Reviews of professor Chad Zipfel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Chad is a really great teacher who genuinely wants his students to succeed. He is extremely passionate about what he does and really goes above and beyond! Although, I will say, this course is very "sink or swim"(his words); weekly quizzes are timed, he doesn't hand out practice problems, and if you fall behind he doesn't wait for you to catch up.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zipfel is a great teacher that genuinely cares about his students inside and outside of the classroom. Whether it is taking a theoretical financial concept and connecting it to a current event or helping a student find an internship or get an interview he's awesome. To succeed in the class look through his power points and take notes &attend class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is easily the best teacher for Corporate and tries to make the material interesting and gets to know everyone in the class. The toughest part of the class is having online lectures from other teachers who do not explain the content as well as Chad.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chad has been one of my favorite professors. He adds a lot of outside information and is genuinely interested in finance and teaching. Personality wise: terrific. Teaching wise, pretty good, you can get a lot from him. His answers to questions may be tough to understand though. He sometimes responds at a very high level. Would recommend.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It is a easy class. All difficult concepts are from AP ECON and 4211(other knowledge is straight forward ). I recommend to take 4211 first and, then take this class in the next semester(can safe your time when understanding some concepts). Exams are all from PPT, so just remember as much as you can before the Exams and you will be good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Zipfel is the best professor for corporate finance! You will learn a lot from him. He is very accessible outside class and really cares for his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Chad makes the class easy and straightforward.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Doesn't think you're worth his time. Don't even try to schedule office hours with him because he will brush you off. Ran into him in Fisher and he's rude in person as well. This is an easy class but I would not take another class with him if I had the choice.