Reviews of professor James Thompson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
To be fair, he is tough and a real perfectionist. However, he is the best accounting teacher that I have worked with so far. He wants you to really learn and master the materials. Also, his exams were long, but NOT hard (like impossible to do)! My tip is to finish homework that he mentioned in the syllabus, and you are good to go.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hardcore about his attendance taking like its 1960. one minute late or need to leave early, you're going to get dinged points. Does virtual meetings and is hard of hearing so not easy to communicate with. More concerned about your spelling and grammar than he is about your comprehension of concepts. He is easily distracted by his own thoughts.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The best word to describe him is strict/stressful. If you fall behind for any reason, get ready to fail the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is the absolute best! Makes music history fun and interesting.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Thompson is a very hands on teacher. Any homework assignments he assigns, the class period after he will walk the class through how to do them. His teaching style favors those that are quick learners so people that aren't very math-savy will have difficulty understanding what he is teaching. I personally enjoyed him so much from ACCT 352 and this.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Get ready for difficult exams. The instructor's PowerPoint slide & Gleim resource only gets you at a minimum level of understanding. Knowledgeable about the field but the instructor's teaching and lecture are ineffective and not useful. The instructor should provide more study resources for the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Instructor knows subject very well but does not teach it well. The exams are very tough! No study guides. Does not let us review the exam after. No feedback. Only rely on PowerPoint, lecture and textbook for exam. He should be fair to his students by curving test like others since it was a 6 week class. Overall tough and not a fair grader. AVOID!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Knows the material inside and out, theres no way you cannot learn it if you work for it. You really need to work for it. Between exams (combined about 80% of your grade) and the perfectionist nature of his grading you gonna study at least an hour every day in order to pass. It is the core accounting classes for the bachelor so, its justified.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Thompson is one of my favorite professors. He made lectures extremely fun and included songs to each lecture. Very heavy with notes but he gives study guides with everything that is in the notes and has listening questions on exams, but picks great songs. All around great guy and I highly recommend taking the course. You will learn something!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
reasonable grading and tests. seems like genuinely good person and cares about his students