Reviews of professor Chris Finney

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easiest A on the planet. I literally played Minecraft during every class. The midterm was an email, and the final was a two-page paper. All you have to do is show up.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Not your typical professor in the best way! Class times are always interesting and funny. There's next to no homework, but when assigned, it's fairly lax and something fun to watch/do. Seems pretty willing to lend a helping hand to students looking to break into the industry. Attendance is mandatory, but allowed plenty of absences/zoom option.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I loved this class. It is my favorite class I've taken at Tulane. We had one assignment, a final project where we had to record a video business pitch. Other than that, it was just him talking about current events in the music business and giving life advice. The only issue is that he is extremely hard to contact and will not answer emails.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Possibly the chillest guy of all time. Knows the business of music backwards and forwards, and is very good at engaging the class with funny stories and lessons that he learned in the industry. Great guy and would take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is the nicest person, gives clear assignments, no big tests. You have to show up, do the homework, and listen, but the course is so chill. He is really nice, his lectures are entertaining, and he is understanding when you communicate with him. I 100% recommend taking his courses. One of my favorite professors at Tulane.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I was so excited to take this class after hearing great things about it and Finney, but it turned out to be a letdown. He lectures on and on about his life and it feels like he's bragging more than teaching sometimes. You're graded on a few assignments and he is very hard to reach outside of class. No transparency. Easy but disappointing.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class as a whole is pretty engaging, Finney just lectures once a week. Honestly a pretty egotistical guy and sometimes it gets old but the class is easy and you can get other work done during it. Only like 3 assignments the whole semester but he doesn't know how to work canvas so you have no idea what your grade is till the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Finney is awesome and very understanding! Literally just dont be late (like at all not even 1min) and youll be fine. If you think youre gonna be late, just let him know ahead of time and dont show up- he thinks being late is very disrespectful. If u let him know ahead of time ur gonna be late, hes very chill and understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The Man.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The material is interesting and relevant to the music business (and I think it would be pretty interesting even if you didn't want to go into that field!) Finney is extremely engaging, charismatic, and hilarious. I felt like I was in the movie "School of Rock" every class. I also liked the fact that he encouraged us to ditch our laptops in lectures