Reviews of professor Derek Tharp

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Tharp never responds to emails or has a reliable means of contacting him except in class. You will get no support. if you have to miss a bunch of classes due to one reason or another just withdraw.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Tharp is knowledgeable but teaches more challenging financial course content. If taken online, be prepared to guide yourself through the course. Professor Tharp is a fair grader and is very responsive outside of class. However, you will have to work for your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared to participate in weekly post and if you do the homework, you'll do well on the exams. There are no surprises, his class is straight forward. He just wants his students to actually learn the material.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Read the text, answer the practice questions at the end of the chapter, and use all of the resources in MindTap (for the online course anyway). You will have to commit 8-10 hours per week to earn a good grade, so strategize a study schedule to meet that commitment. Instructor promptly responds to questions/emails. 90% of grade is three tests.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I didn't hate this class, but these are my complaints; This 7 week course ends in a week and we have not received a single grade from the professor. I emailed the professor during the second week with a question on the material, he never responded. The lack of feedback combined with the lack of any actual communication made this class stressful.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Tharp is such a smart guy. The class itself is a little hard because he expects you to teach yourself. The homework is the exact same as the tests and to really understand it I spent 10+ hours doing it a week. Then when the tests came I would carve out a full weekend to review the homework again. Recieved over 100 on each exam.