Reviews of professor Joseph Downey

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a very good person. He likes to go over the homework and correct everything, and you must participate. He does weekly quizzes which was not the best and they were worth 50% of your grade. He will answer all your questions but he might get a little frustrated if the questions are stupid or something he just went over. He speaks a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The people who left bad feedback are the ones who expect college not too be hard. Don't expect every class you take to be a cake walk. One of the hardest classes I have taken but you will learn a lot. Be ready to write a TON. If you do the work you'll get an A. Joseph Downey knows how demanding the finance world is and teaches his students well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I have ever taken. Calls you out by name and expects you to know every answer for every question in the textbook. If you do not know the answer he gets very upset and threatens to lower your grade. He does not help prepare for exams which are your whole grade as he does not grade the obligational homework that he assigns.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor tries his best during class but it's abundantly clear that 90% of the class is confused half the time. The absence of Excel in a finance class and using pencil and paper in 2023 is a questionable decision at best, as it is only handicapping students in an already difficult class. The quick pace of the class is also impossible to keep up.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He gives a lot of homework which is understandable but when we go over it in class and someone does not understand a concept he gets very frustrated and starts yelling at his students. When you ask him to show it on the board for a visual he just stares at you and doesn't even acknowledge the fact that you asked him to give an example on the board.