with lots of handouts and real world examples which make the concepts much easier to grasp. You do have to buy the online Connect software, which is expensive, but Burt is an awesome professor and makes it well worth it


Sophomore
A
Required (Support)
Mar 2017
Burt is Awesome! He is an excellent professor giving us relevant information about accounting b/c he works as a full time accountant. He is extremely fair when it comes to quizzes and exams. His exams are multiple choice and some free response but he usually hints at what types of questions will be on the free response. I highly recommend taking Burt for Managerial! Great guy!


Sophomore
N/A
Required (Major)
Mar 2019
Steven Burt knows how to rock the soul patch. He is an absolute unit and I recommend taking him because hes a literal homie. He is one of the nicest teachers I have ever met and I think he should branch of accounting to teach teachers how to teach


Senior
A
Required (Support)
Mar 2019
Professor Stevens is by far one of the best professors I've had at Cal Poly. He works in the industry and knows his stuff. He brings real examples to class, and breaks it down for you so that you take away what you need to know for real life. BUS is not my major, and after financial accounting I thought this class was going to be just as annoying and time consuming, but it wasn't. Professor Stevens realizes that we have lives and other classes so he makes the work load manageable. However, his midterms and Final are heavily weighted, 30% and 45% respectively, so be careful. If you don't get something seek help. He's super sweet and really wants his students to succeed. If you pay attention and actually try on the homework's, there is no reason why you can't get 100% on the tests and quizzes. He's a great professor and I highly recommend him even though the class is so late. He usually lets you out early.


Junior
A
Required (Major)
Mar 2019
Burt is the absolute home dawg!!! I waited a couple of quarters to take 215 just so I had Burt and I have no regrets. He works during the day so the class is always 6-8 but it's so worth it cause he lets you out early and he's the most chill professor I've ever had. It's not a blow off though. All I did was just pay attention in class, study a fair amount for the midterm and final, and I got an A. He explains the material really well. You'd make a HUGE mistake if you don't take him.


Junior
A
Required (Support)
Mar 2019
Professor Burt is the best professor I've had at Cal Poly. He presents the material clearly and genuinely cares about his student's comprehension of the material. The homework is moderate, but he gives you a long time to do it and the program he uses is super helpful. Not to mention, he's just an all around nice and understanding person. For a non-business major who hated previous accounting classes, this class turned out to be one of the most enjoyable I have taken.

DSCI 309


Senior
C
General Ed
Nov 2016
I learned that if I were to take up hunting, I should shoot deer, not bears, because a bear will hunt me back if I successfully wound it. Fascinating! I didnt know that the key to production and operations management was so brutally simple!