Reviews of professor James Thetford

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Solid teacher. Only grades over course of semester are 5 tests (20% each of final grade). No homework, you don't need textbook, and attendance is usually taken. He lectures every day and it is pretty boring but usually only takes about 30 mins then he lets you leave.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is just a solid teacher. He knows his stuff, but his lectures are boring. Only grades are 5 tests, so that's tough. No homework and you don't really use the book. He only takes attendance a couple times a semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Thetford worked in the finance industry overseas for many years. This is his retirement job, and clearly he is not fond of teaching. He reads off of the McGraw Hill slides and speeds through lectures. If you go to ask him questions, he is very condescending. He gives 5 exams for your grades that are complicated. Overall a bad professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Thetford is very experienced in commercial banking. However this experience doesn't mean that he is good at teaching. He goes on long tangents as he reads power points and you never really know what to study. He reviews the material the class before the test. But it doesn't really help. This is a class you have to teach yourself.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A solid professor. It is actually impossible to do badly in this class because he supplies PowerPoints, highlighted teaching notes, textbook solutions, and in test reviews, he tells you the questions on the test by chapter. Anyone who complains about him isn't willing to put in the work expected for a regular college class. Grades are tests only.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
terrible professor! not helpful when asking for advice. obvi doesn't want to teach or be there. ends class crazy early, rushes thru topics on slides in lecture, so u have to teach yourself. txtbook is terrible to read. picks random exam questions, that often aren't emphasized or covered in class/slides. only grades are exams too. no extra credit.