Teaching

UNSW Sydney 

Portfolio Management (Undergraduate, Super-sized (>400 students) Class)

• Term 1 2022, Term 1 2023, Term 3 2024, Term 1 2025, 8 sections

• Incorporated Big Data and CRSP in major assignment 

• Sample Student Comments: 

1. "The Lecturer/Tutor was extremely professional, showed he was very knowledgeable in the subject, always offered for help even after classes to answer question or doubts."

2. "The best features of Wesley Deng's teaching were the ability to break down difficult topics into manageable parts with real–world examples."

3. "The teacher explains concepts very clearly and teaches really well. I’ve learned a lot from their classes."

4. "Taught things really well and made everything clear. I also appreciate how he ran the course. He was really clear about assessments and very helpful to any student asking questions."

5. "Wesley is a very amiable and passionate teacher. His tutorials are logically clear and easy to understand. I gained a wealth of financial knowledge from him."

6. "Wesley is warm and great lecturer. His teaching is clear and understandable. Concepts well explained by Wesley."

7. "The big picture overview of what each week's lecture is about. I'm a visual learner who can't understand the details of something unless I see everything from a bigger picture first. Therefore, it helps me so much to gain a better performance for this course. Besides, he provided us with so much examples to the real world which truly help to make sense of what the financial markets is about."

The University of Tasmania

Principle of Finance (Undergraduate)                

• Semester 2 2017, Semester 2 2018, Semester 2 2019, Semester 2 2020, 8 sections 

• Incorporated AI and Fintech Components as early as 2018 

• Sample Student Comments: 

1. "The Lecturer/Tutor was extremely professional, showed he was very knowledgeable in the subject, always offered for help even after classes to answer question or doubts."

2. "Understandable and Kind. A good teacher at all!"

3. "He is good at explaining things and provides useful questions and examples."

4. "Dr deng is very approachable and willing to help."

Corporate Finance (Undergraduate and Graduate, Small-Class settings)        

• Semester 1 2018, Semester 1 2019, Semester 1 2020, 6 sections (Average Evaluation: 98/100)   

• "Provost Outstanding Courses Recognition" for 2 years in a row

• Sample Student Comments: 

1. "He is just Awesome!"

2. "Very passionate and patient. Best lecturer in UTAS."

3. "Lecturer is very professional and helpful. His teaching speed is very appropriate, and his explanation is very clear. Overall I'm very satisfied in this learning experience."

4. "He is totally perfect"

5. "Best lecturer!"

6. "I am very enjoy Mr.Deng's lecture. His lecture is lively and interesting, and useful knowledge can be learned."

7. "Showed a high level of knowledge in most areas of the unit. Approachable and helpful with issues relating to unit material and personal issues."

8. "Dr Deng was really good at explaining an at times difficult subject."

9. "he has a perfect lecture."

10. "He is just awesome. The best teacher I have ever had."

11. "This unit was well taught."

12. "Best lecturer at UTAS"

The University of Memphis

Financial Markets                    

• Fall 2014, Spring 2015, 2 sections  

• Sample Student Comments: 

1. "He seemed very enthusiastic about teaching. One thing that he did that was very effective was how he worked out the problems on the board. He showed us in depth how to solve every problem, and then solved more if we asked for another problem. Most teachers wouldn`t do that. Overall, his way of teaching is very effective."

2. "Very active and always helpful. 

Investments                              

• Spring 2016, 1 section  

• Sample Student Comments: 

1. "Very thorough and made good comprehensive tests. Great teacher and would definitely take him again if I could! I wish other finance teachers were as understanding and as helpful as him."

2. "Professor Deng was extermely helpful and always willing to help outside of class time as well."

3. "Very enthusiastic teacher, kind, helpful, responds in a timely manner to emails...Overall, great teacher"

4. "Professor Deng is a really good teacher! I can honestly say that he has provided a lot of help to students when needed."

5. "He is amazing"

6. "you are the most passionate teacher that I have ever had!"

7. "Professor Deng was always clearly excited about the course material which personally made myself more excited to learn the material..."