Dan Provost is a Finance professor at Northeastern University rated 3.9/5 by 81 students, with 3.25/5 difficulty and 50.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Dan Provost professor reviews and ratings: 3.9/5 from 81 student reviews at Northeastern (50.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
FINA1209 was an easy class and an easy A. Assignments throughout the week, but you could finish the Canvas ones easily in one sitting in less than an hour. MyPearson assignments twice a week with ~15-20 questions, not hard. Midterm and final with a course project throughout the semester. Did not grade harshly and easily accessible outside of class.FIN209 2025-12-16 22:28:00 +0000 UTC
This Professor is lazy and doesn't care about you unless if it makes him look good in front of his superiors. He is extreme with deadlines, and is a tough grader, although his entire class is just copy pasted content. Do not recommend him at all.FIN201 2020-04-16 23:41:01 +0000 UTC
HARD test!! Tons of materials and a close-book test. that is killing me. He does not have a attendance sheet but I believe he takes attendance on his own. Avoid.FINA6212 2017-04-19 01:21:19 +0000 UTC
Good feedback on business plan. Large project that counts for 30% of the grade, so make sure you put in the effort and you should be fine.BUSN1101 2016-12-15 02:04:43 +0000 UTC
Study the questions given at the back of the textbook, More or less the same level given on tests. Go to office hours and TA hours. Not Hard, but if you put in effort you will do well. Don't be discouraged by the materialFIN2201 2016-04-14 12:55:33 +0000 UTC
Great professor! Powerpoints were long, but he explains really well. I was in a really small class which helped a lot probably. If you understand the homework you'll be fine on the exams.FINA3303 2010-04-24 23:40:25 +0000 UTC
Clueless. DO NOT TAKE INV WITH HIM. He does not prepare for class at all and overall is just a horrible teacher.INV303 2009-12-09 15:27:08 +0000 UTC
He does not know what he is doing, the class is a totally useless.FIN303 2009-11-30 08:39:41 +0000 UTC
Horrible, he wouldn't even let us print the powerpoint slides ahead of time to make notes on them. His tests aren't horrible- but his "lectures" for the full class time is him reading his powerpoint slides that he won't let us have ahead of time. Did I mention he couldn't answer some of the problems in the book on the spot? DO NOT take this prof.FINU201 2008-05-11 02:00:13 +0000 UTC
prepare to teach yourself this courseFIN101 2008-04-07 23:49:01 +0000 UTC
are you kidding me? he's not stubborn. Finance is difficult no matter who teaches it. It's a ton of material to squeeze in. Aplia does SUCK, but not really the prof's fault. I thought he was nice and willing to help students. He worked with general class opinion on how course should continue. Tests were a lot easier than they could have been.FIN209 2008-04-21 20:56:17 +0000 UTC
good professor. helpful, especially if you go to his office hours. tough material.FIN201 2008-03-12 18:47:04 +0000 UTC
BUSN 1101 is one of, if not the most, hated class by DMSB students. Provost was alright, but the curriculum of the class was terrible. It wasn't assigned by him, but I don't feel like he helped us with the tough class. The tests are brutally difficult, so make sure to study a ton. The group TJX project was extremely tough as well.BUSN1101 2016-01-21 18:03:54 +0000 UTC
Has plenty of industry experience but very poor teaching methods, class is not very interesting, cannot answer questions in class on the spot, gets confused easily and losses train of thought often. Nice guy but not very good at teaching.FINA3303 2009-11-14 15:47:11 +0000 UTC
Please just stay away if you can. Going to class is basically pointless, unless you can filter out his talking and concentrate on powerpoints. Finance is not an easy subject and I can assure you he does not make things easier. Is very stubborn, gives the wrong answer half the time, and is not receptive at all. Avoid, avoid, avoid.FINU201 2007-12-10 20:54:53 +0000 UTC
Dan Provost has an average rating of 3.9/5 from 81 student reviews. 50.0% of students said they would take them again.
Dan Provost's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.25/5 based on student reviews.
Dan Provost has taught FINA1209, FINA6212, FINA4604, BUSN1101, FINA2201 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.