Reviews of professor Erik Mayer

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mayer is pretty easy. Tests are basically HWs with no tricks. The hard part is that it kinda makes the class easy and then the class is graded on a curve making it hard to get an A. The average for our 3rd midterm was a 100... Test questions come off of HW and lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you show up to class, listen, and study on your own, you will do well. He is a really nice teacher who cares about the material, and clearly articulates his grading criteria. Drops one of your first two test grades.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Mayer is one of the most caring professors in the finance department - he really cares about his students and takes into account their effort. His slides are really in-depth, very organized on Canvas, and does a great job explaining corporate finance. Not to homework heavy, and if you study homework problems, exams are no big deal.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His class is really easy, but that makes it hard since it's on a curve. Basically, 1 wrong MC on a test may trow you into the A- range. Super competitive class. Test questions are straight from the HWs. In terms of teaching, Mayer is the best teacher I have taken so far. Gives a lot of examples and is passionate about the subject.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Well-spoken and makes lectures interesting. One of the best finance professors I have had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Mayer is such a great teacher. He is super nice and caring and loves what he does. He really wants his students to learn. We got a note sheet on the exams which was helpful but everyone would end up doing really well which didn't help with the department curve. 1 group project at the end which is a presentation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a very nice professor, but does not teach the material well. He posts a lot of power points with too much detail. He does not explain how to work through examples well enough so the homework and review problems are very different from what you learn in class. He is an over all nice guy, but not a great teacher