University of Illinois Springfield: January 2021 - Present
FIN 440: Financial Modeling & Valuation
FIN 444: Intermediate Financial Management
BUS 510: Bank Management
FIN 502: Managerial Finance
FIN 505: Investments
FIN 513: Financial Markets & Institutions
FIN 514: Personal Financial Planning
FIN 515: Financial Analytics and Budgeting
FIN 516: Introduction to Financial Psychology
FIN 518: MSF Closure Assessment (non-credit)
FIN 556: Entrepreneurial Finance
ECO 201: Introduction to Microeconomics
Below is a sample of my students' comments on my teaching:
University of Illinois Springfield:
Professor Karadas is an exceptional teacher and human being. I have greatly enjoyed this course. The use of handouts, additional short video explanations, and guest speakers were assets to the learning process. I feel as though they were necessary due to the short 8 weeks we had to learn everything. I do also wish that the course was long and we could have met on campus. Overall, I would happily take any course he would teach regardless of the subject. He has wonderful development points for UIS that I believe will make a great change to not only UIS but our community as well.
I really enjoyed this professor as it was apparent that the students and learning was his top priority. He truly sent out numerous surveys during the entire semester asking for genuine feedback on how things were going in the course. What was more impressive was not only that he listened to feedback, but went ahead and implemented changes as well. He presented the material well and truly helped me become more excited in the stock market. I really enjoyed the market watch project we had to do and thought his course was informative as I learned a lot. I think this was my new favorite class during the program and Dr. Karadas is now one of my favorite professors. Also one more thing, I am very impressed that he is forming the Stock club or something. I wish that this program had this sooner.
Instructor is committed to providing resources for his students that will help them in their professional life down the road. I also the appreciate the passion for finance and economics. Teacher is also good at lecturing and giving real world examples
Dr. Karadas is an excellent instructor with thorough video lectures and notes. There was zero issue with this course being online because he was available for extra instruction and was willing to explain concepts in more detail via email.
This was a great class for my first class in the program. I learned a lot and want to continue my learning because of this professor.
By far the most organized, professional class I've taken at UIS. I really appreciated all the clear communication and abundance of learning opportunities.
I really enjoyed the excel presentations. I have been able to apply these teachings in everyday life which has increased my productivity in work. Overall, this has been one of the best classes I have taken. Thank you.
Fantastic instructor! Very responsive and open to suggestions/feedback. Class is well structured and predictable which is important in an online environment.
The instructor was exceptional in many ways, e.g., in the step-by-step videos, replying to emails, and giving feedback. I enjoyed this class!